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SwitchBuddy App
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Unofficial Nintendo Switch (2) companion for iOS & Android.

Screenshots transfer, eShop deals, new games discovery and more!

https://switchbuddy.app/
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New update makes it easy to share games you are playing on social media 🎮

You can create "Gaming Report" which is automatically generated based on your Favorites & can be customized.

Or you can create image for single game that has countdown, rating or just custom text.

#gaming #NintendoSwitch
Banner showing the new features. Gaming Report has three rows of games - playing, backlog & finished. The second screenshot shows Kirby Air Riders image with countdown showing 32 days until release.
October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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New version 5.1.0 is out 🎉

- Recent activity section
- Filter by number of players on single Switch
- Easier games management with multi-select
- Large countdown widget

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #iOSDev
Favorites screen showing the new Recent activity row with recently updated games. The latest one is LEGO Voyagers added to Wishlist Updated Deals filter screen showing the ability to specify number of players on a single system List of games in Wishlist with three games selected and the menu to move them to new status visible
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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SwitchBuddy will soon show supported languages for games. This relies on IGDB data but should be quite reliable.

This is first version, in the future I want to primarily display relevant languages based on your device settings.

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #iOSDev
Bottom part of Hollow Knight: Silksong detail screen showing new "Supported languages" section that lists all the languages supported alongside glyphs to show whether this is audio or just subtitles localization.
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Do you play local multiplayer games? SwitchBuddy will soon make it super simple to find games that support this.

Not only that, you can specify the minimum player count the game should support. Perfect for finding games for four or even eight people 🎉

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #indieDev
Updated Deals filter screen with option to specify number of players.
August 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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If you want HUGE countdown widget... I am not gonna stop you 😅

New Countdown widget size available 🔜

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #iOSDev
Countdown widget showing Hollow Knight: Silksong with 13 days to go.
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Kirby Air Riders has release dates, so time to add countdown widgets 😀

#NintendoSwitch #Kirby #gaming
SwitchBuddy countdown widgets showing Kirby Air Riders with 93 days until release on November 20 2025.
August 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Also coming soon - the ability to "batch edit" your collection. First select games and then move them to new status or add tags 👍

#NintendoSwitch #gaming #indieDev
List of Backlog games showing three games selected and the move menu opened with options to move to different status
August 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Soon the app will get "Recent activity" section. This makes it super easy to update status or just view games that you modified recently.

#NintendoSwitch #gaming #indieDev
SwitchBuddy Favorites screen with the "Awaiting release" carousel and below section "Recent activity" that shows four games and their current status. For example the first game is "Herdling" with status "Wishlist"
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Created new banner for the website, the old one was super old (time flies) 😬

The app has so many features so that makes it hard to select just four screenshots to represent it.

With this set I tried to select more "unique" features.

#NintendoSwitch #gaming #indieDev
Four screenshots horizontally. First shows the Wishlist section with some games on sale and some not, the second shows the main Favorites screen with Up Next carousel, custom tags and Wishlist row, the third has list of Deals and the last shows the price history screen
August 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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SwitchBuddy v5 is now widely available for iPhone & iPad. 🎉

#gaming #NintendoSwitch
Version 5.0 changelog: ## Better Favorites Create custom tags to further organize your games, add notes to games, rate games to remember how you liked them and much more! ## Improved Wishlist Your Wishlist has dedicated screen which shows games currently on sale in the first section and you can also order by prices. Sale notifications are improved too and will let you also know about discounts for deluxe, special and other editions. ### iCloud Sync Your favorite games will now sync over iCloud between your devices. Other tweaks and fixes.
July 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Busy month for Switch and Switch 2 👀

#gaming #NintendoSwitch
Featured gamed widget showing many games coming out in July.
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Some of the new things I am currently polishing.

- New "Filters cloud" to easily view games by status, tags or define custom filter
- Favorites preferences - set preferred layout, order by
- Ability to sort Wishlist by lowest price

#gaming #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch
New Favorites screen showing the Up Next, tags for filtering, Wishlist row New "Preferences" screen for Favorites with ability to set preferred layout and order by + ability to re-order status sections New "Custom filter" screen with the ability to combine fulters Wishlist screen showing ordering by lowest price
June 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I am still working on the big version 5.0.0 update but decided to release smaller one sooner 👀

You will be able to quickly find all upcoming and released games that are only available for #NintendoSwitch2 🎉

#gaming #nintendo #iOSDev #indieDev
SwitchBuddy Games tab that has featured list that currently shows Pokémon Legends: Z-A and below new "Games for Switch 2" banner with the image of the console and subtitle explaining that it has latest and upcoming games for the new console. The new screen showing Upcoming list with Tamagotchi Plaza for Switch 2, Donkey Kong: Bananza, Super Mario Party: Jamboree Switch 2 edition and Wild Hearts S.
June 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Early version of the redesigned eShop component on game detail.

Need to decide whether it should have the current official eShop red or use color from selected theme. I think theme makes more sense to not have too many colors 🌈😅

#gaming #nintendo
Redesigned eShop component variants showing the button with price and next to it button with image of a chart. Most of these have just "Nintendo eShop" title, for editions the edition is main title and "Nintendo eShop" is just small title above. There is also discount variant that has additional component showing the discount amount and when the deal ends.
June 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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30 days!

#Nintendo #NintendoSwitch2 #gaming
Switch 2 countdown widget screenshot
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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New iOS update just landed. Version 4.13.0 🎉

New features:
- Support for Switch 2 games (release date, info game is Switch 2 only)
- Expanded Featured games to show titles without exact release date
- New "Recent hits" list on Games tab

#gaming #nintendoSwitch2 #nintendo
Games tab screenshot showing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond as featured game with release date currently just "2025" Donkey Kong: Bananza game detail showing the release date 17 July 2025 and info game is for Switch 2 Games tab scrolled to show "Recent hits" section and below Switch 2 games collection is also visible together with Free-to-Play
April 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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If you frequently transfer screenshots, there's a few ways to start the Transfer feature super quick 🙂

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #SwitchBuddyTipsAndTricks

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App icon shortcut showing "Transfer" as selected Home Screen widget to quickly start transfer
April 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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New iOS version is out with updated Switch 2 countdown widget.

🎉

#gaming #NintendoSwitch2
All three widget variants showing 63 days until the launch on June 5th.
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Latest iOS version update contains Lock Screen widget for the Switch 2 reveal countdown. 🙂

I was hoping for maybe a better design but time is short and these widgets are quite limited.

Tapping any of the Switch 2 widgets opens detail of the upcoming Direct now 🎉

#nintendo #NintendoSwitch #gaming
iOS lock screen showing time + the new Switch 2 countdown widgets and there is also visible the Up Next widget that shows Bubble Ghost Remake releasing today and Star Overdrive releasing in 14 days.
March 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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10 DAYS 😱

#gaming #NintendoSwitch #Nintendo
Countdown widgets towards Switch 2 reveal direct.
March 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This widget countdown showed over 70 days when it first became available 😀

#Switch2 is getting closer and closer 🎉

#NintendoSwitch #gaming
Nintendo Direct countdown widget showing the console and "26 days" until April 2 2025
March 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Working on new "Trending" screen that shows games currently most visited on IGDB. And is also shows via badges which games are brand new among trending and which are moving up 🙂

#gaming #NintendoSwitch
Trending screen showing sample of games, most of them with the "Rising" badge. There are games like Torchlight 3, Forgotton Anne or EA Sports FC 25 Trending screen showing sample of games, the game Warriors: Abyss has "New" badge indicating it is new in this trending screen
February 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A fast way to start screenshots transfer is to long-press the app icon and select "Transfer" 🙂

#SwitchBuddyTips #NintendoSwitch #gaming
SwitchBuddy app icon long pressed showing "Transfer" and "Search Games" as quick actions in addition to standard iOS actions like "Edit Home Screen" or "Remove App".
February 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The #Switch2 Nintendo Direct countdown widget is now available on both platforms 🎉

Once the Direct ends, we will update the widget so it counts to official launch 🙂

#NintendoSwitch #gaming
New widget in different sizes shown on an iPhone and Android smartphone. Currently the countdown is 58 days. The screenshots also show multiple widget sizes.
February 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Every YouTube video in the app can now be played inline and you can also toggle full screen + PiP is supported.

There's new preference that let's you play full screen by default or even open YouTube app directly.
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM