Voice Clock
A talking clock for iPhone and Apple Watch that says the time at the interval you choose.
- What to look for in a talking clock app for iPhone
- Can your iPhone announce the time every minute or every hour?
- How to stop being late for work, starting with the twenty minutes before you leave
- Time blindness: a practical setup for hearing time pass
- A talking clock for blind and low-vision iPhone users
- A talking timer for workouts, hangboard sessions and a bath that doesn't run long
- How to get an hourly chime on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Study with spoken time and leave your phone face down
- A speaking clock for kids learning time and older relatives
- Voice Clock vs Siri, Shortcuts and Apple Watch chimes
Sky Map
An AR sky map for iPhone: point it at the sky to name stars, planets and constellations.
- What to check before you pick a sky map app for iPhone
- How to find constellations: start with three you can't miss
- What planets are visible tonight, and how to tell a planet from a star
- What is that bright star in the sky tonight?
- How to find your zodiac constellation in the real night sky
- Stargazing with kids: a 20-minute plan that holds their attention
- When your sky map app points the wrong way: fixing compass and AR drift
- Stargazing in the city: what you can still see through light pollution
- How to keep your night vision when you're using a phone to stargaze
- Meteor showers, Moon phases and eclipses: a year of sky events to plan for
Voice Calculator
A calculator you talk to: say the numbers, check each one on the tape, hear the total.
- A voice calculator for iPhone that shows you what it heard
- A talking calculator for blind and low-vision iPhone users
- Scaling a recipe with flour on your hands: a hands-free calculator for the kitchen
- How to add up a pile of receipts by reading them out loud
- How to calculate sales tax, add it, and back it out of a total
- When digits swap places: a calculator setup for dyscalculia and number mix-ups
- Voice calculator, Siri or an AI chatbot: which to use for everyday math
- Adding up figures from a bank statement, invoice or spreadsheet without switching apps
- Why a voice calculator should show you what it heard
- A calculator with a tape: review every entry, fix one, export the lot
Batchly
Resize, compress, watermark and convert hundreds of photos at once, on the device.
- How to batch resize photos on iPhone
- How to compress photos on iPhone before you email or upload them
- How to watermark many photos at once on iPhone
- HEIC to JPG on iPhone: convert many at once, or stop HEIC at the source
- Etsy and eBay photo sizes: what each asks for and how to prep a batch
- Instagram photo size in 2026: which shape to post
- How to reduce photo file size on iPhone to hit a limit like 1 MB
- A sports photographer's iPad workflow: camera to team's social media during the game
- Batch photo editor apps for iPhone: what actually matters when you compare them
- Can compressing photos free up iPhone storage? What works and what doesn't
Kanji Mnemonics
Picture-book mnemonics for every JLPT kanji, N5 to N1, with a Today's Kanji widget.
- Kanji mnemonics: how a picture and a short story make a kanji stick
- How to learn kanji as a beginner
- JLPT N5 kanji list, grouped by theme
- JLPT N4 and N3 kanji: how many there are and how to study them
- Remember the Kanji: the method, the criticism, and the alternatives
- Kanji flashcards: how to use them well
- WaniKani alternatives, free and paid
- Kanji of the day widget: a small daily habit
- Kanji radicals and components: learn the parts, then the kanji
- JLPT kanji prep: how long each level takes
Flight Mode Chat
Encrypted chat with people nearby over Bluetooth, with no internet or cell signal.
- How to chat without internet on iPhone
- Can you text on a plane without Wi-Fi?
- Bluetooth chat on iPhone: how it works
- Chatting with other passengers on a plane
- Messaging with no signal at festivals, on trails and at sea
- Bluetooth mesh messaging, explained
- Encrypted offline chat: privacy without servers
- Airplane mode on iPhone: what still works
- Offline communication in emergencies: a realistic backup plan
- Offline messengers compared
Cowboy Duel
A quick-draw reflex game: hold the phone like a holstered revolver, flip on the signal.
- Testing your reaction time on a phone
- What is a good reaction time?
- How to improve your reaction time
- A quick draw cowboy game you play with your phone
- Games to play with friends on one phone
- Party games for your phone
- Reaction time for gaming: what's good, what matters more
- Reflex games for kids and the whole family
- Motion controls vs tapping in phone games
- Quick draw duel apps compared