Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SiderealLab iOS Distributed NOW
Measure the Earth rotation locally
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.
2025 · touchgrass.now · its alternatives →
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Track your subscription app's performance—anytime, anywhere
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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LastQuake▲78The best app to track earthquakes in near real-time
2018 · emsc-csem.org · its alternatives →
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Arc App 2.1▲125The best location and activity tracker for iOS.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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OneGlanse▲77Free open-source GEO tracker for LLM visibility
Apr 2026 · oneglanse.com · its alternatives →
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This is a little hobby project that I hope you enjoy. You can see where the International Space Station is now, with live HD video from NASA, on a realistic 3D globe. The positions of the sun and moon are also accurate, though distances aren't to scale. The clouds are also near-realtime; I span that out into a separate project at https://clouds.matteason.co.uk, where the cloud images I create from EUMETSAT data are freely available. I've got more features almost ready to go, like the ability to turn off all UI, toggleable clouds and turning off the day/night cycle I'd love for…
2024 · iss.matteason.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Polarsteps▲131Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map
2015 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · realitycap.com · its alternatives →
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Measuring distance and area in Google Earth
2018 · earth.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m full stack developer (formerly iOS) and I just launched Nomad Tracker, a native iOS app to help digital nomads track physical presence across countries for visa limits and tax residency. Key idea: everything runs on-device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics. Features: - Calendar-based day tracking per country. - Schengen 90/180 and other visa “runways”. - Fiscal residency day counts and alerts. - Optional background location logging (battery-efficient, never overwrites manual data). - Photo import using metadata only (no image access). - On-device “Fiscal Oracle” using…
Feb 2026 · thenomadtracker.com · its alternatives →
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The best orienteering app is now available on Android
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I kept trying to explain how important outdoor light is and how most people aren’t getting enough. Eventually I figured that showing is more effective than telling. So we built a free app that uses your Apple Watch or iPhone to automatically track your light exposure throughout the day. It tells you if you’re getting enough, shows you how consistent you are, and rewards habits that support hormone balance. It's in beta on TestFlight, let me know what you think!
2025 · lumehealth.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I made Orbit, an iOS app that allows you to see the satellites, planets, and constellations above you in AR, on a 2D map, and on a 3D globe. The app includes more than 15,000 objects tracked by CelesTrack, together with their pass predictions, descriptions, and detailed orbital data. A searchable catalog of all objects is also available, as well as a built-in chatbot designed to answer any space-related questions you might have. This is my first published iOS app, so any feedback is greatly appreciated! App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772174570
Jul 2026 · nagylukas.github.io · its alternatives →
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himawari.js▲79Real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map 🌍
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chronoid▲51Hi HN, I've been building Chronoid, a native macOS time tracker. It runs in the menu bar and automatically logs apps, windows, and file activity using macOS accessibility APIs. Everything is stored locally, no sync or cloud service. At first I tried using DuckDB as the storage engine. It looked promising for analytics, but after ~2 weeks I realized it was overkill for my needs—extra dependencies, trickier integration, and not much real benefit at the scale of a single-user app. I switched to SQLite, and it turned out to be the simpler, more reliable choice. The codebase got smaller and the…
Nov 2025 · chronoid.app · its alternatives →
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Little project I’ve been hacking on: Etch, a Stable Diffusion client for iOS 📱 I love creating AI-generated images, and now Etch lets me do it on-the-go. Backend is powered by DreamStudio and supports txt2img, img2img, & inpainting TestFlight download: https://t.co/xDUkPsq9lc
2022 · twitter.com · its alternatives →
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