AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for February 2026

By AppleVis, 26 February, 2026

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Welcome to the February 2026 edition of AppleVis Unlimited, your monthly digest of the latest and most notable content on the AppleVis website. This newsletter features a curated selection of community-submitted content, including new app entries, updates, news, podcast episodes, guides, and popular discussions. We hope that you find this publication to be both helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback about this newsletter, please feel free to reach out using our Contact Form.

AnonyMouse's App Pick of the Month: WikiTrip – Travel Audio Guide

If you’ve ever wished your commute, road trip, or even a casual walk could be a little more interesting without having to keep checking your phone, WikiTrip – Travel Audio Guide is a fun way to make that happen. It’s a location-based audio stories app powered by Wikipedia, built to turn the places you pass into bite-sized discoveries you can actually enjoy in the moment.

What makes WikiTrip stand out is how effortlessly it fits into movement. You open the app, start walking or driving, and it automatically finds nearby Wikipedia articles and reads them aloud using natural AI voices. It doesn’t just grab anything at random either—WikiTrip uses an algorithm that prioritizes articles based on proximity, editorial quality, and length, so what you hear is more likely to feel meaningful than filler.

WikiTrip also gives you a surprising amount of control without making things complicated. You can tap anywhere on the map to instantly hear about that location, adjust the distance and timing between stories to match your pace, and choose from 13 different AI voices. It even supports 19 languages, making it a great option if you want to explore in more than one way—or share the experience with someone who prefers another language.

What really makes WikiTrip click is the “learning where I am” feeling. You’re moving through an area you might normally ignore, and suddenly you’re getting context, history, and interesting details you never would’ve thought to look up. And because the app saves what you’ve listened to—with links back to the full Wikipedia pages—it feels like a trail of discoveries you can revisit later, not just something you hear once and forget.

That’s why WikiTrip – Travel Audio Guide earns its place as my App Pick of the Month—it's a simple, engaging way to turn dead travel time into something genuinely enjoyable.

Read more about WikiTrip here.

New Apps

Audible Kungfu

This is a groundbreaking Wuxia open-world game that deeply merges sandbox freedom, hardcore action, and meaningful emotional bonds. Every choice you make doesn't just alter the story; it reshapes your combat style, defines relationships, and shifts the very balance of the martial world.

Forget what you know about Wuxia games. No linear plots. No repetitive routines. Audible Kungfu pioneers a "Dynamically Evolving Jianghu" – a world that truly lives and breathes around you. Your decisions reshape the landscape of heroes and villains; every strike you throw defines your legacy.

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Ax Rpg II

Endless tactics, shaped entirely by your choices. This is the second entry in a turn-based command RPG series where freedom of strategy defines every battle. With deep skill customization and flexible decision-making, each player forges a completely unique way to fight.

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Blind Cube

Blind Cube is designed from the ground up to support blind individuals on their journey with the Rubik’s Cube.
Most cubing software relies on visual cues, making the experience inaccessible for those using screen readers. Blind Cube changes this by implementing full VoiceOver support and providing clear, instructions for every action.

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Hoopla Digital

Discover limitless entertainment and knowledge with Hoopla Digital. Access more than 1.5 million audiobooks, eBooks, comics, graphic novels, manga, music, movies, TV, and more with BingePass. Read, listen, and watch 24/7 without ads or late fees, free with your library card!

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InYouGo

InYouGo is your home for live entertainment

All your tickets, in one place
No more searching through emails or printouts. Every ticket you buy lives securely inside the app, ready when you are.

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MUDBasher

"A Classic Returns, Reimagined"

The story of MUDBasher is the story of MUDRammer—a beloved app created with love in 2012, named after a friend's ridiculous character name, that brought joy to text gamers for years. When it could no longer keep up with modern iOS, rather than let it fade away, it was completely rebuilt from the ground up. Same heart, new soul. Faster, prettier, more features, and ready for the next decade of adventures.

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Voice-Tag

Now in 6 languages! NDEF text tag voice reading and TTS speed control. Organize your items with accessible NFC labels.

VoiceTag lets you associate voice memos with NFC tags. Perfect for labeling objects, medications, folders, or any item with an audio description.

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WikiTrip – Travel Audio Guide

WikiTrip is your personal audio guide, powered by Wikipedia. Start moving — walk, drive, or ride — and WikiTrip reads aloud the stories behind the places you pass. No tapping, no reading — just listen and explore.

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Notable App Updates

‎Accessible Solitaire

The Accessible Solitaire app has been designed to provide a fun experience for all players.

For players who are blind or partially sighted, the iOS VoiceOver screen reader announces details of the playing cards as you move through the game, and the app includes several in-app features to help make the contents of the cards easier to see.

Using speech at the game together with the iOS Voice Access feature, or using a switch device together with the iOS Switch Access feature, means can all playing cards can be moved around the game using either speech or a switch.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Accessible Solitaire. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • New feature to pause and resume in-progress games
  • New game: Baker's Dozen Solitaire
  • Expanded behavior of Screen Reader button that announces open cards
  • Improved visual layout of cards
  • Updates to the help menu item to provide game-specific information
  • New setting to optionally show a Restart Game button below the App Menu button
  • New Game: Spider Solitaire
  • Added support for the "Merge face-down cards" setting to the Spider Solitaire game
  • Removal of the functionality to customize the colors of the four card suits due to feature unreliability

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Ally - Accessible AI Assistant

While most AI assistants overlook accessibility needs, Ally was designed with blind, low vision, and senior users at its heart from day one.

Created in close collaboration with the assistive tech community, Ally understands what true accessibility means.

Just call or text. No complex menus, no tiny buttons. Ally works seamlessly with your screen reader, responds at your pace, and remembers what matters to you.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Ally. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • New Feature: Document Guidance. When a document scan is started, Ally now provides real-time spoken instructions to help you position your phone correctly. When all four edges of the document are in view, Ally will automatically take the picture. Manual mode is still an option if desired.

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Black Lens

This is a fully automated, eyes-free selfie app, it speaks, it vibrates, you will know how many faces are detected, and you will feel them reach the edge of view and instinctively angle the cameras in the right direction, even when trying to take a selfie using the back camera wearing sunglasses!

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Black Lens. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Burst Mode: Takes multiple photos when AutoCapture triggers
  • Automatic Mask Mode: Enables or disables Mask Mode depending on lighting conditions
  • Haptic 3-2-1 countdown to complement the audible countdown
  • New Settings panel
  • AutoCapture:
    • Added adjustable sensitivity and trigger tolerance
    • Stability and tolerance control

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Perspective Intelligence

AI that adapts to your device — lightweight models bring on-device intelligence to older iPhones, no Apple Intelligence or latest hardware required.

Perspective Intelligence brings fast, creative, private, and personal AI to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Perspective Intelligence includes a suite of on-device capabilities to help you describe images, recognize text, and stay productive. The app uses Apple’s Foundation Models framework along with other built in on-device AI technologies to process requests locally, keeping your information securely on your device.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Perspective Intelligence. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Added On-Device AI for all iOS devices, including devices not capable of running Apple Intelligence
  • New Web Search feature for All Access subscribers
  • Support for RSS feeds
  • New and improved Vision Functions: Scene Describer, Live Text Mode, Color Identifier, and more
  • Improved Chat experience
  • Audio Transcription from Files using Whisper for All Access subscribers
  • Email Composition for All Access subscribers

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Please Don't Rain

Please Don’t Rain is a fun, convenient way to track if weather will affect a day that’s important to you.

When you have an important day coming up it can be cumbersome having to look up the weather for it over and over again. Not anymore! Choose a place and a day and you’ll get details about the weather for that day that will continue to update automatically.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Please Don't Rain. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Overnight lows now shown as part of the main forecast
  • Added VoiceOver header trait for some headers in Settings
  • Reset to Today: A new menu item that allows the user to change the tracked day to Today

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Readify: AI Natural Read Aloud

Transform any eBook into a premium audiobook with Readify - the revolutionary AI ebook reader that sounds truly human.
Readify is your all-in-one eBook reader and AI audiobook creator, powered by advanced large language model technology. Our advanced AI narrator provides a seamless text-to-speech experience, making it easy to listen to your favorite books, documents, and articles. Say goodbye to robotic voices and enjoy a truly immersive listening experience.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Readify. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Ongoing accessibility improvements
  • Bug fixes and improvements to text-to-speech
  • Added Book Collections

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Soundscape Community

We are delighted to make Soundscape Community available for people around the world. With the Soundscape Community app, you can immerse yourself in your surroundings and navigate effortlessly with its innovative spatial audio. The app calls out points of interest, individual markers that you have created or which have been shared with you, businesses and much more information by using audio placed in the environment around you so that you experience it as 3D sound when you walk or pass through different spaces and places.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Soundscape Community. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Users can now scroll through a list of markers or routes
  • The Tab Bar is at the top of the screen for familiarity and ease-of-access
  • Resolution of a bug that caused the app to crash after a phone call

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TableEx

TableEx is a unique and inclusive mobile app designed specifically for the visually impaired, bringing classic board and card games to your fingertips with full screen reader support and intuitive gesture controls. Whether you want to play solo, with friends, or just watch others play – TableEx makes it possible in a fun and accessible way.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to TableEx. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • Added the ability for users to have full control over game sounds
  • New Game: Goalball

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Theseus & the Minotaur

Theseus and the Minotaur is a turn-based logic maze and puzzle maze game about escaping a monster through planning and strategy.

It’s a calm thinking game and brain puzzle where every move matters. No timers. No reflex tests. Just pure logic.

Each level is a handcrafted strategy puzzle built around prediction, positioning, and long-term planning inside a labyrinth.

Below are some highlights of Recent Updates to Theseus and the Minotaur. Please see the App Store page for full Release Notes.

  • VoiceOver improvements:
    • Level tiles now clearly announce stars
    • Improvements made to Hint button labels and state
    • added announcement of end-of-level stars
  • New "Skip Level" option in the Pause menu
  • Resolution of multiple audio issues

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Recent News and Views

iPhone 17 Review: "Apple Really Outdid Themselves"

By Alicia Krage | February 5, 2026

I upgraded to the iPhone 17 in December. Coming from the iPhone 15, I definitely noticed immediate improvements, and can already declare, one month in, that this is the best upgrade I’ve received so far. Apple really outdid themselves with this one.

Apple Releases iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3

By AppleVis | February 11, 2026

Apple has today released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 to the public.

Apple Releases version 26.3 of macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod Software

By AppleVis | February 11, 2026

Apple has today released version 26.3 of the macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod Software platforms.

This Month on the AppleVis Podcast

Note: All episodes include AI-generated transcripts. Transcripts can be located on the podcast's page by navigating to the "Transcript" heading below the show notes.

The Echo Returns: AppleVis Extra 113 with Agiga

In episode 113 of the AppleVis Extra podcast, Dave Nason and Scott Davert welcome back Xiaoran Wang and welcome Buddy Brannan from Agiga to talk about the EchoVision smart glasses. The conversation focuses on how EchoVision is designed specifically for blind and low vision users, highlighting its accessibility-first approach and ongoing development through close collaboration with the community. Those interested can also check out EchoVision's Youtube channel for more information.
During the discussion, the guests cover key features such as live AI scene description, a dedicated reading mode for printed text, button-based controls, audio routing to hearing aids, battery life and charging options, and hardware design choices. They also explain the Pioneer program while announcing its expansion,, upcoming hardware improvements, pricing and subscription plans, and the expected timeline for the final release. The Echo Returns: AppleVis Extra 113 with Agiga (MP3)

WikiTrip: VoiceOver-Accessible Wikipedia-Powered Audio Guide for Road Trips on iOS

WikiTrip – Travel Audio Guide is an iOS app that uses VoiceOver accessibility with a location-based audio guide to pull curated information from Wikipedia and read it aloud while the listener is moving.

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates and reviews the iOS app WikiTrip, a location-based audio guide that pulls curated information from Wikipedia and reads it aloud while the listener is moving, such as during a road trip, bus ride, or walk. He explains how the app works, including its reliance on location services and an active cellular connection, and notes that it is designed primarily for use on the go rather than while stationary. He walks through the main interface, describes how the app discovers nearby points of interest, and discusses key settings such as voice selection, minimum distance traveled, and minimum time between articles. He also highlights the History feature, which stores previously played items and allows the user to open the associated Wikipedia pages, and explains that the app avoids repeating content unless the history is cleared. Finally, he shares examples of points of interest the app surfaced during a trip to Branson, Missouri, illustrating the type of information WikiTrip can provide during travel. WikiTrip: VoiceOver-Accessible Wikipedia-Powered Audio Guide for Road Trips on iOS (MP3)

New and Updated Guides

A Guide to Cleaning and Speeding up Your Slow Mac

By Tyler | Updated February 2026

For macOS Tahoe

If you’re a Mac Voiceover user, there’s one thing you absolutely hate hearing: that an app is “not responding.” This may happen occasionally and only last for a few seconds, causing only minor annoyance, or it can happen frequently and significantly disrupt your workflow.

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