In all the years that I’ve been reviewing apps here on Beautiful Pixels, I’ve used a ton of to-do apps and Getting Things Done (GTD) apps on my iOS and macOS devices. Things and OmniFocus — two of the biggest names in the market — are fantastic power user apps that have consistently been getting great updates in recent times, but for anyone looking to just have a superb and simple reminders app, Due App has been the light shining through all the darkness. Due has been great for people like me who keep wanting to snooze alerts and need…
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.
Evernote has always been doing some lovely stuff when it comes to branding and their app interfaces. Today, the company has announced and showcased the biggest ever visual change to their brand. Today, we publicly launched our refreshed Evernote brand into the world. Brand refresh. Simple words for a complex process. Especially when it’s a brand that touches the lives of over 225 million people globally, and one that generates significant love from customers, positive sentiment from industry observers, and a strong internal commitment. A lot of the iconography and typography shown off in the announcement post looks great. It…
Devolver Digital publishes some really fantastic games across different platforms. I’m glad I get to finally write about a game they are putting out, here on Beautiful Pixels. That game is GRIS and it looks stunning! It reminds me of Journey from thatgamecompany in a 2D plane. The announcement trailer has animation that almost makes me wish there was a way I could replace the Apple TV screensaver with this trailer. Watch the trailer for it below: Set for release in December, GRIS will not have any death or danger. It is all about the animation and art with puzzles…
[linky url=”https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/doppler-music-player/id1252143995?mt=8&at=11l4VG&ct=doppler” title”Doppler Adds Support for Importing Music From Safari, Metadata Editing, and More in Newest Update “]Doppler 1.2[/linky] I wrote about Doppler a few months ago and it has been a lovely alternative to dealing with Apple’s rubbish music app on iOS. Since then, the app has gotten some really nice updates allowing you to import FLAC, WAV, and more formats through iTunes file sharing. The newest major update brings some much-needed functionality that every music player on iOS should have — you can now import music to the app through Safari and edit the metadata for these files.…
[linky url=”https://affinityspotlight.com/article/affinity-designer-for-ipad-a-special-beta/” title”A Look at Some Stunning Illustrations Created by Top Artists During the Beta of Affinity Designer for iPad”]A Look at Some Stunning Illustrations Created by Top Artists During the Beta of Affinity Designer for iPad[/linky] Earlier this week, Serif Ltd. released Affinity Designer for iPad, which the company had been working on for quite some time now. Here’s a collection of some incredible illustrations and artwork created by some top designers that they worked with during the app’s beta. In 2018, we commissioned a select group of creatives to take part in a special Affinity Designer for iPad…
[linky url=”https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/affinity-designer/id1274090551?mt=8&at=11l4VG” title”Affinity Designer Finally Releases on the App Store for iPad “]Affinity Designer Finally Releases on the App Store for iPad [/linky] Serif has just released the fantastic Affinity Designer for iPad today. Affinity Photo is already beyond brilliant on iPad and now we have both of Serif’s excellent professional apps on iPad. Going by the screenshots, it looks superb. I can’t wait to dig deep into it. The company is also offering a 30% launch discount for the app on the App Store right now. If you’re planning on getting it, you need an iPad Pro, iPad Air…