TLC Designs Simple, honest apps for iOS

Apps that do one job properly.

TLC Designs builds small iOS apps with the same four rules: it works offline, it asks for no account, it carries no advertising, and it is bought once. Nothing here phones home with what you do inside it.

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RecordLog

RecordLog is a reliable iPhone voice recorder for students taping lectures, interviewers capturing conversations, and note-takers in meetings. One-tap capture with no artificial time limit and Apple transcription included. Free to download with a 7-day full trial, then pay once. No subscription, no ads.

SleepDrift

SleepDrift is a sleep-sound player for iPhone and iPad that generates steady White, Pink, Brown or Grey noise on-device to mask distractions at night. Free to download with a 7-day trial (one hour per session), then a single $3.99 purchase. No subscription, no ads, no account.

The four rules

On the device
Recording, trimming, calculating and storing happen on the phone. Where an app can use Apple's own on-device engines instead of a server, it does.
No account
No sign-up, no login, no profile. Install it and use it.
No advertising
In the app: no ad SDK, no analytics SDK, no third-party tracking code. There is nothing to opt out of.
Bought once
A download and a trial, then a single purchase. No subscription, and no version of the app that gets worse when the trial ends.

Why there is no subscription

A recorder that runs on your phone costs us nothing more when you use it more. Charging every month for software whose running cost does not rise with use is rent on something you already bought, so RecordLog is one $5.99 purchase and SleepDrift is one $3.99 purchase — each bought once, nothing else.

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