Consumer spending in mobile apps across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play will grow by 120 percent to reach $156 billion worldwide by 2023, according to a new report out today from app store intelligence firm, Sensor Tower. The forecast estimates that both stores will more than double their revenues during the next five […]
View More Consumer spending in apps to reach $156B across iOS and Google Play by 2023Category: iOS apps
Apple’s revamped TV app is ready to stream its new shows
Along with the long-awaited introduction of Apple’s TV and movie streaming service, the company also introduced a new Apple TV app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The updated design is meant to make it easier to find content, no matter the source – whether that’s Apple’s new TV channels service, Apple TV+, your iTunes […]
View More Apple’s revamped TV app is ready to stream its new showsApple’s revamped TV app is ready to stream its new shows
Along with the long-awaited introduction of Apple’s TV and movie streaming service, the company also introduced a new Apple TV app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The updated design is meant to make it easier to find content, no matter the source – whether that’s Apple’s new TV channels service, Apple TV+, your iTunes […]
View More Apple’s revamped TV app is ready to stream its new showsCoParenter helps divorced parents settle disputes using AI and human mediation
A former judge and family law educator has teamed up with tech entrepreneurs to launch an app they hope will help divorced parents better manage their co-parenting disputes, communications, shared calendar and other decisions within a single platform. The app, called coParenter, aims to be more comprehensive than its competitors, while also leveraging a combination […]
View More CoParenter helps divorced parents settle disputes using AI and human mediationA first look at Twitter’s new prototype app, twttr
Yesterday, Twitter rolled out its much-anticipated prototype application to the first group of testers. We’ve now gotten our hands on the app and can see how the current version differs from the build Twitter introduced to the world back in January. While the original version and today’s prototype share many of the same features, there […]
View More A first look at Twitter’s new prototype app, twttriOS developers will soon be able to offer discounts to their existing and lapsed subscribers
As subscriptions continue to grow into a sizable revenue stream for mobile app developers, Apple has had to make adjustments to its guidelines, rules, and even its tools for subscription management in recent weeks. It issued stricter guidelines around how subscriptions are to be presented to consumers, and it made the setting for canceling existing […]
View More iOS developers will soon be able to offer discounts to their existing and lapsed subscribersOpera Touch brings website cookie blocking to iOS
Last fall, Opera introduced Opera Touch for iOS – a solid alternative to Safari on iPhone, optimized for one-handed use. Today, the company is rolling out a notable new feature to this app: cookie blocking. Yes, it can now block those annoying dialogs that ask you to accept the website’s cookies. These are particularly problematic […]
View More Opera Touch brings website cookie blocking to iOSNetflix launches ‘smart downloads’ feature on iOS to automate offline viewing
Netflix today is launching a new feature on iOS devices that will help make it easier to watch its shows when you’re offline. The “smart downloads” feature, as it’s called, will automatically delete a downloaded episode after you’ve finished watching, then download the next one – but only when you’re connected to Wi-Fi. The idea […]
View More Netflix launches ‘smart downloads’ feature on iOS to automate offline viewingApple’s App Store pulled in $1.22B over the holidays plus a record $322M on New Year’s
Apple today is sharing some good news in the wake of yesterday’s reveal of a significant, market-moving cut to its revenue forecast, attributed to declining iPhone sales in China’s slowing economy. The company says its App Store, at least, was having a good holiday. This year, customers spent $1.22 billion during the 2018 holiday season and […]
View More Apple’s App Store pulled in $1.22B over the holidays plus a record $322M on New Year’sCapsicum launches a beautiful daily planner for iOS
Calendaring and note-taking apps have never really filled the void left behind when we moved away from our old, paper-based daily planners to digital devices. But a newly launched iOS app called Capsicum may help to change that. Like real-world daily planners from years ago, Capsicum lets you not only track your events and to-dos, it […]
View More Capsicum launches a beautiful daily planner for iOSApple Music subscribers can now get their own ‘year in review,’ too, thanks to this app
A new app offers Apple Music subscribers a way to look back at their favorite music of the year and other streaming highlights, similar to Spotify’s annual “Wrapped” feature. The app, from developer NoiseHub, is simply called “Music Year in Review,” and its sole purpose is to offer Apple Music customers their own set of […]
View More Apple Music subscribers can now get their own ‘year in review,’ too, thanks to this appLaunch Center Pro now lets you tap stickers to launch tasks on your iPhone
Before there were Siri Shortcuts, there was Launch Center Pro — a clever iOS utility that for years has allowed iPhone users to automate more complex tasks by creating shortcuts. For example, you could search Yelp for the nearest coffee shop, jump straight to the camera in Instagram or message a loved one, among other things — and […]
View More Launch Center Pro now lets you tap stickers to launch tasks on your iPhone