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MacStories Selects 2025: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year https://www.macstories.net/stories/macstories-selects-2025-recognizing-the-best-apps-of-the-year/

MacStories Selects 2025: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year

John: 2025 was a different sort of year for apps, which is reflected in this year’s MacStories Selects Awards winners. App innovation comes from many places. Sometimes it’s new Apple APIs or hardware, and other times it’s broader shifts in the tech world. [aside pre_title=”Supported By” title=”RevenueCat” align=”center” width=”narrow”] RevenueCat: The easiest way to add in-app...

Activas by Brian Hough Dec 10

Good news - we've received notification from Apple that we are now approved to begin distributing Activas in the EU!

Apologies for that availability snafu, and thank you all again for your interest and all the feedback you have already submitted!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/activas-intelligent-wellness/id6749898750

Activas by Brian Hough Dec 9

Apologies to our EU users - it looks like Apple is requiring some verification from us to get Activas back up on your App Stores. We submitted the required documentation today and hope to have the app restored very soon!

Thank you all for the support and feedback with today's launch! We're working on bug fixes and feature improvements now - stay tuned!

Activas by Brian Hough Dec 9

John Voorhees Dec 9

Activas is a beautiful app that leverages Liquid Glass and a touch of AI to deliver your health and fitness metrics in a simple, understandable way. More on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/activas-modern-design-with-a-sprinkling-of-ai/

Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI

Activas is a new health and wellness tracker for the iPhone and iPad from developer Brian Hough, who built it from the ground up with Apple Intelligence and Liquid Glass in mind. The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way, using progressive disclosure...

Activas by Brian Hough Dec 9

MacStories Dec 9

Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI https://www.macstories.net/reviews/activas-modern-design-with-a-sprinkling-of-ai/

Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI

Activas by Brian Hough Dec 9

A huge thank you to @johnvoorhees for covering Activas on @macstories today!

"The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way, using progressive disclosure to avoid overwhelming users with data. It’s a fantastic example of modern design that marries form and function to elevate the user experience.”

Activas is available now on the App Store for iPhone and iPad! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/activas-intelligent-wellness/id6749898750 https://mastodon.macstories.net/@macstories/115690273922185790

Activas: Intelligent Wellness App - App Store

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Activas by Brian Hough Sep 15, 2025

“I’ve been so impressed with Activas and its AI integration; it has surfaced trends about my health in a simple yet actionable way, and it serves as a good demonstration of how even a small language model can be useful with the right system prompt and tool definitions.”

A huge thank you to @viticci for including Activas in MacStories’s iOS 26 review! Read the full review now -

https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-26-the-macstories-review

Activas by Brian Hough Sep 15, 2025

MacStories Sep 15, 2025

iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-26-the-macstories-review/

Activas by Brian Hough Sep 15, 2025

Happy iOS 26 launch day, world!

We’re so excited to make Activas available, and while we had aimed to be ready for today's release, we need a bit more time to perfect our launch experience.

Thank you for your incredible support and patience. We can't wait to share Activas with you soon!

Activas by Brian Hough Sep 9, 2025

Activas provides intelligence that stays with you.

With on-device models built into iOS, your personal health data is analyzed securely and never leaves your device. Coming soon for iOS 26.