Francesco Papagno

@papagno
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I’m a software engineer with an interest in movies and TV shows, photography, science fiction and astronomy.
Websitehttps://effectivebits.com
LocationBern, Switzerland
Francesco PapagnoJan 15

Effective Expenses 1.3.0 is out with
- a redesigned built-in calculator
- redesigned form suggestions
- recurring transactions with confirmation
- new analytics section and widget for savings
- support for Shortcuts

👉 https://apple.co/3MMtYZA

#PersonalFinance #iOSApps #IndieDev

Francesco PapagnoJan 14

Working on a new analytics section of Expenses dedicated to savings.
What else would you find useful in this view?

#PersonalFinance #iOSDev #IndieDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic

Francesco PapagnoJan 14

🚀 Just launched Effective Expenses on ProductHunt!

https://www.producthunt.com/products/effective-expenses

#iOSApps #PersonalFinance #IndieDev #ProductHunt

Effective Expenses: Clean and Simple Expenses and Income Tracker | Product Hunt

Effective Expenses is a clean and powerful expense & income tracker for iOS. It lets you log transactions, set recurring entries, analyze spending by account or category, and view insights in the analytics section. All with iCloud sync, dark mode, widgets, and a built-in calculator. Clean, intuitive, and private: control your financial habits with ease!

Product Hunt
Francesco PapagnoJan 13

Working on a new built-in calculator for Effective Expenses to match the iOS 26 design.

👉 App Store: https://apple.co/3MMtYZA
👉 Website: https://effectivebits.com/apps/expenses

#iOSDev #IndieDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic

Show threadFrancesco PapagnoJan 12

This is my first iOS app as an indie developer. I’ve already learned a lot building it, but this is just the beginning.

I’d really appreciate any feedback (good or bad) on:
- The app itself (if you want to try it 🙂)
- The App Store page
- The website
- Etc.

#iOSDev #IndieDev

Francesco PapagnoJan 12

🚀 My first iOS app is live on the App Store!

After struggling with ugly or overly complex expense trackers, I built this app as a simple way to track expenses and income.

👉 App Store: https://apple.co/3MMtYZA
👉 Website: https://effectivebits.com/apps/expenses

#iOSApps #PersonalFinance

Show threadFrancesco PapagnoJan 6
@rwitherspoon At the moment iOS is still around 40% so it seems to be worth to target it but I wonder for how long this will still be the case.
Francesco PapagnoJan 6

Would you go with iOS 26+ for an app being published today or would you still support at least iOS 18?

#iOSDev #Swift #IndieDev

Show threadFrancesco PapagnoAug 16, 2025
@ctietze Well, the IDE should be able to detect a type mismatch before running the compiler. But I agree that once you run the compiler you should get some meaningful errors instead of a timeout.
Francesco PapagnoAug 16, 2025

Just wasted half an hour because I was passing a
SectionedFetchResults.Section directly to a function taking an array. All Xcode gave me was "The compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time". The state of this IDE is embarassing.

#SwiftUI #Xcode #iOSDev