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iPhone apps, news, and accessories.
Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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TikTok Pro – Events: what the iPhone app does and who it’s for
TikTok Pro – Events is a TikTok short-video app with event-themed challenges, sharing, and iPhone requirements.
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Allowance lets iPhone users approve AI purchases with temporary card credentials
An iPhone wallet for AI-agent purchases with one-time credentials, spending controls, and user approval.
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Apple’s iPhone Duo launch adds a new App Store badge for optimized apps
Apple is using iPhone Duo launch day to spotlight “Made for iPhone Duo” apps and push developers toward optimized software.
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Dictionary.com for iPhone: definitions and word choices in one app
Revisit the 2009 Dictionary.com app and the difference between finding a word’s meaning and choosing an alternative.
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KJV Bible: an early offline reference app with text search
The app identified by Apple ID 321239722 offered local reading, navigation and word search for its KJV material.
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Errand Tracker: shared shopping lists organized around places
The original Errand Tracker connected retailer-based lists, a map and a website for coordinated errands.
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Xpandaballs: a puzzle where every stopped ball takes up space
Craig Caldwell’s early iPhone game combined expanding balls, special types and the risk of running out of room.
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School supply lists on iPhone: buy what the classroom actually needs
Turn a school’s requirements into a clear shopping list, with quantities, ownership and checks for items you already have.
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NZ metMate: a New Zealand weather web app for the early iPhone
NZ metMate brought local forecasts and rain radar into an iPhone-friendly web app. The developer’s 2009 launch discussion preserves the details.
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PhotoToMac: moving early iPhone photographs over Wi-Fi
Revisit Galarina’s PhotoToMac and the distinction between transferring an image and preserving all of its information.
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TonePad: making music with a grid of light
The original TonePad turned a sixteen-by-sixteen grid into an approachable musical sketchpad.
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Be Nice to Bunnies: checking cruelty-free products on iPhone
The historical PETA app put a shopping database on a phone. Its useful lesson is to check the current source behind a…