I learnt Swift by building Pretty Progress, an iOS app that allows you to add beautiful Countdown widgets on your Home Screen

Hey, Indie Hackers 👋

I'm very excited to publish Pretty Progress, my first product here!

https://prettyprogress.app/

Short story 📖

I had a widget on my phone's Home Screen showing the text "Memento Mori" (remember that you are going to die). I wanted to see a progress bar near it showing the percentage of my life that had passed (theoretically a man lives 8 years). I searched on the App Store and none of the things I found convinced me.

So I build my own app with my custom design! (I'm a designer and I learnt SwiftUI to build it)

I took it a step further and now I bring it to you. It is the first app I develop myself and my first full Indie Hacker project, so any feedback is more than welcome.

The app 📱

Pretty Progress allows you to create beautiful Countdowns, Timers and Progress Bar widgets and add them on your Home Screen.

Track and remind yourself about the important things on the device you use every day with "Always On" reminders. Create your own custom countdown widgets, add them to your Home Screen and keep the important things always visible.

Your life goals, The Matrix release, your mother's birthday, project deadlines... What better place to remind yourself about the things that matter?

What to track? 🔍

🎄 Countdown to Christmas
👵🏻 Days to your mother's birthday
🏝 Countdown to your next holidays
📅 Days until Product Hunt release deadline
🛫 Days left until your next trip
💪 Percentage of your gym routine complete
💍 Days left until your wedding anniversary
🎬 Countdown to The Matrix release
👴🏻 Days until retirement
💯 Percentage of the year, month, week...
🫖 Days left until your kombucha is fermented
💵 Countdown to taxes submission
🐣 Days until your new child comes to the world
✍️ Countdown to that important exam
🏈 Days until Superbowl
... Track whatever you want!

You can check the app out here: https://prettyprogress.app/