Adam Kos If the iPhone was a revolutionary step in the field of hardware, the App Store was its equivalent in software. Despite the limitations and criticisms it has faced recently, on July 10, 2008, iPhone users could enjoy a unified distribution channel where it was so easy to buy new content from the start. Since then, Apple has released many of its own applications, and many have been duly inspired by others.
Weather
The weather app was so simple that many iPhone users soon switched to something more advanced. It did not provide much-needed information, such as precipitation maps. Although Apple slightly updated the title with the gradual release of iOS, it was still not enough. In order for this title to really learn the important thing, the company had to buy the DarkSky platform.
Only now, i.e. with iOS 15, came not only a slight redesign, but finally more comprehensive information about what the weather is currently like and what awaits us in the future at the chosen location. However, it is certain that none of this came from the heads of Apple's developers, but rather from the newly acquired team.
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Measurement
Measurement is one of those applications that not many users will use. Not everyone needs to measure various objects with the help of augmented reality. The concept itself was not invented by Apple, because the App Store was full of titles that provided various forms of distance measurement and other information. Then when Apple came up with ARKit, they could afford to release this app as well.
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Apart from the measurement itself, it also provides, for example, a spirit level. Its biggest joke is that in order to see the measured data on the display, you have to put the phone on the surface of its back. However, the logic of such a measurement in combination with the iPhone 13 Pro Max and its protruding cameras lacks any sense. Or you always have to subtract some degree from the measurement.
FaceTime
Quite a lot has happened in FaceTim especially with iOS 15 and 15.1. The ability to blur the background has arrived. Yes, the function offered by all other video calling applications, so that our surroundings cannot be seen and thus do not disturb the other party, or so that they cannot see what is behind us. Of course, Apple was reacting to the time of covid by giving us choices of different backgrounds, but not anymore.
Sharing music
SharePlay also ties in with FaceTime. Sure, Apple pushed this feature further than other apps because it simply could. He could integrate Apple Music or Apple TV into it, which others simply cannot. Although they have already brought you the option of screen sharing in their video calls. Compared to Apple's solution and its iOS, even multi-platform. E.g. in Facebook Messenger, it's no problem to share your screen across iOS and Android and vice versa.
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More titles
Of course, inspiration from other successful solutions can be found in several titles. E.g. a store with applications for iMessage, which was inspired by chat services, the title Clips, which copies TikTok with many effects, the title Přeložit, which draws on successful predecessors (but does not know Czech), or in the case of the Apple Watch, a questionable keyboard for entering characters, and which completely copied from a third-party developer (and removed their app from the App Store first, just to be safe).
Of course, it's hard to keep coming up with new and new titles and their features, but instead of relying on third-party solutions, Apple tends to just copy them in many cases. Often, moreover, perhaps unnecessarily.
