Which Apps Are Only Supported By Iphone
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9 of the best apps you can only use on iPhones
The App Store was first introduced in 2008, and it was the first digital store where mobile software started being distributed to the masses.
It gained a lot of traction over the years, and thanks to the iPhone's popularity, a lot of developers have started to work exclusively on iOS.
As a result, there are dozens of iOS-only apps populating the App Store, taking advantage of the iPhone's and iPad's special hardware features — like 3D Touch, or the Apple Pencil — to make unique experiences.
However, with so much choice, even Apple's own curation on the revamped App Store makes it hard to have a short list of "best" apps, which is why we want to step in.
Here's a selection of eight exclusive useful apps (plus a game) to make the most of your iOS device(s).
If you're an Android user, you can click here for a list of best exclusive apps for Google's platform.
1. Apollo — The best way to experience Reddit
Apollo is iOS' best client for Reddit users.
There are two main things that make it noteworthy: First, the app is extremely customisable, with a variety of themes and gestures that can make the experience more tailored to a specific user's needs and preferences.
The simple look-and-feel is highly reminiscent of native iOS apps, which helps it feel cohesive with the rest of the system while offering fluid, simple navigation.
And then there's the intelligent use of 3D Touch for iPhones that support it (from the iPhone 6S onwards, excluding the iPhone SE): It works pretty much anywhere across the entire interface, and it makes the app feel unique to iOS.
In a place like Reddit, where you constantly hop in and out of threads, having a way to peek at stuff without leaving the main page is smart, and something I wish the website let me do on my computer.
There aren't that many apps that use 3D touch as extensively and intuitively as Apollo, and that's a bonus you learn to appreciate more and more as you use the app.
Oh, and you can also change the app to a Rick and Morty-inspired "Wubalubadubdub" icon, so there's that.
Link — Free (with in-app purchases)
2. Darkroom — One photo editor to rule them all
There are a number of fantastic photo-editing apps on iOS (VSCO, Afterlight, and Infiltr come to mind), but Darkroom has consistently been the best mobile editor I have used on my iPhone.
Its main strength comes in the way of flexibility, which makes Darkroom as close and powerful a tool as it gets to Photoshop on a mobile platform.
It's not just about filters — which, by the way, you can create yourself — but also curves, granular tweaks, and even selective color correction, which comes in extremely handy when you want to get just that one specific detail (like the saturation of a certain colour alone) right.
It's a fantastic app for everyone who enjoys messing around with photos, as the wide range of pre-set filters will be able to satisfy those who simply want one-click enhancements to their shots.
Meanwhile, all the remaining bells and whistles will please those who want (and know how) to dig deeper into proper editing when on the go.
And whatever the case, if you're not satisfied with your result, there's a handy "timeline" tab that will make you see your changes and selectively (or collectively) undo them as you please.
Link — Free (with in-app purchases)
3. Focos — Tweak images and play with focus range
Focos is an iPhone-exclusive app, and more specifically an app meant for iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X users.
The thing those three phones have in common is a second lens on the back, which allows their cameras to use depth information and create blurred portrait backgrounds.
What often happens, however, is that the edges are not as refined as we'd want them to, and the result can be frustratingly close to perfect... but not quite.
Focos tries to fill in that gap, precisely: It retrieves the portraits' raw depth information, and gives you the power to redefine the very boundaries of it.
Careful; this is not just a matter of refocusing or strengthening a blur effect. Focos actually lets you tweak the focus — as the name suggests — after the fact, with some pretty spectacular results.
Link — Free (with in-app purchases)
5. Bear — Take smarter notes
Bear is a special kind of note-taking app. In fact, I don't think of it a note-taking programme at all, but more like a writing app.
I still fire up either Google Keep or Apple's own Notes app when I just want to take a quick note or create a throwaway bullet list, but when there's something more I want or need to write, I open up Bear — which, in short, is more of an Evernote replacement, if you will.
First and foremost, the app has full markdown support, which makes it incredibly easy and handy to format text in a clear, easy to use, consistent, WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) way (I can't stress how important this is for someone who writes a lot).
Then there's a whole lot of additional handy stuff: In-line image support, cross-note links to tie separate but still connected pieces of writing without solely relying on hashtags, multi-device sync with iCloud (including a Mac counterpart), and even a few themes if you subscribe to developer Shiny Frog's Pro option.
The list of features doesn't end there, and it's actually hard to keep up with the app's development because there's always something new (the 1.4 update, which introduced a fantastic hashtag autocomplete feature, just came out a few days ago).
What you can rest assured of is that it will be well worth its price.
Link — Free (with in-app purchases)
6. Things 3 — Keep an up-to-date to-do list.
Much like Bear, Things is a productivity-focused app. However, unlike Bear, this is an app that actively encourages me to... well, do. It really is the quintessential productivity app.
There where I fire up Bear because I actively need to write, Things is the app I rely on when there is something — from a small list of things I need to deal with to larger, multi-layered projects — I need to complete.
Things is a powerful, complex app, but it doesn't actually take too much to get the hang of it, and in return it makes you more organised and productive, while being intrinsically rewarding.
As you complete the tasks you set out to do, a small circle will progressively fill up and get to completion; it's just a small, visual clue, but it strikes the right balance between annoyance and usefulness that makes you want to accomplish your tasks.
It's like the mental relief you get when you see a notification's content inside of an app and get rid of the native red, numeral budge — times 100.
Outside of that, there's a boatload of features for all kinds of users: From Siri integration to sync with Apple's own Reminders app, to layered lists (that go from simple to-dos to larger "Projects" and even entire "Areas," to keep things separate, self-contained, and tightly organised) with calendar integration, a smart flagging system, and more.
I'll say it again: Things is a deep, complex app, which also has the nice side effect of being highly addictive — the more you use it, the more you start mentally relying on its structure to organise your life.
You could use it as a to-do list replacement app, but you would miss out on so much — Apple's own offering, alongside several other apps, already do that pretty well.
If you're looking for something more thorough and that will actually help you to get things done, other than just keep track of them, then even the seemingly high price will be more than justified.
Link — £9.99
6. WLPPR — Enjoy a handpicked selection of fantastic aerial wallpapers
WLPPR is one of the few wallpaper selection apps that feels properly curated other than just rich in the sheer number of available images.
The app consists of a few albums that include a few dozen backgrounds each, but they all have one thing in common, and that's the fact that all pictures have been shot from the above.
There are eleven different sections, ranging from "Mankind," to "Drones," to "Water," "Universe," "Simple," and more. They all offer a fantastic selection of images in various sizes, so to fit well both as still as well as parallax-enhanced backgrounds on your iPhone.
The app hasn't been updated to the iPhone X as of yet, but there's also a preview mode that lets you see how wallpapers look both on your home and lock screen from within the app itself.
On a more positive note for iPhone X owners, basically all of these photographs (which I have been switching constantly over the past six weeks) look absolutely spectacular on the X's OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display.
Link — Free (with in-app purchases)
7. Airmail — Manage your email like a boss
There are many good email clients on iOS, but after having used a number of them extensively (Gmail, Outlook, Apple's stock Mail app, and even Mailbox, when it still existed), I eventually settled on Airmail.
What I most like about it, other than its clean aesthetic which fits in pretty well with the rest of the system, is its native support for some of iOS' best features: Haptic feedback with proper 3D Touch support, Today/To Do widgets, rich notifications, a fast, handy preview of documents, and even Siri support.
Then there's also everything you'd want and need from an email app, from granular settings to do things such as enabling search in the Spam and Bin folders, to filters, a customisable conversation view, font sizes, account colours (for multiple accounts too), custom actions, and so much more.
There's even a Mac app (with TouchBar support!) that beautifully complements iOS', but even on its own, Airmail is as fluid, fast, customisable, flexible and powerful an email client you might ever ask for.
Link — £5.99
8. Timepage — Moleskine's alternative to your average calendar app
Unlike most of the apps here, I didn't pick Timepage because I think it's the best app of its category. Most iOS users generally crown Fantastical as the best calendar app option, and for good reason.
But when I stumbled upon Timepage, I downloaded it, started using it, and never looked back. Unlike most other apps in this list, it doesn't feel like a native iOS app, but rather something that Moleskine would build.
And indeed, it's the Italian papermaker that developed the app. There is a sense of style and elegance that is enhanced by a fluid, simple, easy-to-understand user interface, which helps you see more clearly in what is often a cluttered and full calendar.
If you ever happen to have a completely free week, you might even stumble upon the blissfully peaceful clean slate in the picture above, where nothing but the (customisable) accent color graces your screen.
When it comes down to being productive, however, Timepage can still be a tremendous calendar app, though.
There's a good level of customisation, too, and 3D Touch support easily lets you create new events, integrate multiple accounts, manage RSVPs and even have a look at the weather.
Timepage works much like an agenda, so the focus remains sharply on the main column, the "Today" page; but with the absence of numerous visual clues, everything else is a swipe, scroll, tap, or 3D Touch away.
In its simplicity, it may even seem a little too complicated at first, but mastering the UI is actually quite simple, and rewarding both for your productivity as well as the eye.
Link — £4.99
9. Life is Strange — A console masterpiece brought to mobile
Life is Strange, dontnod's award-winning episodic game that first launched on PS4, Xbox One, and Windows 10 in 2015, has finally made its official debut on mobile. And, for now, it's an iOS exclusive.
This is not a mobile-native videogame, and as such I would usually refrain from recommending it. However, this is more of a story-driven interactive experience rather than a fun, arcade-style type of game, so it can be enjoyed on a mobile phone in its entirety nonetheless.
And, if you haven't already, Life is Strange is a game you won't want to miss: Its gameplay's structure is simple enough not to create too much trouble with touchscreen controls, and the game runs beautifully on both iPhone and iPad (colours on the iPhone X are especially beautiful).
Life is Strange will take you to unexpected places by questioning many of your choices, playing with a finely tuned time-twisting mechanic and giving you an emotionally charged, beautifully written story to live through.
At just £2.99, every person who likes a great story as much as a good game would be remiss not to plunge into dontnod's adventure.
Link — £2.99
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Which Apps Are Only Supported By Iphone
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