Ankur Shukla
iOS developer, engineer, and founder of Dadly.
I'm Ankur — an iOS developer and engineer building apps for the moments most people don't talk about out loud. I'm the founder of Dadly, an AI companion for expecting and new dads, and the maker of Wisdom Quotes , an iOS app of curated quotes for clearer thinking.
Why I built Dadly
Dadly started in a hospital waiting room. My wife had a high-risk pregnancy and I spent nine months Googling scan results at 2am, decoding blood work I didn't understand, and trying to figure out which symptoms were normal and which ones meant I should wake her up. The pregnancy apps we tried were all written for the person carrying the baby — none of them spoke to the partner standing next to her.
So I built the thing I needed. Dadly is an AI companion for dads — built specifically for the partner role. It explains scans and reports in plain English, gives you a short weekly brief, helps you prep for doctor visits, and answers the 3am questions you'd otherwise type into Google with shaking hands. Every article on this blog is written from lived experience, then checked against medical sources before it goes out.
What I make
I build iOS apps, end-to-end — from product idea to Swift code to AI backend. My focus is on apps that solve real, specific human problems rather than another generic tracker.
- Dadly — AI companion for expecting and new dads. iOS & Android. (dadlyapp.com)
- Wisdom Quotes — iOS app of hand-curated quotes for clearer thinking. (wisdomquotes.in )
How Dadly's articles get written
Articles on the Dadly blog come from a real pregnancy and a real newborn — the questions I asked, the moments I panicked, the things that turned out to be fine, and the things I wish I'd known sooner. They aren't generic listicles spun from an SEO brief.
Before anything is published it's cross-checked against medical sources (NHS, ACOG, AAP, peer-reviewed journals where relevant) and reviewed for accuracy. Anything time-sensitive is dated and revisited. If you ever spot something that looks off, please email me — I'll fix it.
Get in touch
The fastest way to reach me is Twitter / X or LinkedIn. For product feedback, bug reports, or anything Dadly-related, email hello@dadlyapp.com.