iOS 791: Our Favorite Indie Apps - Spotlighting the App Store's Hidden Gems
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Mikah and Dan are revealing the off-the-radar apps they actually use and the creative ways they make Apple devices work smarter every day. Find out which overlooked tools help them (and maybe you) solve real-life digital annoyances.
- Spotlight on Ivory by Tapbots as a top Mastodon client
- NeatPass: Creating Apple Wallet passes from PDFs on-device
- Screens app enables remote access and control across devices
- Dice by PCalc delivers customizable, fun dice-rolling features
- Television Time helps users track shows, episodes, and release dates
- News: Apple's rumored special event and speculation on possible product launches
- Feedback: Apple Creator Studio subscription benefits
- App Cap segment: Belkin AirPods Cleaning Kit for device maintenance, and the Zephy app for identifying overhead airplanes in real time
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS today, Dan Morin and I share some of our favorite indie apps. Stay tuned. |
| 0:09.0 | Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twitter. |
| 0:17.0 | This is iOS Today, episode 791, with Dan Morin and me, Micah Sargent. |
| 0:23.8 | Recorded Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 for Thursday, February 26th, 20206. |
| 0:30.5 | Our favorite indie apps. |
| 0:33.4 | Hello and welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things iOS, iPad OS, WatchOS, HomePod OS, and, you know, all the OSs and platforms. |
| 0:42.4 | I am your host, Micah Sargent, and I am joined again this week by the wonderful Dan Moran, East Coast Bureau Chief of Six Colors. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome back to the show, Dan. |
| 0:53.8 | It's good to be here, Micah. I'm just now learning that it's not pronounced IOs or MacOs. |
| 0:59.6 | You're only just now. Only now. Only now after this many years I'm learning. I thought it was like a |
| 1:05.2 | like cereal or like spaghetti owes. Oh. Oh, got it. Yeah. O's. Yeah. Oh. |
| 1:10.3 | Hmm. I'm thinking of Yeah. Oh. Oh. |
| 1:11.6 | Hmm. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm thinking of all of the marshmallows. I keep stored in my Mac studio. |
| 1:16.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.6 | This is embarrassing to announce now, but, you know, I just felt like the viewers and the listeners |
| 1:21.6 | deserve to know. |
| 1:22.6 | And everyone here will support that and not make fun of you for it. |
| 1:26.6 | I'm sure everybody is going to be really nice to me. |
| 1:30.3 | Very kind and very thoughtful. |
| 1:33.3 | Okay, let's get into the show today. |
| 1:35.3 | I thought it would be a good time to talk about some of the indie apps that we use. |
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