Fresh app ideas for iOS 14

The next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system brings with it a ton of great new frameworks and APIs to build new kinds of apps. New advances include the Vision framework that can now track human body movement and developers can also utilize the NearbyInteraction framework with the U1 chip available in the new phones.

Exercise coach app

With the new Vision APIs that precisely track human body movement it makes sense to utilize this for a fitness app. The vision could be used to automatically track reps or warn when the user has incorrect posture. This could be especially useful for newcomers to yoga.

Pair this witch speech synthesis and you can create fully automatic exercise coach. Then use HealthKit framework to record activity data.
Check these WWDC 20 session for more information and inspiration: Build an Action Classifier with Create ML, Detect Body and Hand Pose with Vision & Explore the Action & Vision app.

Sample code is available to get you up to speed quickly.

Friend finder for busy places

Ever spent too much time finding a friend in a huge crowd? With iOS 14 and the new NearbyInteraction framework this problem could be solved with the powerful U1 chip in new iPhones.

Once you establish session between two devices you get precise distance and direction information. You can use this to guide the user via arrow to their friend and save a lot of frustration.

The session needs to be initialized before you can use the U1 chip so you could try creating a simple iMessage app or possibly your own server do facilitate this initial connections.

Check out the session Meet Nearby Interaction.

You can find even more ideas in my GitHub repo! Stars appreacited 🙂