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…
If the 'Night Sky' edition of Field Notes wasn't enough of an astronomy fix for you, I'd recommend checking out Sky Guide for iOS. This thing had been sitting somewhere in my AppShopper wish list for a long time, forgotten, until Ben Brooks wrote about it yesterday. I'm glad he did, because this is such a cool app. The way it works…
Tunebox is a neat iOS app that acts as an audio player for your Dropbox account. It automatically scans your entire Dropbox folder for any MP3 or MP4/AAC audio files, then organizes them the same way the built-in Music app does: by Artist, Album, and Song. You can save any track for offline playing, or just stream whatever you want as long…
Apple's Passbook for iOS is a great concept, but one that – in my opinion – has never really lived up to its full potential. Luckily, a third-party app called Lemon Wallet has stepped up to the plate, offering features you won't find in Passbook. Lemon Wallet allows you to store credit cards, insurance cards, loyalty cards, and receipts by snapping photos…
Most gamers need no introduction to Bastion, being one of the most critically-acclaimed games of the last few years and all. In case you haven't heard of it though, it's an adventure game where you play as The Kid, who wakes up after some kind of catastrophic event and must navigate through a series of floating ruins, fighting monsters along the way.…
The developers of the popular Screens VNC client for iOS recently released another great utility called Mini Display. The two apps are similar in that they both require a free Mac app to be running, but what Mini Display does differently is turn your iOS device into an external display for the Mac (as long as they're on the same WiFi network),…
There is certainly no shortage of beautiful iOS text editors, but maybe you're like me and you have a problem. An addiction, really. This urge to try all the text editors, even though you've already found ten of them that suit your needs. Well, here's your chance to try another one! And then you should seriously seek help. Daedalus Touch meets all…
Lately I've been addicted to an awesome little game for iOS called Ridiculous Fishing. It's gorgeous, the music is great, and there are no in-app purchases (IAP) to unlock items. Everything is unlocked as you earn in-game money. The basic mechanics are simple: tap the screen to cast your line, tilt your device to move the hook around and avoid hitting any…
PCalc for iOS is a perfect companion or students, programmers, engineers or nerds looking to have a full-featured calculator on their iOS device. Complete with extensive unit conversions, a paper tape, an RPN mode, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal and binary calculations, PCalc is in a different league than anything else. PCalc for iOS is currently…
Twitterrific was the Twitter app when Apple launched the App Store for the iPhone. In fact, an early version was available for jailbroken phones before apps were allowed on the platform. The newest version of the app is a big departure from previous builds. The UI is all new, and is text-driven. It's not all that different from Microsoft's current look, but…
Instacast 3 is a re-working of my favorite podcatcher for iOS. The new interface is cleaner than before (especially on the iPad), and everything is faster. If you liked Instacast 2, you'll love Instacast 3. While I am not currently using an iOS device for podcasts, this app makes me want to try using my iPad mini in my car again. Check…
Fantastical for Mac is one of the best calendar apps for OS X, and this week, Flexibits introduced Fantastical for iPhone. The new iOS app brings the desktop's natural language engine to the iPhone, so event entry is quick and easy. Fantastical's DayTicker makes thumbing though days' events just as quick and easy. The only bummer here is that the app doesn't…
Before the USB Stratocaster Guitar, hooking up a guitar to a Mac or iOS device required a USB-ready break-out box, but no more. This $200 axe includes a regular 1/4-inch passive output, but also a Mini-B USB port, so plugging right in to a computer or iOS device is a snap. The high-quality headphone amp lets you listen to the output without…
Marco Arment of Instapaper fame has a new app, named The Magazine. The Newstand app is a modern magazine for geeks. It features articles from well-known writers. In fact, both Shawn and I will be featured in up-coming editions. Instead of being made up of glorified PDFs that take up tons of space on your device, Marco's new app is lightweight, just…
We've talked about the tape-to-iPhone converter, but if your music is too cool for tape, there's a option for transferring music from LP, too. The iLP Digital Conversion Turntable is a $100 accessory for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Simply play your tunes with the ION Audio EZ app launched and boom — you've got MP3 versions of your favorite vinyl-based tracks.…
We're huge fans of Devour, the popular blog dedicated to curating YouTube from the wild west of the Internet to a stellar collection of funny and remarkable videos. With the iOS app, Devour is available on your iOS device with a much better experience than offered by Mobile Safari. It even supports AirPlay, so you can stream your favorite video to your…
While the iPhone 4S' camera hardware is pretty great for something you always have in your pocket, Apple's simple shooting software has left room for dozens of great apps to spring up. The winner in my book is Camera+. It has some great filters and borders, nice cropping tools and (most importantly) is super fast to launch and shoot. It can import…
With integrated Bluetooth v2.1, the Vers 1Q is a speaker built in to a 3" wood cube with a 30’ range and estimated 10+ hours of battery life. The speaker itself is mono, but when used with a second 1Q, transforms into a 13-watt, stereo sound system. The Kickstarter campaign has been successful, with the team behind the 1Q blowing past their…
Dark Sky is a new weather radar app that was born on Kickstarter and is now available for your iPhone and iPad. It does just one thing: forecast the next 60 minutes of weather. It does this by taking all sorts of data from the NOAA and running it through a lot of custom code. Moreover, Dark Sky animates its radar to…
Dialvetica is the best way to find contacts on your iPhone. It’s like the whole app has been built for a single purpose: get to a contact fast. Dialvetica’s custom interface is designed for this sole purpose, and so is the way it works under the hood. Searching for a contact within Dialvetica is far superior to searching within the Contacts pane…