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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Airwork: iPhone shifts and same-day pay for workers
Airwork is a Winter 2022 YC iPhone app for flexible shifts, with same-day pay and location-limited work in Ontario.
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Canva AI Photo & Video Editor for iPhone: a mobile design suite
Canva’s iPhone app combines photo editing, video creation, templates, and collaboration in one mobile design tool.
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Kaagaz PDF Scanner & Compress for iPhone
Kaagaz is a free iPhone scanner and PDF tool for documents, folders, and cloud backup.
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Tic Tac on iPhone: a virtual mint pack from 2009
The original Tic Tac novelty app turned a familiar mint pack into an interactive object on an iPhone screen.
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Creative Whack Pack: use a prompt to move a stuck idea forward
Roger von Oech’s creativity cards became an iPhone app. Here is a practical way to use the format without treating prompts as…
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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.