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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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ShopALot Grocery: an early iPhone shopping reference
A look at the original grocery-information idea, and the difference between product data and a dependable shopping list.
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A Good Night’s Sleep: an early iPhone sound-and-alarm app
Revisit Mobile Frontiers’ original app while separating its audio features from unsupported promises about sleep.
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CPR Buddy: reading an old first-aid app review responsibly
Historical context for Divide by Zero’s CPR Buddy and why a legacy app listing cannot establish current emergency guidance.
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Hot Dog Down a Hallway: tilt-controlled iPhone arcade absurdity
The Metaversal Studios game launched a hot dog through a corridor of obstacles, then let players influence its flight by tilting the…
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RecordStudio: a four-track studio on an early iPhone
MEDIA [ 1fourFIVE ] brought four-track recording, a metronome and audio import to RecordStudio. Revisit the original app and its portable-recording idea.
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TripIt for iPhone: keep the itinerary together without losing the originals
How TripIt organizes travel confirmations and the checks that make a digital itinerary easier to trust.
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SushiGuru: using a food reference app at a restaurant
How to evaluate a sushi reference on your phone, and why a menu guide cannot establish the ingredients of the dish in…
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How To Text A Girl: a look at the early message-template app
The 2009 Spendthrift Studios app offered text-message examples. Its useful lesson today is to treat templates as prompts, not promises.
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iChemistry by Kyle Moore: equation balancing on early iPhones
Identify Kyle Moore’s original iChemistry app and understand how equation balancing connects to calculations of chemical amounts.