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New Apps Worth Your Attention

While SSPAI has always been dedicated to discovering and introducing high-quality apps across different platforms, there are still many apps with outstanding design, functionality, interaction, and overall user experience that we haven’t yet featured. Some may be long-standing hidden gems, while others are brand-new releases. Here, we bring them to your attention.

Hurricane Camera: Lowering the Barrier for Video Creation, Making iPhone Filmmaking Easier

• Platform: iOS
• Keywords: Mobile Imaging, LUT

@Vanilla: This year, Apple has once again strengthened its dominance in mobile videography with the iPhone 17 Pro series. In addition to hardware upgrades, Apple introduced professional-grade features like OpenGate, Genlock, support for ProRes RAW video recording, and the new Apple Log 2 format.

Shortly after the iPhone 17’s release, Hurricane Studio launched Hurricane Camera, a third-party video app for iPhone—something that sounds perfectly reasonable at first. But with Apple’s own Final Cut Camera, its “godson” Blackmagic Camera, and a lineup of other third-party apps already targeting advanced mobile videography, one might wonder—is there really room for another one? With that question in mind, I decided to give Hurricane Camera a try. After using it for a while, here’s what I found.

When you open Hurricane Camera, it defaults to video shooting mode. You can switch to Dynamic Image (Log) mode via the top tab, though this feature requires a paid upgrade. In the video mode, the top-left corner of the viewfinder displays input levels for the left and right microphones, while the top-right corner houses the video format selector. Tap it to choose among different formats, resolutions, and frame rates.

Inside the format menu, Hurricane Camera clearly labels and explains options like sRGB, HDR, Log, and Log 2—a friendly touch for users who aren’t professional cinematographers. At the bottom of the viewfinder, there’s a row of controls for front/rear camera switching, focus, white balance, ISO (sensitivity), shutter speed, exposure compensation, and settings. From focus to exposure compensation, each parameter can be fine-tuned with a slider or left on Auto. However, it’s worth noting that focus and exposure compensation use circular sliders, while the other three use horizontal ones—this small inconsistency in UI design can feel a bit confusing at first glance.

The lens switch module and the storage information panel are hidden by default, but you can swipe up on the viewfinder to bring them out, or swipe down to hide them again. Hurricane Camera even adds an animation when switching lenses, though the transition isn’t entirely smooth—it’s unclear whether that’s an intentional design choice or a technical limitation. One thing to note: lens switching is disabled once recording starts, meaning you can’t change lenses mid-shot.

To the left of the record button is the media library, where you can edit your footage—apply LUTs, make simple cuts, and render the final result for export. You can also export a clip as a dynamic image, though that feature is reserved for Pro members.

To the right of the record button lies the LUT button. Hurricane Camera offers a selection of built-in LUTs you can apply instantly, with real-time previews displayed directly in the viewfinder.

In the settings menu, Hurricane Camera provides a variety of practical options. For example, under performance settings, you can limit preview frame rates, enable system overload protection, and toggle LUT preview—all of which can noticeably improve the app’s smoothness. In the recording settings, you can choose to record either the raw footage only or include LUT-applied video simultaneously.

To me, Hurricane Camera strikes an excellent balance between ease of use and professional-level functionality. It’s powerful enough to handle most shooting needs while remaining approachable for casual users. To reinforce that accessibility, the app even includes a “Simple Mode” toggle in the settings menu, which retains only the core shooting features—further lowering the barrier for everyday creators.

Hurricane Camera is available for free on the App Store, with a ¥69 Pro membership unlocking features such as dynamic image recording and export. Relation article.

Wins 3: Efficient Multi-Window Management

• Platform: macOS
• Keywords: window management

@Snow: Earlier this year, I recommended two macOS window management apps—TabTab, known for its minimalism and efficiency, and DockDoor, praised for its gorgeous visual effects. The app I’m introducing today, Wins, feels like a perfect blend of the two while also incorporating some of Magnet’s strengths. With deep system-level integration, Wins helps you manage multiple windows more effectively.

Like DockDoor, Wins provides multi-window previews for both the App Switcher and the Dock, designed with macOS’s translucent “liquid glass” aesthetic. Animations are fluid, and users can quickly close windows directly from their previews. Wins also enhances the App Switcher with its “Cmd-Tab Plus” feature—after pressing Command + Tab to activate the switcher, you can hold Command and use the arrow keys, or press W or Q, to swiftly switch, close, or quit apps.

Wins also brings a Windows-like window toggling logic to the Dock: when enabled, clicking the same Dock icon twice automatically minimizes its corresponding window. Combined with the macOS option “Minimize windows into application icon” and multi-window previews, this feature keeps your Dock neat and uncluttered.

In addition, Wins offers Magnet-level window snapping and split-screen options. You can drag a window to the screen’s edge to snap it to the left, right, or full screen. When dragging a window to the top of the screen, Wins presents four preset split layouts in a floating overlay—just drag the window onto your desired layout to instantly organize your workspace. The app also includes handy shortcuts like hiding all windows, hiding others, and centering windows, all of which can be customized in System Settings > Wins.

Wins further supports features like shake-to-hide other windows, multi-monitor quick switching, and closing windows from the Mission Control view. However, during testing, I encountered a few issues affecting usability—for example, certain apps like One Markdown failed to display previews, and the integrated settings panel occasionally glitched when switching between light and dark modes.Wins offers a one-day free trial, and it’s best to test it before purchasing.

A personal license (for one device) costs ¥139, but during the SSPAI App Store Double 11 promotion, you can get it at a 40% discount via the purchase link.

Hungry: If You Feel Hungry, Go Cook

• Platform: Android
• Keywords: recipes

@Peggy_: I have to start with a confession. During the height of the food delivery boom, I practically lived on hamburgers, barbecue, spicy hot pot, milk tea, beer, and iced Americanos—never leaving home, barely touching my kitchen. Unsurprisingly, I eventually earned myself a bout of gastritis. It’s not that eating delivery food will definitely make you sick, but compared to constantly consuming takeout with questionable hygiene, taking the time to visit a local market and cook something with your own hands is not only healthier, but also a great way to rediscover the joy of everyday life.

Hungry is a beautifully designed recipe app that helps you organize the dishes you want to cook. As you use it over time and add more content, it gradually solves that eternal dilemma—“What should I eat today?” Let’s walk through the process of creating a recipe to get familiar with how it works.

Tap the “Add” button in the lower-right corner of the app. You can take a photo of the finished dish or the prepared ingredients to make your recipe look more appealing, then enter the recipe name. In the description field, you can add personal notes or comments about how much you like the dish. If the recipe comes from a creator or YouTuber you follow, you can credit them as the author—or if it’s your own creation, even better; nothing beats the satisfaction of cooking your own recipe. You can also set an estimated cooking time (in minutes by default), though that might be a bit limiting for Chinese dishes that require longer steaming or simmering. Before finishing this setup, you can tag your dish with labels such as “Healthy Meal” or “Vegetarian.”

Next comes the real work: adding ingredients one by one, including their names and quantities. To keep your prep organized and avoid chaos, Hungry allows you to group ingredients, add dividers between sections, or even use emojis to make ingredients easier to identify—and to add a bit of fun to recipe editing. The app even tries to automatically suggest emojis for each ingredient, but in Chinese, the results are often hilariously off. For example, it once matched “lamb” with “green tea,” which clearly required manual correction. If you’re copying an existing recipe from elsewhere, Hungry also includes a convenient “Paste” button so you can quickly drop in all the ingredient names at once.

After that, you can begin adding cooking steps. Hungry lets you list each step in order, complete with descriptions, duration, and optional tips. You can even bulk paste instructions if your content matches the app’s formatting requirements. Overall, Hungry has done a good job minimizing the friction of recipe creation—after all, if maintaining your recipe collection is harder than cooking itself, who would bother?

Hungry is available for free on the Play Store.

MagicFX Wallpaper: Bringing Pixel’s Exclusive Wallpaper Magic to Everyone

• Platform: Android
• Keywords: wallpaper

@大大大K: On Pixel devices running Android 16, users can create wallpapers with a “Magic Portrait” effect—where the subject of a photo appears to extend beyond its frame. Samsung has introduced a similar feature in newer versions of One UI, but for most other Android devices or older systems, this option simply doesn’t exist.

To change that, an independent developer created MagicFX Wallpaper, an app that brings the same subject-pop-out effect to any Android phone. The app automatically separates the subject from the background of a photo and lets you export it as a wallpaper with that signature layered look.

Using it is simple: just select a photo, and the app will automatically handle the background and subject separation. The extracted subject is positioned relative to its base, creating the illusion that it’s “standing inside the frame, with its head popping out.” However, depending on the photo’s composition—such as subject position, size, or angle—the pop-out effect may not always look perfect. In such cases, you can fine-tune the boundaries of the subject under the “Subject” option, cropping out unwanted areas to improve the final result.

Once you’re done editing, MagicFX Wallpaper’s preview tool allows you to see how the wallpaper transitions from lock screen to home screen. By adjusting the home screen wallpaper’s position and scale, you can achieve a smooth, visually cohesive unlock animation.

MagicFX Wallpaper supports separating people, pets, and distinct objects from photos as subjects. For more complex images, the developer has promised ongoing algorithm improvements. Some of the frame styles in the editing page require an in-app purchase to unlock, but more designs are already planned for future updates.If you’re curious to try it, MagicFX Wallpaper is available for free on Google Play.

AutoSnore: Intelligent Snore Tracking

• Platform: iOS
• Keywords: Snore Monitoring

@Snow: When iOS 26 introduced the new sleep score system, many users thought that sleep-tracking apps like AutoSleep were about to become obsolete. But the AutoSleep team clearly had no plans to retire. Last week, they launched AutoSnore, a new app designed to help users understand how snoring affects their health. Unlike other solutions, AutoSnore doesn’t require external devices such as the Apple Watch — simply place your iPhone by your bedside before sleeping, and the app will automatically track and analyze your snoring throughout the night, adding a new dimension to your sleep insights.

Using AutoSnore is remarkably straightforward. Upon the first launch, you just need to enter your nickname, then before going to sleep, position your iPhone’s microphone toward yourself and tap the Start button. In the morning, tap Stop, and AutoSnore will automatically process your data. It presents your snoring patterns in a visual “Snore Cloud,” where white dots indicate snoring events, categorized by frequency and intensity. Beyond analyzing a single night, AutoSnore also compares your current session with past records, giving you a broader view of your sleep quality over time.

Within the Snore Cloud view, you can replay recorded sound snippets from your sleep. Thanks to its built-in algorithms, AutoSnore isolates snoring segments and highlights the “Top 10 Snore Moments,” helping you identify periods of severe breathing irregularity so you can take corrective action. The app also tags other detected sounds — such as voices, musical instruments, ambient noise, or natural sounds — allowing you to revisit specific moments and even discover who (or what) you might have “talked to” in your dreams.

Scrolling down to the main screen, AutoSnore also provides a manual tagging feature. You can log factors that might affect your snoring, such as whether you have a cold, are overly fatigued, switched pillows, or took medication — all of which help refine your personal sleep optimization strategy.

However, as a newly released app, AutoSnore still suffers from several bugs that affect the overall user experience. The sound analysis algorithm, for example, occasionally misclassifies alarm tones as high-intensity snores. Since there’s currently no way to exclude alarms from detection or manually correct false positives, the analysis results can be significantly skewed. Additionally, due to its strict privacy policy, AutoSnore cannot yet distinguish between different voices. If you share a bed with someone or fall asleep with the TV or a podcast on, your only workaround is to reposition your iPhone or tweak the Sound Threshold setting under Options > Configure My AutoSnore to filter out external noise. Users have also reported playback issues such as overlapping soundtracks and UI glitches with mislabeled tags.

AutoSnore is now available on the App Store for an introductory price of ¥38. Given the current technical issues affecting its daily usability, it might be wise to wait for a few updates before purchasing.

Can’t-Miss App Updates

Besides brand-new apps, many long-standing names on the App Store continue to evolve with fresh, useful features. Here at SSPAI, we aim to help you keep up with the latest updates worth your attention—so you can quickly discover what developers have been up to.

XMind: AI-Powered Mind Mapping and Brainstorming

• Platform: iOS / iPadOS / macOS / Android / Windows / Web
• Keywords: Mind Mapping, Brainstorming

@ElijahLee: Recently, the veteran mind mapping app XMind rolled out a major update, introducing a suite of AI-powered creative tools. With these new features, users can now leverage AI to automatically generate mind maps, break down projects into tasks, assist in brainstorming sessions, and even spark new ideas.

In the updated XMind interface, you’ll find a new “One-Click Generate” button in the sidebar—this is the entry point to the AI creation tools. In the pop-up window, you can transform virtually any content—an article, document, website, or even a webpage video—into a structured mind map. This makes the process of mind map creation faster and significantly less tedious.

In my own quick test, I found XMind’s AI assistance dramatically reduces the manual labor involved in organizing and formatting maps. For instance, I was reading Satantango and asked XMind to create a mind map summarizing each chapter and its main characters. The resulting map looked impressively polished: chapter titles, plot outlines, and character listings were all logically arranged and visually cohesive. The only issue? The AI had completely made up the story—none of the plot points or characters matched the book. Clearly, XMind’s AI had a “hallucination moment.”

XMind’s AI toolset is surprisingly comprehensive. Within the “One-Click Generate” window, you can upload files like PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint slides, plain text, or Markdown files. You can also select from multiple diagram types—mind maps, logic charts, organizational charts, timelines, and fishbone diagrams. The system supports multiple languages, including English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

The AI Work Breakdown feature automatically decomposes projects into executable tasks, assigning timelines and priorities. You can use it when first generating a map or later, by right-clicking on any node and selecting “AI Work Breakdown.” It effectively transforms a conceptual mind map into a practical action plan.

The web version of XMind currently offers even more AI-powered features, which will gradually roll out to desktop and mobile platforms. One standout is Brainstorming, which provides five AI-assisted creative modes: Direct, Associative, Analogical, Synthetic, and Exploratory. Essentially, this is an AI chatbot for idea generation—just describe your topic, select a brainstorming style, and the system will generate idea cards and automatically arrange them into an elegant mind map.

Another feature, Grow Ideas, allows AI to expand on any topic or subtopic within an existing map. The tool icon sits at the far right of the toolbar. You can choose between on-demand or automatic generation, letting the AI analyze the current structure and create new branches of thought in real time.

You can download XMind from the official website. The AI functions use “AI Points,” with each task consuming a different amount depending on complexity. Free users get 10 AI Points, while upgrading to the Premium plan ($99/year, with a 7-day free trial) grants 500 points per month, unlimited cloud mind maps, AI summaries, Gantt charts, and more.

DEVONthink 4.1: Expanded AI Model Support and Natural Language Task Creation

• Platform: macOS
• Keywords: Knowledge Management

@化学心情下2: As one of the most established file management tools on macOS, DEVONthink has maintained a steady pace of major version updates. The release of version 4.0 in July 2025 marked a major milestone, introducing support for AI-powered large language models. Now, just a few months later, the 4.x series receives its first minor update—version 4.1—bringing with it a series of meaningful improvements and expanded AI integration.

Compared with version 4.0, where AI was first introduced, version 4.1’s biggest change is its enhanced openness and flexibility in connecting to AI services. Previously, users were limited to specific AI providers; now, you can connect to your preferred models through OpenRouter or OpenAI (Compatible) endpoints. This means you can integrate models from providers like xAI, Baidu, and Alibaba’s Qwen. On the native side, DEVONthink 4.1 adds support for Claude 4.1 Opus, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, OpenAI GPT-5, Google Imagen 4, Mistral, Google Nano Banana, and Ollama Cloud. All Perplexity Sonar models now include vision capabilities, giving users the option to work with visual input when needed.

With these AI integrations, DEVONthink takes automation even further. Users can now use natural language in the Script Assistant to generate executable AppleScript or JavaScript for Automation code. This makes it much easier to automate workflows without manually writing lengthy scripts, reducing syntax errors and improving productivity.

AI also extends to image generation and editing. You can now adjust or create images through prompt-based editing, using AI to refine visual details or produce entirely new images according to your description. The same principle applies to editing—simply tell the AI to remove unwanted objects or insert new subjects into your scene, and DEVONthink handles the rest.

Beyond AI, version 4.1 also introduces a Quick Look extension that allows users to preview Spotlight search results directly in macOS. Large Markdown files have also been optimized for better performance and faster editing speeds. If you use DEVONthink for document or note management, this update is worth exploring—it makes organizing, automating, and editing your files more intuitive than ever.

You can download and purchase DEVONthink from the official website.

App News Briefs

• The App Store has officially launched its full web version, expanding access beyond the visionOS-specific web interface previously available.
• Meanwhile, rumors suggest that WeChat is testing a new feature that would allow users to log into the same account on multiple smartphones simultaneously.