On our YouTube channel, we have an ongoing video series meant to highlight new, interesting, and useful apps for the iPhone and iPad that we think are worth downloading and checking out.
There are so many apps in the App Store that it can be difficult to find new high quality apps to download, and it’s easy to overlook amazing apps that are a little older. Our February picks include apps to customize your Apple Watch and ‘iPhone’, find and manage Apple Music, keep track of TV shows, take notes, and more.
- Soor ($ 4.99) – Soor is a music player that integrates with ‘Apple Music’ and aims to make it easier to find new music. There are several themes, along with the full ‘Apple Music’ controls for searching for content, liking songs, sharing content, and adding songs to playlists. It comes with a set of widgets that can be added to the home screen or the Today Center, and it has an attractive Now Playing interface.
- TV prediction (Free) – With TV Forecast you can keep track of the TV shows you are watching and provide an easy way to indicate which episode you are in. There are notifications when a new episode is about to begin, and you can share progress with friends and family. There is information about actors in TV shows, and you can get recommendations for new shows to watch. TV Forecast is free for five shows, but costs $ 0.99 per month for more.
- Moloko (Free) – Moloko is a theme app that makes it easier to customize your iOS home screen by swapping icons. It offers a variety of themes with custom icons for both built-in and third-party apps, and is easy to install so you don’t have to use the shortcut app and replace icons manually. Note that you will need to install a profile to use the quick icon exchange.
- Aviary ($ 3.99) – Aviary is available on all Apple devices and is a third-party Twitter client that can be used instead of the standard Twitter apps. It has a simple, clean interface that can be customized the way you want it, plus it supports modern features like polls, hash flags, trends and more.
- Crafts (Free) – Craft is a tool for creating and managing documents that you can use to take notes and organize your thoughts. It supports Markdown, backlinks, code snippets, images and videos, and everything you create can be shared via a web link. Crafts are free, but there is a $ 4.99 per month “Pro” subscription option. The Pro version supports larger file options, offers more storage and has a version history feature.
- BuddyWatch (Free) – BuddyWatch is an app that makes it easier to create new watch faces for your Apple Watch. You can share watch faces, see watch faces designed by other people, and get your watch suggestions based on your preferences.
- Kitty Brief (Free) – Designed by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal, who also created popular games Exploding Kittens. Kitty Letter is a word game where you create words from a jumble of letters to form an explosive cat ladder to attack your neighbor and defend your house. You can play the single player campaign or go against your friends against each other.
Do you have a favorite iOS application? Let us know in the comments. We are always looking for new ideas for iOS apps and always look for suggestions from MacRumors readers. You can see our recommendations from previous months, and do not miss our Mac app series with amazing Mac applications that are worth checking out.