Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

Preshit Deorukhkar is the former Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Pixels. He is now a Freelance Consultant, Principal at iXyr Media & SharpShutter Media. You can reach him on Twitter @preshit

Unread App — the remarkably elegant RSS app for iOS has been acquired again. We’ve been big fans of the app since its release three years ago and even today, it offers an incredible user experience when it comes to reading and consuming your RSS feeds. It features stunning typography, intuitive gestures & 13 different themes to choose from, and offers by far one of the best reading experiences on iOS. The app was originally developed by Jared Sinclair (known for apps like Riposte and Time Zones), but was acquired by Supertop (known for Castro) later that year. Today, Unread…

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Spark — Readdle’s gorgeous email app for iOS has been my favorite email app for almost a year now. It got a lot of things right at release, bringing along an excellent blend of aesthetics and functionality. The team also released Spark for Mac in December last year, and since then, the folks at Readdle have been doing a remarkable job of improving the apps and adding some amazing features to them. Today, Spark for Mac Version 1.3 debuts on the Mac App Store and with it arrives a much improved Smart Search feature. The new search feature in Spark…

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Flume for Mac — the outstandingly beautiful Instagram app for Mac was updated to version 2.7 last week. This version introduces some great new features to the app. Flume 2.7 adds full support for carousel/multi-image uploads. Instagram added this feature back in February and Flume has supported browsing, viewing and editing them since Flume 2.5 which was released in March. We’ve gone a step further than what you can do on the mobile Instagram apps however, as we’ve provided complete support for making edits to photos/videos after selection, as well as support for sharing and saving in-progress posts via our…

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The folks at NorthPlay have just announced their upcoming game titled Conduct AR!. NorthPlay, which describes itself as an “entertainment design studio”, currently has two gaming-related projects — a fun little iOS and Android game called Conduct THIS! that involves managing tiny trains and making sure they don’t crash into each other, and a website called Arcade Trail that helps you explore and discover upcoming game titles. Conduct AR! is based on Conduct THIS! and takes it to a whole another level. It makes use of the upcoming ARKit framework that’s coming with iOS 11. Simply put, ARKit allows developers…

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OmniFocus 2 Free Trial The Omni Group has today released OmniFocus v2.20 on the App Store, a major update that does not bring along any changes to the UI or functionality, but rather introduces a major change to the app’s pricing model. Going forward, the company has transitioned OmniFocus 2 (and OmniPlan 3.6) into a free-to-try app. You can now download OmniFocus 2 for Free on the App Store and try it out, with all its features unlocked. You get a Free two-week trial, after which you have the option of upgrading to the Standard or Pro version via an…

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Glyphish is one of the most popular icon sets available out there today. Designer Joseph Wain has created and released thousands of icons so far and each set is lovingly and purposefully crafted to perfection. Today marks the release of Glyphish for iOS 11, another lovely icon set in the Glyphish suite. Apple’s new icon style means slightly thicker lines and more solid shapes. If you’re tired of skinny line icons, this new set will get your app updated in preparation for the iOS 11 public launch. The icon pack contains 200 popular icons from the Glyphish 6 pack, drawn…

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