Gary Walker-Jones · One App A Week

✓ GYMBUDDY LATEST DROP ✓ SOS ✓ CHESS ✓ SYMTRACK ✓ IBRIDGE OPEN SOURCE ✓ BONUS ✓ BOBBLE ✓ CONNECT 4 ✓ SLIDER ✓ SNAP! ✓ WORDWRIGHT DAILY PUZZLES ✓ WARRANTY VAULT ✓ GOLFBUDDY ✓ BELLYBUSTER ✓ GUT DIARY ✓ MFA VAULT ✓ WEATHER GURU LIVE SENSOR ✓ ASTEROID STORM ✓ FFMPEG CMD GEN ✓ YT-DLP HELPER ✓ SPEED READER

Chapter 01 · The Workshop

It starts on a Friday evening with a blank editor and an idea. By Wednesday it ships, live on this domain. No half finished projects, no someday folder, just small software, every week.

ship.js — one-app-a-week

// Friday evening — a blank editor
const ship = (idea) => {
  const app = build(idea);
  test(app);
  return deploy(app); // every Wednesday
};

ship("one small idea");
// → live on walker-jones.eu ✓

Chapter 02 · The Apps

Drag through
the shelf.

01 / 20

NO. 20 · 1 JUL 2026 · LATEST

GymBuddy

Fitness · Workout & session tracker

Build workouts from an exercise library, then run guided sessions rep by rep. Quick-start a session on the fly and keep every workout in your history.

START TRAINING GY NO. 19 · 24 JUN 2026

SOS

Health · Emergency · Lock-screen QR

Your medical info on a lock-screen QR. Enter it once — blood type, allergies, meds, conditions, ICE contacts — and SOS builds the code and drops it onto your wallpaper. Scan it and your emergency page opens, no app to install.

OPEN APP SOS NO. 18 · 17 JUN 2026

Chess

Game · Two players · Online

Real-time two-player online chess. Full move history, in-game chat and notifications when it's your move. Share a link and play from any device.

LAUNCH APP CH NO. 17 · 10 JUN 2026

SymTrack

Health · AI · Latest drop

Log your symptoms and the things around them — sleep, food, stress, pain — and let AI surface the correlations you would never spot yourself. Not diagnoses, just patterns in your own data.

EXPLORE SYMTRACK ST NO. 16 · 3 JUN 2026

iBridge

Tool · Android ↔ Apple · Open source

A bridge between Android and the Apple ecosystem. Your Android messages and notifications on your iPhone or Apple Watch — no second phone needed.

VIEW ON GITHUB IB NO. 15 · 27 MAY 2026

Bobble

Game · Multiplayer · 2–8 players

Multiplayer Boggle for 2–8 players. Host a room, share the code, race to find words before the clock runs out.

LAUNCH APP BO NO. 14 · 20 MAY 2026

Connect 4

Game · Real-time · No accounts

Real-time multiplayer Connect 4. Share a code, play from any device. Drop animations, spectator mode, no app store.

LAUNCH APP C4 NO. 13 · 13 MAY 2026

Slider

Game · Photo tile puzzle

Upload any photo, shuffle it into a tile puzzle. Pick your difficulty from 3×3 to fiendish. Built in ten minutes for the fun of it.

LAUNCH APP SL NO. 12 · 6 MAY 2026

Snap!

Game · Reaction arena · PWA

Ten reaction-time games in one arena — Go/No-Go, Whack-a-Mole, Stroop, Aim and more. Track personal bests. Installs as a PWA.

LAUNCH APP SN NO. 11 · 29 APR 2026

Wordwright

Game · Five fresh games daily

Five fresh word games every day — Decrypticon, Word Weights, Chain Reaction, Syllable Stack, Bullseye Words. One dashboard, daily streaks.

PLAY TODAY'S PUZZLES WW NO. 10 · 22 APR 2026

Warranty Vault

Tool · Offline-first PWA

Scan barcodes, photograph receipts, track expiry dates. Never miss a warranty window again. Private, offline-first.

OPEN APP WV NO. 09 · 15 APR 2026

GolfBuddy

Sport · WHS · Stableford · CSV

Track rounds, calculate WHS handicap, score up to 8 players. Nett, Stableford, CSV export for Power BI. No app store needed.

OPEN APP GB NO. 08 · 8 APR 2026

BellyBuster

Health · On-device · No subs

PIN-protected calorie and weight tracker. Barcode scanning, macro tracking, BMI trends. All data stays on your device.

OPEN APP BB NO. 07 · 1 APR 2026

Gut Diary

Health · Private · Crohn's · IBS

Private bowel health tracker for Crohn's, IBS and IBD. Bristol Stool Scale, trend charts, one-tap CSV export for your doctor.

OPEN APP GD NO. 06 · 25 MAR 2026

MFA Vault

Security · AES-256 · Local only

Browser-based TOTP 2FA manager. Secrets encrypted with AES-256, stored locally. No server, no account, no install.

OPEN APP MV NO. 05 · 18 MAR 2026

Weather Guru

Tool · Live sensor data

Live conditions and forecasts fed directly from a real outside weather station. Actual sensor data — not interpolated estimates.

OPEN APP WG NO. 04 · 11 MAR 2026

Asteroid Storm

Game · Arcade · Amiga vibes

Classic arcade space shooter in your browser. Blast waves of asteroids, rack up combos, chase your high score.

PLAY NOW AS NO. 03 · 4 MAR 2026

ffmpeg Cmd Gen

Tool · Visual command builder

Visual ffmpeg command builder. Pick source, format, codec, resolution. Get a copy-paste-ready command. No cryptic flags to memorise.

OPEN APP FF NO. 02 · 25 FEB 2026

yt-dlp Helper

Tool · Copy · Paste · Done

Visual command builder for yt-dlp. Choose quality, format and options through a clean UI. Copy. Paste. Done.

OPEN APP YT NO. 01 · 18 FEB 2026

Speed Reader

Productivity · RSVP trainer

RSVP speed reading trainer. Paste any text, set your WPM target, watch words flash one at a time. Push past your comfort zone.

OPEN APP SR

Drag to move through the shelf →

Chapter 03 · The Flagship

The letters always find their place. Daily word games built from scratch: a fresh Decrypticon cipher and a new Bullseye board every morning.

PLAY WORDWRIGHT →

Chapter 05 · After Hours

Life through
a Lens.

When the laptop closes, the camera comes out. Landscapes, portraits, astro and the quiet moments — now gathered into The Sphere, an immersive gallery you can step inside and look around. My full-resolution work also lives on Unsplash.

ENTER THE SPHERE → SEE MY UNSPLASH →

ONE APP

A WEEK,

EVERY WEEK.