AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for November 2025

By Michael Hansen, 26 November, 2025

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Welcome to the November 2025 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, 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: Ramblio

Welcome to the November 2025 installment of AnonyMouse's App Pick of the Month. This month, my pick is Ramblio, an exciting new social audio app that’s quickly gaining traction within the blind and low-vision community.

If you’ve been around long enough to remember how popular Vorail and Clubhouse once were, Ramblio will feel pleasantly familiar. It brings back that same spark of spontaneous conversation and community connection—while adding a fresh, modern twist.

With Ramblio, you can leave short ramblings to share what’s on your mind or join hangouts, where people gather to chat, meet new friends, or simply talk about life. It’s simple, accessible, low-pressure, and welcoming... exactly the kind of space many of us have been missing.

Read more about Ramblio here.

New Apps

Lane Defender: Haptic Arcade

From the App Store:

Lane Defender is a minimalist, haptic-first arcade game you can play with your eyes closed. Enemies approach in one of three lanes. Distinct haptic patterns tell you which lane. As they get closer, the cues speed up and end in a final steady rumble. Tap left, center, or right at the right moment to shoot. Miss, and you lose a life.

Additional Details:

Perspective Intelligence

Experience fast, private, on-device AI for chat, image descriptions, OCR, and more. Perspective Intelligence keeps your data securely on your device.

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 builmmt in on-device AI technologies to process requests locally, keeping your information securely on your device.

Additional Details:

Ramblio

From the App Store:

Say it, play it, record it. Everything sounds better on Ramblio; the audio-first social platform.

Ramblio is a social space built entirely around audio. Share moments, stories, or creations through short voice posts called Rambles, or go live with others in Hangouts. Whether it’s something you’ve made, captured, or just felt like saying, everything on Ramblio starts with sound.

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Too Good To Go: End Food Waste

From the App Store:

Too Good To Go makes it easy to make a positive impact on the planet while saving money on your favourite foods. That's why it's been named as Winner in the '2023 Cultural Impact' category at the prestigious annual Apple App Store Awards. With the #1 app for reducing food waste, you can save tasty unsold snacks, takeaway meals and ingredients straight from shops, cafes, grocery stores and restaurants in your area - all at an unbeatable price.

Reducing food waste is one of the solutions to slow down climate change: together we have the power to make a difference. In a world where 40% of food produced goes to waste annually, the Too Good To Go app is your ticket to unlocking affordable eats while helping the planet.

Additional Details:

VibraBraille

From the App Store:

VibraBraille turns written text into tactile Braille that you can feel on the screen. It is designed for blind and sighted users alike, providing an innovative way to explore and understand Braille through haptic feedback.

You can paste or open any text file, then move character by character or word by word. Each Braille dot pattern is represented as a vibration when you slide your finger across the screen. Subtle background feedback helps you stay oriented inside the cell. The app works with VoiceOver and supports direct touch, allowing full control without speech interruptions.

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Notable App Updates

BARD Mobile

From the App Store:

CARRY A LIBRARY IN YOUR POCKET Access tens of thousands of books—from current best sellers to much-loved classics, popular magazines, and music instruction and scores—in audio and electronic braille, with new selections added daily.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

BARD Mobile is a service of NLS. NLS provides free audio and braille reading materials to residents of the US and American citizens living abroad who cannot read regular print. If you are blind or have temporary or permanent low vision or a physical or reading disability that prevents you from holding or reading the printed page, you may be eligible for this program. For more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/eligibility-for-nls-services.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 2.2.5, (November 19, 2025)

The newest version of BARD Mobile brings major improvements to performance, accessibility, and ease of use.

  1. BARD Login Integration
    • Updated to the latest BARD Login system
    • A smoother, more accessible login experience
    • Improved password reset, EULA review, and Terms of Use acceptance
  2. BARD 2.0 Integration
    • Updated to work seamlessly with the newest BARD system
    • Better overall reliability and performance
  3. iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Support
    • Fully compatible with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
    • Also supports the two previous OS versions
  4. Updated User Guides
    • English and Spanish guides now reflect current functionality
  5. Bug Fixes and Improvements
    • Bluetooth headsets (including Shokz) now pause/play reliably
    • Playback resumes correctly with a single Bluetooth button tap
    • Get Books search results no longer show duplicates
    • Music, Magazine, and Series searches now match the BARD 2 website
    • VoiceOver improvements, including smoother scrolling in long lists
    • Wishlist items remain accessible after deleting a book
  6. Technical Enhancements
    • Improved monitoring, analytics, and data tracking
Additional Details:

ElevenReader - Read Text Aloud

From the App Store:

Read aloud with ElevenReader — the most natural text to speech (TTS) reader app powered by advanced AI audio. Whether you want to read books, PDFs, docs, news, or blogs, ElevenReader transforms any text into stunning realistic voice narration.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 1.4.62, (October 30, 2025)

Bug fixes

  • Search and discovery improvements
Version 1.4.63, (November 5, 2025)
  • Bug fixes to dropdown menus, pronunciations, and read loading
  • Performance improvements
Version 1.4.64, (November 6, 2025)
  • Added option to open web page import original URLs to the player menu
  • Improvements to the main player menus
Version 1.4.65, (November 21, 2025)
  • Fixed bug preventing export of bookmarks
  • Added sleep timer to the player drop down menu
  • More accessibility improvements
Version 14.67, (November 24, 2025)
  • Explore filters
Version 1.4.68, (November 25, 2025)
  • Improved explore filters
Additional Details:

Land of Livia

From the App Store:

Step into Land of Livia, a relaxing idle adventure with a deep narrative. Whether you need a break from the real world or just a moment to unwind, Livia is a place where you can slow down and enjoy the journey.

Explore at your own pace, uncover a rich and immersive story, and gather around the Campfire, where players share wisdom and stories.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 5.2.0, (November 4, 2025)

The long awaited second goal of the Epilogue: A Fragile Unity, is now available! Plus, this update includes a ton of improvements to crafting and secondary attributes.

GEM CRAFTING CHANGES

  • Gem cutting now provides feedback to indicate if your cut was too fast or too slow to help you improve your craft.
  • The gem cutting cue has been switched from a system sound to a custom sound and haptic. This should decrease latency and also means it is available on Mac. The tone is also now available to all players, not just those using VoiceOver.
  • Gem reforging no longer requires the gems to be the same type.
  • Gem reforging now only allows consuming gems that are of equal or lower quality. This is also reflected explicitly in the UI for the ingredient required to reforge.
  • Fixed a bug where the arc in gem cutting would not always start at the correct default position.
  • Removed the warning alert before cutting a gem.
  • Gem cutting can now be canceled easily up until the first cut is made with no penalty or cost.
  • The prompt for ad retry has been simplified to only provide the option if it is available and no longer shows if the cut quality is 100%.

LORE CRAFTING CHANGES

  • Added ability to increase the quantity of lore items that you are researching to allow bulk crafting.
  • Reduced the number of base guesses by 1 for Casual, 2 for Balanced, and 2 for Challenging.
  • Doubled the base bonus of companions that affect lore researching guesses to make them feel more meaningful.
  • The prompt for ad retry has been simplified to only provide the option if it is available and the number of bonus guesses has been reduced to 2.

SECONDARY ATTRIBUTE CHANGES

  • Secondary Attributes are now broken out into different categories: Quest Effects, Exploration Perks, Crafting Bonuses, Wealth & Storage.
  • Each row can be expanded to show the exact breakdown of the value, including its base value where applicable.
  • Path Time Decrease has been reframed as Travel Speed so that it is more intuitive and doesn’t break pathfinding. It is now correctly applied to the entire route duration rather than per segment. As part of this the base travel time of all paths has been significantly reduced, but short distances may feel slightly longer.
  • Lore Item Drop Chance has been reframed as Fragments per Quest Hour so that it is more intuitive.

OTHER CHANGES

  • Popups, such as quest rewards and travel notifications, now only appear within the Map tab. This prevents them from interrupting other activities across the game. If there are pending popups this is indicated with a badge on the tab.
  • Removed Game Center indicator from Campfire messages.
  • Disabled iOS Game Mode since some players find the notification on launch annoying. We don’t believe it currently provides value to the game, but this could change in the future.
  • Music and sound now always mix with other sources such as music from another app or VoiceOver.
  • Updated accessibility hints to always use present tense verbs.
  • Added a message under Seasonal Leaderboards for players not signed into Game Center to let them know it is required to view and compete.
  • Improved the UI for seasonal leaderboards to make it clearer when they have finished.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed bug where the change legendary ingredients screen could not be dismissed.
  • Various fixes to the accuracy of the Vander’s Ledger seasonal leaderboard.
  • Fixed bug where the campfire tab is unavailable after a device is restored from a backup.
  • Fixed an issue with fonts occasionally not displaying correctly across the app.
  • Various fixes for reported spelling and grammar mistakes.
Version 5.2.1, (November 14, 2025)

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed issue where sometimes popups on the map screen would stop presenting until the app is restarted.
  • Fixed a bug where the warning alert for lore item upgrading referenced the incorrect lore item type.
Additional Details:

Rogue Keys

From the App Store:

Rogue Keys is a turn-based, tactical puzzle/strategy game played on a 5×5 grid where every move counts. Survive enemies, manage your limited turns, and unlock mysterious Glyphs that bend the rules of the game in surprising ways.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 1.1, (November 19, 2025)

The below gameplay and UX changes have been made following player feedback (thank you!):

  • Added a quick start option to bypass having to choose and place keys. Immediately get into the game
  • Both enemy pool and spawn rules nerfed to make game a more forgiving
  • There are now 2 glyph shards on each stage instead of 1. 5 shards now required to be rewarded with a glyph
  • UI visual and VoiceOver to indicate which tiles have been explored or not (making shard finding easier)
  • Multiple QoL changes for both VoiceOver and UI visuals/guideance
  • Multiple small bug and UI fixes
Additional Details:

ScribeMe

From the App Store:

ScribeMe is your all in one AI-powered assistant for making documents and images fully accessible. Instantly scan PowerPoints and PDFs, and the app automatically preserves formatting by labeling headings, lists, and tables—while generating detailed alt text to make your files 100% accessible. With advanced OCR in over 50 languages, ScribeMe extracts text with high accuracy and even lets you ask AI questions about your documents, from quick summaries to deep insights.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 2.0.8, (November 5, 2025)

Fix some issues

Version 2.0.9, (November 13, 2025)

You can now easily export your documents or copy the extracted text.

Files now process in the background, and you'll receive a notification when they're ready.

Live Assist now starts describing your surroundings automatically for a smoother experience.

Additional Details:

Tapestry by Iconfactory

From the App Store:

Tapestry weaves your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.

⁕ The Web Your Way

Tapestry combines posts from your favorite social media services like Bluesky, Mastodon, Tumblr along with others like RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube channels, and more. All of your content is presented in chronological order, with no algorithm deciding what you should or shouldn't see.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 1.5, (November 14, 2025)

Re-designed Quicklinks, audio player controls, added support for Tumblr Communities, improvements to feed time-out errors, Mac timeline control and much more.

NEW FEATURES

  • Redesigned Quicklinks
    • Quicklinks are now presented vertically in the open left margin
    • Adjust position or disable them in Settings > Appearance > Quicklinks
    • Reminder: Quicklinks can be tapped & held to select other timelines
  • Redesigned Audio Player
    • The audio player is more compact and easier to dismiss
  • Improved Tumblr support:
    • Added a connector for Tumblr Communities
    • Added thread view for Tumblr feeds that shows reblogs and notes

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Timeline & Settings
    • Moved the "Find in Timeline" button into the bottom-left menu
    • Moved "Timeline Settings" from the (+) button to the bottom-left menu
    • Added Settings > Behavior > Auto-Play Video Previews to more easily disable auto-playing videos in the timeline
  • Marked Items are no longer prematurely removed due to sync conflicts - NOTE: Update all copies of Tapestry for best results
  • Muffle rules now apply to (native) quoted posts [Thx Dean!]
  • Disabled pull to refresh and swipe actions on macOS [Thx Thom!]
  • Sensitive Mastodon posts are flagged with content warnings [Thx Eduardo!]
  • Quoted posts with content warnings omit their images for safe viewing
  • Content warnings are now easier to tap and also avoid word-wrap issues
  • Reduced redundant link attachments for blogs with images [Thx Joline!]
  • Added indicators to Settings > Feeds showing the feed's color [Thx Joline!]
  • Slight speed improvements when manually refreshing the timeline
  • Feed timeout errors no longer appear in the bottom status bar
  • Service names (Mastodon, Bluesky, etc) are now omitted when viewing a conversation thread or single feed
  • Bluesky posts now display both images and quotes together properly
  • Blog posts now display images plus link attachments correctly
  • Link previews are smarter when a web page's title info is missing
  • The purchase screen now appears occasionally to remind free users about Tapestry Premium (hint hint!)

BUG FIXES

  • VoiceOver can now navigate the bottom bar [Thx Ed!]
  • Tweaked layout of the media viewer's controls on iPadOS 26 [Thx Patrick!]
  • Feed Finder waits longer before returning an error for slower sites [Thx Bernd!]
  • Tapestry no longer freezes when opening images on iOS 17 [Thx Gareth!]
  • Fixed a bug causing layout problems depending on font size [Thx CHOCK!]
  • Removed the icons from the Feeds menu on macOS [Thx to many!]
  • Fixed parsing of relative image paths in the link preview generator
  • Customizing a newly added feed now correctly refreshes it when done

CONNECTOR DEVELOPMENT

  • Added accountIdentity as an optional new piece of information that can be supplied to processVerification(): An Identity instance that can define the name, username, and avatar of the feed's authenticated account
    • Info can be used by the timeline to help disambiguate feeds in certain situations
    • Mastodon, Bluesky, Tumblr, Tumblr Community connectors were updated to use this new API
    • Documentation added to API.md on Github
Additional Details:

Weather Gods

From the App Store:

Step into a world where weather forecasts transcend the ordinary—meet the Weather Gods of Fire, Ice, Water, Air, and Moon. With jaw-dropping visuals, immersive audio, and hyperlocal precision for over a million locations, this isn’t just an app—it’s a sensory adventure.

Swipe the Weather Wheel, track storms, and hear the forecast come alive. From lightning alerts to lunar calendars, Weather Gods delivers the fastest, most captivating way to master your weather, all wrapped in a sleek, intuitive design.

App Store Release Notes for November 2025 Updates
Version 4.9, (November 12, 2025)

AI Weather with Personality

Get forecasts that speak your language. Our new AI-powered feature transforms precise weather data into tailored narratives, delivered in your choice of style.

Choose from six unique personas — and many more:

  • TV Forecaster – Lively updates with practical tips.
  • Meteorologist – In-depth, technical reports.
  • Pirate – Swashbuckling tales of the skies.
  • Concise – Crisp, no-nonsense summaries.
  • Snark – Sharp, witty commentary.
  • Unhinged – Over-the-top dramatic flair.

From current conditions to the weekend ahead, AI crafts a forecast that matches your mood.

Note: AI adds creative interpretation — always verify critical details.

Additional Details

Recent News and Views

Apple Releases iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 with accessibility enhancements, new language support for Live Translation, and more

By AppleVis | November 3, 2025

Apple has today released iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 to the public, bringing several enhancements to VoiceOver and braille, various visual changes to interface elements throughout the operating systems, expanded language support for Live Translation, and more.

Apple releases macOS Tahoe 26.1, watchOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, and HomePod Software 26.1

By AppleVis | November 3, 2025

Apple has today released macOS Tahoe 26.1, watchOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, and HomePod Software 26.1 to the public.

iPhone Air Review: Is this the one Steve Jobs would have liked?

By Dave Nason | November 17, 2025

The iPhone Air launched in September 2025 alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. It may not turn out to be the biggest seller of the four, but it is the most talked about. Apple have kindly loaned me an iPhone Air to review, and I’ve been using it full time for the past three weeks.

Unsurprisingly, the first thing that jumps out at you when you unbox this phone is how thin and light it is. But how does it perform, and is it worth considering ahead of the other models?

Announcing the Availability of Language Translation on the AppleVis Website

By AppleVis | November 18, 2025

Since our 2024 acquisition by Be My Eyes, making AppleVis available in more languages and to more people has been at the top of our wish list. While it took us some time to find the right solution, we are very excited to announce that as of today (11/18/2025), AppleVis offers machine translation of the website and all written content thanks to Google Translate.

Art of Fauna and Be My Eyes Named Among Finalists for 2025 App Store Awards

By AppleVis | November 19, 2025

Art of Fauna and Be My Eyes have been named among 45 finalists for Apple's 2025 App Store Awards. (Editor's Note: Be My Eyes is the parent company of AppleVis.)

Chosen by Apple's Global Editors, the App Store Awards cover 12 categories and recognize developers for their achievements in innovation, user experience, and cultural impact. Both Art of Fauna and Be My Eyes were nominated by Apple in the Cultural Impact category.

AppleVis Website Search Update (11/26/2025)

By AppleVis | November 26, 2025

We are excited to share that today, we have introduced an update to the Search functionality on the AppleVis website that we hope will make Search easier to access and use.

New and Updated Guides

A Guide to Information Security and Privacy on macOS

By Tyler | Updated November 2025

For macOS Tahoe

If you own a computer or mobile device, you probably know that while it can do some amazing things, the fact that it is used to store and handle some of your most personal and sensitive data makes securing it essential. In this guide, I will give an overview of some of the security, privacy, and anti-malware features included in macOS, in order to give you a clearer understanding of what you should and shouldn’t use in your situation.

How Apple Devices Can Work Better Together with Continuity Features

By Tyler | Updated November 2025

For iOS 26, macOS Tahoe

As is widely known, a major selling point of Apple devices is the interconnected ecosystem they collectively foster, allowing users to work seamlessly between iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices. Some of these features, like iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime, are facilitated by central servers, whereas others, like the Continuity features discussed in this guide, are largely facilitated by Apple’s proprietary peer-to-peer networking protocols that allow devices to directly communicate with each other.

Popular Topics

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