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24 alternatives to PineTool – An iOS Companion for the Pinecil

My new little iOS app for the Pinecil soldering iron.

PineTool is an iOS companion app for the Pinecil soldering iron. Launched in April 2023, it provides mobile control and monitoring functionality for users who own this soldering device. The app allows iOS users to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PineTool – An iOS Companion for the Pinecil launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system▲928
After years of making screwdrivers and teaching people to repair electronics, we just made our first electronic tool. It's been a journey for us to build while hewing to our repairable principles. We're really excited about it. It's a USB-C powered soldering iron and smart battery power hub. Super repairable, of course. Our goal is to make soldering so easy everyone can do it: https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub We didn’t want to make just another iron, so we spent years sweating the details and crafting something that met our exacting standards. This is a high-performance iron: it…
2024 · hackaday.com · its alternatives →
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Paper 3.0▲779
The new sticky note
2015 · its alternatives →
3MF
My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker▲418
2017 · coneapp.io · its alternatives →
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Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI▲280
Find, install, update and remove Mac apps in one click. Thousands of apps in one place. Free and open source.
2023 · aerolite.dev · its alternatives →
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Cursor for iOS▲611
Build with coding agents from anywhere
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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AppToolkit▲146
Useful tools for mobile app creators
2017 · apptoolkit.io · its alternatives →
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I built a tool to help you read Hacker News on Kindle▲393
Hi HN, I'm Daniel Nguyen. In June, I quit my job to start indie hacking full-time. The idea of KTool first came to my mind when I was reading "Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?"[0] I've been wearing glasses since I was 5. My right eye is basically blind. Doctors said there is no chance to cure it. I was genuinely scared. Like holy shit, if my left eye stops working, my life is done. Since then I've been very conscious about time spent on computer screens. That's when I started using Kindle-related products: to offload as many reading materials as possible to…
2022 · ktool.io · its alternatives →
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iPad app to help you learn computational science by tinkering with code▲121
Dive into the world of Python programming through our curated collection of interactive coding tutorials.
2021 · tinkerstellar.com · its alternatives →
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onetool▲309
The App Store for SaaS
2020 · onetool.co · its alternatives →
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Treblle for iPhone, iPad and Mac▲205
The next generation of API management
2022 · treblle.com · its alternatives →
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TopTool▲275
Explore the best tools
2024 · toptool.app · its alternatives →
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I took over Painteresque, a 14 year old Objective-C app and rebuilt it▲117
Around 3 weeks ago, I came across a reddit post from someone who was looking to see if anyone was interested in taking over a 12-14 year old objective c app which hadn't been on the app store for many years. I responded and decided to do it. The app is called Painteresque. It lets you turn photos to charcoal drawings, paintings etc while doing all the processing locally on device: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/painteresque-photo-to-sketch/i... The app is entirely free to use, has no ads, third party analytics, trackers, subscriptions or other junk. It does offer…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pine▲100
Adopt and share eco lifehacks 🌱
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pinery▲161
Hi HN, I'm Heberti, the solo developer working on Pinery. I've spent the last couple of years building Pinery with a single mission: I wanted a tool that bridged the gap between simple Markdown editors and complex layout software like InDesign. Pinery is my attempt at a solution. It combines a clean, distraction-free Markdown editor with a powerful, real-time visual styling mode. You can control typography, spacing, and layout visually, and see the changes instantly. Key features: - Write in Markdown with AI-assisted text tools (leveraging macOS frameworks) - Customize the design with…
2025 · pinery.app · its alternatives →
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NoteLedge▲210
Take better notes, your way
2021 · kdan.com · its alternatives →
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onetool (beta)▲200
Every software you'll ever need in one subscription.
2020 · onetool.co · its alternatives →
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Upstox Pro▲57
Stock trading app for NSE, BSE & MCX
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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TheTool▲89
App Store Optimization made simple and beautiful.
2018 · appradar.com · its alternatives →
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Appleshouter – iOS Push Notifications for PWAs and Web apps▲89
iOS Push Notifications for PWAs and Web apps. Contribute to kosmigramma/appleshouter development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A useful canvas drawing tool – PenTool▲14
Pen tool. Contribute to dream-num/PenTool development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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App Store Optimization (ASO) Reports in Slack▲74
Integrate TheTool with Slack and get daily ASO reports
2018 · appradar.com · its alternatives →
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Dali – A pure-Nim indie assembler for Android dex and apk files▲86
2019 · forum.nim-lang.org · its alternatives →
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Building an E-Ink Calendar and a UI Toolkit along the way▲64
2020 · rahulrav.com · its alternatives →
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MultiGrip Multitool▲77
Every day multitool with 25+ features 🔧
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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