iOS apps worth trying out

Recently someone on Twitter bought the new iPhone 13 after several years on Android, and asked about iPhone apps worth trying. This is what I sent them. Here’s hoping you find this list useful.

Read/Social

• Tweetbot – Twitter
• Apollo – Reddit
• Reederhttps://reederapp.com – RSS
• Overcast – podcasts

Productivity 1

• 1Writer & Blockquote – markdown editors
• Drafts – capture & send text
• Copied – clipboard manager
• Due – reminders/timers
• Documents – supercharged file manager
• Launch Center Pro – shortcuts for actions
• Fantastical – calendars & reminders
• GoodReader – PDF management

Productivity 2

• Cardhop – contacts
• Annotable – mark up images
• Typic – add text & iconery to photos
• Tailor – vertically stitch screenshots
• Text case – quickly transform text
• PCalc – calculator; exposes Siri Shortcuts
• SwiftScan – scan paper
• Termius – ssh client
• [Built in] Siri Shortcuts – automation

Photos/Videos

• Camera+ 2
• Halide
• Pixelmator
• Retouch

Other utilities

• 1Blocker – ad/tracker blocker
• Amplosion – no AMP pages
• Onion Browser – Tor
• Fontcase – new fonts in apps (not UI)