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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PayPal – Pay, Send, Save: iPhone Guide to Wallet, Transfers, and Rewards
A practical look at PayPal’s iPhone app for payments, transfers, package tracking, rewards, and account management.
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Munily: a community management app for residents, guards, and admins
Munily is a Winter 2022 YC app for community access, communication, and building management.
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Capital One Shopping: Save Now for iPhone
Free iPhone shopping tool that checks coupons, compares prices, and tracks rewards, with Safari support and iOS 16.6 or later.
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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.
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Fishing Calendar: sun, moon and a record of your catches
The historical Fishing Calendar paired a location-based timing forecast with a photo-and-catch log.
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Safety Button: what an alert app can and cannot promise
A historical look at location-alert apps, the difference between notification and response, and the questions that matter before relying on one.