Hacker News with Generative AI: Apps

High School Student's First App – NWS Weather Report (weatherreportnow.com)
Stay ahead of the weather with precise 48-hour radar, forecasts, and real-time updates from the National Weather Service. Now with Hurricane Outlooks and Mesoscale Discussions!

Weather, Apps, Education, Meteorology

53 points by Orcazephyr 13 hours ago | 13 comments

Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires (daringfireball.net)
My post this week about Shazam’s history got me thinking about Apple’s track record with acquired apps. Apple acquired Shazam in 2018, and soon integrated its capabilities into Siri. But they’ve also kept the Shazam app going, including the Android version. They even still have a standalone Shazam website.

Apple, Acquisitions, Apps, Software

14 points by robenkleene 9 days ago | 2 comments

Lucid dreaming app triples users' awareness in dreams, study finds (psypost.org)
In a recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition, researchers at Northwestern University showed that a smartphone app using sensory cues can significantly increase the frequency of lucid dreams—dreams in which a person is aware they are dreaming while still asleep.

Lucid Dreaming, Sleep, Neuroscience, Apps, Research

123 points by mikhael 16 days ago | 111 comments

Croissant – a brand new app for cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads (ghost.io)
I’m very pleased to announce Croissant, a brand new app for cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads.

Social Media, Apps, New Releases

5 points by hn1986 54 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: An app where you suggest me your vet, I suggest you my babysitter (play.google.com)

Community, Apps, Services, Recommendation Systems

4 points by Giarty 54 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: Created an app to mix calendar and TODOs in one list (get-today.app)
today app combines calendar and a todo list into one, allowing to mix between calendar, todos and anything in between.

Productivity, Calendar, To-Do Lists, Software, Apps

24 points by danielkrajka 59 days ago | 11 comments

Preventing app removal on iOS (pika.page)
These days, I am developing an alarm app called ‘SuperAlarm’.

iOS, Mobile Development, Apps

129 points by logistra 70 days ago | 69 comments

Tell HN: iPhone mirroring on iOS/macOS breaks screenshot protection on all apps (ycombinator.com)
I appreciate that this is somewhat obvious on reflection, but I am surprised that no one is talking about it given that it breaks security/privacy flows for major apps (obviously a photo of the screen was always a risk)

iOS, macOS, Security, Privacy, Apps

10 points by mintone 76 days ago | 8 comments

Show HN: Muky – A kid-friendly music player for iOS (muky.app)

Music, iOS, Apps, Kids

18 points by oliverjanssen 121 days ago | 16 comments

What App to Use for Notes? (ycombinator.com)

Productivity, Apps, Note-Taking

10 points by bigbaldhead 133 days ago | 43 comments

The App That Bullies You into Success (todof.art)

Productivity, Motivation, Self-Improvement, Technology, Apps

19 points by shalmu 160 days ago | 20 comments

Show HN: I built an app that writes your life story (memoir-app.com)