Vol. 1Week 41
Criticism for the apps on your phone and the worlds in your headset.
Department
Full-length criticism of apps for the mind, the tongue and the daily commute, starred and argued.
9 pieces
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A fresh meditation every morning, without typing a word: does that work as a ritual like the newspaper at breakfast, or is the personal touch precisely what's missing?
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From 1.0 to 2.9 in barely three weeks: we ask whether such a pace of updates suits an app whose business is calm.
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Everyone talks about the AI generation. We discuss MindIsland's handmade library as if the machine did not exist at all.
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Cricket rules in German, a canal-boat holiday in Dutch: we test what LingFit's AI ghostwriter can do — and where it falls silent.
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We review LingFit's video feed as though it were a television schedule: who is the programme director here, and is an algorithm fit for the primetime of language learning?
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A revival review: what in LingFit holds up after the premiere, what is likely to wear thin, and why the main course carries more weight than the fireworks.
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MindIsland promises a bespoke guided meditation for every worry. We examine the cut, the cloth and the seams of this tailoring.
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LingFit packs a course, a video feed, AI lessons, games and fox newspapers into one app. The question is whether it can ever keep quiet.
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Half an hour of witch, doll and hellhound in your own living room: HAUNTED is a small, nasty chamber piece with more ideas than running time.