Twitterrific 5: Twitterrific 5 as it existed a few days ago really wouldn't have looked out of place on iOS 7. But that didn't stop the developers from going the extra mile anyway. The Iconfactory has re-done pretty much all the UI elements and added many new features such as background fetching of tweets/sync position, several new gestures, and usability improvements. Just…
I've been a fan of Flexibits' Fantastical since it released for iPhone a while back, but Readdle's new (and universal) Calendars 5 is certainly great competition. As with Fantastical, Calendars 5 allows you to use natural language to create events. For example, you can type something like "Meet Shawn at Blue Bottle Coffee every Wednesday at 3pm" and it will recognize exactly…
PCalc, the venerable calculator for the Mac and iOS has been updated to version 3, and includes a new iOS 7-class theme, updated layouts for the iPhone, full speech support and more. (If you're going to be running iOS 6 for a while, the app still has full support for the OS, and the old themes can be applied to 7, as…
Reeder 2, the newest version of the widely beloved RSS reader, is now available on the iOS App Store as a $5 universal app. The interface has been redesigned and looks as beautiful as ever, yet maintains the same sort of UI aesthetic you know and love from the previous version. My favorite thing about this upgrade is that Feed Wrangler is…
Editorial for iPad, released just this morning, is a long-awaited Markdown text editor and workflow automation tool for iPad — and boy, is it a doozy. Developed by Ole Moritz – the guy behind the popular Pythonista app for iOS – Editorial looks like your typical iOS text editor on the surface. It has the requisite support for things like Markdown previews…
Some people like to work in an office, while others – like myself – are at our creative best in a comfortable environment like a coffee shop. For those of us in the latter camp, Coffitivity is an excellent app for Mac, iOS, and the web that recreates the acoustic experience of working in a bustling coffee shop. Choose one of three…
Aero ($1) is a beautiful, iOS 7-inspired weather app for iPhone that just released a couple days ago. With its lovely animations, simple UI, informative display, and push notifications, this is definitely a weather app worth checking out even if you've tried a hundred others.
Morning is an iPad app that aims to get you as informed as possible about your upcoming day, through the use of various panels of information. These include weather, reminders, commute time, news, calendar, stocks, countdown(s), and date/time. This is a fairly customizable app. There are five different color schemes to choose from, and the info panels can be arranged any way…
Pinboard is a web service that allows users to bookmark and cache webpages easily. While it has a full suite of social features, it also can be used fully privately. Sadly, Pinboard isn't the most beautiful service on the web. It loads fine in Safari on iOS, but isn't the easiest way to interact with bookmarks. Pushpin is a great iOS app…
Downcast has long been one of the most popular "podcatcher" apps for iOS (I'm more of an Instacast guy myself, but the fact remains). If you've been wishing for a Mac version of Downcast, you're in luck because it just released today. It's got all the features you'd expect, such as subscription management, importing and exporting of OPML files, auto-updating schedules, smart…
Thanks to Nate Boateng, I found out that the well-regarded Scanner Pro is on sale for $2 right now (down from $7). This app will let you scan paper documents and receipts with your iPhone or iPad camera, then send those scans off to places like Evernote and Dropbox. It even uses an algorithm to clean up the images and make them…
djay is an Apple Design Award-winning app that turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a full DJ booth, with manual mix modes, music library integration and more. The new version adds "HD Waveforms," a new tool that allows users to touch and interact with their music in an all-new way. The waveforms are color-coded and extremely accurate, making it easy…
Ember is a brand-new Mac App that wants to be your digital scrapbook. It's a beautiful app made by the same guys who made the Clear to-do list app for Mac and iOS. Even the icon is gorgeous. Browse the web, subscribe to websites, save and share images, annotate those images, post to Tumblr, and generally keep all your favorite stuff from…
Frontback is a fun, simple, and totally free iPhone app with a singular purpose: it allows you to shoot with both the front and back cameras (one after the other), combining the images into a single photo that can then be shared with friends. Not much more to say than that.
Ohai ($5) is a journaling app developed by Steve Streza – former lead developer for Pocket – that uses the App.net API to help you track places you've been to. It's honestly a bit similar to Rego in concept, but the fact that it's built on top of App.net is pretty interesting to me.
Apple PR: Apple today unveiled Logic Pro X, the most advanced version of Logic Pro to date, featuring a new interface designed for pros, powerful new creative tools for musicians, and an expanded collection of instruments and effects. Logic Pro X includes Drummer, a revolutionary new feature that provides a virtual session player that automatically plays along with your song in a…
IFTTT (If This Then That) is one of our favorite tools on the web. It essentially allows you to cook up "recipes" for automating actions across all kinds of web services — Dropbox, Evernote, RSS, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, App.net, to name only a few. For example, you could make it so that every time you upload a photo to Instagram, a copy…
(Photo credit: Gannon Burgett) Thunderspace is a gorgeous new ambient-noise generator for iPhone, one that uses stereoscopic 3D audio (and occasionally even activates the camera flash) to simulate relaxing thunderstorms. There are two included "thunderstorm" tracks – Roof Garden and Waterscape – with six other tracks available for purchase within the app. Here are the IAP choices: Desert Wetlands Rainforest Moonlit Angels…
This Wednesday (July 10, 2013) is the 5th anniversary of the iOS App Store. There hasn't been any official announcement from Apple yet (Update: Now there has), but we've found that several popular developers are offering their top apps and games for free this week. If you've never gotten around to trying these out, now's your chance. We will try to keep…
The iOS App Store is replete with great photo editing apps these days, and one of the better-looking ones is PicLab for iPhone. It allows you to add nice typography and lots of different photo effects to your shots, with an interface that looks like it was ripped straight out of Letterpress (in a good way). The app itself is free, but…