Observed arrival · 2026-10-11

ほくほく文庫, an iPhone-app bookshelf

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Editorial interest 85/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A Japanese indie catalog presents nine free iPhone apps as individual books, with previews and App Store links.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-11 issue.

For: iPhone users looking for small, playful apps
Worth noticing: Spine thickness tracks app size, from a 4.4 MB fake etymology dictionary to a 144 MB fictional gacha.

Field notes

The catalog is ordered by release date, from Tabering (13 August 2026) through おすそわけ長屋 (2 October 2026). Each entry pairs a short premise with a three-part “立ち読み” preview and an App Store link; the index also repeats each title and its one-line function. The tenth listing, 第七次発掘調査団, is marked as forthcoming rather than available.

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