Software & AI

Nothing's iMessage-on-Android feature was made pointless by Apple's RCS announcement, and the app sent data unencrypted despite promises.

A valuable idea undermined by a verification policy and by attaching users' real names to anonymous accounts.

Describes an app that uses the accelerometer and eye tracking to make 3D shapes appear to pop out of the phone screen.

A full video editing experience on iPad, but fiddly by touch and much better with a keyboard attached.

A drinking game app with a predatory weekly subscription that cost him about £110 after he forgot to cancel the free trial.

Arun says Uber has gone from cheap and convenient to expensive, tiered and exploitative, with misleading fees and a pointless subscription.

Arun found it impossible to buy a single month and the cancellation process was deliberately buried in console settings.

Arun still relies on Amazon's delivery but says Prime has been diluted by minimum spends, ads and pre-selected slow delivery.

Arun pays for Uber One but finds the perks, free delivery and delivery guarantee underwhelming and misleading.

Arun demonstrates Uber Eats charging up to 100% markups and stacked fees, with delivery taking about 70% of an order's value.

Once revolutionary and cheap, Netflix now has tiered pricing and adverts, though he says it isn't the worst offender.

Mentioned as the only smartphone-style app currently working on the Humane pin.

Presents a run of facts about TikTok's size and usage without giving a personal opinion on the app.

Musk's changes cut value by over half, so he gives it the worst score, a 10.

A $1 billion streaming service that offered little beyond free CNN and shut after 32 days.

Dynamic pricing, fees and a crashing site during the Taylor Swift sales earn it 5 out of 10.

A social app valued at $1.2 billion that turned out to be 95% bots.

Sold vulnerable users' data to advertisers and had to pay $7.8 million in refunds.

Modern iOS wins on dynamic wallpapers and customisation, though its flat icons lack the personality of the originals.

Original iOS had a satisfying slide to unlock and characterful icons, but offered no customisation at all.

He thinks FaceTime is getting a lot better in iOS 17, with fun gesture reactions, automatic lighting adjustment and the ability to leave me…

His favourite app of the list, for AI editing that understands foreground and background, though AI portraits cost per use.

Cheap surplus food that helps businesses and the planet, though availability depends on your area.

Isolates vocals and instruments in any track using AI, which he finds almost unbelievable.