Preferably lesser known but game-changing apps that are able to be bought one-time and put all others to shame.
To help clarify your thinking, which apps have produced such an outrageous level of value (regardless of one-time cost) to the extent you believe it should be #1 in its category, not necessarily #1 app ever.
We’ll do a seperate thread for Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, etc but let’s stick to iOS for this one. Thanks Lemmings!
Glazba. It’s a music player that allows for playing files in various formats, including FLAC. Song files can be uploaded to the phone through the app via web browser over Wi-Fi, or it can play music files stored on any of several cloud-storage services. Considering that I’ve ripped my entire 1000+ CD collection to FLAC, and considering that my collection contains a number of albums not available through streaming services, this app has been quite useful.
If you’ve set up a Plex library, PlexAmp can also play FLAC files but it can also stream them so they don’t actually have to be downloaded to the phone. It does have that option, though, if you want to play them offline.
What’s the difference between Glazba and Vox?
Apollo 🥲
Oh well.
Bruh…too soon 😭
For real. At least we have Voyager!
Memmy has more than filled the gap pour moi
The built-in document scanning shortcut. It’s a Files feature. If you go to Shortcuts and search files you’ll see it. It can be put on the homepage or dock for easy access.
I use Scanner Pro but this is a great freebie for sure!
Just wanted to give a shout-out to QuickScan as its better than Abbyy FineReader/Scanner, private, and technically free although I support it by tipping
I like Genius Scan.
Me too. It just works.
Wow, incredible! Thanks!
the FUTO software suite
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All these comments recommending paid subscription software… weird world. Not that this is not a healthy model for the Devs, but how can you trust them?
As a student of life I have to mention Anki. At its core it’s a flashcard app out of the box but it’s almost infinitely more powerful than that if you dig deep.
I paid 35 CAD for it in 2019 and I’ve used it every single day since. The amount of knowledge I’ve committed to memory is truly priceless, and I’ve even gifted this app to several friends.
NB: AnkiMobile, not the free knockoff AnkiApp. It’s open-source and actually free for computers and android devices, and iOS/iPadOS app purchases are the only way the developer makes money.
Gotta use this more, I just hate having to do the grinding of whipping up an entire specialized deck.
So I’m using a FOSS spaced repetition app alternative to Anki called Memoet. Self hosted and it does everything I want. Might I recommend using chat gpt to help make cards? You can easily generate tables that can be copy pasted into a csv which (I’m assuming anki) can be imported as cards
I use to use Java and Hashmaps with arrays and such.
Dice by PCalc - For when you need to roll some dice
Blackbox - It got some hype when it released but if anyone still hasn’t tried it, it is highly recommended. You will need to learn everything your iPhone can do and think outside the box to solve these puzzles.
Its kinda funny, whenever I need a diceroll I just
typewhip up a quick JS Math.random script.On your phone?
Is there any other way ;)
Kiwix: Download Wikipedia for offline reading.
Glorious, love this app. All of Wikipedia on ur phone
Seek by iNaturalist
The app uses AI to identify the species of plants, animals, insects and fungi. In video mode you scan around something you want to ID as the AI narrows it down to the species. Then you can take a pic. The app keeps track of each unique species you’ve found (along with your photo of it). There’s also badges and achievements for identifying different numbers of species, if you want to gamify your nature sightseeing.
It’s basically real life Pokémon. Oh and it’s completely free.
Whoa! This sounds rad.
Sounds great, have just downloaded. Does it outperform the recognition of iPhone photos for plants etc?
Iirc the only main downside to all these apps is that you get a single answer, when it’s usually more complex than that.
Seek/iNaturalist are great. I prefer the report style of iNaturalist and how it gives me a list of options, which I can use to try and narrow it down.
E.g. if I take a pic of a flower that looks like a dandelion, it could be a common dandelion, or hawkweed, or burnweed… and of those there are a dozen sub species. Knowing which one is native is really important.
Tldr yes
The original Angry Birds still holds up perfectly imo
Such a classic. 'Member Papi-ball or whatever?
Papi jump!!!
I bought the original on my iPhone 4 and still have it in my purchase history, but when I download it on my iPad today it’s full if ads and limited lives….
What am I doing wrong?
Edit: it’s called Angry Birds Classic now if that makes a difference
My wife and I have subscribed for years now because it literally never fails to sync and is easy to use. We have a ton of lists including grocery, hardware, trips, camping, and so on. It’s also our meal planner and recipe library.
Gotta subscribe though, don’t you?
No idea. I don’t remember what you get without their sub.
One person needs to subscribe (I thought it was like 3 bucks a year) for all the premium sharing features.
My wife and I just use a shared checklist note in Notes. I used to use AnyList but found the UI to be not so great.
Notes just isn’t a substitute for us unfortunately. It’s not nearly as feature rich. I don’t think there’s a feature of AnyList we don’t use.
Another vote for anylist!
Vinegar. It’s a safari extension that changes the YT player into the stock iPhone one and skips ads. Well worth the one time purchase!
Omg! I’m downloading this now. I already use YouTube via safari instead of the YouTube app.
sponsor block is a great addition to vinegar as well
Omg! I’m downloading this now. I already use YouTube via safari instead of the YouTube app.
Just downloaded thanks!
Just bought it too! Thanks for the recommendation! I got the bundle with baking soda, have you used that as well?
Just bought it too! Thanks for the recommendation! I got the bundle with baking soda, have you used that as well?
Yeah I’ve tried baking soda out. It’s handy but I seem to just stick to YT so use vinegar more. Absolutely brilliant apps
Just bought it too! Thanks for the recommendation! I got the bundle with baking soda, have you used that as well?
Just bought it too! Thanks for the recommendation! I got the bundle with baking soda, have you used that as well?
What the fuck craig
My app glitched. Kept saying my comment failed to post
I thought Craig was just being weird, but the Fizzy Water bundle includes Vinegar and Baking Soda, a companion app that makes a similar change to (allegedly all) other sites that have custom video players.
EDIT: I’m now realizing Craig said that, like, four times. What the fuck, Craig.
Memmy
This community might be a better place for this question.
I agree with you.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
Unfortunately, that community is filled with anything but Apple enthusiasts…
I think if you really are someone who really uses Apple stuff to the extent its basically your ecosystem, you should be able to see some of the absurdities or sometimes the anti-user-friendly quirks that should be corrected.
For example, HomePod should have bluetooth in a addition to AirPlay. Fight me ;)
I will not, sir. I agree with you. Although I get why they don’t, at least on the big HomePods. Bluetooth audio quality sucks for such a nice speaker array.
They broke my fucking heart, lol. I was so ready to kick my Echo Dot to the curb but now I just use it as a glorified bluetooth speaker (What HomePod was supposed to be). There goes $150 I’m never getting back :(
I only bought HomePods but I’m fully Apple as far as devices and any non-Apple devices have apps that allow them to Airplay so the only use case where Bluetooth would be helpful is for guests. I haven’t had a single one that needed to do that, though, that also didn’t have an iPhone.
If the next revision adds BT, it would be perfect.
Agreed. I believe they will see the light. Just like MagSafe
Mmmm… MagSafe ❤️
I am so glad it exists for phones now too.
This is a broader audience tho. And I’d like to do a series going through the respective categories so I must respectfully disagree although I appreciate your effort to help find a more granular audience. I think this is right where the post needs to be but I thank you for your efforts.
