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8 new lifestyle apps climbing the App Store this week

These lifestyle apps came out in the last 60 days and rose into the US App Store's Lifestyle charts this week, from BabyBackup: Baby Monitor to One Cent Start.

Use & Like · 9 November 2026 · Source: App Store chart, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store, App Store

The apps

  1. BabyBackup: Baby Monitor

    Turns two devices you already own into a baby monitor, with no internet needed.

    $4.99 · Point Rider LLC · App Store page

  2. Tots Weather

    Tells you what your child should wear for today's weather.

    $1.99 · Opticode Ltd · App Store page

  3. Post Club: A Little Typewriter

    A little typewriter for writing notes and letters with clicking keys.

    $4.99 · LARRY LE CHEN · App Store page

  4. Gardener's Pocket Book

    Builds a month-by-month planting calendar from your ZIP code.

    $4.99 · LAKE JAMES BUZBEE · App Store page

  5. MyPlantMap

    Maps and tracks your garden plants on satellite images of your property.

    $4.99 · Sharon Dankwardt · App Store page

  6. Leash Lookout

    Turns your daily dog walk into a map of the houses and people on the way.

    $1.00 · Pankaj Khemka · App Store page

  7. Nāda Brahma: Saṃyama Sessions

    Sound meditation with recordings of real gongs, singing bowls and chimes.

    $6.99 · PHILIP FRANKLIN MARKS · App Store page

  8. One Cent Start

    One short reflection and meditation for every morning of the year.

    $3.99 · NENAD ZLATANOVIC · App Store page

What it means for you

If you're looking for something new in lifestyle, these are small apps people are buying right now.

What to do

Open each app's App Store page to check the price, in-app purchases and what it needs before you download.

Where and when: iPhone and iPad, US App Store charts this week

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