Jailbreaking

Reddit continues to grow and as anyone with an account knows, keeping track of everything can be a daunting task. Several Reddit apps for iOS can help, but the jailbreak tweak Orangered brings everything to a new level. Orangered integrates Reddit push notifications across iOS, seamlessly and securely connecting the device to Reddit.

Once installed, Orangered can be configured for recurring inbox checks or associated with an Activator gesture. Messages that are sent as a notification can be marked read automatically, and the refresh interval can be changed. Other settings and customizations are included, as well as a toggle to disable the tweak entirely.

Switching between the front and rear iPhone camera is already simple. The jailbreak tweak FlipCam seeks to make this process even easier and faster than normal. For those who have trouble tapping the small icon in the corner, FlipCam provides an alternative way to change cameras.

Once installed, FlipCam does only one thing and has no settings or options to configure. To switch cameras just press and hold within the camera viewfinder. Anywhere on the live preview works, in addition to the usual small icon in the corner.

Some jailbreak tweaks are just for fun. For those who are not familiar with the term "Do a barrel roll" the iOS tweak BarrelRoll won't mean much. The meme may have started with the video game Star Fox 64, however it has spread far and wide across the Internet.

Bringing this piece of Nintendo 64 history to the iPhone is now possible thanks to developer Ryan Petrich. Once installed, BarrelRoll can make the entire home screen do a 360 degree flip. Audio is also included. There are no settings for BarrelRoll, but the tweak must be assigned to an Activator action.

It's like Twitter and Apple had a baby. This is the motto of Daily Dash, a free jailbreak tweak with its own website and a slick design. Daily Dash is a Cydget add-on that displays the top three trends on Twitter based on your current location.

The layout is fluid, so the content looks like it was meant to be a part of iOS on any devices running iOS 7.x. The clock and date are redesigned, and the lock screen background is dimmed so that up to the minute trends can be displayed in the center. Daily Dash has no options or settings to configure.

Looking for more information when a song or movie is playing on the iPhone usually means opening a web browser or searching in another app. The jailbreak tweak MoreInfo changes this process for iOS 7.x users by automatically searching for the currently playing media. Once an Activator gesture is set to trigger MoreInfo, a long list of search engines can be invoked without even interrupting the song.

By default, MoreInfo will grab the title of the currently playing media from almost all apps that support music or video playback. Settings can be configured to include the artist name or album to the search as well. Supported search engines include Google, Wikipedia, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, iTunes Store, Amazon, IMDb, meteoritic, Rotten Tomatoes, Ultimate Guitar, Allmusic, AZLyrics, rap genius, Discogs, and Who Sampled.