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Ask HN: Best Ad-Free iOS Apps?

• sgt 3y ago
  There must be tons of ad free iOS apps but generally most apps worth using cost something. Even just a small amount. A lovely app I use is Exoplanet[0]. Granted, it has an in-app purchase to make it ad free but that's like a cup of coffee. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exoplanet/id327702034 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exoplanet/id327702034
  • als0 3y ago
    > There must be tons of ad free iOS apps You say that but they’re actually really hard to find because discoverability in the App Store is terrible. There is no way of filtering for them either. By the way, that’s a very cool app - thank you for sharing!
    • sgt 3y ago
      There should be another listing ... a curated list of iOS apps that are more focused on quality. There must be tons of such lists but I bet it's not like in a Wiki format.
• k310 3y ago
  My old favorite daily, iosnoops, has quit operations. There, you could get daily "gone free" and "price drop" listings, and I grabbed plenty of free and discounted apps. They indicated in color apps with IAP's/subscriptions and new apps (mostly subscriptions these days) So, ALL of my ios apps are ad-free. A price drop to free almost always means ad-free vs. always free, meaning all too often ads inside. So, I am looking at appsliced and igeeksblog as substitutes but they fall flat. Of the apps I put on the new iPad, I like (and some of these I actually paid for) Basic! and techBASIC (out of nostalgia), some databases that I don't use, QuakeWatch (it's CA), ForScore (the reason I got an iPad1 long ago) MaxCurve (lets you adjust photos like xv did and Gimp does, on a curve) Kanban and list apps I don't use, outliners I don't use (I put rarely used apps in folders to hide them) Promised myself to try logseq and Obsidian, and Joplin, as I cancelled the Evernote subscription for obvious reasons, Carnets (essentially Jupyter) a-Shell (looks to be a complete unix VM) Processing, various star apps, Trunk Notes still seems to work, as does kiwi (I Like Wikis) Promised myself to try tiddly wiki. Paprika Recipe Manager (they jacked up prices with a new version. I have the older version/ios and macos) File Explorer, highly recommended, By Evgeny Cherpak (goes on sale for free now and then) It's remote file access. Works when airdrop fails or balks, which is too often. I really hate bluetooth. And I dropped all password managers but Samurai Safe. Trying Sheriff to block cookies and JavaScript on a per-site basis. I forgot PhotoSync. It's not free but works with everything ... Only photo transfer app I know of that will do that. I got "Symbols" because for unknown reasons, I can't search for emoji on the iPhone, unlike the other devices. Autosuggest is supposed to hint at emoji, but that depends on the app, so it seems. Apple puzzles me at times. Cheers
• carlosjobim 3y ago
  NetNewsWire RSS reader is the gold standard of how a free app for iOS should be. There's also tons of cheap high quality apps for iOS, usually your time is better spent paying for quality.
• skydhash 3y ago
  KeePassium Things iA Writer Bobby Streaks 1Writer Anybox Bear Doppler BookPlayer Reeder That's pretty much all the apps that I use. I can't support Ads and I pay for quality apps that doesn't have to rely on them.
• godatemydog 3y ago
  Radio Garden Live is free and amazing: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio-garden-live/id1339670993 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio-garden-live/id1339670993 I have a list of all the apps I like, some are free, most not. https://www.craft.me/s/X1IOuAjVCF7WPS https://www.craft.me/s/X1IOuAjVCF7WPS
• 5041us 3y ago
  GymBook, Seconds & WorkOutdoors are good fitness apps that also work really well with the apple watch - each of these apps offers pro options without the need for a subscription.