The Utility App Flood Won't Last
The App Store's utility app category is experiencing a surge in supply driven by AI coding agents, but demand is flat, and downloads are expected to shrink as power users increasingly build their own …
The App Store's utility app category is experiencing a surge in supply driven by AI coding agents, but demand is flat, and downloads are expected to shrink as power users increasingly build their own …
Apple has released macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta 3 (build 26A5406e) to public beta users, following the developer beta 5 released on August 10, 2026. The update revamps icons for Siri, Activity Mon…
Reply Argus, an AI-powered app review management tool for iOS and Android, drafts on-brand replies to App Store and Google Play reviews in the reviewer's own language, with an average reply time of 2 …
Meta has released Facebook Creator Studio, a new iPhone app described as an 'AI-powered daily companion for Facebook creators,' available now on the App Store. The app offers a customizable Feed, Mark…
A former Privacy International staffer replaced dozens of mobile apps with private Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) built using Anthropic's Claude Code, citing 20 years of privacy law violations by mobile …
App Store review times are failing to keep up with an AI-driven influx of submissions, according to developer Joe Fabisevich, whose Plinky 6.0.4 was approved for macOS in 4 hours but remained unreview…
Telegram founder Pavel Durov accused organized extortionists of exploiting Apple's App Store review process after Apple temporarily removed Telegram from the iOS marketplace over hidden AI-modified ch…
Apple briefly removed Telegram from the iOS App Store on Monday after finding content that violated its guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material, but restored the app within hours after Tele…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said an extortionist planted AI-modified child sexual abuse material to manipulate Apple into briefly removing Telegram from the App Store on Monday night for about 40 minutes…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store on Monday because an extortionist duped Apple into executing a takedown by planting AI-modified illegal content in a pub…
A developer has shipped more than 90 mobile apps to the App Store and Play Console using AI coding agents, primarily Claude Code. The developer found that agents are most valuable for maintaining cons…
Google has canceled its planned AI Studio mobile app for Android and iOS, which had over 800,000 pre-orders, in favor of integrating app creation capabilities directly into the Gemini app on mobile an…
Babbel is offering lifetime access to all 14 of its language courses for $159, down from its regular price, with the exclusive StackSocial code LEARN. The platform, used by over 15 million people, inc…
Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner, a $3 iOS app that claims to detect nearby Meta AI glasses, reached #3 on the U.S. iPhone paid App Store chart, reflecting growing privacy concerns about AI smart glasse…
Apple Inc. shares fell as much as 9.5% to $301.83 on Friday, their biggest intraday drop since April 3, 2025, after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter revenue growth of 9% to 11%, below analys…
A new all-in-one kit promises to help first-time iOS developers avoid common App Store rejection pitfalls with a 78-point checklist, 52 decoded rejections, and 15 reply templates. The kit, available f…
Better, an all-in-one fitness and nutrition app, launches with AI-powered photo meal logging that estimates portion size and breaks meals into calories, protein, carbs, and fat. The app offers 300+ ex…
ARTA, an AI creative app built on models including Flux, GPT-4o, and Nano Banana, offers image generation, video creation, avatars, and photo editing in one platform. A one-year Premium subscription i…
A new open-source tool called Call Me lets AI agents ring an iPhone, speak a question, and return the user's spoken answer as text, with no extra carrier costs. The free iOS app provides a personal 10…
A joke made to Claude Code led to the discovery that 72 percent of a feature in the German-conjugation app Konjugieren was unimplemented, along with fixes for nine documentation defects and a new tool…