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Cabine 2.0: every strip is free
We took the coin out of the booth. Make as many black-and-white strips as you like, and keep the ones you love.
Flyback 2.0: make it yours
Five accent themes, matching app icons, and a full Apple Watch app. Your step counter, in your colour.
How to change Flyback's colour and app icon
Pick an accent and it flows through the app, your widgets, your watch and your Home Screen icon. Here's how.
Introducing Flyback, your whole day in one number
The steps your iPhone already counts, on a screen you'll actually open.
How to count steps on your iPhone without an Apple Watch
Your iPhone has been counting the whole time. Here's how to find and use the number.
The best step counter app for iPhone in 2026
They mostly read the same number, so the best one is about what it does with it.
Flyback vs the Health app: where your steps deserve to live
Not rivals. A vault and a front door, and how to use both.
Adaptive step goals vs a flat 10,000 steps
The most famous number in fitness was invented to sell pedometers. A better way to set a target.
Why on-device photo editing matters for privacy
On-device apps edit your photos on your iPhone and never upload them. Here's what that means, how to spot it, and how Filtray and Cabine work this way.
Cabine vs an online photo booth: which should you use?
A web photo booth opens in a second and asks nothing of you up front. An app keeps your photos on the phone and gives you a strip worth printing. Here is the honest trade-off.
The best photo booth apps for iPhone in 2026
A booth counts you down, takes what it takes, and hands you a strip. Here is how to find that on an iPhone, and which app to reach for.
A DIY wedding photo booth with just an iPhone
An iPhone on a stand, four poses, and a black-and-white strip to keep. No booth to rent, no attendant, no van.
The quiet appeal of a black-and-white photo strip
Why monochrome strips look so good, and how to make a proper one on your iPhone.
How to make a photo booth strip on your iPhone
The classic four-frame strip, developed in black and white, made on your phone in about a minute.
The best photo filter apps for iPhone in 2026
There is no single best filter app, only the best one for what you are trying to do. Here is how the main options compare, and who each one suits.
Filtray vs Adobe Lightroom (mobile)
One is a full professional editor. The other gives you a finished look in a tap. Here's how to decide which belongs on your phone.
Filtray vs VSCO: an honest comparison
Two very different routes to a better photo. Here is how Filtray and VSCO compare, and which one to choose.
How to get a film look on iPhone photos
The film look is muted colour, gentle grain and softly faded blacks. Here is how to get it on your iPhone, and how to keep it subtle.
The best filters for portrait photos on iPhone
A good portrait filter flatters a face without announcing itself. Here is what to look for, and how to get there in a few taps.
How AI filter suggestions work
Why a good filter app can look at your photo and put the right presets first, instead of leaving you to scroll.
Introducing Cabine, a Parisian photo booth for your phone
Four shots, three seconds apart, developed into one black-and-white strip.
Introducing Filtray, a thousand filters that pick themselves
Pick a photo and Filtray puts the filters that suit it first.