The Once and Future App Store
· 47 min · Episode 500
Episode The Once and Future App Store
This week on AppStories, we celebrate the 500th episode of the show with a look at the App Store's past, present, and future.
On AppStories+, Federico and John pick some of their all-time favorite apps.
Also available on YouTube here.
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Links and Show Notes
App Store History
• The App Store at 10, MacStories' 2018 coverage of the App Store's 10th anniversary
Apps Discussed From The Early App Store Era
• Instapaper • Twitterrific • Spotify • WhatsApp
AI and the Modern App Store
• Inside OpenAI's Codex with Andrew Ambrosino (MacStories)
AppStories+ Post-Show:
All-Time Favorite Apps
• Overcast • Editorial • Pythonista 3 • Drafts • Unread: An RSS Reader • Working Copy • Open Minis • Launch Center Pro • Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop • Mercury Weather • CARROT Weather • Alyx Caffeine Tracker • Sequel Media Tracker • LookUp • Chronicling • Jayson
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Links in the notes 20
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDSpdP6G2mHvrG8-MlfOsRXFd4N2V7otL
- https://claude.ai/appstories
- https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=1576857102&code=MACSTORIES2026
- https://shipaton.com/
- https://www.macstories.net/tag/app-store-10/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instapaper/id288545208
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitterrific
- https://www.spotify.com/
- https://www.whatsapp.com/
- https://www.macstories.net/linked/inside-openais-codex-with-andrew-ambrosino/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/editorial/id673907758
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unread-an-rss-reader/id1363637349
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/git-client-working-copy/id896694807
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/open-minis/id6759188481
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/creating-home-screen-icons-with-launch-center-pro-31/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/screens-5-vnc-remote-desktop/id1663047912
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mercury-weather/id1621800675
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