part 2 because part 1 started a fight in the comments 👀 couldn’t pay me to pay for: Snapchat, X, Tinder, LinkedIn couldn’t pay me to give up: Resolution Tracker: Resolutely, YouTube, Strava, Goodreads couldn’t pay me to play: Monopoly GO!, Clash Royale, Subway Surfers, NYT Games couldn’t pay

Apple's own apps are fine, but these five do the job better for me. Here's each swap 👇 1. Calendar → Howbout ✅ iPhone | free to start A shared calendar with friends, so you can see when everyone's free and plan in the app. 2. Photos → Progress Pics Photo Then & Now ✅ iPhone

Running secret santa this year? These do the name draw for you, so nobody has to pull names out of a hat 👇 1. Elfster ✅ iPhone and Android | free, no premium upgrade Set up the exchange in a couple of minutes. Everyone gets their name and a wish list. 2. drawnames ✅ iPhone and Android | fr

Five apps that each took one chore off my plate. All free to download 👇 1. AnyList ✅ iPhone | free, optional Complete A shared grocery list for the whole house, sorted by aisle, with recipes that turn into lists. 2. Progress Pics Photo Then & Now ✅ iPhone | free for 99 photos a week P

Games that still work in airplane mode, for flights, road trips and bad signal 👇 1. Block Blast! ✅ iPhone | free, plays offline Fit the blocks and clear the lines. No timer. 2. Meowdoku! ✅ iPhone | free, plays offline A logic puzzle where you find the cats. 3. Home Design Makeover ✅ i

Part 2, since you saved part 1. Six more categories, six apps each, so you can save this and try one category at a time. 🥂 Going out: Beli, Partiful, Resy, Timeleft, Fever, DICE 🫧 Self care: Progress Pics Photo Then & Now, How We Feel, Medito, Daylio, Stoic, Insight Timer 🍳 Cooking: Tasty,

Just got a new iPhone? These are the settings I change first. All on iOS 27 👇 1. Delete codes after you use them Settings > General > AutoFill & Passwords > Delete After Use. No more inbox full of old codes. 2. Send new apps to the App Library Settings > Home Screen & Ap

My mornings got easier once each part had an app. Here's the order I open them in 👇 1. Alarmy ✅ iPhone | free, optional Premium The alarm keeps ringing until you solve a math problem, shake your phone or do squats. No snoozing from bed. 2. Progress Pics Photo Then & Now ✅ iPhone |

I added up what I'd paid for apps and found free ones that do the same job. Here are the six swaps 👇 1. Paprika ($4.99) → ReciMe ✅ iPhone | free to start, Premium for unlimited imports Paste a TikTok or Instagram recipe link and it saves the ingredients and steps as a clean recipe, plus gr

the apps I open the most on my iPhone 📱 1. ChatGPT ✅ iPhone | free to download I snap a handwritten recipe and it types it out for me. 2. Progress Pics Photo Then & Now ✅ iPhone | free to download Turn on Ghost and a see-through copy of your first photo sits over the camera, so every

Part 2 of my iPad apps, sorted by what you'd use them for. Save it and set up your iPad one category at a time. 📓 Journaling: Zinnia, Agenda, Diarly, Digital Planner, LiveIt, Craft 📚 Reading: WEBTOON, Tapas, Kobo, Marvel Unlimited, Shonen Jump, Apple Books 🎧 Music: Koala Sampler, Figure, G

the apps I open every single trip ✈️ 1. Flighty ✅ iPhone | free, Pro free on your first flight Live flight tracking and early delay alerts. 2. Google Translate ✅ iPhone | free Point the camera at a menu and it translates it, even offline. 3. Wanderlog ✅ iPhone | free, optional Pro Yo

cozy iPhone games for spooky season, the creepy-cute kind, not the jump-scare kind 🎃 1. Spiritfarer (✅ iPhone | with Netflix) Care for spirits on your boat, then help them move on. 2. Bear's Restaurant (✅ iPhone | free) A bear chef cooks the dead their last supper. 3. Wylde Flowers (

5 hobbies you can start from your phone 📚 1. Chess (Chess.com) ✅ iPhone | free, optional membership One puzzle with my coffee, one 10-minute game instead of scrolling. Playing friends online is free. 2. Reading (Resolution Tracker: Resolutely) ✅ iPhone | free, no ads My goal is 24 books t

part 2, since so many of you saved part 1 ✨ 1. Radio Garden ✅ iPhone | free Spin the globe and tap any green dot to hear live radio from that city. 2. Progress Pics Photo Then & Now ✅ iPhone | free for 99 photos a week Lines up every new photo with a see-through ghost of your first on

I sorted the Mac apps worth downloading by what you'd use them for, so you can save this and set up your MacBook one category at a time. ✅ Productivity: Todoist, Any.do, Microsoft To Do, OmniFocus, Bear, Drafts 🧰 Menu bar: Amphetamine, Hidden Bar, Dropover, The Unarchiver, CleanMyMac, Magne

Every October I redo my whole home screen. These five apps do all of it 👇 1. Widgetsmith ✅ iPhone | free, optional Premium Build your own widgets: clocks, weather, photos and calendars in your colors. 2. Resolution Tracker: Resolutely ✅ iPhone | free, no account Six widgets for my home sc

6 little-known apps worth knowing about: 1. Stellar: music discovery app that turns your favorite artists into a living universe, so you can see the shape of your taste 2. Progress Pics Photo Then & Now: private progress photo app for anything that changes, from a kitchen remodel to a plant

saw this trend with video games and had to do it with apps 👀 couldn't pay me to delete: Spotify, Google Maps, Pinterest, Shazam couldn't pay me to download: Temu, Facebook, BeReal, Candy Crush couldn't pay me to shut up about: Merlin Bird ID, Notion, Wikipedia, AllTrails couldn&#3

five things I do on my phone when I catch myself scrolling for no reason. Each one takes about 10 minutes ✨ 1. Declutter your camera roll Photos already finds your duplicates (Utilities → Duplicates), so merging them takes a minute. 2. Write tomorrow's three things Resolution Tracker: R