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Federico Viticci, John Voorhees 487 Episodes Jun 29, 2026

AppStories is a weekly exploration of the world of apps by MacStories’ Federico Viticci and John Voorhees. Each week, they discuss the best new apps, the impact of apps on our culture, and cover the stories behind popular apps.

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Are AI Aggregators Worth It? Jun 29, 2026 00:43:58 How AI Aggregators Are Adapting to A Rapidly Evolving Marketplace

WWDC Debrief Jun 22, 2026 00:47:37 Reflecting on WWDC's announcements

WWDC 2026: The Apple Design Award Interviews Jun 10, 2026 00:52:14 The 2026 ADA Interviews

WWDC 2026 with Special Guests Myke Hurley and Christopher Lawley Jun 9, 2026 01:05:28 WWDC 2026

Our WWDC Automation Wish List Jun 1, 2026 00:37:00 The Automation We Want to See at WWDC

Our macOS 27 Wishes May 25, 2026 00:31:43 The Notion Developer Platform and What We Want from macOS 27

Our iOS and iPadOS 27 Wishes May 18, 2026 00:34:04 Our Pre-WWDC OS Wishes Series

An App Swap Challenge May 11, 2026 00:29:12 Shaking It Up with New Apps

Codex as a Productivity Super App May 4, 2026 00:44:40 Maybe There's Something to the Super App Idea

Filling the App Gap Apr 27, 2026 00:49:16 The Search for the Perfect App

Apple Frames 4 and the AI Multiplier Apr 20, 2026 00:38:12 Amplifying Projects with Agentic Assistance

OpenAI’s Everything App Trap Apr 13, 2026 00:38:23 When Everything Apps Work and When the Don't

Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape Apr 6, 2026 00:38:37 What's New in Text Editors?

An Orchestra Without a Conductor, Apple’s AI Dilemma Mar 30, 2026 00:35:24 Apple and Agents

Why Foldable Phones Matter: The Case for an iPhone Duo Mar 23, 2026 00:42:12 Federico on Foldables

The Fractal Fragmentation of AI Tools Mar 16, 2026 00:51:10 The Messy Development of AI Apps

Apple’s Big Neo Week Mar 9, 2026 00:34:39 Thoughts on Apple's New Hardware

Our Apple Hardware Wish List for 2026 Mar 2, 2026 00:30:22 The Hardware We Expect and the Gear We Dare to Dream for

App Intents and the Road to a Smarter Siri Feb 23, 2026 00:30:21 Putting All the Pieces Together

Pick a Pair: New Apps We’re Using Feb 16, 2026 00:38:21 A grab bag of new apps we're using

One Notion: Two Approaches Feb 9, 2026 00:30:55 How We Use Notion

The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World Feb 2, 2026 00:37:58 The Impact of AI on the App Store

Terminal Tips and Claude Code Workflows Jan 25, 2026 00:43:26 How We Use Claude Code and Codex

A Very ‘Just Build It’ Holiday Jan 18, 2026 00:42:35 How We Spend Our Holiday Break, Part 2

A Very Nerdy Holiday Break Jan 11, 2026 00:47:53 How We Spent Our Downtime

What’s Next for Apps in 2026 Dec 21, 2025 00:28:22 A Look Ahead to Next Year

The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards Dec 16, 2025 00:57:26 The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards

Vibe Coding Your Own Productivity Tools Dec 7, 2025 00:39:51 Our AI Automation Workflows

Designing for Liquid Glass: Outstanding Indie Apps Nov 30, 2025 00:26:28 Great Liquid Glass Apps

The Ever-Changing App Store Nov 23, 2025 00:32:35 How Subscriptions, Regulation, and AI Are Reshaping the World of Apps

Our Latest App and Automation Experiments Nov 16, 2025 00:38:52 New Apps and Workflows for the holiday season

The Great Digital Declutter Nov 9, 2025 00:31:12 Organizing Your Digital Life

Exploring AI Browsers Nov 2, 2025 00:38:23 What's the Deal with AI Browsers?

The Potential and Limits of the M5 iPad Pro Oct 26, 2025 00:33:32 Federico’s M5 iPad Pro Review

Apple’s Intelligence Quest: Beyond Smart Siri Oct 19, 2025 00:36:30 Imagining and Apple AI Future

What Else Do We Want from Apple in 2025? Oct 12, 2025 00:31:07 A Hardware and Software Wishlist

Making Sense of MCP: The Standard Connecting AI to Apps Oct 5, 2025 00:38:12 MCP Demystified

AirPods Pro 3, iPhone Air, and a Cable Quest Sep 28, 2025 00:37:12 A hardware update, Smart Stacks, and the quest to game on the Vision Pro

Fall Hardware: First Impressions Sep 21, 2025 00:30:47 Thoughts on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and AirPods Pro 3

iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26: The MacStories Reviews Sep 15, 2025 00:52:54 The MacStories Annual Review Extravaganza

Apple Event Vibe Check Sep 7, 2025 00:41:40 AirPods, iPhone 17 Air, and Federico's AirTag Mystery

Back From Break: Automation, AI, and IKEA Aug 31, 2025 00:47:48 What We Did on Our Summer Breaks

Building a Better AI App Aug 10, 2025 00:36:27 Combining the Best AI App Features Into One Super App

The iPadOS and macOS 26 Public Betas Aug 3, 2025 00:34:57 Should you install iPadOS or macOS 26?

Gaming Sidekicks: Videogame Companion Apps with Brendon Bigley Jul 27, 2025 00:43:13 Everything But the Games

A Secondary Device Check-In Jul 20, 2025 00:28:13 John's iPad Use and Federico's Mac Use

Imagining Apple’s Next Big Thing Jul 13, 2025 00:37:31 What We'd Like to See Apple Try Next

Inside our Summertime Review Toolkits Jul 6, 2025 00:27:36 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Review Season

Our OS 26 Experiments: iPad Podcasting, Reminders, and More Jun 29, 2025 00:29:30 Our Early OS 26 Testing

An iPad Pickle Jun 22, 2025 00:29:14 Federico Rethinks His iPad Setup

A Behind the Scenes Peek at WWDC Week Jun 15, 2025 00:34:22 WWDC Backstage

WWDC 2025: A First Look at Everything Apple Announced Jun 12, 2025 00:57:14 A WWDC 2025 Recap

WWDC 2025: The AppStories Interviews with Apple Design Award Winners Jun 11, 2025 00:58:16 The AppStories ADA Interviews

Sky and Our 2025 Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence WWDC Wishes Jun 1, 2025 00:37:54 Our WWDC 2025 Automation Wishes

Our 2025 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes May 25, 2025 00:33:53 OS Updates We're Hoping to See at WWDC

Airbnb 2025 Summer Release: An Interview with Jud Coplan and Teo Connor May 18, 2025 00:50:20 A Conversation About App and Product Design

The Swift Student Challenge Interviews and watchOS and tvOS Wishes May 11, 2025 00:41:04 An Interview with Apple's Apple's Susan Prescott and Students, Plus more OS Wishes

Our 2025 iOS and iPadOS WWDC Wishes May 4, 2025 01:03:41 Our Annual OS Wishes

Tackling Trackers Apr 27, 2025 00:35:23 Apps for Tracking Anything

How We’re Using AI Apr 20, 2025 00:54:14 The AI Models We Use and How We Use Them

Time for Calendars Apr 13, 2025 00:34:25 Keeping a Schedule

Return of the Utility Grab Bag Apr 6, 2025 00:30:37 A Selection of Our Favorite Utilities

Pick 3: Automations Mar 30, 2025 00:39:42 A Selection of Automations

From Dashboard Widgets to Breaking News: Mark Gurman’s Path to Bloomberg Mar 23, 2025 00:46:54 An Interview with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman

Shortcuts Utility Apps Revisited Mar 16, 2025 00:32:26 Filling the Gaps in Apple Automation

Our Self-Imposed Tech Deadlines Mar 9, 2025 00:35:24 What Is Driving Our 2025 Tech Decisions

The Missing Middle Mar 2, 2025 00:32:14 Why Aren't Developers Making Prosumer and Small Business Apps Anymore?

5 for 5: Five Predictions, Five Years Feb 23, 2025 00:29:35 Looking Ahead to the App World's Next Five Years

A Classic Pick 2: Hidden Gems Feb 16, 2025 00:31:07 Four Apps You May Not Know But Should Try

Thoughts on Covering AI Our Way Feb 9, 2025 00:35:55 A Skeptical, Principled Approach to AI

Life Tracking, Journaling, and the Vision Pro with Devon Dundee Feb 2, 2025 00:34:04 Living a Quality Quantified Life in VR

Three Browsers Are Better Than One with Matt Birchler Jan 26, 2025 00:35:22 How the Web Is Changing the App Landscape

An Apple Intelligence Wish List Jan 19, 2025 00:30:46 Where Apple Should Steer Its AI

Apple Prophecies and Predictions for 2025 Jan 12, 2025 00:28:46 What’s Next for Apple in the Year Ahead

Our Holiday Nerd Projects Dec 22, 2024 00:24:54 How we plan to spend our downtime over the holidays

The AppStories Year in Review Dec 15, 2024 00:29:47 A Look at What Shaped the App World in 2024

The 2024 MacStories Selects Awards Dec 9, 2024 00:55:19 Celebrating the Best Apps of 2024

Assistive AI Automation Tools Dec 1, 2024 00:47:53 Finding a Place for AI in Our Workflows

A Cavalcade of Nightmares Nov 24, 2024 01:07:18 A Conversation with Brendon Bigley

What Kind of Person Are You? Nov 17, 2024 00:37:29 A Conversation with Robb Knight

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