Mobile developer · Indie app maker
I build mobile apps, grow them, and share what I learn.
I'm Ivan—a mobile developer building and growing independent iPhone apps alongside a full-time job. This is where I share the apps, the progress, and the lessons behind them.
- 10
- Apps shipped
- 16
- Recorded releases
- 4+
- Years with Flutter
Building after hours
Current chapter Getting better at the part after launch.
Positioning · Onboarding · Retention · Distribution
Featured apps
The apps I'm focused on now
Useful, focused iPhone apps—designed, built, and shipped by one person in the hours outside a full-time job.
Utilities · iPhone
VoiceMate - AI Voice Notes
Record, transcribe, summarize, and organize voice notes.
Lifestyle · iPhone
Bloom: Daily Affirmations
A gentle place for daily affirmations and encouragement.
The full portfolio
10 apps on the App Store
Voice notes, reading, fitness, reminders, and AI scanners—all designed, built, and shipped independently.
Lumi: Book TrackerBooks · v1.0VoiceMate - AI Voice NotesUtilities · v2.0Bloom: Daily AffirmationsLifestyle · v1.0
Birthday Reminders & TrackerReference · v1.2
PushPull: Improve Your RepsHealth & Fitness · v1.0
Antique AI ScannerReference · v1.1
Coin Identifier: Scan & ValueReference · v1.0
AI Plant Identifier: PlantMateEducation · v1.1
AI Jewelry Identifier & ValueLifestyle · v1.2
Book Tracker: ReadMateBooks · v1.4.1Writing
Notes from building around a full-time job
Practical lessons about mobile development, product decisions, shipping, and learning how to grow what I build.
Why I keep making small apps
Small apps are a good way to finish things, learn honestly, and stay close to real people.
Building an app before deciding its tech stack
A reminder that the shape of the problem matters more than the list of tools.
What four years of Flutter taught me
Some practical lessons from shipping mobile apps with the same toolkit for four years.
Build log
A public record of shipping
Launches and updates, newest first. The simple record that keeps the work honest when progress feels slow.
See all 16 releasesContact
Let's talk apps.
Building something of your own, working through a mobile product problem, or just want to say hello?
hello.ivantrj@gmail.com