Author: Mikhail Madnani

In a world where most photos are shared using filters on Instagram or Flickr, the source of the same filters is often forgotten. Audio enthusiasts still prefer listening to music on vinyl and there are tons of apps that beautifully try to replicate the experience of listening to music on a turntable like TurnPlay. Today’s generation has completely missed the whole Polaroid camera phase. Instant by Think Time Creations replicates the workflow of a classic Polaroid camera on your Mac or iOS device. If you’ve used or seen a Polaroid camera, you know of the sounds and time it takes…

I’ve seen some great finance apps release in the last year on iOS. xPence was my favourite for its simplicity and travel mode. There are robust expense tracking suites like MoneyWell that have iOS and Mac apps and others that are for people who just something simple for quick entry with a few statistics. Next by Noidentity is a bold move into making expense apps simpler and more user friendly. Upon launch, you are greeted with nice buttons with glyphs indicating expense categories and a quick tutorial for the app. Adding an expense is extremely easy. Tap on the category…

I love Launch Center Pro and Drafts. Apps that allow you to get more stuff done with less effort always make their way into my dock. I’ve been using a lot of apps on the Mac that have iOS counterparts like Things, Tweetbot and Reeder. I used all these apps on iOS before I did on the Mac. Keyboard shortcuts in Mac apps are extremely useful. The problem is some apps have way too many keyboard shortcuts to remember and it becomes nearly impossible to remember everything in every app. This is where Actions by Usefool comes into the picture.…

I’m done with weather app introductions, so I’m gonna talk about Robocat here. I’m a big fan of in-app sounds and animations and few do them as well as Robocat. After impressing us with Thermo and Televised in the past, they are back & this time with a weather app. Haze is designed and developed by Robocat and Taptanium. When I first saw Haze I assumed it would be like Solar but with the Robocat touch. It is very different. Haze relies heavily on visual subtleties to convey information in addition to gestures for in app navigation. The sounds in…

Most people use separate apps for the weather and the calendar. There are a number of great weather apps and amazing calendar apps on iOS. Horizon Calendar for iPhone aims to change that. Instead of having to check your schedule and then check the weather for the same day, you should be able to do both at the same time. There’s a quick tutorial that tells you how to navigate from the day view to the monthly calendar view by swiping the month name down when you launch the app. Horizon lets you scroll through your schedule and has individual…

Unless you’re one of the lucky people who is on an unlimited data plan, you have to worry about your cellular data usage. While iOS already has an in built monitor that lets you view your usage, it is hidden deep inside the settings. When it comes to monitoring your usage on iOS just like with weather monitoring apps, you either get apps with detailed statistics or apps that simply inform you of your usage. DataMan Next falls into the second category. DataMan Next is a lot like a minimal weather app. On launching the app for the first time…