Rebecca Owen
@beccais.online
👩💻 Indie Apple platforms developer making @chroniclingapp.com, software engineering manager, cat Mum, human Mum. Rarely in that order!
Fan of reading, running, gaming and being outside.
📍Cambridge, UK
https://beccais.online
Fan of reading, running, gaming and being outside.
📍Cambridge, UK
https://beccais.online
Reposted by Rebecca Owen
🔔 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.
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.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔔 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.
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.
🔔 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.
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.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔔 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.
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.
Thanks @robinkanatzar.bsky.social for giving @chroniclingapp.com an accessibility once over in this video! I will be checking out audio graphs soon
"Is this app accessible?" Episode 1 is out! In this episode I talk about the Chronicling App #iOS #Accessibility #A11y youtu.be/bLIuHlmI-Ls
Is this app accessible? Chronicling App
YouTube video by Robin Kanatzar
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Thanks @robinkanatzar.bsky.social for giving @chroniclingapp.com an accessibility once over in this video! I will be checking out audio graphs soon
🙂↔️ 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
October 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🙂↔️ 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
This is a great showcase of using Shortcuts with Apple Intelligence by @stephenrobles.com, with links to every example Shortcut included www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wu5X...
I Had No Idea Apple Intelligence + iPhone Shortcuts Could Do THIS 🤯
10 NEW Apple Intelligence powered Shortcuts that take everything to the next level - quickly browse the newest movie trailers, save recipes AND add ingredients to a grocery list, sync progress between Apple Podcasts and YouTube, and more!
⭐️ Join my Shortcuts community here:
https://create.beard.fm
⚡️ Get the Shortcuts!
Search for Any Movie Trailer
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/115c8c42b8994dca8e6077cf225bc604
New Movie Trailers
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/748cc685f7414d4b8e1129070a4fe50a
Master Summarizer
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86c024a49229462c86cc271816759097
Save Recipe Add Ingredients
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f27d649af1aa47108a2f274136de3a5a
Sports Schedule Add to Calendar
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/442d7133079049a0a4781f8d7cee8588
Share Podcast with Spotify Episode URL
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c7192574da2842fca5b3a457f1edef87
Apple Podcasts to YouTube
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/fc53e56a4e1f4b34839d5c2076ae1bd8
Overcast to YouTube (Share Link at Current Time)
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d47ec77d2e134840b113ab4b9d984df6
Sort Apple Notes
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/61a6e4d3c8c84f6997df6c5b475d5117
Police Scanner Transcriptions
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5cef466ce1ad4f3799bcfc366b36568d
Calendar Events to Spreadsheet
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6aeae662cd5e40a982ec8b9bb276c744
Read Alout Apple News
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a9f9d99be8e04d23b9aa1901be60efee
🎙️ My tech podcast @PrimaryTechShow
https://primarytech.fm
📲 My Favorite iPhone Accessories
Best MagSafe Battery | Baseus Qi2 25W
https://geni.us/3ZJyCX
AirPods Pro 3
https://geni.us/Ui9iIw
25W MagSafe Car Charger
https://geni.us/WOBFRW
Favorite 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger
https://geni.us/4PBW1w
My 3-in-1 Travel Charger
https://geni.us/fDRule
AirPods 4 with ANC
https://geni.us/f5xhUl0
Multi USB-C Charger with Find My
https://geni.us/qHAMwS
Favorite Power Bank with Built-In Cable
https://geni.us/KcDLzl
Car Charger with Retractable Cable
https://geni.us/DUeO
Best HomeKit Lock with Home Key
https://geni.us/kI9o2kl
🏠 Full List of My Smart Home Devices
https://beard.fm/homekit
📨 My Favorite Email Provider: Fastmail
https://join.fastmail.com/beardfm
🌎 Follow me on:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenrobles.com
Threads: https://threads.net/@stephenrobles
Instagram: https://instagram.com/stephenrobles
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:43 Search Movie Trailers
01:32 Browse New Trailers
02:07 Master AI Summarizer
04:10 Recipe and Ingredient List
05:44 Sports Events to Calendar
07:12 Podcast Episode Links
08:50 Podcasts to YouTube at Timestamp
10:57 Auto Sort Apple Notes
13:01 Conditional Transcriptions
14:00 Events to Spreadsheet
15:43 Apple News Speak Summary
🛒 My Film Gear:
Sony A7C II (B-Roll Camera)
https://geni.us/klZFL
Sony 24mm GM f1.4 (B-Roll Lens)
https://geni.us/xbapXjH
Sony A7 IV (A-Roll Camera)
https://geni.us/PA1Qd (Amazon)
Sigma 35mm (Main Lens)
https://geni.us/YqQpgtx (Amazon)
Sennhesier MKH416 (Video Mic)
https://geni.us/VxF1g (Amazon)
Aputure Amaran 200x (Key Light)
https://geni.us/2KY3GV (Amazon)
Light Dome III (Soft Box)
https://geni.us/Rt08x (Amazon)
Earthworks Ethos (Podcast Mic)
https://geni.us/X7xC (Amazon)
Podcast Mic Arm
https://geni.us/5ydF0HM (Amazon)
Sony a6400 (Top Down Camera)
https://geni.us/VOyRX (Amazon)
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 (Top Down Lens)
https://geni.us/lkuYqbH (Amazon)
Elgato Key Light Air (Fill and Hair Lights)
https://geni.us/UetzsS (Amazon)
ATEM Mini Pro (My Switcher)
https://geni.us/Dgiymx2 (Amazon)
Rodecaster PRO II (Powers All Mics)
https://geni.us/uMHZGgi (Amazon)
Sound Devices MixPre-3 (Travel Sound Gear)
https://geni.us/Nb6A4zo (Amazon)
DISCLAIMER: I participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Other links to third-party products and services may also be affiliate links.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a great showcase of using Shortcuts with Apple Intelligence by @stephenrobles.com, with links to every example Shortcut included www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wu5X...
🍽️ 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...
www.icloud.com/shortcuts/81...
Shortcuts
www.icloud.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🍽️ 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...
www.icloud.com/shortcuts/81...
Awesome to see @chroniclingapp.com amongst such excellent company with many of my favourite apps!
Jump Into the Liquid Glass Pool: A MacStories OS 26 App Roundup https://www.macstories.net/stories/jump-into-the-liquid-glass-pool-a-macstories-os-26-app-roundup/
Jump Into the Liquid Glass Pool: A MacStories OS 26 App Roundup
Liquid Glass is the sort of change that takes some getting used to from the perspective of both users and developers. The design language shifted a lot over the course of the summer beta season, which made developers??? lives tougher than in some years. This has resulted in a variety of Liquid Glass implementations across
www.macstories.net
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Awesome to see @chroniclingapp.com amongst such excellent company with many of my favourite apps!
☕️ 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!)
September 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
☕️ 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!)
🎉 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...
✨ Smart Events transforms your text into structured events
🔎 Unified search tab
🍭 Interactive chart “lollipops”
apps.apple.com/us/app/chron...
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🎉 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...
✨ Smart Events transforms your text into structured events
🔎 Unified search tab
🍭 Interactive chart “lollipops”
apps.apple.com/us/app/chron...
🙌 Ready to go on Monday @chroniclingapp.com #iOS26
September 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🙌 Ready to go on Monday @chroniclingapp.com #iOS26
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
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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
Reposted by Rebecca Owen
🔥 New interactive heatmap widget now available in v1.5.8, with options to highlight zero days and hide axes labels
June 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🔥 New interactive heatmap widget now available in v1.5.8, with options to highlight zero days and hide axes labels
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
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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
Working on a new interactive widget for @chroniclingapp.com, aiming for release in the next week or two #SwiftUI #iOS
June 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Working on a new interactive widget for @chroniclingapp.com, aiming for release in the next week or two #SwiftUI #iOS
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
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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
June 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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
Reposted by Rebecca Owen
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
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
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...
apps.apple.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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
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
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.
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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.
☀️ 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...
www.icloud.com/shortcuts/22...
Shortcuts
www.icloud.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
☀️ 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...
www.icloud.com/shortcuts/22...
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 😅
March 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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 😅
Reposted by Rebecca Owen
🔢 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.
March 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔢 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.
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 🍅
February 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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 🍅
Reposted by Rebecca Owen
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 💾
January 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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 💾
Great segment from Devon on what and how to track - unsurprisingly a topic close to my heart 😁 thanks for the @chroniclingapp.com mention!
Tracking stuff is fun, but it can get overwhelming if you’re doing too much. In the Club @macstories.net Monthly Log, I share my process for choosing what to track and what to let simply be. club.macstories.net/posts/to-tra...
To Track or Not to Track?
club.macstories.net
January 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Great segment from Devon on what and how to track - unsurprisingly a topic close to my heart 😁 thanks for the @chroniclingapp.com mention!