iOS Dev Tools: Dock, Clippets, ReviewKit
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Dock
Dock is a powerful macOS application designed specifically for app developers to optimize their App Store presence. This comprehensive App Store Optimization toolkit provides intelligent management of all your app's metadata, from keywords to screenshots, reviews, and competitor analysis—all enhanced with AI-powered insights.
Why you will like it:
Streamline your ASO workflow with integrated keyword analysis, popularity metrics, and AI-generated optimization suggestions.
Create professional app screenshots with the built-in editor or generate preview images automatically using AI technology.
Track and respond to user reviews with smart filtering and AI-powered sentiment analysis that identifies your app's strengths and weaknesses.
Gain competitive advantage by monitoring competitor ASO strategies and receiving actionable insights on keyword opportunities.
Save countless hours managing your App Store presence with this all-in-one toolkit built specifically for macOS.
Make data-driven decisions about your app marketing with comprehensive analytics and AI-powered recommendations.
Clippets
Clippets is a clipboard manager with a built-in editor where you can merge and edit saved snippets and put them back on the clipboard. You can mark favorite snippets to be kept, and add descriptive notes to a snippet.
Clippets has a very fast search for snippets. Snippets can be kept forever or purged on a schedule.
Why you will like it:
Inconspicuous - monitors your clipboard in the background, but can be summoned with a user-defined global keyboard shortcut.
Very fast - both in search and in UI responsiveness.
Convenient - accessible as a menu bar dropdown, or as a regular macOS window.
Configurable - Settings page for all features and flags.
Robust - no bugs reported in four years.
Reliable - uses SQLite with full database transactions.
Has a drop-down menu bar window.
ReviewKit
ReviewKit lets you request App Store reviews intelligently by tracking positive user activities and only asking satisfied users at the right time.
Built from real-world app experience, it helps you improve your App Store rating by ensuring review requests are shown only to users who have demonstrated positive engagement with your app through customizable criteria.
Why you will like it:
Simple one-line integration with recordPositiveEventAndRequestReviewIfCriteriaMet().
Smart criteria system that tracks user satisfaction over time.
Customizable weights for different types of positive events.
Events expire after configurable time periods (default 14 days).
Works on iOS 11+, macOS 10.14+ with native review dialogs.
Completely free and open-source for all apps.
ScreenSnapAI
ScreenSnapAI allows you to select anything onscreen and instantly perform AI tasks such as summarizing, translating, editing content or any other task you can think of.
Mouse Jiggler
Prevent your Mac from sleeping. Stay active during presentations, webinars, live streaming, long downloads, and more.
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