Haifeng Cheng

Haifeng Cheng

Indie iOS maker · NovaHalo studio

About

Hi I'm Cheng, a solo indie maker behind NovaHalo — a one-person iOS studio in Shenzhen, China. I build small, focused apps where most products fall short: the moments that actually matter. So far I've shipped three apps: · AltiMe — Real-time altimeter + AR peak finder · Signal Radar — SOS that fires the moment signal returns · Filmly — A shared event camera that develops together I obsess over: privacy by design (on-device inference, zero analytics); honest one-time pricing; 10-language localization from day one. DMs open — happy to chat about indie dev economics, on-device LLMs, or how to ship multiple apps as a one-person studio.

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Maker History

  • Signal Radar
    Signal RadarCaught between flickers — we built it for that moment
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJuly 29th, 2024

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Haifeng Cheng

15h ago

Signal Radar.My first launch today!

Hey Product Hunt
I m Cheng,the maker of Signal Radar.
And today is my first launch.
This started with an uncomfortable realization: the moment you need your phone most lost on a trail, injured in the backcountry, stranded in a country you don t know is usually the moment it stops being useful. No signal, no maps, no help, no answers.
Most safety apps don t actually fix this. They need a connection, an account, or a server in the loop exactly what you can t reach when it matters.
Signal Radar is built the opposite way, to work when everything else goes dark:
Offline SOS distress signaling and location tools that don t need a network
Global emergency numbers the right number for any country, no data required
Survival guides in 10 languages first aid, shelter, water, signaling
On-device AI (Gemma) ask survival questions with zero connection
Privacy-first everything runs on your device. No servers, no account, no tracking.
Airplane mode, a dead zone, a mountain pass with no bars it all still works.
I d love your honest feedback, especially if you hike, climb, travel, or work somewhere the signal runs out. What would make this something you d actually carry?
Thanks for checking it out

Haifeng Cheng

21h ago

Signal Radar - Caught between flickers — we built it for that moment

In the wild, signal doesn't return cleanly — it flickers for half a second, gone, returns ninety seconds later for a second and a half, gone again. You can't catch it. Signal Radar can. 24/7 background watch — the moment signal returns, GPS-SOS fires. Plus offline AI for snake bites, CPR, hypothermia. We hope you never need it.
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