IPHONE APPS / NEWS / DISCOVERY
iPhone apps, news, and accessories.
Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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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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iMagazine: an early experiment in phone-sized games publishing
The original iMagazine presented illustrated, review-led issues focused mainly on iPhone games.
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CharmistryHis: a pocket collection of dating tips in 2009
The historical app organized dating advice into categories, bookmarks and custom stacks of tips.
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myMovies: keeping a film collection useful beyond the shelf
Netwalk’s early iPhone catalogue illustrates why a portable film inventory needs clear editions, ownership records and an export route.
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Free Translator by CoDesign: an early iPhone translation client
Revisit CoDesign’s original Free Translator, App Store ID 293855167, and learn how to judge a translated phrase in context.
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Audio Tuner for iPhone: Supernifty’s pocket pitch checker
Audio Tuner used the iPhone microphone, a pitch pipe and instrument tunings to help check pitch. A practical look at its original…
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EasyGPA: what the discontinued student calculator was designed to do
An archival look at EasyGPA and a practical explanation of why a grade calculator must match your school’s rules.
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Mobiscope on iPhone: an early window into live cameras
Revisit SHAPE Services’ Mobiscope and the difference between public webcams, personal cameras and a genuinely live view.
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Puppet Animation: turning one iPhone photo into a moving character
Daisuke Nogami’s Puppet Animation animated parts of a still image. Its surviving developer history shows what came at launch and what arrived…
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Santana for iPhone: music, lessons and the story behind the app
Santana’s 2009 iPhone app brought together music, a discography, news and guitar lessons. Here is what its developer documented.