Guides
How to read a store listing, judge an app and keep track of what you pay for. No app names, no rankings.
What ‘free’ actually means in an app store
Four different things wear the same label, and only one of them stays free.
JudgingWhy a five-star average tells you almost nothing
The number is real. What it measures is not what you think.
JudgingHow to judge an app in five minutes
A short, repeatable check that catches most of what goes wrong later.
MoneyThe subscriptions you forgot you had
Where they hide, why cancelling inside the app usually does nothing, and how to do a clean sweep.
ListeningWhat a good sleep timer actually does
A small feature, done four different ways, with very different results at two in the morning.
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One frame, many worlds
Nine categories in the same quiet layout, so the only thing competing for your attention is the writing.