The iTunes store is an amazing place where you can buy and gain access to a huge range of digital goods, from music and movies to apps, audiobooks, ebooks and universityย courses. However, if youโre in a rush to find and buy things it can be a bit clunky to navigate, first you have to open the iTunes store or the Mac App store, then you need to start your search and then narrow down the results by category until you find exactly what youโre looking for. Youโre probably so used to doing this to buy something that you donโt even notice how time-consuming and slow the whole convoluted process can be, do you really need to open up a whole new app just to quickly search for stuff that Apple wants to sell you?
Unsurprisingly the answer is no, once you download Tunesque (donโt us us how youย pronounceย that oneโฆ) youโll be able to search the entire Apple store just like you can search through your computer with finder. The freelyย availableย app (which you can download here) sits in your menu bar and provides you with a simple search box within which you can write yourย queries.
The searching process is surprisingly quick, with the results in the slick drop down menu appearing in real time as you type out your search term. Tunesque really doesย trawlย every single aspect of app store so youโll be able to find everything you need including podcasts, iTunesU material and ebooks as well as the moreย familiarย songs and movies.
Once youโve found what youโre looking for Tunesque even lets you use keyboard shortcuts to navigate between the differentย categoriesย that itโs found. As an extra bonus the search results even show you the prices for each bit of content, so you can work out what the most cost-effective way ofย purchasingย what you need, or for finding material thatโs freely available through the app store. Whatโs even more useful is the information that that Tunesque gives you when you hold your mouse over an item, the pop up window will show you the material icon, a detailed and scrollable description of what the app does and the reviews that are feature, plus the five-star rating that itโs currently got.
The only disappointing thing about Tunesque is that, whilst it makes the searching process a lot easier and can streamline how you discover new material on Appleโs own store, it wonโt help you at all when it comes to purchasing or downloading things. There must be some restrictions on how Apple allows developers to access the material on itโs store because as soon as you actually click on the item you want to get from the iTunes store youโll be moved onto iTunes or the App Store to finalise your purchase and hand over your details.
Obviously personal security could be at risk here, and Apple would never want you to give bank details to a third party, but itโs a shame that although Tunesque really helps you out when youโre searching for items it wonโt actually make the process of buying them any simpler and youโre still going to have to open another app to make the purchase.
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