We made it to another weekend everyone, congrats! This means it’s time for another Apps of the Week roundup, and we have some great picks for you this week. There’s an inventive status updater, a new take on mindfulness, and an expense app designed specifically for home renovation projects. And as always, we’ve selected a fun new game for you to check out.
StatusCal
Here’s an interesting and inventive app. It’s called StatusCal, and its goal is to keep you from being disrupted by co-workers or housemates, while you’re busy. It allows you to set a Do Not Disturb message that can be displayed on an iPad or other device for others to see. It works like this: you set your availability using your iPhone or Apple Watch to something like, “on a conference call,” and that message gets displayed to an iPad that is sitting on your desk, facing your co-workers, or hanging outside your home office. It’s not going to be for everyone, obviously, but it could certainly come in handy for some.
(Not Boring) Vibes
Tell me this doesn’t sound at least kind of awesome. (Not Boring) Vibes is an app, which is “based on science and inspired by video games,” that creates personalized music designed to improve your focus, intensity, and concentrate. The app knows your wake and sleep times, and generates background music based on your activity throughout the day to help you wake up, focus at work, relax, and sleep deeper. It’s easy to use, too — one tap to open and automatically play exactly what music you need for the moment. It also supports immersive spatial audio, widgets, has a timer, and more. Even if you’ve poo-poo’ed mindfulness apps in the past, this one seems worth checking out.
Gubadoo
Gubadoo. That’s fun to say. Gubadoo. Anyway, this app is super niche, but could really come in handy for folks renovating their homes or taking on a significant construction project. It’s a custom finance tracker, with tailored categories like build materials, labor, furniture, and more. You can record all of your expenses, track your spending, receive reports, and analyze your financial situation in real-time. Save time and eliminate overpaying, with Gubadoo. And just think, at the end of a major renovation, you can pretend you were on HGTV’s Love or it or List it show, “We have one more listing to show you, and that’s your own.”
Teeny Tiny Town
Welcome to Teeny Tiny Town, where you can indulge your inner city planner and craft your very own bustling city. Merge, build, and watch your town flourish before your eyes. What we have here is a captivating puzzle game, with a visual design reminiscent of Monument Valley, in which you must combine three or more items on the board to construct new structures. Start with humble trees and transform them into majestic houses, and then merge those houses to create even grander residences. There’s relaxing music and ambient sounds, delightful details, and diverse challenges. What a perfect weekend game.