Needs Bars

Has it been too long?

Free · Designed for iPad

Are there things you need to remember to do regularly, that don’t make sense in a to-do list or as calendar events? Needs Bars can give you a visual cue for when you have gone too long without doing something. Needs Bars is useful for things which you know are important, but don’t have a way of feeling it until it’s too late. It’s like the hunger bar in video games, but for anything you like. I know for this developer, todos and reminders don’t work because you miss the notification or they pile up. Some things don’t need to be done at an exact time, you just need to do them fairly regularly. Needs Bars can be helpful for different people in different ways. Some things that others take for granted and can just feel, are things that you would benefit having an external reminder for. For example, maybe you become very focused and would like something that reminds you to eat. The same concept can apply to short and long periods of time. Other examples include: • Staying in touch with family and friends • Self-care like reading, face masks, playing games • Musical instrument practice • Taking a vacation from work • Trying a new recipe At the moment, Needs Bars is a free and basic proof of concept. It already includes: • Syncing between devices • Dark mode • Home screen and lock screen widgets so you can always see your bars If Needs Bars is popular enough I will add paid subscription features to support development: • Custom bar colors • Color changing as the bar gets low • More than 6 bars • Apple Watch app • Slider for editing bar fullness • IFTTT integration for depleting and filling bars • Quick actions from bars like contacts or opening Books app • Completely customizable theming with any art you like, think early Tumblr and MySpace

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More reliable syncing, fixed widget appearance on newer iOS versions, clearer bar editing, and other little improvements. The background for the home screen widget now fills in properly on iOS 18. The widget can now take on your home screen tint color too. When a bar is very low, it now fits into its container neatly. It looked a bit squished before. You can now see the bar itself on the bar details screen, so when you press the fill button you can see it filling back up. When you edit a bar duration, it no longer fills it at the same time. It was like this to keep the calculations simple, but now when you edit a bar the progress will be based on the last time you filled it still. If you make a bar shorter than the last time you filled it, it will adjust the last fill time so the progress won't go over 100%. You could use this to adjust the progress of a bar exactly. Set the duration to how full you want it to be, fill the bar, then set duration longer again and the progress will be part way. It's not the same as a proper slider, but it could be helpful for those who really need it. The notes text box is now adjusted to the right size based on the amount of text when you first look at the bar details. Tapping outside of the notes text dismisses the keyboard and saves the changes now, before you had to edit something else or go back to the list. There is a secret screen with information about syncing so I can ask people for debugging information when there are sync problems that don't affect me. Maybe you can find it! With these changes, everything has been tested with iOS 16 and above only, and no longer iOS 15.

Version 1.2.1

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    Information

    • Provider
      • Fergal Armstrong
    • Size
      • 803.8 KB
    • Category
      • Health & Fitness
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 13.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • Copyright
      • © 2022 Fergal Armstrong
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