Welcome back to the weekend, it's time for another episode of our Apps of the Week roundup! This week we have some great picks for you including a non-ChatGPT AI assistant, a speech coach, and a digital wallet for your stablecoins. And as always, we've selected a fun new game for you to check out.
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20 simple yet effective tips to reduce your iPhone usage
Discover some practical tips to reduce your daily iPhone screen time for a productive yet healthy digital lifestyle.
Rumor: iOS 18 AI can generate basic on-device responses from prompts, documents, web pages and your chats
Apple's AI and large language models in iOS 18 may enable Siri and Spotlight Search to produce responses from prompts even while offline.
The Velar theme looks great with both dark and light mode on iPhones
The iDB team was pleasantly surprised to find a marvelous looking theme called Velar by Rifai upon refreshing our sources in Sileo, and we weren’t disappointed after checking it out.
Hide the Status Bar from everywhere with the HideBar jailbreak tweak
Have you ever wanted to just totally hide your iPhone’s Status Bar from view before?
SnoozeLabels puts the actual name of your alarms on snoozed alarms
Normally when you snooze an alarm on your iPhone, the snooze countdown timer users a general and non-descriptive title such as “Snoozing.” If you snooze more than one alarm, then discerning each one can get confusing very quickly.
RootHide jailbreak detection bypass for Dopamine updated to version 1.0.9
Here’s a name you probably haven’t heard for a while: the RootHide jailbreak detection bypass for the Dopamine jailbreak received an update to version 1.0.9 this week with some rather important changes.
Nintendo Switch deals to help you with that hole burning into your pocket
If there’s one thing we like more than having the latest Apple gear, it’s having the latest Nintendo Switch games. We’re avid Nintendo Switch gamers here at iDB, and as such, we try to spread some of the wealth when it comes to finding the best deals.
How to use Hide My Email on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Web
Learn how to keep your main email address private by using the Hide My Email feature to generate random email addresses for apps, websites, newsletters, and other online services.
Dopamine jailbreak v2.1.2 released to fix another regression and include other improvements
Dopamine lead developer Lars Fröder released an updated build of the Dopamine jailbreak tool on Thursday, officially bringing it up to version 2.1.2.
Siri on HomePod stops reporting the current time, day and date unless the request specifies your location
The Siri assistant on Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini speakers is currently exhibiting issues giving the current time, day and date.
LG is the first smart TV maker to add Dolby Atmos support for Apple Music
South Korea’s LG has become the first smart TV maker to add Dolby Atmos support for Apple Music to its compatible smart TVs such as the GX OLED TV.