Under the Radar
RelayFrom development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
324: Design Despair
Jul 31 • 29m
323: The Tidal Wave
Jul 17 • 29m
Requiring iOS 26?
Jul 3 • 29m
WWDC 2025 Aftermath
Jun 19 • 29m
Before the Barrier
Jun 5 • 29m
Unfreezing Your Brain
May 22 • 29m
318: The Forgotten Customer
May 8 • 29m
317: Optimizing for Battery Life
Apr 24 • 29m
Job Security
Apr 10 • 29m
315: Self-Sufficient Apps
Mar 28 • 29m
Optimism vs. Pessimism
Mar 18 • 29m
What's In Our Circles
Feb 28 • 29m
Our Changing Relationship with Apple
Feb 13 • 29m
311: The Long Term
Jan 30 • 29m
310: What's In Our Toolbox: Task Management
Jan 16 • 29m
309: What's In Our Toolbox: Code Assistance
Jan 6 • 29m
308: What's In Our Toolbox: Simulators & Source Control
Dec 19, 2024 • 29m
307: What's In Our Toolbox: Code & Design
Dec 5, 2024 • 29m
306: Overcast "Wrapped"
Nov 20, 2024 • 28m
305: Selling Apps
Nov 7, 2024 • 29m
304: Onboarding
Oct 24, 2024 • 29m
303: Raising Prices
Oct 16, 2024 • 29m
302: Artificial Walls
Sep 26, 2024 • 29m
301: Pending Apple Release
Sep 12, 2024 • 27m
300: The Aftermath
Aug 30, 2024 • 29m
299: Mid-Summer Update
Aug 1, 2024 • 29m
298: The Storm
Jul 19, 2024 • 29m
297: The Storm Before The Storm
Jul 3, 2024 • 29m
296: Summer Plans
Jun 20, 2024 • 29m
295: WWDC 2024 Interview
Jun 13, 2024 • 29m
294: WWDC Excitement
Jun 6, 2024 • 29m
293: Butterflies in the Garden
May 23, 2024 • 28m
292: You Can Always Come Back Later
May 9, 2024 • 29m
291: An Inclusive Mindset
Apr 30, 2024 • 29m
290: Pillar III: Retention
Apr 10, 2024 • 29m
289: Vision Pro Numbers
Mar 26, 2024 • 29m
288: Feelings & Opportunities
Mar 14, 2024 • 29m
287: Pillar II: Monetization
Feb 29, 2024 • 29m
286: First Hire
Feb 14, 2024 • 29m
285: Recreational Computing
Jan 18, 2024 • 29m
284: Pillar I: Acquisition
Jan 4, 2024 • 29m
283: Fifty Roles
Dec 9, 2023 • 29m
282: Revert to Defaults
Nov 30, 2023 • 29m
281: The Weirdest Parties
Nov 9, 2023 • 29m
280: Upstream Decisions
Oct 25, 2023 • 29m
279: Rest and Recovery
Oct 11, 2023 • 29m
278: Unforeseeable Issues
Sep 27, 2023 • 29m
277: Go Time
Sep 13, 2023 • 29m
276: Preparing for iOS 17
Aug 30, 2023 • 29m
275: What's New In This Version
Aug 16, 2023 • 29m
274: Does It Work, and How Does It Feel?
Aug 1, 2023 • 29m
273: Backpack-Driven Development
Jul 19, 2023 • 29m
272: Feeling Behind
Jul 7, 2023 • 29m
271: Developer Prospects for visionOS
Jun 19, 2023 • 29m
270: WWDC 2023
Jun 9, 2023 • 40m
269: Preparing for WWDC 2023
May 25, 2023 • 29m
268: Fancy Work
May 10, 2023 • 29m
267: Don't Run Servers
Apr 26, 2023 • 29m
267: Don't Run Servers
Apr 26, 2023 • 29m
266: The Middle Path
Apr 12, 2023 • 29m
265: Old App, New Subscription
Mar 28, 2023 • 29m
264: Scaling Support
Mar 15, 2023 • 29m
263: Pedometer++ 5.0
Mar 1, 2023 • 29m
262: Managing Change
Feb 16, 2023 • 29m
261: A Vacation to the Basement
Feb 1, 2023 • 29m
260: Subscription School
Jan 18, 2023 • 29m
259: Plans for the Season
Jan 9, 2023 • 29m
258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook
Dec 22, 2022 • 29m
257: Working in Public
Dec 9, 2022 • 29m
256: Optimizing Paywalls
Nov 21, 2022 • 29m
255: The Discontinuity Principle
Nov 9, 2022 • 29m
254: New and Different
Oct 27, 2022 • 29m
253: Motivation Slumps
Oct 11, 2022 • 29m
252: Apple Watch Ultra
Sep 28, 2022 • 29m
251: Be Where Your Customers Are
Sep 15, 2022 • 29m
250: From Left Field to the Home Stretch
Aug 31, 2022 • 29m
249: The Nature of Advertising
Aug 17, 2022 • 29m
248: Limits of Indie Life
Aug 3, 2022 • 29m
247: Different, But Not Worse
Jul 21, 2022 • 29m
246: Hard Forks
Jul 6, 2022 • 29m
245: Slope of Enlightenment
Jun 24, 2022 • 29m
244: WWDC 2022 Special
Jun 8, 2022 • 44m
243: Workplace Christmas
May 25, 2022 • 29m
242: Setup Update
May 11, 2022 • 29m
241: Farewell, Feed Wrangler
Apr 29, 2022 • 29m
240: File Edit WWDC Window Help
Apr 13, 2022 • 29m
239: Overcast Redesign
Apr 1, 2022 • 29m
238: A/B Testing
Mar 16, 2022 • 29m
237: The Spring Collection
Mar 2, 2022 • 29m
236: Be A Little Annoying
Feb 18, 2022 • 29m
235: Color-Picking
Feb 2, 2022 • 29m
234: Should You Do It?
Jan 19, 2022 • 29m
233: The Road (Still) Ahead
Jan 5, 2022 • 29m
232: SF Symbols
Dec 8, 2021 • 29m
231: Support Expectations
Nov 23, 2021 • 29m
230: Tackling the Redesign
Nov 10, 2021 • 29m
229: Money, Time, and M1 Max Macs
Oct 27, 2021 • 29m
228: Ask For Money
Oct 14, 2021 • 29m
227: Adopting High-Profile iOS Features
Sep 29, 2021 • 29m
226: A Quiet Fall
Sep 17, 2021 • 29m
225: The Fragmented Future
Sep 1, 2021 • 29m
224: Mr. Day One
Aug 18, 2021 • 29m
223: Defaults
Aug 4, 2021 • 29m
222: Fingers in the Dam
Jul 21, 2021 • 29m
221: Optional Fun
Jul 7, 2021 • 29m
220: The Danger Zone
Jun 23, 2021 • 29m
219: WWDC 2021
Jun 9, 2021 • 29m
218: Making the Most of a Virtual WWDC
May 26, 2021 • 29m
217: Feature Regrets
May 12, 2021 • 29m
216: Shark Battle
Apr 29, 2021 • 29m
215: Group Therapy Session
Apr 14, 2021 • 29m
214: From Subscribe to Follow
Apr 1, 2021 • 29m
213: A Server Disaster
Mar 17, 2021 • 27m
212: A Watchsmith Adventure
Mar 3, 2021 • 29m
211: Logging
Feb 18, 2021 • 28m
210: Thinking Like A Business
Feb 3, 2021 • 29m
209: Binary Stars
Jan 20, 2021 • 29m
208: The Road Ahead
Jan 6, 2021 • 29m
207: Privacy Labels and Analytics
Dec 22, 2020 • 29m
206: Pivoting Your App
Dec 9, 2020 • 29m
205: We Got a Raise
Nov 25, 2020 • 29m
204: Adopting SwiftUI
Nov 9, 2020 • 29m
203: Modernizing Overcast
Oct 28, 2020 • 29m
202: The Calm After The Storm
Oct 14, 2020 • 29m
201: Widgetsmith
Sep 29, 2020 • 29m
200: Time Flies
Sep 16, 2020 • 29m
199: Spending Dan Riccio’s 2020 Battery Surplus
Sep 2, 2020 • 29m
198: Store Wars
Aug 20, 2020 • 29m
197: iOS 14 Privacy Disclosures
Aug 6, 2020 • 29m
196: Not-So-Secret Plans
Jul 21, 2020 • 29m
195: Apple's Grand Vision of the Future
Jul 8, 2020 • 29m
194: WWDC 2020
Jun 24, 2020 • 29m
193: Unproductivity
Jun 10, 2020 • 29m
192: Backporting
May 27, 2020 • 29m
191: Self-Imposed Constraints
May 13, 2020 • 29m
190: Custom Fonts
Apr 29, 2020 • 29m
189: Watchsmith
Apr 15, 2020 • 29m
188: watchOS Business Prospects
Apr 2, 2020 • 29m
187: Uncertain Times
Mar 18, 2020 • 29m
186: Replacing WWDC
Mar 4, 2020 • 29m
185: Advanced Math
Feb 19, 2020 • 29m
184: The Past and Future of the iPad
Feb 5, 2020 • 29m
183: Compatibility Contrast
Jan 22, 2020 • 29m
182: Ambitions, Goals, and Themes
Jan 8, 2020 • 29m
181: Supporting The Previous OS
Dec 24, 2019 • 29m
180: Shortcuts & Harnesses
Dec 11, 2019 • 29m
179: Silent Updates
Nov 27, 2019 • 29m
178: 16-inch MacBook Pro
Nov 13, 2019 • 29m
177: Operating in a Hostile Environment
Oct 30, 2019 • 29m
176: That's Great, Apple, But…
Oct 18, 2019 • 29m
175: Moon++
Oct 3, 2019 • 29m
174: Always-On Apple Watch
Sep 18, 2019 • 29m
173: Summer Report Card
Sep 4, 2019 • 29m
172: No News is Good News
Aug 19, 2019 • 29m
171: Customers, Audience, and Critics
Aug 8, 2019 • 29m
170: Spending Dan Riccio's Battery Surplus
Jul 24, 2019 • 29m
169: The End of an App's Life
Jul 10, 2019 • 29m
168: Working While Traveling
Jun 26, 2019 • 29m
167: The WWDC Hangover
Jun 12, 2019 • 29m
166: API Wish List
May 29, 2019 • 29m
165: WWDC 2018 Year in Review
May 15, 2019 • 29m
164: Meaningless Version Numbers
May 1, 2019 • 29m
163: CalZones
Apr 17, 2019 • 29m
162: The Five Stages of Developing a New App
Apr 4, 2019 • 29m
161: Gears, Knobs, and Buttons
Mar 20, 2019 • 29m
160: Working Staycations
Mar 6, 2019 • 29m
159: New App
Feb 22, 2019 • 29m
158: Bundled Data
Feb 8, 2019 • 29m
157: Editorial Content
Jan 23, 2019 • 29m
156: The Nightmare After Christmas
Jan 9, 2019 • 29m
155: Difficult Bugfixes
Dec 27, 2018 • 29m
154: Knowingly Shipping Bugs
Dec 20, 2018 • 29m
153: Fear of Major Changes
Dec 13, 2018 • 29m
152: Removing the Bumpers
Dec 5, 2018 • 29m
151: Little Touches
Nov 28, 2018 • 29m
150: Showing Up Every Week
Nov 21, 2018 • 29m
149: Algorithms
Nov 15, 2018 • 29m
148: Low-Work Mode
Nov 8, 2018 • 29m
147: New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro
Nov 1, 2018 • 29m
146: Ethical Monetization
Oct 24, 2018 • 29m
145: Custom Apple Watch Faces
Oct 17, 2018 • 29m
144: Concerns About the Future
Oct 10, 2018 • 29m
143: Implementing Step-Counting
Oct 4, 2018 • 29m
142: Passion Projects
Sep 26, 2018 • 29m
141: Implementing Search
Sep 20, 2018 • 29m
140: The Mad Rush
Sep 14, 2018 • 29m
139: Taking Breaks
Sep 7, 2018 • 29m
138: watchOS 5
Jun 28, 2018 • 29m
137: iOS 12 and App Review Changes
Jun 21, 2018 • 29m
136: Freshly Cleared Decks
Jun 14, 2018 • 29m
135: On the Street at WWDC 2018
Jun 5, 2018 • 28m
134: WWDC Tips
May 30, 2018 • 29m
133: Collective Bargaining
May 25, 2018 • 29m
132: Accessibility
May 16, 2018 • 28m
131: Dot-App and Microsoft's 95%
May 10, 2018 • 29m
130: Lightning Round V
May 3, 2018 • 28m
129: Lightning Round IV
Apr 27, 2018 • 29m
128: Lightning Round III: Servers
Apr 19, 2018 • 29m
127: Lightning Round II
Apr 13, 2018 • 29m
126: Retention
Apr 5, 2018 • 29m
125: Privacy Policies and GDPR
Mar 29, 2018 • 29m
124: Sleep++ and Permission Prompts
Mar 23, 2018 • 29m
123: WWDC 2018 Preview, Watch Stats
Mar 16, 2018 • 29m
122: Ten Years of the iPhone SDK
Mar 8, 2018 • 27m
121: Fear and Change
Mar 1, 2018 • 27m
120: Productivity by Inefficiency
Feb 23, 2018 • 29m
119: Second Locations
Feb 15, 2018 • 29m
118: Original Research
Feb 9, 2018 • 29m
117: The iMac Pro
Feb 1, 2018 • 29m
116: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 2
Jan 25, 2018 • 29m
115: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 1
Jan 18, 2018 • 29m
114: Platform Wish List for 2018
Jan 12, 2018 • 29m
113: Grading the App Store in 2017
Jan 5, 2018 • 29m
112: Ideal vs. Pragmatic
Dec 29, 2017 • 28m
111: Universal Mac Apps?
Dec 21, 2017 • 29m
110: Workouts++ 2.0 Launch Diary
Dec 14, 2017 • 29m
109: Search Ads in Practice
Dec 8, 2017 • 29m
108: Punch-List Mode
Nov 30, 2017 • 29m
107: Free with Benefits
Nov 22, 2017 • 29m
106: Long Projects
Nov 16, 2017 • 29m
105: iPhone X Reality
Nov 9, 2017 • 29m
104: Public Beta Testing with Slack
Nov 2, 2017 • 29m
103: Usability-First Design
Oct 26, 2017 • 29m
102: Procrastiworking
Oct 19, 2017 • 29m
101: Anchoring vs. Simplicity
Oct 12, 2017 • 29m
100: Longevity
Oct 5, 2017 • 29m
99: Effecting Change
Sep 28, 2017 • 29m
98: The Accidental Episode
Sep 20, 2017 • 28m
97: iPhone X and LTE Watches
Sep 15, 2017 • 29m
96: Risky Business
Sep 8, 2017 • 29m
95: Privacy and Responsibility
Sep 1, 2017 • 29m
94: Release Notes
Aug 24, 2017 • 29m
93: New Screen Sizes
Aug 18, 2017 • 29m
92: Notifications to Increase Engagement
Aug 11, 2017 • 29m
91: Removing Features
Aug 3, 2017 • 29m
90: Trademarks
Jul 26, 2017 • 28m
89: Computers for the Self-Employed
Jul 19, 2017 • 29m
88: Working From Home
Jul 12, 2017 • 29m
87: Old Code Vs. New APIs
Jul 6, 2017 • 29m
86: iOS 11 App Store Pages
Jun 29, 2017 • 29m
85: iOS 11
Jun 22, 2017 • 29m
84: WWDC Wrap-Up, watchOS 4
Jun 15, 2017 • 29m
83: Live at CocoaConf
Jun 9, 2017 • 29m
82: WWDC Wish List
Jun 1, 2017 • 29m
81: Profiling
May 25, 2017 • 29m
80: Debugging
May 18, 2017 • 29m
79: New Discovery Metrics
May 11, 2017 • 29m
78: Difficult Indulgences
May 4, 2017 • 29m
77: iTunes Connect, Part II
Apr 26, 2017 • 29m
76: iTunes Connect, Part I
Apr 20, 2017 • 29m
75: Responding to Reviews
Apr 13, 2017 • 29m
74: Taxes & Accounting
Apr 6, 2017 • 29m
73: WWDC Event Planning
Mar 29, 2017 • 29m
72: Selling Apps
Mar 22, 2017 • 29m
71: Apps as Annuities
Mar 17, 2017 • 29m
70: The Hacks We Ship
Mar 8, 2017 • 29m
69: Features You Don't Want
Mar 2, 2017 • 29m
68: Overcast 3
Feb 22, 2017 • 29m
67: Dealing with Old Code
Feb 16, 2017 • 29m
66: State of Swift
Feb 10, 2017 • 29m
65: Getting Sherlocked
Feb 2, 2017 • 28m
64: App Store Reviews, Redux
Jan 26, 2017 • 29m
63: Missing Skills
Jan 19, 2017 • 28m
62: App Store Reviews
Jan 12, 2017 • 29m
61: Back to Work
Jan 5, 2017 • 28m
60: Transferable Skills
Dec 29, 2016 • 29m
59: Launch Day Diary
Dec 22, 2016 • 26m
58: Prerelease Testing
Dec 15, 2016 • 29m
57: Secrecy
Dec 8, 2016 • 29m
56: Surviving the Winter
Dec 2, 2016 • 29m
55: Black Friday Sale
Nov 25, 2016 • 26m
54: Parametric Design
Nov 17, 2016 • 29m
53: Seasonality
Nov 11, 2016 • 28m
52: Learning, Sometimes Willingly
Nov 3, 2016 • 29m
51: Speaking at Conferences
Oct 27, 2016 • 29m
50: Checking the Weather for the Last Time
Oct 21, 2016 • 29m
49: App Store Search Ads
Oct 13, 2016 • 29m
48: Late Bloomers
Oct 6, 2016 • 29m
47: Data Persistence
Sep 29, 2016 • 29m
46: Legacy Support
Sep 23, 2016 • 29m
45: Ads ★★☆☆☆
Sep 15, 2016 • 29m
44: Fall Cleaning
Sep 8, 2016 • 29m
43: Pending An Apple Release
Sep 1, 2016 • 29m
42: Getting Next Year's Customers
Aug 25, 2016 • 29m
41: Internationalization
Aug 17, 2016 • 29m
40: Rethinking Apple Watch Apps
Aug 11, 2016 • 29m
39: Lightning Round 1
Aug 4, 2016 • 29m
38: Psychological Tricks
Jul 28, 2016 • 29m
37: Code Reuse
Jul 21, 2016 • 29m
36: Should You Release Every App?
Jul 14, 2016 • 29m
35: Ideas
Jul 7, 2016 • 29m
34: tvOS 10, macOS 10.12 and Swift 3
Jun 30, 2016 • 29m
33: iOS 10
Jun 24, 2016 • 28m
32: watchOS 3
Jun 17, 2016 • 28m
31: Today’s App Store Announcements
Jun 8, 2016 • 29m
30: A Brief Visit to Android
Jun 2, 2016 • 29m
29: Numbers and Analytics
May 26, 2016 • 29m
28: Wear Your Own T-Shirt
May 20, 2016 • 29m
27: Fast App Review
May 13, 2016 • 29m
26: Wading Slowly Into AppKit
May 6, 2016 • 29m
25: The Calm Before the Storm
Apr 28, 2016 • 28m
24: Should You Register for a WWDC Ticket?
Apr 19, 2016 • 29m
23: Launching Activity++
Apr 14, 2016 • 29m
22: Version Control
Apr 8, 2016 • 28m
21: App Store Rejection
Apr 1, 2016 • 29m
20: Improving the App Store, Part 2
Mar 24, 2016 • 29m
19: Improving the App Store, Part 1
Mar 19, 2016 • 28m
18: Choosing a Pricing Model
Mar 11, 2016 • 29m
17: Work-Life Balance
Mar 3, 2016 • 29m
16: Designing for Misuse
Feb 24, 2016 • 29m
15: Marketing at Launch
Feb 17, 2016 • 29m
14: Linux Servers for App Developers
Feb 12, 2016 • 29m
13: External Dependencies
Feb 5, 2016 • 29m
12: Apps With Personality
Jan 28, 2016 • 29m
11: Ad-Funded Apps
Jan 22, 2016 • 28m
10: Designed by a Programmer
Jan 14, 2016 • 29m
9: State of the Apple Watch
Jan 8, 2016 • 29m
8: Vacation
Dec 24, 2015 • 25m
7: Building New Features
Dec 18, 2015 • 27m
6: How to Become a Programmer
Dec 11, 2015 • 28m
5: Managing Feedback
Dec 5, 2015 • 25m
4: Unexpected Complexity
Nov 25, 2015 • 28m
3: Ergonomics
Nov 18, 2015 • 28m
2: Time for Swift
Nov 10, 2015 • 28m
1: Adapting to the Market
Nov 4, 2015 • 27m
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