David Smith, Independent iOS Developer

Fifteen years ago I started a podcast called Developing Perspective.

In the last few months there has been a lot of discussion of people’s hopes for the future of Apple.

I love going on wilderness adventures.

Today I’m beyond delighted to announce the release of Pedometer++ version 8.

The last few months have involved a major shift in how I do my work.

In Widgetsmith 8.2 we added the ability to give your widgets a ‘clear’ background.

Five years ago, a TikTok video changed my life.

All summer I’ve been chronicling my iOS 26 redesigns.

watchOS 10 Redux The funny thing about working on my Liquid Glass redesign for the Pedometer++ watchOS app is how very little needs to actually be done.

Next up is the active workouts screen.

Next up for my speed run of iOS 26 first draft redesigns is the main Home Screen of Pedometer++.

Yesterday’s re-design involved updating the “Start Workout” screen, which I chose as one of the core screens of the app.

Yesterday afternoon I submitted my last major pre-iOS 26 update (which feels very good to be out the door).

This time of year there is always a murmur amongst app developers, blinded by shininess of the new iOS, to consider whether to drop support for older versions of iOS and jump fully to requiring the new stuff.

I was fortunate enough to get one of the Design Labs late last week, which meant that I spent Friday morning frantically doing as many first-pass updates to the new design as I could.

Yesterday’s announcement of the new Liquid Glass design system has made me think it is a good time to dust off my old Design Diary series of blog posts.

Six months ago, I found myself really demotivated with my health and fitness.

For the last few years I’ve gotten into the habit of heading out for a nature-oriented holiday two weeks before WWDC (the penultimate week if you are studying for the SATs).

Last week brought a rather dramatic turnaround in one of the longest-lived and perhaps most controversial policies in the App Store when a federal judge has required Apple to allow developers to use their own payment processing from links within their app…

Five years ago I wrote a post entitled 38,299 hours on my wrist, where to observed the five year anniversary of the launch of the Apple Watch.

Last week I watched the iOS development community react to substantial rumors of a major UI redesign slated to be announced at WWDC25.