Anaspace
Anaspace is a cultural exploration app for iOS.
Core trick
Sends captured audio to Shazam to identify a track, then pairs it with device location and timestamp to form a subject-place-time triad.
Description
Anaspace is a cultural exploration app for iOS. You hear a song, tap observe, and the app uses Shazam to identify the music while capturing your location and anchoring you in time. It builds a triad — subject, place, and time — and maps the cultural connections between them. Pivot on any dimension to explore how artists, cities, genres, and eras are linked, with curated music samples anchoring each node. The entire interface is a character-cell matrix rendered in JetBrains Mono, where waves of glyphs pulse across the screen as the app listens and thinks. Anaspace exists because algorithms have made music infinite and culture disposable. The app is fully data sovereign with no sign-in, no data collection, and no servers. The plan is to run entirely on device-side models, releasing as a free app with zero model cost.
The app is available on TestFlight - email me (mobile@gmail.com)a with your Apple-linked email.
README excerpt
# Anaspace **A cultural exploration engine for iOS, built from scratch in ~18 hours using Claude Code Opus 4.6. Part of the February 2026 hackathon for Claude Code's 1st birthday.** https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6a8ffbe9-c2a1-448b-9131-2b0104d62dde --- Anaspace is a cultural exploration app for iOS. You hear a song, tap observe, and the app uses Shazam to identify the music while capturing your location and anchoring you in time. From that moment, it builds a triad — subject, place, and time — and maps the web of cultural connections between them. You can pivot on any dimension to explore how artists, cities, genres, and eras are linked, with curated music samples anchoring each node so the journey is something you hear, not just read. The entire interface is built on a character-cell matrix rendered in JetBrains Mono — the typeface grid serves as both the display system and the animation engine, with waves of glyphs pulsing across the screen as the app listens and thinks. The app exists because algorithms have made music infinite and culture disposable. Streaming platforms optimize for engagement, not meaning, and the web of influence that gives art its depth has been flattened into a recommendation feed. Anaspace restores that context — not by replacing how you find music, but by revealing the connections that make what you're already hearing worth paying attention to. Anaspace is fully data sovereign: no sign-in, no data collection, no servers. The inten