Apps

Apple’s Weather app is having a rough week, facing multiple outages of over 12 hours each. If you’re looking for an alternative that’s more reliable, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite weather apps for iPhone and iPad…

Soulver, the popular smart notepad calculator and one of my most-used Mac apps, is now available on iPad. Soulver for iPad offers all of the same powerful features as the Mac app, including live data, natural language calculations, and more.

It’s been almost three years since Apple announced the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon. Since then, many developers have updated their apps to take advantage of the new M1 and M2 chips, but there are still many more apps that need to be updated. This week, Autodesk updated the popular professional software AutoCAD and Autodesk Maya to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs.

T-Mobile has officially confirmed that one of its most popular “T-Mobile Tuesday” promotions is returning for another year. Starting today, T-Mobile subscribers can sign up for a free MLB.TV subscription that lasts for the entire 2023 baseball season.

Home Widget for HomeKit is an iOS app that offers advanced tools to enhance the experience of interacting with HomeKit accessories. Following the release of iOS 16.4 to the public on Monday, the app has been updated with new shortcuts and a new dimming action for roller shutters and blinds.

As it continues its massively-successful Music of the Spheres World Tour across South America, Europe, and the United States, Coldplay has updated its companion tour app with major accessibility improvements. The band, together with its partners at SAP, worked closely with a fan from Mexico who shared her experiences using the app as a blind person.

Apple Music still doesn’t offer collaborative playlists, but Caset is an iOS app that solves that problem by letting users create collaborative “mixtapes” with their friends. With its latest update, Caset now offers seamless sync with Apple Music, making collaborative mixtapes even easier to manage.

The popular automation platform IFTTT is taking a next step to help users increase productivity. With its latest update, IFTTT Pro+ subscribers now have access to AI-based automations for generating content.

The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has proposed a handful of changes that it says will make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions and memberships. The FTC believes that its “Click to Cancel” provisions “would go a long way to rescuing consumers from seemingly never-ending struggles to cancel unwanted subscription payment plans.”

You’re probably familiar with the shortcut Command + F, which lets you easily find specific words or phrases within a document or webpage. However, at least when it comes to Safari, there aren’t many options for customizing this search. With The Magic Highlighter, users can take searching for words on web pages to the next level.

In a new update rolling out today, Infuse has added a handful of new features including integrated trailers for movies and TV shows, smart groups, and more. Infuse is a popular video player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV that can integrate with local storage as well as cloud storage providers.

CardioBot is a popular app that uses health data from the Apple Watch to show how users can live a healthier life by flagging notable patterns. The app has now been updated with a new feature that uses this same data obtained through the Apple Watch to measure stress levels.

Tripsy is a powerful app that helps people plan their trips with complete itineraries. With its latest update, Tripsy is getting new features that will make the process of organizing a trip even easier. This includes support for weather conditions, time zone changes, and a customizable dashboard.

Agenda, the popular note-taking app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, has been updated to version 17 today. This update includes multiwindow support on iPadOS and macOS, allowing you to “split off any note or project into a separate window,” among other changes.

In addition to changes that rolled out earlier this week, the MLB app for iPhone has also added support for Live Activities. This means you can follow along with your favorite team right from your Lock Screen or from the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro.

The award-winning developers at Snowman, behind hit games like Alto’s Odyssey and Alto’s Adventure, have announced their next game. “Laya’s Horizon” is the new title from Snowman, but you’ll have to be a Netflix subscriber to play it…here’s a first look.

Ivory is a new client for the decentralized social network Mastodon, which has been gaining a lot of attention recently amid the latest changes announced by Twitter. The app, which was developed by Tapbots (the same company behind Tweetbot), has now been updated with an easier and more intuitive onboarding experience for new users.

Widgetsmith, the popular widget creation app for iPhone and iPad, has added a new “Gradient Backgrounds” feature today to celebrate an incredible milestone. This feature “lets you elevate your aesthetic in a whole new way,” developer David Smith says. Here’s how it works.