Darkroom rebuilt its engine and split its longtime fans
For all of PetaPixel's praise of the Darkroom 7 engine, App Store reviewers since December count broken histograms and failed exports.
Apps
Honest reviews and picks for the apps that actually earn a slot on your Home Screen.
Finch turns self-care into raising a tiny bird
Finch's gentle accountability earns years-long streaks, but App Store reviewers describe streaks reset to 1 and a closet of bird clothes lost to a bug.
Taio pairs a Markdown editor with a clipboard manager
Even frozen since September 2023, Taio still holds up, with wikilinks, clipboard actions, and a JavaScript automation engine in one app.
Country Count maps visits from photo GPS
Country Count ships a retroactive approach: it reads GPS from your existing photo library to build your visited-countries map automatically.
stoic. adapts prompts by time of day
stoic. adapts journal prompts to time of day and what you've written, though App Store reviewers flag that quick entries take more taps than they should.
Brass brings icon themes and widgets to the home screen
Brass ships a large themed icon and widget library, but custom icons route through iOS Settings profiles and add a one-second delay on every launch.