Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week, Federico and John each pick two apps you may or may not have heard of or considered using and explain why you should give them a try.

On AppStories+, we extend our picks with several more apps we've been testing recently.

This episode is sponsored by:

- Memberful — memberful.com/appstories
- Incogni — incogni.com/appstories

Links and Show Notes

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Classic Pick 2: Hidden Gems Edition

- Federico's Picks
- NextDNS — apps.apple.com/us/app/nextdns/id1463342498
- Google Keep — apps.apple.com/us/app/google-keep-notes-and-lists/id1029207872
- John's Picks
- ScreenFloat — apps.apple.com/us/app/screenfloat-screenshot-tools/id414528154?mt=12
- MassReplaceIt — hexmonkeysoftware.com
- Also Mentioned:
- Pursuing Pasta Perfection — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/macstories-unwind/id1510451759?i=1000687534669
- MacWhisper — apps.apple.com/us/app/whisper-transcription/id1668083311?mt=12
- VidCap — setapp.sjv.io/dO7DoQ

AppStories+ Post-Show

- John's Picks
- Noted — notedapp.io
- VidCap — setapp.sjv.io/dO7DoQ
- Federico's Picks
- Scratchpad — sindresorhus.com/scratchpad
- YouTube's watch later feature — youtube.com
- Tricount — tricount.com

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