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24 alternatives to NSHipster

Journal of the overlooked bits in Objective-C and Swift

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. NSHipster launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swift Devs▲101

   A community for developers and students of Swift

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Swift AI▲243

   A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pointer▲95

   A reading club for developers

   2015 · pointer.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Rice▲81

   A location based marketplace for iOS

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ship▲76

   Continuous integration for iOS & Android

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Akinator▲78

   A Genie App

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Addr▲98

   A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hum▲84

   Songwriting for iPhone

   2014 · justhum.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Advanced Swift▲97

    From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Papers We Love▲90

    A repository of academic computer science papers

    2015 · paperswelove.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

    A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

    2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Skillshare for iOS▲146

    Learn just about anything.

    2014 · skillshare.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Tweak▲74

    a native iOS design prototyping tool

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Milepost▲78

    An iOS driving journal for your car, with an MCP server

    22d ago · milepost.club · its alternatives →

16. 16
    IBAnimatable▲125

    Design and prototype UI, interaction, navigation, transition

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Impromptu: Knocking It Out of The Park▲60

    CSS Less, Swift, App Slicing, Node JS, Apple Car, new iPads

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Unarchiver▲147

    A beautiful, more capable Archive Utility app for the Mac

    2015 · theunarchiver.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Subjective-C▲114

    A study of innovative iOS interfaces.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Listomatic▲89

    The intelligent list maker

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Techie News▲72

    A new simple and fast HN Reader for iOS

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Concurrency▲82

    Become a better multitasker

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Day One▲133

    A simple journal for iPhone, iPad and OSX.

    2013 · dayoneapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →