Apps wishlist

[kubandalum]

Are there any apps for phones and tablets that you wish you had but can’t find?

For me there are two that I used to have that no longer exist. One is an offline world atlas, just maps, no GPS, no need for WiFi connection, no navigation. Just maps. Used to have a good one from National Geographic on my laptop a couple of decades ago. Nothing like it now.

The other is GPS Info, an iPhone app that simply read out longitude and latitude (to 5 decimal points), elevation, and speed, updating every few seconds. Hasn’t worked since about iOS 7 or so. No updates available.

Edited to add: I have found a couple of atlas apps, but they really suck. Early elementary school level.

[Deleted User 89]

those sound like awesome apps

[colbond]

Check out spyglass if you want GPS info. Google maps also has the ability to cache maps with or without satellite info so you don't need a data connection (cache it while on wifi and it'll work with no cell coverage).

Spyglass: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spyglas ... 39548?mt=8

[kubandalum]

I see one of the reviews on Spyglass mentioned “learning curve.” GPS Info had no learning curve. Just info in text form. Nothing more. Quite nice.

For a number of purposes Google maps sucks. I certainly don’t know ahead of time everything I might want to look up on a map to satisfy curiosity about something. Maps aren’t only for navigation.

Anyone else have apps they’d like to see?

[TDub]

I use OnX Hunt for gps. Its pretty dang good.

[jfish26]

Not an app, per se, but one thing I miss since switching to Apple is losing IR transmitter capability (remote control). That functionality was IMMENSELY handy at bars.

[ousdahl]

I’ve been wondering if/when we get a market for retro apps.

OG Facebook Instagram interfaces back before they started sucking.

[jfish26]

It is Christmas 2028. The hottest gadget on the (digital) shelf is an iPad Classic. For just 18,000 rubles, you can buy a vintage (2013-era) iPad, pre-loaded with "original" versions of all your favorite apps (some upscaled to work with the chip in your neck and screen in your retinas that came with Amazon Prime Plus).

[Cascadia]

I want an App that can read articles and books to me in my own voice. Would be great for all of my drive time

[jfish26]

How about you could pick a celebrity voice? Honestly, it shouldn't be that far-fetched for some AI program to be fed the audio of all of someone's work, and come up with a simulation.

[ousdahl]

H. Jon Benjamin.

[CrimsonNBlue]

How about you could pick a celebrity voice? Honestly, it shouldn't be that far-fetched for some AI program to be fed the audio of all of someone's work, and come up with a simulation.

Get ready for the IP suit.