One of my biggest annoyances with iOS is just how terrible the stock music app has become over the last few years. It was fine and bearable before the launch of Apple Music, but the state of the app for offline music playback has become dismal after Apple shoved Apple Music functionality into it. If you are more of a streaming listener and use Apple Music, things today are much better for you. I still buy a lot of music on iTunes, apart from having a ton of existing music sourced from Bandcamp and other digital storefronts and the stock…
Author: Mikhail Madnani
Mikhail Madnani
Mikhail Madnani is the acting Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Pixels. He’s usually the one making sure so many weather apps get reviewed when he isn’t playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Hearthstone.
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Reeder 4 for macOS Gets a Public Beta Reeder is one of the most synonymous RSS apps on iOS. It has been around for a long time and is very likely in the first set of apps that most people install on their devices alongside the likes of 1Password and Twitterrific or Tweetbot. Reeder 3, the current stable version of the app, went Free on iOS and Mac last year. Today, Silvio has announced and released a public beta of Reeder 4 — the major rewrite of the app. Some of the new features introduced in the app are: Read…
Over the last few years, I’ve used and reviewed quite a few productivity apps and suites. It is always great seeing developers cater to the more casual audiences on one hand, with apps like Clear and Due, and also the “Getting Things Done” crowd on the other with apps like OmniFocus. Things 3 is an excellently balanced app that offers as much as you want from it, without feeling overwhelming in any way. The one problem with Things is the initial cost that is a big barrier for some people (even though it is well worth it). So when Akshay…
Can’t Unsee is an interesting web-based game that has you choosing between two designs and picking the ‘correct’ one. You are presented with two very similar design mockups — one is pixel perfect, while the other is just a bit off. You pick the correct one to progress and to boost your overall score. A game where your attention to details earns you a lot of coins. WARNING: Once you see the difference between the images, you won’t be able to unsee it. The game has been built by Alex Kotliarsky, with designs by Amanda Hum. It takes you through…
I play a lot of games across almost every platform out there, but very few have managed to actually make me think, “Damn! This is the perfect game to write about on Beautiful Pixels.” I’ve written about a few games here and how great they look, but the moment I saw the trailer for GRIS from Nomada Studio, I wrote about it. GRIS released on Nintendo Switch and PC platforms in December and it is one hell of a gorgeous experience that manages to have a story worth experiencing as well. While Gris’ story is told brilliantly through a few…