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An App Swap Challenge

May 11, 2026 · 29 min

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This week on AppStories, John and Federico kick off the app swap challenge, with each of them giving the other three apps to use. We’ll be checking in on how it’s going each week with a final roundup of the results of the experiment after WWDC.

On AppStories+, we each pick aspirational apps and OS features that we wish we used more but don’t.

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Links and Show Notes An App Swap Challenge: Pick Three apps for each other to try for a month and report backAppStories+ Post-Show Aspirational Apps and Features We’d Like to Use More
  • John
  • Federico
    • Apple Journal
    • Home Screen widgets
    • iPhone’s Stand By mode
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