Albums is the player that cares as much about your music library as you do. Made by music-obsessed solo developer Adam Linder, Albums provides the best alternative to the built-in Music app for true music lovers.

MacStories readers can redeem an extra-long two-week free trial of Albums Premium.

Albums is the infinite, high-tech CD binder or vinyl crate you wish you’d had in high school. Relive the glory days of the iPod with album shuffle, and use robust tagging and filtering options to build the album collections of your dreams—you can even tag music not in your library to check out later.

Beyond playback and organization, Albums is packed with features to enrich your musical life; the Release Feed keeps track of new and upcoming music from artists and record labels in your library; the app tracks your play history and generates regular listening reports; and the Insights tab offers dozens of personalized collections to help you experience your library in a new way.

Albums is deeply integrated with iOS system features, including comprehensive Shortcuts support, a first-class CarPlay app, and interactive widgets. It is available for iOS and iPadOS, with a macOS app on the horizon. Coming up on six years of iterative improvement on the App Store, the app is the best it’s ever been—and only getting better.

When you’re ready to level up your music-listening experience, redeem your two-week trial of Albums Premium. If you’re looking for something a little different, you can also check out Adam’s chaotic neutral music-discovery app, Univershuffle, which shuffles all of the music on the Apple Music catalog. Seriously!

Our thanks to Albums for supporting MacStories’ WWDC coverage this week.

Proxyman is the native, high-performance debugging proxy that makes monitoring and analyzing your app’s network stack almost effortless. Built with Swift and Apple Silicon in mind, it runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux, so every member of your team can peek under the hood without wrestling with legacy-era UIs.

Proxyman has you covered with a wide array of tools.

Proxyman’s toolkit goes far beyond simple packet capture. Breakpoints pause requests, so you can tweak headers or bodies on the fly; Map Local and Map Remote let you swap in local files or redirect traffic to staging servers; scripting, diffing, network throttling, and WebSocket support round out a workspace that replaces what was a whole folder full of utilities.

Need on-device debugging? Proxyman for iOS is a standalone app that uses a local VPN to intercept every byte on your iPhone or iPad–no Mac required. View plain-text HTTP and HTTPS payloads, set breakpoints, block calls, or share a log back to the desktop. Face ID and passcode lock keep sensitive data safe, and iPad Split View turns Proxyman into an invaluable companion while you code.

Need to capture HTTPS traffic from iOS Simulators? Proxyman covers it too. Just few click to setup your Simulators and ready to capture it.

Proxyman Capture iOS Simulators

Licensing is simple. A perpetual Standard License is just $89 and unlocks every premium feature on one device and includes the iOS app. For $99 a Personal License includes the same benefits, plus two devices. Not ready to commit? The free trial lets you pin two domains and create two rules in each tool, giving you plenty of time to see how Proxyman fits with your development setup.

Stop guessing what your app is really sending over the wire. Download the trial today, then grab Proxyman from the Mac download page or the App Store and start shipping more reliable code faster than ever.

Our thanks to Proxyman for sponsoring our WWDC coverage this week.

Get and stay in the flow with TRMNL, a beautifully designed open-source e-ink dashboard that keeps you informed without breaking your focus. With TRMNL, you’ll switch apps less and focus more because everything is right in front of you on an elegant 7.5” display.

A Plugin for Every Occasion. Choose from more than 78 free plugins from the TRMNL team, or from the hundreds developed by the community, displaying the weather, tasks, calendars, website stats, and fun content like quotes from The Office. You can display any plugin full screen or mix and match them with Mashups, TRMNL’s widget-like system. You can create plugins yourself with TRMNL’s API or the Apple Shortcuts app, and schedule what appears throughout the day, too.

A Battery You Never Have to Think About. TRMNL’s rechargeable battery lasts from two months to 1.5 years depending on how you set it up. That’s because the data displayed is cleverly formatted as static images that are only sent from TRMNL’s servers when the device refreshes. The rest of the time, the device sleeps, but your information remains visible.

DIY-Friendly. TRMNL is open-source. There are instructions on TRMNL’s website for building your own hardware and running your own server.

Three Styles, One Incredible Experience. Choose black or white ($139) or clear ($154) frames. Whether it lives on your desk, kitchen counter, or conference room wall, TRMNL adapts to your space with a wall hook and kickstand.

Limited-Time Offer. MacStories readers can save $20 using this link. Act fast to save now.

Stop flipping between apps and reclaim your focus with TRMNL.

Our thanks to TRMNL for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Boost your productivity with Textastic, the fast and versatile code editor for iPad and iPhone. Trusted by developers, web designers, and technical writers for over a decade, Textastic combines the polish of a native app with the flexibility and professional features you need.

And now, for the first time, it’s free to try!

Textastic is free to download with a 7-day trial and a variety of upgrade options—including a simple one-time purchase or a flexible subscription. You no longer need to pay upfront just to find out if it fits your workflow.

Textastic supports syntax highlighting for over 80 programming and markup languages—including web standards like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; mobile and systems languages like Swift, Objective-C, and C++; and popular scripting languages and formats like Python, PHP, JSON, and Markdown. You can even add custom languages using Sublime Text or TextMate definitions.

With built-in support for SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, iCloud Drive, and Dropbox, Textastic goes far beyond the standard text editor. It even includes an SSH terminal. Work smoothly with multiple files and SSH sessions—use tabs or open files side-by-side in separate windows on iPad.

Flexible settings, powerful find-and-replace, and customizable keyboard shortcuts are just a few highlights. Textastic also supports the Files app, drag and drop, trackpad and mouse input, Split View, multiwindowing, printing, and more.

Whether you’re tweaking a website, reviewing code on the go, or writing Markdown notes, Textastic adapts to your workflow.

Ready to code? Download Textastic and start your free 7-day trial.

Our thanks to Textastic for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Inoreader, a powerful platform for content discovery and consumption, is becoming smarter with the launch of Inoreader Intelligence – a suite of AI-powered features designed to help users save time, gain meaningful insights, analyze, and act on valuable information faster. Whether you’re diving into daily news, tracking niche industry updates, or conducting in-depth research, Inoreader Intelligence transforms how you process information with the introduction of article summaries and Intelligence reports.

The first addition to the suite, article summaries, brings instant clarity to your content. A new Summarize button appears inside every article, allowing you to generate a quick overview, explore a specific aspect with customizable prompts, or even ask your own questions – all within the Inoreader interface. You’re in full control: tailor how the feature looks and behaves, set your preferred language, and define a prompt persona to suit your workflow. Summaries are fully searchable, saving you time not just in the moment, but also later.

With the newly introduced Intelligence reports, Inoreader levels up bulk content processing. Select multiple articles at once and run custom or predefined prompts to extract insights, compare sentiments, and create reports. Once generated, each report becomes a new article, ready to annotate, export, or share. Want to collaborate? Reports can be made public or shared privately across Teams.

Article summaries are available in Inoreader’s Pro, Custom, and Team plans, while Intelligence reports are included in the new Team Intelligence plan and offered as an add-on for Pro and Custom users. All plans include monthly Intelligence tokens, and if you prefer more control, you can connect your own OpenAI API key for added flexibility.

With Inoreader Intelligence, you don’t just collect information – you save time while understanding it faster and better. Explore article summaries and Intelligence reports today at Inoreader.com, or download the app from the App Store or Google Play to experience smarter reading!¹

Our thanks to Inoreader for sponsoring MacStories this week.

If you haven’t heard of Copilot Money yet, you’re overdue to check out Apple’s Editors Choice award-winning money tracker app. Copilot makes it simple to monitor your finances while providing personalized insights.

Their native iPhone, iPad and Mac apps are award winning for a reason: you can track your spending, budgets, investments, and net worth all in one place, allowing you to drill into the details without losing sight of the big picture.

Beyond beautiful design and functionality, Copilot’s mission is to build a future where everyone has a clear picture of their finances, without all the anxiety. Where anyone can reclaim their data from the banks to build their own plan for achieving their goals — with confidence and trust in their tools for doing so.

Launching later this month, Copilot Money is adding their #1 most user requested feature to the line-up. Savings Goals will empower you to track the money you’re saving for whatever you choose. Goals will feature smart tips informed by your data, like smart suggestions based on your cash flow, and goal ideas for you based on your categories and spending.

For a limited time, MacStories readers can get a special two-month free trial by using the code MACSTORIES when signing up. Visit their website to learn more and download Copilot from the App Store to get started today.

Our thanks to Copilot for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Boost your productivity with Textastic, the fast and versatile code editor for iPad and iPhone. Trusted by developers, web designers, and technical writers for over a decade, Textastic combines the polish of a native app with the flexibility and professional features you need.

And now, for the first time, it’s free to try!

Textastic is free to download with a 7-day trial and a variety of upgrade options—including a simple one-time purchase or a flexible subscription. You no longer need to pay upfront just to find out if it fits your workflow.

Textastic supports syntax highlighting for over 80 programming and markup languages—including web standards like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; mobile and systems languages like Swift, Objective-C, and C++; and popular scripting languages and formats like Python, PHP, JSON, and Markdown. You can even add custom languages using Sublime Text or TextMate definitions.

With built-in support for SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, iCloud Drive, and Dropbox, Textastic goes far beyond the standard text editor. It even includes an SSH terminal. Work smoothly with multiple files and SSH sessions—use tabs or open files side-by-side in separate windows on iPad.

Flexible settings, powerful find-and-replace, and customizable keyboard shortcuts are just a few highlights. Textastic also supports the Files app, drag and drop, trackpad and mouse input, Split View, multiwindowing, printing, and more.

Whether you’re tweaking a website, reviewing code on the go, or writing Markdown notes, Textastic adapts to your workflow.

Ready to code? Download Textastic and start your free 7-day trial.

Our thanks to Textastic for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Rogue Amoeba, makers of powerful audio tools for your Mac, are back to sponsor MacStories. From professional podcasters to home users, their lineup of products can assist you with all your audio needs.

Making recordings with Audio Hijack is a cinch, and transcribing audio is even faster with version 4.5.

No need to record? Take advantage of SoundSource for amazing control of your Mac’s audio. You’ll have control of each app playing audio on your Mac right from your menu bar, so you can adjust per-app volume, apply audio effects, and even redirect playback to a different device.

And if you want to overhaul your microphone capabilities in audio or video calls, check out Loopback so you can make a virtual input device from inside the Mac: Target audio playing from apps running right on your Mac, like their fun soundboard app Farrago to bring in background audio or sound effect clips, and bring it together with your microphone without any loss in quality. You can even pair Loopback with Audio Hijack, to add effects for your microphone.

Rogue Amoeba’s software is always available to try for free, and recent updates have brought a dramatically simpler setup process. Visit their site to download free fully functional trials. MacStories reader you can save 20% on any purchase through their store, with coupon code STORIES2504 at checkout. Act fast, as that deal ends April 20!

Our thanks to the team at Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Fello AI is a native macOS app that unifies today’s top AI models into one streamlined chat client. Instead of juggling multiple subscriptions and clunky web tools, you can now access models like ChatGPT-4o, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Pro, Grok, LLaMA, or Perplexity all from a single interface.

Designed for professionals, students, and creatives, Fello AI simplifies everyday tasks such as coding, research, writing, and brainstorming. It can perform real-time web search to ensure that answers reflect the latest news and are up to date.

Fello AI is also a powerful tool for file analysis, letting you chat with up to 16 PDFs, documents, or images at once. Whether you’re summarizing reports, reviewing contracts, writing image captions or extracting key data, AI makes it effortless.

The app’s advanced interface includes a prompt library for saving frequently used commands, conversation pinning for quick access to important chats, and bookmarking to keep track of key insights—helping you stay organized and efficient.

Built natively for macOS, Fello AI delivers a fast, smooth experience that integrates seamlessly with your system. With features like drag-and-drop file uploads, keyboard shortcuts, and system-wide search, the app feels right at home in the Mac ecosystem.

Instead of paying hundreds of dollars per month to access multiple AI models separately, Fello AI brings them all together in one app for less than $10 per month. With a single subscription, you get unlimited messaging, file analysis, and access to all supported AI models—making it the smartest and most cost-effective way to use AI on macOS. Learn more about Fello AI.

Our thanks to Fello AI for sponsoring MacStories this week.