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Apple Photos on iOS 17 wasn’t flashy, but it worked. Millions of users had built daily habits around it — reviewing recent photos, browsing vacation albums, and reliving memories of loved ones. Unlike social media feeds, the Photos app was a personal memory archive, not a dopamine machine.
Apple has always been the gold standard for design consistency. Their Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) have shaped not just iOS apps, but the language of modern UI. Clarity, hierarchy, and empathy for the user are at the heart of Apple’s philosophy.
In this blog post we review how the new Photos iOS18+ app misaligned with Apple’s own Human Interface Guidelines and how going
I’ve used Apple’s Voice Memos app for years. It’s simple, reliable, and always there when I need to capture an idea, a song, or a fleeting thought. But over time, I started to feel the growing friction of its limitations. It began to feel less like a personal archive and more like a box full of unlabeled cassette tapes.
When I open the app, I often find myself scrolling through endless “New Recording 1898” or “Recording 2037” files. It’s hard to find any memories when they’re all named like that. I wanted something that could help me remember what I’d captured — not just store it.
Turns out, I’m not the only one who feels this way.
For the past two years, I’ve been quietly observing Apple’s Voice Memos — reading user reviews, testing updates, and hoping the app would evolve.
Many people, like me, depend on it to capture passing ideas, fragments of songs, or conversations worth remembering. But despite its potential, Voice Memos hasn’t changed much. The same frustrations keep showing up: hard-to-find recordings, confusing organization, and filenames like New Recording 1898 that make rediscovery impossible.
After watching Apple leave those issues untouched through multiple iOS updates, I decided to build my own solution.
That’s how Sound Library began.
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