Get Lottie-style notification banner animations on your jailbroken iPhone with LottieNotifications

Since the start of January, we’ve witnessed and covered a number of jailbreak tweak releases intended to port fun and quicky Lottie-style notifications to the iOS and iPadOS platforms.

LottieLockscreen was the first of such releases, and as the name implies, it offered Lottie-style animations for the Lock Screen. A few days later, LottieStatusBar became available, and it brought similar animations to the Status Bar. Today, we’re looking at another addition to the Lottie tweak family.

Jailbreakers can customize their Home Screen’s app icon labels with Labels+

One of the things we just can’t help but notice about the Home Screen is the fact that each individual app icon sports its own label — typically designating the respective app’s name.

Apple doesn’t provide users with much customization when it comes to the Home Screen’s app icon labels. The only arguable exceptions are that the icon labels may switch between black and white depending on the color of the Home Screen’s wallpaper and that users may embolden the app icon labels by enabling bold text system-wide.

MShut subtracts muted conversations from the Messages app’s badge count

A feature of the Messages app that I find absolutely indispensable is the ability to mute individual conversations that I don’t feel like responding to or receiving notifications from. This lets me continue receiving messages and responding to those I want while not being pestered by those that I’ve muted.

As great as this feature is, I’ve found that that missed messages from muted conversations still count against the Messages app’s notification badge count. This means that even if you’re trying to ignore someone in particular, the Messages still serves you with unwanted badge notifications for that specific conversation — and worse — bunches those missed notifications with others from the conversations you actually care about.

Substitute updated to version 2.0.4 with performance and stability fixes

If you’ve been paying attention to the unc0ver team as of late, then you likely caught wind of the team’s plans in November to release Substitute version 2.0 with significant speed and performance improvements. Substitute is the primary tweak injection method used by the unc0ver jailbreak, which means that it loads user-installed jailbreak tweaks and extensions.

The unc0ver team’s plans were realized just last week after Sam Bingner unleashed the update on his personal repository, which comes pre-added to Cydia out of the box on the unc0ver jailbreak. While the update was somewhat shaky for a small subset of users at first, a couple of smaller subsequent Substitute updates quickly addressed that.

The best apps for car shopping on iPhone and iPad

Car Buying Apps - CarsDotCom

Things certainly have changed when it comes to shopping. You no longer have to deal with traffic, crowds, and checkout lines. You can buy almost anything you want online or from an app. So when you’re ready to purchase a new vehicle, why not do it the same way?

Now of course, you’ll want to see that car in person, take it for a test drive, and make sure it’s in great condition, especially if it’s used. But you can get a jumpstart on your vehicle purchase with a handy app on your iOS device.

These car buying apps for iPhone and iPad let you find the right vehicle for you before you head out the door to see it. Instead of traveling from one car lot to another, check out these convenient apps for finding a new vehicle.