iOS 18 Control Center: 18 New Apps for Convenient Use on Your iPhone

Earlier this month, Apple released the iOS 18 update, which brought significant enhancements to the iOS Control Center. Users can now easily access essential features by simply swiping down from the home screen. A notable addition is that Apple has allowed third-party developers to create their own controls for their applications.

We’ve compiled a list of iOS 18-compatible apps that users can try to make the most of the updated Control Center.

Bulletin

Bulletin is an AI-powered news app that summarizes articles and offers nine widgets for the Control Center, which is a record so far. Users can quickly navigate to the "For You" section and various news categories, including business, entertainment, fashion, sports, and technology. There’s also the “Smart Summary” feature, which uses AI to summarize the day’s top articles.

CARROT Weather

The CARROT Weather app, known for its sarcastic forecasts, also takes advantage of the iOS update by providing two widgets for quick access to weather and map tabs.

Crouton

Crouton is a recipe organization and meal planning app that now offers a Control Center widget, allowing users to import new recipes with a single tap.

Cheatsheet

Cheatsheet is a widget that helps users save important reminders, such as hotel numbers and lock combinations. It is now available in the Control Center for quick access to notes.

FitBee

FitBee is a new nutrition tracking app that allows users to log their meals by taking pictures, and AI estimates the calories and macros. The new Control Center features include barcode scanning and photographing products for even faster logging.

Focused Work

Focused Work helps users manage their time and now offers widgets for starting focus sessions and accessing notes.

LookUp

LookUp is a dictionary app that teaches users one new word each day. The Control Center now includes features for searching words and scanning them with the phone's camera.

Mango Baby

Mango Baby, an app for newborn care, offers parents five widgets for tracking diaper changes and setting timers for various tasks, such as sleep and bathing.

MediSOS

MediSOS provides the option to activate an emergency siren from the Control Center, triggered by the SOS button in the app, allowing for quick assistance.

Dark Noise

Dark Noise, an app for playing ambient sounds, now has options for selecting rain sounds and setting timers directly from the Control Center.

Pedometer++

Pedometer++ allows users to track steps and calories, and new widgets let users quickly start a walk or run.

Saturn

Saturn is a new app for interacting with decentralized social networks. It offers actions such as accessing communities and creating new posts directly from the Control Center.

Sofa

Sofa allows users to create task lists and has added four new widgets for convenience, including "The Pile" and "Logbook."

Spark

Spark is an email assistant that helps users sort and process their email. Control Center widgets allow for quick access to composing emails and checking calendars.

Tripsy

Tripsy allows users to plan trips, track expenses, and get flight updates. The new management actions simplify access to itineraries.

TV Remote

TV Remote is an app for controlling televisions. One of the new actions allows users to quickly access the remote control without launching the app.

Waterllama

Waterllama helps track daily water intake and offers a widget for quickly adding drinks with animation options.

Zenitizer

Zenitizer allows users to set meditation timers and track daily goals, and the new widget in the Control Center makes timer setup easy.

These apps will significantly enhance your iPhone experience, offering new features and convenient functions in the updated iOS 18 Control Center.