Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

For the longest time, I have had a “tumblog” on Tumblr that I kept auto-posting to every now and then, but didn’t really pay much attention to it. Tumblr has always been a really nice platform to blog and share interesting things, but I was just content with WordPress and having full control over my personal blog, so I stuck to it. After Tumblr was recently purchased by Yahoo! and its promise to not screw it up, I decided to revive Missing Vowels. I came across Postcards, a simple & efficient iPhone app that offers a nicer way to browse…

I am a heavy sleeper. Not only do I sleep a lot, waking up early in the morning is a huge task in itself. So I usually set multiple alarms to ensure I do wake up in time. Earlier this week, I got access to a new alarm app for iPhone titled Wake Alarm. I have to say, Wake has left me super impressed. The most notable thing about Wake is how stunning it is on your screen. It has a really simple UI, but one that’s been crafted to pixel perfection. There’s a neat gradient from top to botton…

Moment Camera is a very beautifully designed camera app for iPhone that offers some nifty options lacking in the default camera app. Moment camera isn’t bundled with a ton of features to boggle your mind and instead offers only the most frequently requested options that you’d normally want to play with. Moment Camera doesn’t come with any post-processing options — it’s designed to help you take better photos. Its UI is very clean and minimal and stays out of your way unless you really need to fidget with something. Tapping the screen lets you manually focus on anything in the…

Smoggy is a very elegantly designed iPhone app that offers a simple way to keep track of how the air around you is. The app is a powerful tool to monitor the quality of the air and works just as intended. Smoggy is very similar to most weather apps available for iPhone on the App Store — you enter your ZIP code, search for your city by name or just use the current location and Smoggy will show you the stats right away. You can add multiple locations in the app. Smoggy pulls its data from close to 500 air…

Ikonica is another simple & nifty little tool that I came across earlier this week. It’s a fantastic app and a must-have for anyone who designs and develops iOS apps. Ikonica makes previewing iOS app icons on the actual device very easy. Ikonica consists of a Universal iOS app and a companion Mac app. In the iOS app, you can choose any image from the local camera roll and see how the icon would look on the device. It automatically resizes the icon with rounded corners and as you see a preview, you can swipe the background to see how…

Drops First Aid is a beautifully designed iPhone app, part of the Drops learning platform by Dynamisk Helse from Norway. The app guides and teaches you about the steps & checks that need to be undertaken in an emergency situation and does so in a very simple, easy and straightforward way. The app has been designed & developed by the talented folks at Tight. There are no long articles to read, no 30-minute videos to sit through or no boring instructions. Drops presents simple, brief & precise summaries that teach you exactly what you need to know about the basics.…