At WWDC ’14, when Apple announced third-party keyboard support in iOS 8, it caught us all off guard. Unfortunately, the actual implementation in iOS 8 is pretty disappointing. Keyboards like SwiftKey and Swype work great on Android, but feel too slow and buggy on iOS. Since the release of iOS 8, there have been many third-party keyboard that have been released on the App Store, but the overall experience, even with 8.1.1, is far from ideal. We have been huge fans of work put out by the folks at Taphive. The duo puts as much attention to the overall experience…
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It’s Thanksgiving week and several hundreds of apps and games have gone on or will be going on sale thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. We’ll be linking to everything worth grabbing right here. We’ll also be updating this post constantly with links to apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, & Android. If you’re reading this in your favorite RSS app, click here to come to the site and read any updates that we’ve added. The Black Friday deals are no longer active. Please check our new Apps For Sale page for up to date apps and…
Day One, recipient of Mac App of the Year and the prestigious Apple Design Award, is widely recognized as one of the best journaling apps available for Mac and iOS devices. As we said in our Day One review, “Day One is a beautifully elegant app that lets you keep a journal or diary of the moments you’d like to log.” We’re pleased to have Day One as a sponsor. Some prominent features of Day One include: Clean, distraction-free interface Multi-Markdown writing experience Simple, “in-the-moment” photographic entries Multi-device sync using iCloud or Dropbox Automatic contextual metadata for entries (weather, location,…
We’re back with another one of our Dialogues. Today, we’re speaking to Marc Edwards from Bjango, who was kind enough to do this interview with me in the midst of building a new house, moving and working on Skala. I’ve respected him from the first blog post I read, and following him on App.net this past year has only made that respect increase.
Our thanks to Webydo for sponsoring us this week. Webydo is a community led cloud platform for professional web and graphic designers who intimately understand the frustrations of traditional website creation. With the intuitive yet powerful online design studio, creative professionals finally have the true creative freedom that comes from code-free website design, coupled with powerful design features to take their designs and clients projects to the next level. With Webydo’s extensive design canvas, you can work your magic just like you would in any other graphic design software, but without the need to download anything since all your work…
Filtry Pro Filtry Pro is a chrome-less photo editing app for iPhone. When you launch the app, it presents you with a slider to choose between clicking a new photo with the camera or picking one from the Camera Roll. Next, it shows you a preview of the photo with the filter applied. You swipe on the photo to change the filters — and there are a lot of them. Once set, you double-tap to view the sharing options. Filtry Pro is available Free on the App Store