SSPAI Review | Best New Apps to Try This Week

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Stuff: A To-Do App with Smart Input Support

Platform: iOS, iPadOS
Keywords: to-do, todo

@ElijahLee: Stuff is a newly released to-do app for iOS. It is lightweight yet feature-rich, focusing on natural language input, task relationships, automation, and tag-based organization. It offers core task management features while incorporating a range of intelligent input and automation capabilities.

First, Stuff features a very clean interface, closely resembling the minimalist style of Things—so much so that it might be mistaken for a redesigned version of Things. On the home screen, there are two large skeuomorphic inboxes at the top: Inbox and Today. Below them are Collections, which automatically organize tasks into Future, Upcoming, and Log based on deadlines. Finally, the app includes a three-layer GTD framework. Overall, the interface is highly appealing.

Stuff organizes tasks into a three-layer structure: Spaces, Lists, and Tasks. Users can create categories such as work, personal, or family within Spaces, then create multiple Lists under each Space, and add specific Tasks within those Lists. Tasks support adding planned dates, due dates, recurrence, task dependencies, tags, and collaborators.

Stuff introduces several innovations in task input. The first is natural language input—for example, typing “Remind baby to take a bath on Friday” allows the app to automatically recognize dates and tags, which can be confirmed with a tap. The second is Listen Mode, where users can speak tasks directly and have them converted into a task list. However, this feature relies on Apple Intelligence and is currently unavailable in mainland China. The third is Scan Mode, which supports photographing handwritten task lists and automatically converting them into tasks.

Another highlight of Stuff is task dependency support. Adding a prerequisite task B to task A means that B must be completed before A can be finished. This feature is relatively rare among to-do apps. In terms of iOS integration, the app supports widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight search, and integration with Apple Calendar and Reminders, achieving system-level automation and functionality.

Stuff is available for free on the App Store. The app is currently only available in English and has not yet been localized into Chinese. Most features are free to use, while purchasing Extra Stuff unlocks advanced features such as archived lists, templates, and support for up to 25 collaborators. Pricing is RMB 22 per month, RMB 198 per year, or RMB 798 for a lifetime purchase, with a 7-day free trial available.

Craft Agent: A Document-Centric AI Agent Client

Platform: macOS / Windows / Linux
Keywords: AI Agent

@Vanilla: “The era of AI Agents has arrived”—this is now widely accepted. But one question hasn’t been seriously answered yet: what should an Agent actually look like? A terminal (Coding CLI)? A chat interface (Chatbot)? Or a workflow canvas (Canvas)? Craft Agent offers a completely different answer—and packages that answer into an open-source desktop application.

When I first heard that Craft had built an AI Agent app, my initial assumption was that it would be a product competing with Notion AI Agent. However, the Craft team surprised me this time. It can be said that Craft Agent has almost nothing to do with the Craft app itself. Instead, it is a desktop-level GUI designed specifically for AI Agents with a document-centric approach. In other words, if you’ve used Codex’s desktop app, you can understand its positioning—it brings together AI Agents, Skills, MCP, and more, but presents everything in the form of “documents/sessions,” making them readable, manageable, and traceable.

According to the official GitHub repository, Craft Agent is built on the Claude Agent SDK and Pi SDK. It supports multiple ways of accessing LLMs, including Claude subscriptions, ChatGPT subscriptions, GitHub Copilot subscriptions, API keys, and local models (Ollama). The application is open-source under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing for self-hosting and secondary development.

At this point, you may realize that Craft Agent is essentially a third-party GUI client for today’s popular Coding CLI tools, targeting users who prefer not to operate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Opencode, and other TUI-based tools in a terminal. Next, let’s take a look at its core features.

Document-Centric Management

In Craft Agent, sessions are managed as documents. They can be labeled by status—such as backlog, todo, needs review, done, or cancelled—and also tagged with labels based on content. You can flag, archive, and organize these sessions easily. Under this document-centric approach, all sessions can be managed, searched, and reused in a highly intuitive and efficient way, often providing a better experience than TUI-based agents in terminal apps.

Within each session, you can easily switch between operation modes (explore, ask to edit, execute) and update task statuses directly. One of my favorite aspects is Craft Agent’s Markdown rendering. The app presents outputs as rich text, displaying mixed content elegantly and cleanly, perfectly aligning with Craft’s product aesthetic.

When you need to export a session, you can share the entire session as an online document via a link, or copy content as rich text or raw Markdown from within it.

Extension Management

When using AI Agents, it’s inevitable to rely on various Skills, APIs, and MCPs. In TUI environments, these configurations are stored as local files and accessed via commands. In the Codex app, they are managed through a settings interface. In Craft Agent, however, you can directly manage, view, and add Sources (including APIs, MCPs, and local folders) and Skills from the sidebar. These configurations are still stored locally, making them easy to sync and back up.

Automation Management

A standout feature of OpenClaw is its Cron task capability, allowing AI Agents to run tasks automatically at scheduled times and return results. Craft Agent also makes it easy to create automated tasks, supporting three trigger types: Scheduled, Event-Based, and Agentic. I created a simple diagram in Craft Agent to illustrate how these three automation types work and differ from each other.

After using it for a while, I believe Craft Agent is an excellent AI Agent client. Compared to TUI interfaces, it is better suited for most users—especially as a primary tool—because it enables intuitive and efficient management of sessions, extensions, and automation tasks. If there’s one drawback, it’s that Craft Agent is currently desktop-only. If mobile support and remote operation capabilities are added, it could have an even broader future.

Craft Agent is available for download on its official website, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux. You can also install it directly via terminal using curl -fsSL https://agents.craft.do/install-app.sh | bash or irm https://agents.craft.do/install-app.ps1 | iex.

Lux Alarm: Start Your Day by Embracing Light

Platform: Android
Keywords: alarm

@Peggy_: Many popular science articles have pointed out the importance of getting sufficient light exposure in the morning to boost alertness and energy. However, for those who struggle to wake up, even knowing that immediate light exposure is beneficial doesn’t help—because getting out of bed is already difficult enough. This creates a vicious cycle: “not having enough energy to do small things that improve morning energy,” especially when most alarm apps encourage us to “snooze for a bit.”

Today’s Lux Alarm takes a different approach by making light exposure the condition for stopping the alarm. Want to comfortably turn off the alarm and go back to sleep? Not happening—you must receive sufficient light before the alarm can be dismissed.

Illuminance is the physical quantity used to measure the intensity of light. Simply put, it reflects how “bright” a surface is when illuminated. Its international unit is lux (symbol: lx).

In terms of setting and adding alarms, Lux Alarm is no different from the system’s built-in alarm app. You simply choose the time you want to wake up, select the desired days, and optionally customize the alarm sound.

In the settings interface, Lux Alarm displays the real-time illuminance of your current environment. Since illuminance is not a commonly understood concept for most people, seeing real-time values helps you better understand how to configure the app. For example, in my office environment, the illuminance at my desk is around 300 lux, but when I step outside, it jumps to over 11,000 lux. This means that if you set the condition to turn off the alarm at 10,000 lux, you would need to open the curtains and bring your phone near a window on a relatively sunny morning.

With this understanding, the next step is to set a reasonable threshold for dismissing the alarm. As a result, when the alarm goes off in a dark bedroom, the alarm screen will not provide any “snooze” or “dismiss” options—you must get out of bed and expose your phone to sufficient light before the option to turn off the alarm appears.

If you’re determined to become someone who wakes up early, Lux Alarm is worth a try. It not only reliably wakes you up but also encourages you to get some sunlight. You can download Lux Alarm via F-Droid—it is open source and completely free to use.

LocalMusic: A Free AI Music Creation Tool

Platform: macOS
Keywords: music, AI

@化学心情下2: Today’s featured app, LocalMusic AI, is a music creation tool built on the recently popular open-source music model ACR-Step 1.5 and Apple’s MLX framework. It’s especially suitable for users without much background in music theory. After installation, the app will automatically download the required local models for you to use. You can also switch to cloud-based model services if needed. Once the environment is set up, you can start “creating music.”

Click the Create option at the top of the left sidebar to open the creation template. You can name your music, describe what kind of music you want to generate in the Prompt field, and select style tags under Style. If you need lyrics, you can fill them in under Lyrics following the provided format. You can also upload reference audio in Persona or choose predefined styles to help generate music with a similar feel.

On the right-side Controls panel, you can adjust parameters such as Steps, duration, tempo, key, and time signature. For beginners unfamiliar with music theory, these settings might be difficult to customize, so it’s recommended to start with default values and adjust later if needed. Once everything is set, click Generate and wait for the music to be created. The generated tracks will appear in the Previous section below, where you can preview them by clicking play.

The generated music can also be further processed and edited. For example, by clicking Stem Separation, you can split a track with vocals into separate vocal and instrumental tracks, making it easier to refine using professional audio editing software.

Clicking Audio Editor allows you to perform basic edits on the generated music, such as slicing clips, adjusting EQ, and modifying waveforms. The Video Generator feature lets you create a simple music video using templates, where you can add visual effects and enhancements before exporting and sharing to platforms like YouTube.

Overall, LocalMusic AI offers a free, local-first “text-to-music” experience. Even if you have little to no knowledge of music theory, creating a listenable piece of music is no longer out of reach.

You can download the app for free from the Mac App Store. It requires macOS 15.0 or later, an Apple Silicon processor, and at least 16GB of memory.

iMazing 3.5: Adds iOS Screen Recording and New Developer Tools

Platform: macOS / Windows
Keywords: iOS management

@Snow: Two weeks ago, the data management app iMazing released version 3.5. This update expands across UI design, data management, and productivity tools, further showcasing iMazing’s evolution toward a more professional, developer-oriented tool.

After updating to version 3.5, you can easily find a “collapse” icon at the bottom right of the left sidebar. Clicking it compresses the device panel—previously occupying a large portion of the interface—into a slim strip, giving the main window more space. Within this area, you can take advantage of enhanced search functionality. Version 3.5 supports searching files and folders across connected iOS devices and local backup data. If you don’t know the exact path or file name, you can use wildcard (*) matching to perform partial searches, making it easier to quickly locate the files you need.

Message management has always been one of iMazing’s core features, and this update further enhances it. The new version supports displaying quoted messages in Messages and WhatsApp, adds detailed timestamps for sending, receiving, editing, deleting, and read status, and allows users to filter messages in conversations by participant or service type. Export capabilities have also been improved, with better formatting and data completeness in formats such as PDF and CSV.

If you’re a macOS user, this update enables iOS screen recording via a wired connection. By connecting your macOS device to an iPhone or iPad, you can access screen recording in “Tools – General – Screen Recording,” capturing footage in H.264 format. With a wired connection, enabling “Tools – Advanced – Enable IDAM” also allows your iPhone or iPad to function as an audio input device for your desktop.

For advanced users and developers, this update introduces a range of lower-level device tools, including a device console, battery diagnostics export, pairing record export, and network and Bluetooth packet capture. When Developer Mode is enabled, it also supports features like simulated geolocation, making it more convenient for debugging and data analysis.

Some features in this update, such as file search and simulated geolocation, are only available in the paid version of iMazing. You can visit the official website to learn more about different pricing tiers and their corresponding features.

App Updates

Moment Pro Camera (iOS): Updated with support for Profile presets, allowing users to save various shooting parameters into different presets for quick one-tap access in suitable scenarios.
Apple announced that starting March 16, it will reduce App Store commission rates in mainland China. The standard commission for in-app purchases and paid apps will drop from 30% to 25%, while the Small Business Program renewal rate will decrease from 15% to 12%.
Google announced that, in order to resolve its antitrust dispute with Epic and respond to regulatory pressure, it will adjust Play Store fees and distribution policies starting March 2026. The standard service fee for most in-app purchases will be reduced to 20%, subscription fees will drop to as low as 10%, and an additional 5% fee will apply when using Google’s billing system. At the same time, Google will open up more standardized access for third-party app stores and external distribution channels.

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