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Introducing the All-New Club MacStories 
This week, Federico and John introduce two new tiers of Club MacStories, run down all the new features of each tier, explain the web app that powers it all, and officially release a back catalog of three months worth of bonus AppStories+ content.
Mobile Gaming Clip for MagSafe I’ve tried a lot of iOS and iPadOS-compatible game controllers. For a long time, MFi controllers were the only choice for playing games on iPhones and iPads. The trouble was there wasn’t much choice, the quality was inferior to controllers made by console manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft, and MFi controllers tended to be...
The Night Before There’s nothing quite like the feeling of launching something brand new. It’s a chaotic bundle of feelings that’s nearly impossible to control. Instead, you ride it out like a boat on a choppy sea during a storm, hurdling up and down the waves on the brink of capsizing at any moment. It’s harrowing, exciting, and...
App Debuts TV Forecast In version 1.9, my favorite TV show tracker for iPhone and iPad has introduced a wish list feature for shows you plan to watch at some point in the future. This wish list syncs with your Trakt watchlist, so if you’re an existing Trakt user, you’ll find all the shows you’ve already...
This week on MacStories Unwind:
Federico and I are excited to introduce AppStories+, an extended, ad-free version of the podcast we’ve been hosting together since 2017, which will be releasing a day earlier than usual with higher bitrate audio. AppStories+ is just one part of a series of announcements that we’ll fully reveal on Monday, August 23, but we wanted to give everyone a first look at one of the tent pole features we’ve been building.
This week on AppStories, we explore the world of sideloaded apps and games on the iPhone and iPad, including AltStore and the kinds of apps and game emulators it makes possible.
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Sideloading Apps and Games on the iPhone and iPad
This week, Federico and John explore the world of sideloaded apps and games on the iPhone and iPad, including AltStore and the kinds of apps and game emulators it makes possible.
On AppStories+, Federico and John chat about what the final week of preparations leading up to AppStories+ and new Club MacStories plans is like after months of planning and preparation.
Silvio Rizzi, the developer of RSS client Reeder, has released a brand new recipe and cooking app called Mela for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, which has immediately become my favorite apps for planning and preparing meals. For me, the two essential aspects of an app like this are how it handles adding new recipes and whether it is easy to use while you’re cooking. Mela excels at both.
I’m going to focus primarily on the iPad experience for this review because the iPad strikes the best balance of portability combined with a large screen that works well when you’re in the kitchen cooking, but the app is also available on the iPhone and Mac. Although my overwhelming preference is to use Mela on an iPad, an equal amount of attention has gone into the design of the iPhone and Mac apps, accounting for the different screen sizes and making the most of each. That’s true on the iPad, too, where the experience differs depending on the size of the iPad you’re using.
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