# While You Were Busy — WYWB > WYWB (iPhone/iPad app by Matthew Rowe.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/while-you-were-busy/id6766831698 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Matthew Rowe](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896329431) - Category: News, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 34 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-07-27 - Data updated: 2026-08-16 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/while-you-were-busy/id6766831698/reviews.md ## What is While You Were Busy? While You Were Busy is your personal news podcast. WYWB turns the news you care about, across languages, into short audio briefs in English or Mandarin. Listen while you get ready, prep the kids for school, commute, walk, or catch up between tasks. It helps you stay across what matters without stopping your day to scroll, search, sort, or hunt for the information that matters to you. What WYWB does • Creates a personal news podcast based on your chosen interests • Leaves unwanted topics out of your briefing • Turns selected news into short, listenable audio updates • Uses news sources published in languages you can read and languages you can’t • Helps surface global and regional stories you might otherwise miss • Groups related reporting into clearer stories • Helps reduce duplicate headlines and repeated coverage • Produces audio briefs in English and Mandarin, with more languages coming soon • Supports scheduled briefings so your update is ready when you need it • Provides the sources behind each story so you can verify, compare, or read the full coverage yourself A broader view of the news Most people only read news in the languages they know. WYWB can include sources from languages you cannot read, helping bring in wider reporting, regional context, and stories that may not appear in your usual news sources. Every story includes its sources, so you can check where the information came from or open the original reporting when you want more detail. Independence and transparency WYWB exists to make published news easier to access. It does not originate reporting, write news articles, claim ownership of source material, or affiliate itself with any news outlet. Story selection is based on your interests, source availability, relevance, and coverage context. WYWB does not sell placement, accept influence from publishers or sources, or weight stories to match a geopolitical, local, political, or editorial bias. Each brief summarises and organises publicly available published reporting, then provides the original sources so you can verify the coverage yourself or read the full story. Listen, catch up, and carry on without scrolling, sorting, or hunting for the information that matters to you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://whileyouwerebusy.com/legal/terms.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | While You Were Busy Premium | $7.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.0.11 — 2026-08-12 • Your Listen library now stays in sync. Pull down to refresh and any recent briefings you're missing — including scheduled ones — download automatically. • Briefings are now sorted newest to oldest. • Tap a source in any briefing to open the full story in your browser. • Fixed an issue where some briefings could occasionally fail to load or play. • Performance and stability improvements. ### 1.0.7 — 2026-07-29 • Simpler brief creation — just describe what you want in plain language and we'll build it, or start from a saved brief • Save your own briefs as reusable templates; your custom ones are now marked with "(C)" so they're easy to spot • Redesigned Listen library — New / Played filters, "Play all new", and each edition now shows its topics at a glance • Faster, in-place generation — a live timer and Cancel right where you are, instead of a full-screen wait • Smoother onboarding — clearer steps, an optional location choice, and a fixed "Open" button at the end • Tidied Appearance settings — themes, background style, and a new "Remove shadows" option for a flatter look • Colour-blind-friendly status colours throughout • More reliable delivery during server updates, and no more duplicate editions • General bug fixes and polish ### 1.0 — 2026-07-27 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-16.*