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Lickability @lickability.com · 29/09/2026

We’re at only 2 RSVP spots remaining for our Software Sommelier event! 😳 By the time you finish reading this post, they might already be claimed... Hurry! 😱 luma.com/43oort49

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NYAW – Lickability Presents: Software Sommelier · Luma

☕️ Join Lickability during New York App Week for a cozy, caffeinated design lab where we’ll workshop your product live over coffee. This will be a casual,…

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I built Light Touch, a full-featured iPod touch 2G emulator for Mac. Networking + Wayback Machine proxy, GLES/3D games support, a built-in app store via legacystore.app, rotation, screen capture, the works. Have fun github.com/samhenrigold...

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Lickability @lickability.com · 23/09/2026

We collected a list of some apps whose major iOS 27 updates really impressed us. These could be design changes, new features, integration of new iOS 27 behaviors, or a mix of everything! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Lickability @lickability.com · 17/09/2026

Software Sommelier is back during New York App Week! Join us Thursday, October 22nd for a cozy, caffeinated design lab where we’ll workshop your product over coffee & breakfast. RSVP at the link below for address and details! ☕ 😋 luma.com/43oort49

A graphic that looks like a stylized version of an upscale cafe, with a sign made from removeable letters that reads: "Lickability Software Sommelier. 10:00-12:30 Thursday October 22 NYC. RSVP for Address. Coffee and Breakfast.

Potted houseplants decorate the left half of the counter, a plate with bagels rests in the middle, and a pour over coffee is being prepared out of frame on the right.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15/09/2026

This week, some thoughts from @mbbischoff.com on our recent retreat: What we accomplished, how we did it, and what we’re looking forward to! lickability.com/blog/retreat...

Retreat Report: 2026 – Lickability

A retrospective on our summer retreat for 2026.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 09/09/2026

The iPhone Duo’s asymmetry in folded mode makes it surprisingly friend-shaped??

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Lickability @lickability.com · 03/09/2026

There’s no such thing as having too many camera toys: this is so cute and fun! We especially love the authentic UI. 😋

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Lickability @lickability.com · 26/08/2026

So cool to see something we worked on being used out in the wild! It was a pleasure working on iOS, Android, and React Native SDKs with Stripe. (Bet you didn’t know we do React Native too!) phantom.com/learn/blog/u...

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Meet your money app

Phantom is the best place to trade markets, and now one step closer to being the only money app you need.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 19/08/2026

We’re back from another successful summer retreat! These are so valuable every year, and we’re excited to show you what came from a few days of close-quarters, collaborative fun. 👀 Oh, and it’s not a true iOS-centric dev sprint without the nest of MacBook charging cables… 😝

Lickability team members sitting at a conference table with their laptops looking at a presentation and discussing ideas among themselves with a painting in the background.

A conference table full of MacBook laptops with the center charging station occupied entirely by white charging bricks.

A Lickability team member shotgunning a tiny ceramic cup of espresso while other team members sit on either side focused on their laptops.

The entire Lickability team posed at a long restaurant table with menus and drinks in front of them, turned to look at the camera.

Lickability @lickability.com · 12/08/2026

• Well-designed • Solves a problem • Used every day (You can only pick 2) This week on our blog: a little love for what @mbbischoff.com coined “single-serving apps.” We canvassed ourselves, and a few friends of the team, for some of our favorite examples. lickability.com/blog/single-...

Single-Serving Apps – Lickability

Some love for software that just does what you want it to.

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And the other is www.dithergarden.com by Alicia Pérez, a shader-based webapp and the last word in digital dithering! 15 algorithms, 4 color modes, and completely free.

A screenshot of dither garden's home page, mission statement and instructions.

A creative commons photo of a hummingbird run through dither garden to give it a stippled, stylized, magenta-and-pink effect.

A photo of an atrium taken by Lickability team member Lily run through dither garden and reduced to 3 colors: pink, light blue, and dark grey.

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First is tone, a freemium app for iOS and MacOS by Shikaka, Inc. apps.apple.com/us/app/tone-... There are a lot of great solutions for “solving” printed aesthetics using shaders, but this is a great, lightweight, standalone option with good accuracy!

Screenshot of the tone app's UI with a sample image loaded in.

A photo of water lilies in a pond taken by Lickability team member Lily.

The previous photo of water lilies run through the tone app, giving it the appearance of screen printing with some off-colors and chromatic abbaration.

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👋 Hey! We’re having a busy summer, but we wanted to highlight 2 more apps we’ve been using since people seem to enjoy learning about things we’re finding useful and fun! One is iOS native/works on MacOS, the other is a web app, and both are art and design-centric.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 23/07/2026

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Thank *you* for the shout out Kyle! 😉

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Lickability @lickability.com · 20/07/2026

Sam is awesome and so is this new project from him. ❤️ 😝 Archival work is important and often thankless. Equally important are the efforts people put into presenting archived content in a way that's easy for others to interact with and learn from! legacystore.app

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Legacy Store

Browse and install archived versions of classic iPhone and iPad apps, directly on your old iOS device.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 16/07/2026

I was talking with Tom, our Client Partnerships Director and resident golf guru, and the subject of “single-serving apps” came up: ones you rely on heavily during certain events and then don’t open the rest of the year. He cited The Masters app as a perfect example.

Lickability @lickability.com · 10/07/2026

Happy Friday! We wanted to shout out two satisfying MacOS projects we’ve had some fun using. Henrik Ruscon’s Alcove tryalcove.com and Dominik Kandravy’s Monocle heyiam.dk/monocle

An example of the MacOS Alcove where a dynamic dock at the top of the screen changes size to include notifications and mini apps. In this example, a small calendar with readouts on daily schedule items.

An example of the MacOS app Monocle. In this example, a moodboard page is prominently feature in the middle of the MacBook screen while the surrounding aspects of the OS are blurred, allowing the user to focus on the main window without distractions.

Lickability @lickability.com · 09/07/2026

techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/f... “Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence...that would produce a high-quality product.” Companies keep learning the same lesson: AI is an incredible accelerator, but is at its best when paired with experienced professionals.

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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short | TechCrunch

"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”

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Lickability @lickability.com · 02/07/2026

Happy Thursday! We wanted to shout out another quality app made by an independent studio that many of us on the team use: @halideapp.bsky.social! iPhones have great cameras, but Halide lets you take full control over your images in a sophisticated way. halide.cam (📷 @mbbischoff.com)

A top-down view of a tea pot, carafe filled with tea, and small white tea cup. A hand is seen in the top-right corner of the frame, and all objects are sitting on a small, taupe-coloured cloth.

A photo of light hitting the leaves of a willow tree at a body of water.

A photo of a sunrise or sunset viewed from the window of a commercial jet plane with its wing in view. The plane is on the ground.

A night time scene of a corner building that says "AMSTERDAM BILLIARDS & BAR" and "ENTRANCE ON 11TH ST." It is at night with wet, rain-soaked sidewalks and the entire scene is dominated by bright, red, neon lighting.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 30/06/2026

Honored to receive this praise from Jacob Eiting on the work we’ve done for the wonderful team at @RevenueCat.com! 😽

A quote from Jacob Eiting, CEO of RevenueCat that says "I really loved how much ownership Lickability took. They not only helped design and launch our app, but they monitored reviews, invented new UI paradigms, and shipped iterations independently when we were extremely resource-constrained."

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Lickability @lickability.com · 27/06/2026

One more shout-out for some summer Saturday listening! 😝 @mbbischoff.com was on Clockwise this week: relay.fm/clockwise/662 To preview a few topics: 🎮Valve’s Steam Machine Pricing, 📸Third-Party Camera Apps, and 🧑‍💻Being the “Tech Person.”

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Clockwise #662: Nominally Fine - Relay

Our thoughts on Valve's Steam Machine pricing, the third-party camera apps we actually use, whether we wait for tech sales before buying, and if being the "tech person" inspires others or just makes t...

Lickability @lickability.com · 24/06/2026

Our very own @mbbischoff.com will be live on the Clockwise podcast shortly! If you can’t catch it live, catch the recording 😉

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Lickability @lickability.com · 23/06/2026

We’re reflecting on WWDC and wanted to post some photos from the trip! 😝

mb, Brian and Tom from Lickability standing together in front of the RevenueCat Bashcade airstream trailer.

Lickability.com homepage on an Apple Park Apple Store display MacBook.

An Apple Park employee caught mid-dance on the Apple Park commons.

A panoramic photo of the inside of Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park.

Lickability @lickability.com · 16/06/2026

Hey! 👋 The buzz from last week’s WWDC still hasn’t worn off, but we managed to wrangle our team away from reading dev docs and watching sessions long enough to get thoughts on a few of their favorites. We’ll post some sporadically this week! 😜 👍

Lickability @lickability.com · 08/06/2026

Apple releasing an official Steal His Fit tool for Craig Federighi #WWDC26

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Lickability @lickability.com · 08/06/2026

Wondering how (or if) Siri AI will integrate with 3rd-party apps... #WWDC26

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mb ◡̈ @mbbischoff.com · 08/06/2026

70% faster photo loading and 80% faster AirDrop is exactly the kind of improvements I get excited about these days. #WWDC26

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Lickability @lickability.com · 08/06/2026

Happy #WWDC 🥳 Some of the Lickability team is in Cupertino today, and the rest of us will be watching the livestream. What goes great with watching WWDC? WWDC bingo, so we made a simple bingo card you can fill out and screenshot during the event! 😝 Have fun! lickability.com/bingo

Part of a bingo card themed around Apple's WWDC 2026 event.

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mb ◡̈ @mbbischoff.com · 07/06/2026

👋 if you see me at #WWDC26 this week, i'd love if you said hello. i enjoy seeing old friends but for me, it's also about meeting new people! 📷 photo by @object.cv

mb, a white blonde trans girl, stands in front of a shop window, hair blowing in the breeze, wearing round glasses and a pink Paper Plane patterned shirt and red camera strap.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 04/06/2026

We’re running around prepping for WWDC next week, so please check out our most recent blog post: How our team is using AI and where it has/hasn’t improved their workflow.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 28/05/2026

Here’s a few tools for Swift devs that solve a niche problem: making Apple Developer docs play nicely with LLMs—now in multiple flavors! ⤵️

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Lickability @lickability.com · 21/05/2026

Hey! 👋 We’re back with another blog post: We canvassed our team of technical and non-technical professionals to see if/how they’re using AI, and where they are (or aren’t) finding it useful. lickability.com/blog/3-persp...

3 Perspectives on AI and Vibe Coding – Lickability

Getting the perspectives of our technical, and non-technical, staff members.

Lickability @lickability.com · 14/05/2026

Congrats to all our friends who were recently recognized as pillars of the Apple development community, and an extra-special shout-out to Lickability alum @mikaelacaron.com! 🦄 ❤️ developer.apple.com/community/re...

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Recognition - Community - Apple Developer

All around the world, developers do meaningful work that extends beyond great apps and games. They organize events, write tutorials, mentor others, and create spaces to learn and grow.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 12/05/2026

Indigo does a great job of solving a common problem nowadays. Thoughtfully made and worth your time to check it out!

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Lickability @lickability.com · 08/05/2026

We’re hard at work, so how about winding down the week with a discussion topic: What does the future of using apps look like?

A collage of news articles and AI agent software, nodes and chat windows collaged together colorfully with the subtitle "What does the future of using apps look like?"

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Lickability @lickability.com · 30/04/2026

We have a cool little 🤏 project planned just before #WWDC2026, but we need some more data... So: What are some predictions (or items on your wishlist) for #WWDC this year? Hardware, software, product, design, or anything in-between, we’d love to hear from you! 🙏

Lickability @lickability.com · 30/04/2026

Lickability @lickability.com · 28/04/2026

People seemed to like our last few software shout-outs, so have some more! First is TinyStar: an absolutely featherweight buy-it-once launcher for MacOS that rivals heavier hitters like Spotlight and Raycast, made by nileane.fr/@nileane tinystart.app

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TinyStart, a Tiny Launcher and Emoji Picker for Your Mac

TinyStart, a tiny launcher for your Mac. Launch apps, insert Emoji, open Links and Folders, and more.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 22/04/2026

A few of us played with this yesterday. Not only is it a very good app, but it oozes personality. We won’t spoil the onboarding process for you—if you need a good font manager on MacOS, go check it out! 😝 pica.joshpuckett.me

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Pica, a MacOS font management app

A better way to manage your fonts

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Lickability @lickability.com · 17/04/2026

Up now on our blog: Our engineer Ashli on identifying solutions that adhere to her standards, and when just “solving the problem” isn’t always enough. lickability.com/blog/animati...

Animating Strikethroughs in SwiftUI – Lickability

Solving problems the right way.

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Lickability @lickability.com · 15/04/2026

We had such an amazing time at #DeepDishSwift, and the last 3 days absolutely flew by!😝🍕 Huge thanks to @joshdholtz.com and everyone involved in making it a success. Some photos of @mbbischoff.com giving her closing keynote. 📷Credits go to @charliemchapman.com & @katesloan.com❤️ See you next year?👀

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Lickability @lickability.com · 14/04/2026

Whoops, new link for the livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m5h... @mbbischoff.com is on in 1 hour ◡̈❤️ #DeepDishSwift

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Deep Dish Swift 2026 - Day 3

YouTube video by Deep Dish Swift 🍕

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Lickability @lickability.com · 13/04/2026

Happy Monday! @mbbischoff.com is delivering a keynote at @DeepDishSwift.com TOMORROW @ 4:15CDT/5:15EDT. Tune in for free here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BYi... In the meantime, check out all the other talented and insightful speakers on the livestream! 👏

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Deep Dish Swift 2026 - Day 2