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Wagetap iPhone app review: wage advances and bill splitting in Australia
Wagetap is a Winter 2022 YC iPhone app for Australian wage advances and bill splitting.
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Univerbal for iPhone: AI conversation practice for language learners
Univerbal is a YC Winter 2023 language-learning app for speaking practice, instant feedback, and personalized conversation drills.
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Travel apps for iPhone: maps, itineraries and offline preparation
The best travel setup on an iPhone starts with three jobs: keeping reservations together, finding your way, and having essential information available…
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Glimpse: time-lapse photographs with a route alongside them
The historical Glimpse app paired a moving photo sequence with location playback and a cloud-sharing service.
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Stylebook’s early wardrobe app: clothes, outfits and visual inspiration
The 2009 Stylebook listing centered on photographing a wardrobe and arranging clothing into free-form outfit collages.
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Star Walk’s first birthday: revisiting the early astronomy app celebration
The historical anniversary post combined an astronomy-app celebration with a short-lived price promotion and quiz.
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Grat’s Film Slate/Clapboard: a pocket slate for organizing takes
Identify Grat Crabtree’s historical film-slate app and understand what a readable slate contributes to an organized video shoot.
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Business Card Reader for iPhone: SHAPE’s early contact scanner
How SHAPE’s 2009 Business Card Reader used OCR to turn a photographed card into a contact, and what to check before relying…
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Property Manager: buildings, tenants and work orders in an early iPhone app
Being Properties’ historical app organized property records, expenses and maintenance jobs around individual buildings and units.
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Bank of Mom: a family ledger for money, time and agreed rewards
The original Bank of Mom tracked virtual family accounts, including allowances measured in money or minutes.
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Creating an iPhone game: the questions behind a 2009 warning
Revisit an early App Store essay about the gap between an appealing game idea and a sustainable release.
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Shortcovers on iPhone: how the early ebook service became Kobo
The connection between Shortcovers and Kobo, and what it means when you find an old ebook purchase or app recommendation.