Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: June 2026 A new app launched, the rest of the ecosystem got some quiet attention, and somewhere in the middle of it all there was a circus. June, somehow, zipped by.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.2.0: From Reading to Writing Working on Simply TBR left me thinking about what Simply Customize It was missing and the answer turned out to be saved defaults. This update brings that over along with a subscription fix and a handful of smaller improvements.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.0.0: Read Your Way Out I found out I'd missed book two of a series I love... then discovered I already owned it. It had been sitting unread for months. So I built an app to make the pile visible.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: When Books Became Too Unruly I used to be a physical-book person who didn't understand ebooks at all. Then I had two kids and reading had to change shape to survive.
Simply TBR Simply TBR: Version History A chronological list of all Simply TBR updates with short summaries.
Simply TBR Simply TBR! FAQs Curious about Simply TBR? Want to stay updated on new features? Or just looking to learn more? Click here for all the details!
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.1.1: Answering an Email An email from a new user led me to a crash that was quietly affecting everyone... along with some minor fixes.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.2: The Quiet Fixes What started as an accessibility audit checklist item turned into a deeper look at the whole codebase. Formal accessibility support is now listed on the App Store product page plus a handful of fixes that came along for the ride.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: May 2026 A May spent noticing small things: a two-year app anniversary, a robin outside the window, and the four modes of Simply Remember It finally getting their own spotlight.
Simply Customize It! Two Years on the App Store: Where Simply Customize It Started A shared photo album I'd completely forgotten surfaced several photos of Simply Customize It from 2021 and 2022... two to three years before the app ever went live. Here's what building it actually looked like at the start.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: Pick Your Own Ramen Night Want a simple meal... we've started ramen night. Minimal dishes, everyone's happy, and you can customize it as you please!
Hiking Thomas Dambo's PNW Trolls: Five in Two Years with Revisits Two years, five trolls, multiple ferries, one very long parking situation during cherry blossom season, and one troll I almost walked right past. Here's how I collected all the Thomas Dambo trolls in the PNW.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.1.0: Following the Thread This started as an accessibility audit and turned into something bigger. Onboarding is shorter, browse views have new image toggles, accent colors behave everywhere, and the reMarkable Paper Pure is now on the device list.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: April 2026 April was a full one: spring break, a first Moms in Tech presentation, five blog posts, updates for three apps, and a robin who claimed our eaves for the season.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: Zoey's Contacts My youngest has to wear contacts six days a week so her myopia doesn't get worse. Getting consistent took a while... until I started tracking it in my own app without really planning to. This is what that looked like.
Simply Match It Simply Match It 1.1.1: A Better Welcome This update brings proper onboarding, a sample board for new players, VoiceOver accessibility fixes, and a handful of polish updates that make Simply Match It feel more complete.
Simply Uncover It Simply Uncover It 1.1.1: Built for Everyone What started with an accessibility audit turned into a more complete pass than I expected. I already had dark mode toggle-able but now we have VoiceOver and reduced motion.
Apple Demystifying Apple Development: What It Actually Takes to Ship an App There are a lot of tutorials out there. What's harder is finding someone to show you what happens after that... the configuration, signing, permissions, and the part where you try to upload your first build and have absolutely no idea where it goes or why it's mad at you. That's what this is.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: The Post-It That Actually Helped A Monday hangry spiral, a mug warmer, and a sticky note. Sometimes the smallest thing is the thing that actually works.
Mindset Consistency Over Perfection: Fitness Spin A month ago I came across one of those exercise videos showing an epic move followed by everything you needed to do first... and thought, what if I showed the consistency it took instead. So here's a decade of showing up! Not perfectly. Not every day. Just... returning to it.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.1: Understandable Sharing 2.2.1 came from something real: testing sharing with my own family and seeing exactly what needed fixing. This patch includes ability to rename people, widget filtering, incoming task defaults, and a few quieter things that are just better now.
MOC Building Rocky from Project Hail Mary (And Why I Couldn't Not) I hadn't planned to blog this. But then I found a LEGO MOC that turns the Creator Cute Bunny set into Rocky from Project Hail Mary... and now Rocky lives on my desk and is my rubber duck for debugging sessions. No regrets.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: March 2026 March had a lot of quiet-until-it-wasn't energy: frost and blooms, a long-awaited movie, and somehow four app updates shipped in one stretch.
Simply Uncover It Simply Uncover It: Something New to Share What started as a code audit turned into a round of quiet fixes... plus a new way to share your results when you finish a game.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.0: A Better First Hello Instead of explaining what Simply Remember It does, the new onboarding shows you what it can do for you. That's a small shift that changes everything.
