Vol. XIII — MMXXVI iOS · iPadOS · macOS Italy

126 apps.
Thirteen years.
One person.

I've been making apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac since 2012. Solo. The five below are a slice. The other 121 are on the App Store.

126 apps shipped, since 2012.
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The apps

Since 2012
126 to date
01 / macOS
Fabula: eLearning Authoring
Authoring tool for interactive e-learning: slides, quizzes, SCORM. Everything happens on your own machine — no virtual machine, no cloud account, no browser tab, no seat to negotiate — and what comes
Gratis
02 / iPhone · iPad
Wake: SSH & tmux terminal
Your sessions live on your own machine, inside tmux. Close Wake, lose signal, reboot the phone — they keep running, and Wake reattaches exactly where they were.
Gratis
03 / iPhone · iPad · macOS
Rivo — RSS & Video Reader
Rivo is a calm, fast RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac that works with the server you already run. Three columns, no clutter: articles open straight into a clean full-text Reader View, and video cha
Gratis
04 / iPhone · iPad
Prova: Quiz & Test Maker
Prova is the simplest way to create quizzes and take them — fully on your device, no account.
Gratis
05 / iPhone · iPad · macOS
Whaile: Large File Log Viewer
Whaile — yes, like the whale. It swallows files whole: the multi-gigabyte text and log files that crash TextEdit and choke VS Code open in about a second, the ones you'd normally only dare to touch fr
29,99 €
+ / all
+121
the other apps on the App Store. Three regions, 14 categories, one person.
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★ 003 — THE COUNT ★ 2026-10-25

The numbers

126
APPS SHIPPED SINCE 2012
14
YEARS OF SWIFT/OBJ-C/APPKIT
3K+
REVIEWS COLLECTED
19
APP STORE CATEGORIES
★5,0
HIGHEST RATING REACHED
1
ONE PERSON. EVENINGS TOO.
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|_|  |_/_/   \_\_| \_\ \____|\___/   v.14.0  (2012–2026)
marco@marcotini:~$ marco --about
→ name: Marco Tini
→ role: Indie iOS/macOS developer
→ since: 2012-08-03 # prima app: "Nonna"
→ shipped: 126 app
→ team: 1 person # yes, anche backend
→ location: Italia
→ coffee: true
marco@marcotini:~$
C:\> MARCOTINI.EXE — running

TOOLS_

// five apps from 2025-26. no AI, no subscriptions, one thing done well.

[ DROP ME A LINE ]
✎ feedback from the public

Letters from the reviews desk

Four real reviews, taken from the App Store. None bought, none retouched.

Forge Database Manager
★★★★★

A really well-designed app

This is a really well designed app with an abundance of features for viewing different types of databases (CSV, JSON, compressed archives). It renders even my largest files that other apps struggle with. You can also connect to remote servers — exporting connections and passwords as encrypted backup. Highly recommend.

Renamer
★★★★★

Perfect

Perfect app for batch renaming files in the Files app — well done!

Motivazione del giorno
★★★★

Illuminating

Some quotes I didn't know — the worst ones are by Anonymous 🤣

Galateo plus
★★★★★

Essential practicality

A compendium of good manners packaged in a pleasant, practical UI. Navigation between screens is intuitive, the lessons carefully condensed.

// the b-side · 2012–2014

archive.

// six apps from the first decade. still online, still updated, still €1.99

CONFIDENTIAL · INTERNAL

process/stack

// how I make apps. no secrets, no magic. one person, one mac, one store.

Stack I use

  • Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, UIKit
  • Xcode, vanilla. No moduli esotici.
  • SwiftData / Core Data / file plain
  • Native everywhere — iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch
  • Storyboard? Solo se serve davvero

What I don't use

  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Cordova / Ionic
  • Electron (su Mac)
  • Backend custom (offline-first quasi sempre)
⚠ Internal memo · do not distribute

THINGS I WON'T DO.

A list that saves time. If you want any of these, I'm doing the opposite.

CATALOG · ARTICLES // marcotini.com/blog

from the blog.

When I have something to say beyond code. No schedule — it ships when it ships.

SHIPPING NOW — no.126

A new tool almost every month.
No rush, no investors.

I've been working as an indie developer since 2012, solo. No clients, no board, no roadmap that shifts every quarter. If you want, I drop you a line when something new ships — that's it.

01

Native privacy

No trackers, no third-party analytics.

02

One person

No team, no meetings, no PMs.

03

Made in Italy

Italy, since 2012. 126 apps shipped to date.

04

Indie forever

No investors, no aggressive roadmap.

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Write me.