Control Center

Keep track of how many times you unlock your iPhone with counter

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 14, 2020

It can be difficult to curb smartphone addiction, especially when you’re so used to unlocking your iPhone with the flick of a finger and then refreshing your favorite social media feeds to see what’s happening in the world around you. But do you actually know how many times you unlock your iPhone each day? The number may surprise you.

For those interested in tracking their smartphone usage in a more intelligent manner, counter is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer ConorTheDev that puts a real-time device unlock counter in your handset’s Control Center interface.

CCBalance adds an audio balance slider to Control Center

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 2, 2021

Whether you have a hearing impairment, a faulty iPhone speaker, or a poorly recorded piece of audio that you want to listen to, having the ability to adjust your handset’s audio balance is sometime some audio connoisseurs might consider an essential feature. So why does Apple make it such a PITA to access?

iOS developer KingPuffdaddi recognized that something needed to be done about this, and a newly released jailbreak tweak called CCBalance was conceived. And just as the name implies, this tweak adds an audio balance control to Control Center.

ControlWidget lets jailbreakers add a Today widget to Control Center

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 8, 2020

If there’s one thing I like about how iOS has changed over the years, it would have to be the introduction of widgets via the Today page. Available via the Lock screen, Notification Center, and to the left of the first Home screen page, the Today page offers a quick and unmistakable glance at pertinent app data from widget-supported apps. But what if you wanted to access your widgets from more places?

Unfortunately, Apple keeps widget access locked down to a very small number of places in iOS, but with the help of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed ControlWidget by iOS developer Marcel Braun, you can now enjoy a Today widget of your choosing in the Control Center interface.

Veza is an aesthetically pleasing Lock screen toggle and shortcut interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 15, 2020

Upon refreshing your sources in your pwned handset’s package manager, you should be able to feast your eyes on a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Veza by ApexTweaks in your Changes tab.

Veza makes it easier to interact with your device by adding a myriad of handy Control Center-inspired shortcuts and toggles directly to your Lock screen. In the screenshot examples embedded above, you’ll notice that the tweak is as aesthetically pleasing as it is customizable.

Dyadic combines Control Center and Today widgets into one interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 24, 2020

Two of the most useful on-demand interfaces in all of iOS are Control Center and the Today widget page, and if you’re any bit familiar with how iOS works, then you’d know that these interfaces are entirely separate from one another. But they don’t have to be… at least not anymore.

Enter Dyadic a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer nicho1asdev that combines the two interfaces into one for a slicker user experience. What’s more is the tweak works seamlessly on both iPhones and iPads alike, ensuring a seamless ‘just works’ experience across all your jailbroken iOS devices.

This tweak makes Control Center’s brightness & volume sliders pill-shaped

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 20, 2020

If you’re enjoying a jailbroken installation of iOS 13 by way of either checkra1n or unc0ver and you’re interested in making your Control Center interface more discernible from a crowd, then you just might take an interest in a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed PillVolume by iOS developer neoney.

As depicted in the before and after screenshot examples above, PillVolume substitutes Control Center’s conventional rounded-corner (but rectangular) brightness and volume sliders with an alternative pill-shaped design that appears much rounder by nature.

This add-on puts Activity rings in the BottomToolBar interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 12, 2020

Just last year, we showed you a rather intriguing jailbreak tweak called BottomToolBar that made pertinent toggles and information easier to reach with just your thumb while using your iPhone one-handed. But we never imagined that we’d eventually see compatible add-ons capable of augmenting the user experience.

Enter Activity-BottomToolBar, a newly-released extension for the BottomToolBar tweak by XCCiao that adds Activity ring information to the interface for those who avidly concern themselves with their health.

Prysm redefines what you’ve come to expect from Control Center

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 21, 2021

Control Center is one of the interfaces I use the most often on my iPhone, and while I applaud Apple for having an all-in-one command center for toggles and shortcuts, that doesn’t stop me from thinking that the design is beginning to look stale and that it’s a bit light on features.

A new jailbreak tweak called Prysm designed by thetimeloop and brought to life by iOS developer LaughingQuoll aims to resolve some of these gripes by giving Control Center a complete aesthetic overhaul and adding useful features to the interface while maintaining compatibility with other Control Center-centric add-ons for jailbroken handsets.

Give Control Center a rounder aesthetic with RoundedCC

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 23, 2020

Those looking for a quick and easy way to give their newly jailbroken handset a way to stand out from the crowd might enjoy the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak called RoundedCC by iOS developer neoney.

As most would probably infer from the tweak’s rather conspicuous name, RoundedCC gives Control Center a much rounder aesthetic. It replaces much of the interface’s rectangular features and either transforms them into circles or eliminates most of the straight lines.

ReachCC13 opens Control Center with iOS’ native Reachability gesture

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 22, 2020

Control Center is an incredibly convenient section of iOS that provides instantaneous access to your favorite toggles and shortcuts, but if you have a larger iPhone such as the XS Max or 11 Pro Max, then you might have trouble getting to the interface with just one hand given how the gesture to open Control Center involves the very top-right corner of the display.

Here to solve the aforementioned problem is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called ReachCC13 by iOS developer Kritanta. Just as the name implies, this tweak modifies the behavior of the iPhone’s native Reachability gesture to launch Control Center when invoked instead.

ColorMeCC lets you colorize iOS’ Control Center for free

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 11, 2020

Jailbreakers who enjoy theming and adding their own personal splash of color to the native iOS user interface to make it distinguishable from the crowd won’t want to pass up on a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called ColorMeCC by iOS developer MrGcGamer.

As you might’ve inferred from the tweak’s name and the aforementioned context, ColorMeCC lets you colorize the Control Center interface in ways that aren’t possible on a stock device. The tweak incorporates a plethora of options for personalizing the Control Center interface, as you’re about to see.

StayLowCC makes it easier to use Control Center with one hand

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 14, 2020

I use Control Center almost every day, and in some cases, the shortcuts near the top of my iPhone’s display can be challenging to reach with just one hand. Given the circumstances, I’m particularly excited to talk about a newly released jailbreak tweak called StayLowCC by iOS developer ubik.

Just as the name implies, StayLowCC moves Control Center’s toggle suite as far down on your display as possible. An example of this is depicted in the screenshot embedded above.