MusicWipe Is Live, Plus Expectancy and Just Habits on Android
Every Tuesday I ship something. This week it is MusicWipe, which takes the background music out of a video and leaves the dialogue and the sound of the scene alone. It is live on the web and on Android. Two more apps made it onto Google Play too: Expectancy, which is brand new, and Just Habits.
MusicWipe
MusicWipe fixes a very specific problem. You have a video with a song under it, and you need the song gone: a copyright claim, a platform that mutes your upload, or just a track you do not want anymore. Muting the audio kills the dialogue. Vocal removers keep the voice but throw away the footsteps, the crowd, and the room. MusicWipe splits the soundtrack into dialogue, music, and effects, then removes only the music.
Hear it before you pay: Every video starts with a free 30-second preview. Hold to hear the original, let go to hear it clean.
Choose what stays: An Ambience slider goes from dialogue only to everything except the music. Changing it is instant and does not use any minutes.
Copyright check: MusicWipe tells you which songs it found, so you know what you are removing.
Your video stays with you: Only the audio track is uploaded for processing, and it is deleted automatically 24 hours after the job finishes.
It is not perfect. Some videos keep a faint trace of the music, which is exactly why the preview exists. New accounts get 10 full minutes free, once, and plans start at $9.99 a month based on how many minutes of audio you process. Your plan belongs to your MusicWipe account, so it works in the browser, on Android, and on the Mac app. The iPhone and iPad app is in App Review.
Try MusicWipe in your browser or get it on Google Play.
Expectancy
Expectancy estimates how long you are likely to live, then shows you which parts of your life are moving that number and by how much. It starts from WHO life tables for 185 countries and adjusts them with hazard ratios from published studies. Every factor names the study it came from, with an honest grade for how strong that evidence is.
The part I care most about: your estimate is free and always will be. It uses every answer you give whether you pay or not, and paying never changes the number. There is no quiz that ends at a paywall. There is also no account and no server. The whole model ships inside the app, and nothing you enter leaves your phone.
Unlocking adds the detail: the per-factor breakdown for every category, every ranked change in the What if simulator instead of the top three, the full diet analysis, and your ten-year and lifetime risk for heart disease, diabetes, dementia, stroke, and lung disease. It is $7.99 once, or $1.99 a week with a seven-day free trial if you would rather try it first.
It is not medical advice, and it always shows the range around the headline number instead of pretending to know a date. The iPhone version is in App Review.
Just Habits
Just Habits is my habit tracker with no streaks, no scores, and no guilt when you miss a day. It has been on iPhone since March, and now it is on Android, with the 16-week progress grid, reminders that only fire on days a habit is scheduled, and a home screen widget that stays in sync with the app. Pricing matches iPhone: free for up to 3 habits, then $4.99 once for unlimited.
Updates
- ContactPDF 1.2: A reliability release. It imports more contacts correctly, wraps long names instead of cutting them off, and can no longer hang while exporting. It is also the first version you can download directly for Mac.
- Train531 1.6.1: Weeks now finish when their days are done, in any order, week names are clearer, and “BW” only shows up on bodyweight movements.
- Ejecta 1.4.2: Get a License now goes straight to checkout.