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MoneyCoach is a universal cash tracker and mindfulness app that aims to help you save money and establish financial goals. Alongside the release of iOS 15, the app received its fall update that will take advantage of everything new that just arrived with Apple’s new operating systems. more… The post ‘MoneyCoach’ finance app adds XL widgets, Apple Watch updates, more appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Weather Line creator Ryan Jones and his team have released a huge update to their popular flight tracking app, Flighty. The app has just been updated to version 2.0, and it includes a ton of quality of life improvements to make traveling more fun and less stressful. The update includes several new visual enhancements like a 3D globe view and easier one-handed use. There...

The New York Times announced today that it is cutting off access to its popular crosswords for third-party apps. Previously, the Times made its crosswords available in .puz files in the Across Lite puzzle format. These could be used in a variety of third-party crossword applications. more… The post New York Times cuts off third-party app access to crosswords from next week appeared first...

A pilot is claiming that Delta stole his app, and is suing the airline for more than a billion dollars. To make things just a touch more awkward, the pilot concerned actually flies for Delta … more… The post Pilot claims Delta stole his app, is suing for a billion dollars appeared first on 9to5Mac.

WaterMinder is one of my favorite iPhone apps, as it easily allows you to track your water intake and integrate with the Apple Health app. A new update rolling to WaterMinder today adds support for tracking your caffeine intake alongside your water intake. more… The post WaterMinder app adds support for tracking caffeine intake with Apple Health integration appeared first on 9to5Mac.

If you’re looking to give your Home app a personalized makeover, HomePaper is a new app designed to help. Apple includes a handful of rather boring default wallpapers in the Home app, but HomePaper lets you take things to the next level by combining your own pictures with custom gradients. more… The post ‘HomePaper’ for iOS makes it easy to personalize your Home app...

Following this morning’s Tim Cook interview with Kara Swisher that focused on privacy, Apple has reminded developers to update their apps with the new AppTrackingTransparency framework before the release of iOS 14.5. AppTrackingTransparency, or ATT, is a new tool Apple is introducing to protect users’ data and prevent unwanted apps from tracking you across other websites and apps. more… The post Apple reminds developers...

Earlier today, we shared a report about the record spend on apps during the pandemic, and now a Sensor Tower research shows that iPhone users really have been spending more than ever in the App Store ecosystem. iPhone users in the US spent an average of $138 on apps in 2020, which is 38% more than in 2019. more… The post Research shows US...

The pandemic saw a record spend on apps last year, and App Annie reports that this has continued into the first quarter of this year. The analytics firm says that demand for entertainment during lockdown saw developers enjoy the biggest quarter since records began… more… The post Record spend on apps during pandemic continues into this year appeared first on 9to5Mac.

If you are a Crash Bandicoot fan, you’re in luck. A new game called Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is available to download on the iPhone and iPad now. The game was available to pre-add in March, as the developer, who is also the creator of Candy Crush Saga, announced. more… The post ‘Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!’ launches on iPhone and iPad appeared...

For those not familiar, March 10 is known as Mario Day, because of MAR10, and it’s officially here for 2021. This year, the franchise is also celebrating its 36th anniversary with the Super Nintendo World set to open at Universal Studios in Japan next week. If you love the most famous plumber in the world, there are a few ways to celebrate Mario Day...

Apple has announced that it is discontinuing its Music Memos application. As such, it has rolled out an update to the app today to allow users to export their recordings to the Voice Memos app. This is the first update to Music Memos in over a year, and it’s sole purpose to sunset the app altogether. Update March 2, 2021: Apple has officially discontinued...

In this latest edition of What’s on my iPhone, I take a look at some of the apps that I use on a regular basis. Some of these apps have been around for years, while others are relatively new to the first page of my iPhone’s home screen. Inside you’ll find details on my favorite Reddit client, my go-to app for securing cryptocurrency, an...

Nudget is a popular budgeting app for iPhone that launched last July, giving users a way to easily track expenses and insights. The app has received a major update this week, bringing it to version 2.0 with new features such as Face ID and Touch ID support, iCloud syncing, and an iPad app. more… The post ‘Nudget’ budgeting app updated with all-new iPad app,...

Apple is sending a new round of invitations to developers for online sessions focused on bringing iPad apps to the Mac. The email invites developers to sign up for the “Bring Your iPad App to Mac” online workshops throughout the rest of February and the first half of March. more… The post Apple invites select developers to new round of ‘Bring Your iPad App...

Today, a team of designers and developers unveiled an incredible new Mac app dubbed “Freezeframe” that lets you save different workspaces for later. The app essentially takes a snapshot in time of your windows and tabs and lets you return to them through a handy menu bar icon. It’s like Mission Control on steroids. more… The post ‘Freezeframe’ is a new Mac app coming...

Mark Cuban is planning to enter the podcasting industry as soon as this year. According to a new report from the Verge, Cuban is planning to launch a new podcast app that allows hosts to “talk to fans live and monetize their conversations.” more… The post Mark Cuban launching new ‘next-gen’ podcasting app and platform later this year appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Over the last week, the Reddit forum WallStreetBets has helped push stocks like GME (GameStop), AMC, and BB (BlackBerry) to new highs. New data from Appfigures today indicates how this viral retail investing trend has sent apps like Reddit and Robinhood to the top of Apple’s App Store charts. more… The post GameStop and Elon Musk send Reddit and Robinhood to the top of...

Two weeks ago, a report from Fast Company highlighted that Google had suspiciously not updated the vast majority of its iOS apps since December 7, a day before Apple required developers to provide a privacy report for every app available on the App Store. Following that report, Google quickly fired back and said it would start updating its iOS apps with the privacy labels...

App Annie’s annual State of Mobile report reveals that Americans now spend more time using apps than watching live TV. The report also shows that consumer spending on apps grew by 20% last year, in large part driven by the pandemic boosting demand for home-based entertainment … more… The post Americans now spend more time using apps than watching live TV appeared first on...

The Parler app is non-functional, and parler.com has gone offline, as Amazon Web Services discontinued service to the company. Both the website and the app relied on AWS for content distribution. The social network was set up after Twitter started clamping down on disinformation and hate speech. However, both Apple and Google dropped the apps after it was revealed that Parler was used to...

After giving Parler 24 hours to introduce new content moderation policies, Apple announced today that Parler has officially been kicked off the App Store. This means the app has been removed from the App Store for new downloads. more… The post Apple kicks Parler off the App Store citing ‘threats of violence and illegal activity’ appeared first on 9to5Mac.

As students and teachers continue to work from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Overviewer has hit the scene as a new iOS app for turning your iPhone into a document camera on Zoom and other video conferencing applications. The app is meant to be a replacement or substitute for traditional document cameras, which are common in education but costly and cumbersome to use. more…...

If you unwrapped a new Apple Watch this holiday season, we’ve already rounded up some of our top tips for getting started. There are also a variety of third-party Apple Watch apps you can install to take your experience to the next level. Here are some of the best Apple Watch apps to try. more… The post These are some of our must-have apps...

Apple gift cards are some of the most common gifts every year, especially if you’re a techie who is hard to shop for. Nowadays, Apple gift cards are good not only for apps, but also for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more. Here are some of the best iOS apps and games to buy with the iTunes gift cards you unwrapped this holiday season. more…...

Apple’s Health solution has become a central clearinghouse over the past few years. Thanks to robust fitness tracking for workouts on Apple Watch, and now with Apple Fitness+ adding a new option for working out with the Apple Platform, there is a need for better tracking solutions with your data. Today, Fitness Totals launches as a way to easily compare weekly, monthly, yearly, and...

Burgeoning newsletter platform Substack launched a new web app today that brings together all of your subscriptions in one convenient inbox. The new web app is in beta, but it already shows lots of promise. It offers rapid access to all of your subscriptions in a sidebar on the left, and even lets users throw their favorite RSS feeds into the mix. It’s a...

Apple’s software engineering SVP Craig Federighi has warned that developers must follow the company’s anti-tracking rules, or else their apps will be removed from the App Store… more… The post Craig Federighi warns developers to follow anti-tracking rules appeared first on 9to5Mac.

A new report from the BBC today says that many iPhone users are reporting issues with the United Kingdom National Health Service’s COVID-19 contact tracing application. The app, which uses the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API, is said to be suffering from a “blue screen glitch.” more… The post NHS COVID-19 exposure notification app suffering from ‘blue screen glitch,’ here’s a workaround appeared...

One of the biggest app trends we’ve seen over the past few years is developers switching from charging a one-time purchase cost to monthly or annual app subscriptions. An app-tracking service has found that American smartphone users now spend an average of $20.78/month on these – or $33.58 when you include streaming services like Apple Music. The widespread adoption of app subscriptions has sometimes...

Heart Analyzer is one of the most powerful ways to visualize and access your Apple Watch heart data. A new update to Heart Analyzer this week brings integration with the Apple Watch Series 6 Blood Oxygen readings, iOS 14 home screen widgets, and more. more… The post Heart Analyzer for iPhone and Apple Watch adds iOS 14 widget, blood oxygen data, more appeared first...

The developer behind the massively popular iOS app Apollo for Reddit is once again launching a donation campaign for the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) shelter in Nova Scotia. All proceeds from Monday’s sales of Apollo for Reddit will benefit the SPCA animal shelter, and there are other ways to donate as well. Update: The Apollo for Reddit SPCA fundraiser...

Dark Noise is a popular iPhone and iPad app that lets you play ambient noise to sleep, focus, and relax. A new update for Dark Noise today brings a variety of new features, including iCloud syncing, new sounds, iPad cursor support, and more. more… The post Dark Noise ambient sound app for iPhone and iPad adds custom mixes, iCloud syncing, more appeared first on...

There are quite a few different approaches to budgeting, and that is certainly not a bad thing. For iPhone users, one of the newest solutions is an app called Nudget, which puts the focus on seamless support for recording and tracking your purchases. more… The post Nudget for iPhone is a new budgeting app focused on easily tracking expenses and insights appeared first on...

Following a full week of WWDC announcements, Apple today has officially announced the winners of the annual Apple Design Awards. The goal of these awards is to recognize developers for “outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement. more… The post Apple reveals eight winners of the 2020 Apple Design Awards following WWDC appeared first on 9to5Mac.

AirParrot is a popular utility on Mac and Windows that allows you to wireless mirror your screen or stream media files to other devices. Today, AirParrot 3 has been released for Mac and Windows, bringing performance improvements, HomePod integration, and more. more… The post AirParrot 3 released with HomePod integration on Windows, improved mirroring latency, more appeared first on 9to5Mac.

One of my favorite Mac apps is Soulver, which is a sort of hybrid between a calculator app and a text editor. A new update today brings Soulver for Mac to version 3.3 with new features like QuickSoulver, time zone conversions, and much more. more… The post Soulver smart calculator app for Mac adds new ‘QuickSoulver’ feature, time zone conversions, more appeared first on...

A handful of useful applications and services are going free for the coming weeks in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These include at-home fitness applications, news outlets, and much more. Read below for all of the details. more… The post These apps and services are responding to coronavirus pandemic with free information appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Developer Steve Troughton-Smith’s new universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, called Broadcasts, is out this week. The app is a new version of his app HCC Radio, which allows users to listen to radio stations on the go now across all three platforms. more… The post New ‘Broadcasts’ app lets you listen to streaming radio on the go with iPhone, iPad, and Mac...

Apple has drastically ramped up its App Store editorial content over the last several years with hand-picked curation and more. Today brings a thorough look at some of the best applications for people working from home due to the coronavirus outbreak. more… The post Apple highlights the best work from home apps in new App Store editorial story appeared first on 9to5Mac.

I have quite a few third-party apps installed on my iPhone, but there are several staple apps that I use regularly that I’d have a hard time doing without. These apps include Apollo, the excellent full-featured Reddit client, NetNewsWire, a legendary RSS reader reimagined for modern day iOS, and more. Watch our brief hands-on video walkthrough for a look at all five apps, and be sure...

A flowchart is commonly used to demonstrate the stages of a process, decisions to be made in a project, or to get your workflow organized. Although it’s possible to create diagrams in vector software, they are not exactly appropriate for this purpose. With that in mind, developer Lukas Kubanek and his team developed Diagrams, a simple but powerful Mac app that makes it easy...

Apollo for Reddit is the leading third-party Reddit app for iOS, and it’s getting even better today. The app has been updated to version 1.7, bringing a host of new features and capabilities: comment search, GIF sounds, advanced filters, and more. more… The post Apollo for Reddit adds comment search, GIF sounds, community icons, and much more appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Nintendo continues to see success with its lineup of mobile games on iOS and Android. According to new data from Sensor Tower, Nintendo has now generated more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue from player spending through the App Store and Google Player. more… The post Sensor Tower: Nintendo hits $1 billion in player spending on mobile, led by Fire Emblem Heroes appeared first...

The developers of the popular iStat Menus app for Mac have debuted a powerful new weather app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Dubbed “Snowflake Weather,” the app is designed to offer a detailed look at weather data, in a sleek and consistent interface across platforms. more… The post ‘Snowflake Weather’ is powerful new weather app designed for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch appeared...

Drafts is a powerful app available for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, focused on allowing you to quickly capture, share, and create text. Today, Drafts for Mac has been updated with support for actions, allowing it to integrate closely with an array of third-party applications. more… The post Drafts for Mac adds actions support for deep integration with other apps and services appeared...

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, we’re getting our first look at the data from the big holiday shopping weekend. Sensor Tower reports that Black Friday marked a major increase in downloads for shopping apps on the App Store. more… The post Shopping apps for iOS see Black Friday boost as holiday spending shifts to smartphones appeared first on...

Last night, Apple officially revealed its selection of the best apps and games for 2019. In addition to those awards, Apple has also now revealed which apps and games were most downloaded throughout all of 2019, and a familiar title has come out on top. more… The post Apple says Mario Kart Tour was the most downloaded iPhone game of 2019, more appeared first...

HomeRun is a powerful way to control HomeKit scenes and more from your Apple Watch, and it’s one of our favorite apps here at 9to5Mac. Today, the app is getting even more personal with a new collection of icons, emoji, and more. more… The post HomeRun Apple Watch app gains tons of new icons for controlling HomeKit with complications appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Walmart has announced that it is integrating with Siri on iOS to allow shoppers to easily add items to their cart. The new Voice Order feature allows you interact with Walmart by simply telling Siri to “Add to Walmart.” more… The post Walmart adds integration with Siri as it expands Voice Ordering feature appeared first on 9to5Mac.