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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 20/09/2026

Here's how @chroniclingapp.com looks before making any changes for #iPhoneDuo. Landscape needs a bit more love!

Screenshot of the external iPhone Duo display showing Chronicling categories list

Screenshot of the external iPhone Duo display showing a single Chronicling category

Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 18/09/2026

🎉 A few days late due to some major life events I hope to share soon, but @chroniclingapp.com 2.0 is here, ready for #iOS27! 📊 Redesigned category screen: gaps, trends, lifetime stats 🕰️ Time of Day radial chart 🗂️ Group insights 📱 New XL widgets www.chroniclingapp.com/2026/0...

A series of iPhone screens displaying data Chronicling screenshots - category details and widgets

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 18/08/2026

👋 Life has been very busy recently, but I'm emerging from under my rock with some @chroniclingapp.com news! I'm now working on some big additions for v2 to coincide with iOS 27, including ❤️ HealthKit integration for workouts, nutrition, daily metrics and symptoms

Screenshot of Chronicling category syncing daily steps from Health

Screenshot of Chronicling category syncing running workouts from Health

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Rob Owen @robowen.io · 19/05/2026

Public beta launch! I'm thrilled to go public with Darkfield, my latest app. It's an all-in-one toolkit for amateur astronomers. It's been in the works since autumn and I'm ready to share. Public launch later in 2026. Sign up for the beta now at robowen.io/apps/darkfield/ #iOSDev #indiedev

Darkfield app screenshots showing DSO recommendations, logbook and celestial object finder.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 15/05/2026

New in v1.9 of @chroniclingapp.com: pin your most-used categories to the top and archive old ones without losing any data. If you've been around for the nearly 3 years(!) since Chronicling launched this could help keep things tidy 😊

Screenshot of an iPhone showing what’s new in Chronicling sheet, including archiving and pinning categories

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 09/04/2026

🌈 A rainbow of tint colors is now available in @chroniclingapp.com - apparently not everyone loves orange 😅 This update also includes a light/dark override alongside matching system default #IndieDev

Fanned out iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling app in various tint colours

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 21/01/2026

Thanks to Shaun for sharing this thoughtful review about using @chroniclingapp.com to help track his ME/CFS symptoms. As an indie developer, I can absolutely empathise with the app discoverability challenge! #IndieApp mcgst.com/2026/01/05/there-is...

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I have been searching for an app, or any solution, that would allow me to compare my activity to the resultant ME/CFS symptoms that appear. It is difficult because symptoms are often delayed and so…

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 05/01/2026

Inspired by @snazzylabs.com, I picked up an Xteink X4 ereader and I love it. I was tempted by a BOOX Palma but this is smaller, cheaper and less capable which is exactly what I wanted. Shown next to my Kobo Libra Colour at max brightness for comparison, loaded up with Standard Ebooks #BookSky

Two e-readers on a desk. On the left a Kobo Libra Colour and on the right a Xteink X4

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 05/01/2026

I was kindly gifted an Ooni oven for Christmas, and I've been having a great time experimenting with wood-fired pizza 🍕 Learning a slow, hands-on skill feels especially rewarding in the age of LLMs, even if the careers survey I did at school suggested I should never do anything using my hands 😅

Home cooked garlic bread with rosemary sprigs on top

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 22/12/2025

In case you missed it, the last few @chroniclingapp.com updates have added several most requested features - emoji support, customisable reminders, and the grid view. During December, you can also see your year Chronicled 🎁 #IndieApp

Bento view of iPhone framed screenshots of Chronicling, showing an annual review, two reminder settings and a categories tab with emojis and grid charts

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 14/11/2025

🔔 New in v1.7 of @chroniclingapp.com: Add custom reminder notifications to each category! Set a daily goal, get a reminder after a specified amount of time, or use a rolling goal over multiple days. Active reminders are shown on the app badge.

Two iPhone screenshots showing configuration of notifications in the app Chronicling

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 14/11/2025

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 05/11/2025

Thanks @robinkanatzar.bsky.social for giving @chroniclingapp.com an accessibility once over in this video! I will be checking out audio graphs soon

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 14/10/2025

🙂‍↔️ I turned on the head shake to dismiss gesture when I got new AirPods and I've found it surprisingly useful. Particularly good while running and I love the little bleep bloop noises it makes as you move from side to side

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 10/10/2025

🍽️ If you’re in England or Wales, here’s a quick shortcut for #iOS to query Food Hygiene Ratings, with an option to open the result in Maps www.icloud.com/shortcuts/81...

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 09/10/2025

Awesome to see @chroniclingapp.com amongst such excellent company with many of my favourite apps!

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 17/09/2025

☕️ Looking forward to diving into the lovely ebook versions of the @macstories.net OS reviews after a very busy few weeks updating @chroniclingapp.com (thanks for the mention in the Foundation Models section!)

Screenshot of Apple Books library on my iPad mini showing the 4 covers of the club macstories ebooks

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 15/09/2025

🎉 Chronicling 1.6 is here and ready for #iOS26! ✨ Smart Events transforms your text into structured events 🔎 Unified search tab 🍭 Interactive chart “lollipops” apps.apple.com/us/app/chron...

4x screenshots of iPhones showing Chronicling, one categories tab, one events tab, one category detail and one Home Screen with widgets

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 09/09/2025

The incentive to upgrade to an #iPhone with Apple Intelligence feels much stronger with #iOS26 and the availability of Foundation Models to third party apps. There's so many quality of life improvements across many different domains in TestFlight betas I've seen #AppleEvent

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 21/08/2025

One of the key things for a tracking app is reducing friction. I’m working on extracting events from natural language in @chroniclingapp.com with Apple’s new Foundation Models in #iOS26 and it’s looking really promising

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Chronicling @chroniclingapp.com · 13/06/2025

🔥 New interactive heatmap widget now available in v1.5.8, with options to highlight zero days and hide axes labels

Screenshot of an iPhone Home Screen showing 2 small and 2 medium widgets from Chronicling

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 12/06/2025

A couple of before and after views of @chroniclingapp.com on #iOS26. Given I use #SwiftUI native elements, most things do pretty much "just work", but I'll be thinking more about the future of the design over the beta season

Two iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling events tab on iOS 18 (left) and iOS 26 (right)

Two iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling categories tab on iOS 18 (left) and iOS 26 (right)

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 07/06/2025

Working on a new interactive widget for @chroniclingapp.com, aiming for release in the next week or two #SwiftUI #iOS

Screenshot of two medium size iOS Home Screen widgets with a checkerboard like pattern. Opacity of each square indicates number of events on a given day.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 06/06/2025

Jumping back into #Nintendo gaming for the first time since owning a Switch pre-baby in 2021. First impressions really positive - for me the size and weight is the sweet spot between the original and the Steam Deck. Open to game recommendations for things to catch up on! #Switch2

A Switch 2, turned off, held in my left hand over my desk.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 01/06/2025

I set up four menu based shortcuts on my Home Screen - mostly opening apps to particular views, or asking for text and sending it somewhere, and it’s really helped make my habitual phone pick ups less wasteful

A partial iPhone Home Screen screenshot showing four shortcut icons - read, write, ask and puzzle

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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I am beyond thrilled to finally share this! 🥹 Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day - and Apple sat down with me to talk about how I build accessible apps. 🦾 The interview is now live on the *front page* of the App Store: apps.apple.com/at/story/id1... #GAAD #A11Y #accessibility #indiedev

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‎Discover the art of accessibility : App Store Story

‎Learn about collection Discover the art of accessibility featuring Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles, Study Snacks: Language & More, Letter Rooms: Fun Anagrams and many more on Mac App Store. Enjoy these ap...

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 11/05/2025

A bit late catching up on my podcasts, but thanks so much to @forestofthings.bsky.social, @hotdogsladies.bsky.social, @ttscoff.bsky.social and @filmgirl.bsky.social for mentioning @chroniclingapp.com on Overtired, and for your generous words about the craft of indie app development.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 20/03/2025

☀️ With the weather getting brighter every day here in the UK, it feels like a good time to share my sunscreen check shortcut. Set it up as an automation to get a notification each morning letting you know when the UV index suggests putting on some sun protection www.icloud.com/shortcuts/22...

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 13/03/2025

After several months of cold, dark training runs, it was a surprise to run the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday in beautiful sunshine and 18°C! While the sun was lovely afterwards, I think around mile 8 I was pretty desperate for a classic British grey cloud 😅

Rebecca and Robert holding medals in athletic clothing standing in a field in front of a tree and a river

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Chronicling @chroniclingapp.com · 13/03/2025

🔢 v1.5.1 includes improvements to the category view, with totals and averages which update with the chart as you swipe through time. New buttons also allow you to jump back to the first ever event and forward to the present day.

Screenshot of an iPhone showing the app Chronicling with a take medication category. A bar chart and list of events.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 11/02/2025

After a brief hiatus while doing my taxes (yay!), I’m now exploring adding timed events to @chroniclingapp.com. This uses the existing count field to save minutes or seconds tracked, with an optional target 🍅

Screenshot of iPhone showing an elapsed timer underneath a chair icon, with a target value of minutes, a notes field and a stop button underneath

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Chronicling @chroniclingapp.com · 18/01/2025

One of the most requested features is now available in v1.5 - import and export all of your data to and from csv. Check it out from Settings 💾

Screenshot of an iPhone showing the Chronicling app, with the import/export Settings page

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 02/01/2025

Great segment from Devon on what and how to track - unsurprisingly a topic close to my heart 😁 thanks for the @chroniclingapp.com mention!

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 15/12/2024

If you use Octopus Energy in the UK, @robowen.io has made a cool annual recap. No need to be a current user or subscriber of Octoscope. Slightly terrifying to see the carbon number 🌲

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 13/12/2024

Catching up on my podcast queue and sad to hear the Automators podcast is ending - what a great run. I'm sure I'll be digging into the back catalogue for a while yet

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 12/12/2024

🎉 Thrilled to see @chroniclingapp.com win Best Watch App in the 2024 MacStories Selects awards. Such an awesome celebration of indie apps that I still can't believe I'm a part of. The accompanying episode of @appstories.macstories.net is well worth a listen too 🎧

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 08/12/2024

Couldn't pass up the opportunity for a play on the @chroniclingapp.com app name... 2024 Chronicled coming soon

An image with a bar chart of events by day and a pie chart of events by category showing data about what a user tracked in the app Chronicling this year, with a colorful background of symbols

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 04/12/2024

Parent brain overflowed into work brain this week when I read out an initialism of a networking protocol during a meeting using phonics 🙃

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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I'm happy to announce my new game: "The Art of Fauna" for iPhone & iPad. It will launch on February 3rd 2025, but you can pre-order it right now on the App Store: apps.apple.com/app/apple-st... Learn more in this thread 🧵 & please share! #indiedev #TheArtOfFauna

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 25/11/2024

It was a real privilege to speak at @nslondon.com last week - thank you so much to @aledles.bsky.social and the team for putting together such a wonderful event and to Karl and the folks at Apple for hosting us at the spectacular Battersea campus.

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 21/11/2024

👋 Battersea! Getting ready for @nslondon.com this evening. Hope to see some of you there 😊

Exterior of Battersea power station at dusk

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Ryan Ashcraft @ryanashcraft.com · 19/11/2024

I started a starter pack specifically for indie apps available on Apple platforms. Let me know if you have an indie app account that you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/HD3MfQF

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 18/11/2024

Looking forward to Thursday!

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Rebecca Owen @beccais.online · 17/11/2024

👋 Hi! I've been mostly active on mastodon, now getting started over here. I found these starter packs helpful: Apple Developers I go.bsky.app/66G7TY4 Apple Developers II go.bsky.app/M8xLgeS MacStories go.bsky.app/MSyjAAg Tech Media Pack 1 go.bsky.app/AEMihLp Tech Media Pack 2 go.bsky.app/QitE4xm

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