Author: Mikhail Madnani

When popular apps make their way from the iPhone to the iPad, there’s always the question of how they will take advantage of the iPad’s much larger canvas. Some do a good job of using the standard split view while others stretch everything out. Fantastical 2 for iPad (henceforth Fantastical) takes everything I love about the iPhone app and brings it to the iPad in a new and improved interface. Ever since I used Fantastical on the Mac and then iPhone, I had been waiting for a full iPad app. I was sick of using the iPhone app blown up…

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When I need to search for any news on Twitter, I usually avoid looking at the trends because they are full of junk. I used to check trends in the early days of twitter but haven’t bothered in a long time. This changed when Preshit told me about Current.ly. Current.ly aims to help you follow what people talk about on Twitter and does that really well.

I reviewed Checkmark when it released almost 2 years ago. To this day, the original app outclassed Apple’s own Reminders.app in every way but sync. Today, Snowman has launched Checkmark 2, a major upgrade to the original app. Checkmark 2 is a completely new app built from the ground up for iOS 7. It packs an amazing feature-set and a really great new look. Unfortunately, the new app omits a few things I really liked in the original app that would have made it indespensable.

The best and worst part about Wikipedia is getting lost in the wealth of information available on it. This is best illustrated by xkcd 214. Wikiweb has a different approach to a Wikipedia app on iOS. It focusses on going from one topic to another related topic quickly. The app uses a visual node based interface that lets you explore the site.

Pocket Casts 4.5 for Android Pocket Casts is my favourte podcatcher on iOS and Android. It has near flawless sync across both platforms and looks amazing. The Android app got a huge update back in February last year. Today Pocket Casts for Android hits 4.5 and it brings a lot to the table. The app now has full Chromecast support and items in the up next playlist can be rearranged. My favourite part of 4.5 is how the player now takes UI colours from the podcast artwork like the iOS version. The main interface has also been refined. Pocket Casts…