Apple announced a redesigned App Store for iOS 11 at WWDC. Federico and John take a look at the upcoming changes, the challenges Apple will face producing original content about apps, and consider what it will mean for users and developers.
- Zapier - Connect your apps and automate your workflows.
- WaterMinder - Track your daily water intake.
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[[federico]] Every year, as soon as the WWDC keynote is over, my work on the annual iOS review officially begins. This time, it took me a few hours to recover from the productivity shock that was Apple’s series of iPad-focused changes in iOS 11, but I followed the same approach in the end. On Monday...
John and Federico consider the pros and cons of competing with, and what it takes to succeed against, Apple’s free, built-in system apps and highlight some of their favorite alternatives.
- Zapier - Connect your apps and automate your workflows.
- Linea by The Iconfactory - Sketch. Simply.
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Notes Competitors
Reminders Competitors
Calculator Competitors
Music and Podcasts Competitors
Weather Competitors
Mail Competitors
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Federico and John interview Adriaan de Jongh, the co-creator of the hit iOS and PC game Hidden Folks about the creation and design of the game, its unique sound design, gaming on mobile, and an exclusive look at what’s next for Hidden Folks.
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Apps
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Question: I want to let my parents know about my daily basic health info, so I want to send them my total sleep time (I track my sleep using AutoSleep) and weight (I use a Withings smart scale) every day at 9 AM. (George Zhu) [[federico]] This is an interesting idea, and I had fun...
Federico and John cover more app pricing models including tip jars, patronage, fan clubs, bundles, and in-app merchandise sales.
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Previously on AppStories:
Tip Jars, Patronage, and Donations with Perks
App Bundles
In-App Merchandise
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[[federico]] The most common questions from Club MacStories members involve some kind of file conversion. Whether it’s about converting PDFs to images (by far, the most frequent request we receive for this column) or exporting documents to formats that aren’t natively supported on iOS, I’ve read dozens of emails about converting files with Workflow over...
Federico and John interview Brian Mueller, the creator of the CARROT series of apps, about how he got started, the origins of CARROT, a corgi with a top hat and monocle, and his new CARROT game, Artificial Superintelligence.
- Setapp - An app for every job, already on you Mac.
- SaneBox - Clean Up Your Inbox Today (and Keep It That Way Forever)
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Brian Mueller’s CARROT Apps
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Question: I’ve been trying to tweak Federico’s Prizmo Go workflow to include in the list an option to create a note in Apple Notes but couldn’t make it work. This would be optimal to my workflow since I use DEVONthink or Notes to capture depending on the content of the materials and I would like...
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