Earth Primer for iPad
A science book for playful people.
The Five Minute Journal
Ever wanted to start journaling but aren't sure where to start? The Five Minute Journal is for you.
Duet Display for iPad
Use your iPad as an external Mac display with this neat app.
The Ultimate Unofficial Dropbox Guide
On sale this week. Unleash your inner organization freak with these ebooks, and maximize your Dropbox potential. Dropbox is not just a folder -- it’s a tool to simplify your work and personal life.
OmniFocus Video Field Guide by David Sparks
The best way for newbies to ease into the world of capturing and processing tasks in OmniFocus.
Apps for (RED)
Apple's new Apps for (RED) campaign is a special section of the App Store dedicated to raising money for the Global Fund to fight AIDS
Calcbot for Mac
An unexpected but pleasant surprise from Tapbots, the new Calcbot for Mac is an exquisitely-designed calculator app for Yosemite.
Bruvelo — Smart Pour-Over Coffee Brewer
The Bruvelo is an automated pour-over coffee brewer with Wi-Fi connectivity and everything you need built right in, including a scale and burr grinder. It sounds crazy, but awesome at the same time.
Drafts 4 for iOS
Drafts 4 is a wholly revamped version of the popular note-taking and idea-capturing app for iOS. It's got more new features than you can shake a stick at.
Manual — Custom Exposure Camera for iOS
Manual is a new iPhone app that takes advantage of iOS 8's expanded camera API to give you full independent control of shutter, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance, focus, and more.
TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard for iOS
TextExpander 3 is another in a long line of apps taking advantage of awesome new features in iOS 8.
1Password 5 for iOS
As much as we've loved the iOS version of 1Password, it has always been crippled by the sandboxing Apple put in place to keep apps from talking to one another. With the release of iOS 8 and its new system share sheet, that is no longer a concern.
Transmit for iOS
In 2008, our editor Shawn Blanc wrote this about Transmit, the awesome file-transfer app for Mac: What sets Transmit apart, is that it works great for everyone: the single-blog publisher, to the large-scale website developer. Transmit’s interface and usability is clean, easy to understand and works without fail, time after time. And that’s just the beginning. Transmit is packed to the brim…
‘Motion Design for iOS’ by Mike Rundle
Motion Design for iOS is a new ebook by Mike Rundle that's all about animation design and development for iOS apps. It covers the history, principles, and physics of great animation and motion, with lots of examples and full-project code walkthroughs that break everything down in an easy-to-grasp way. In other words, this book will teach you how to make immersive, awesome-looking…
Quotebook 3 for iOS
The guys at Lickability have released Quotebook 3 for iOS. Quotebook is the best way to capture your favorite quotes—whether they come from books, tweets, songs, movies, your kids, conference talks, or anywhere else. I've been a fan of the app for a while now. (I still miss those black leather accents...) With today's update, this universal app is better than ever.…
Perspective Icons 2
Our friend Federico Viticci and his girlfriend Sylvia Gatta have released Perspective Icons 2, a lovely set of 100 icons for use with OmniFocus 2 for Mac. These icons are available in various colors and resolutions (including Retina), and allow you to add a touch of personality to your OmniFocus custom perspectives. Once installed on your Mac, they will sync to the…
Scanbot for iOS
This is a guest post by our friend, Bradley Chambers. Scanning from my iPhone has really made a big impact on my ability to go paperless in my life. Scanbot is my current go-to app for this. It's extremely fast and simple. Some of the included features: Automatic upload to many cloud services (Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, OneDrive) Ability to edit…
Day One T-Shirts
It's no secret that Day One is the best journaling app around. And now you can show your love for the developers yet again by wearing one of their t-shirts, currently available until August 1st, 2014. They're made from CVC Cotton Poly (60% Cotton / 40% Polyester) and they're "fitted" so sizes run a bit on the smaller side. They're $20 each…
Overcast for iPhone
Marco Arment's long-awaited podcast app for iPhone, Overcast, is now available on the iOS App Store. While it won't be luring me away from my precious Pocket Casts anytime soon, it does have some very cool features, namely Smart Speed (which dynamically shortens silences in podcast episodes) and Voice Boost (which normalizes the audio for all shows). The app itself is free,…
The bttn
The bttn is an interesting little gizmo that reminds me of a Griffin PowerMate but without the volume-dial component. What looks like a simple colored button (hence the name) is actually a web-connected device capable of executing interesting commands, similar to those of one of our favorite services, IFTTT. In fact, IFTTT is a service bttn is capable of tying into, along…