Lifehackers quarterly Jailbreak roundup
Auxo 2
Auxo is a fan favorite app switcher in the jailbreak community, and the recently released
Auxo 2 ($3.99) adds to the original in a ton of ways. Auxo 2 brings with the mandatory iOS 7 support, but it also gets a ton of new features. The new multitasking menu lets you control both multitasking and Control Center at the same time. Quick Switcher get you through your recent apps in a single gesture, and hot corner add—you guessed it—hot corners to iOS.
Badger 7
Badger 7 ($1.49) makes notifications way better looking and easier to use. Now, you can pull up notifications right from the badge on the icon, reply to messages, and get rid of them quickly. It's fast, good looking, and works great.
CamText
CamText ($1.49) is an app that lays your camera view underneath your text messages so you can walk and text at the same time. Basically, it makes your phone transparent so you don't walk into a wall. CamText is a bit goofy, but does exactly what it's supposed to do.
GuestMode
Guestmode(99¢) adds the guest mode functionality of your computer to your phone. So, with a pin lock, you can set it so when you hand your phone over to a friend they only get access to certain app and functions. You can lock off certain apps, restrict settings, and lock down your phone in just about anyway you want.
Message Box
If you're a fan of Facebook chat heads and want them everywhere in iOS,
Message Box (free) is an app that'll do it. Once it's installed, chat heads will pop up everywhere in iOS so you can talk to all your Facebook friend from anywhere.
ProWidgets
Not everyone wants widgets on their home screen, but if you do,
ProWidgets ($2.99) is the best way to add them. Once it's installed, you can add small widgets to your home screen where you can quickly add a calendar event, make a note, create an email, or whatever else. What really sets ProWidgets apart is the customization options. You can install a ton of widgets, but you can also customize how they work, what they look like, and where they appear.
Rendarya
Rendarya ($1.99) adds a ton of awesome features to the default photos app to make it actually useful as a photo editor. With Rendarya, you can add filters, make adjustments, add blurs, and more. It's not nearly as feature-packed as something like
Camera+, but if you're attached to the default photos app it makes it a heck of a lot more fun to use.
Spin
Spin (99¢) adds a brand new lock screen music player. Instead of the boring old buttons on the lockscreen, you get a circular navigator for scrubbing through a track. It's a bit laggy sometimes, but it definitely looks great and provides a novel way to mess around with tracks.
UIColors
You wouldn't think it, but
UIColors ($1.49) is one of the easiest ways to drastically change the look of iOS. Basically, UIColors allows changes the default interface color, and that means you can change the basic color screen for just about any app. You can set it up to change the keyboard colors, primary colors, text colors, and just about anything else. In just a few minutes you can theme iOS to look like a completely different operating system, but since it's only changing colors it doesn't cause much slowdown.
Photo by Gualtiero Boffi.