The mighty Bear app continues to impress us with every release. The already stellar and versatile notes app got better with its v1.1 update released just a couple of months ago, and now the developers have landed another massive feature in the app — sketching. Sketch Bear app has been updated to Version 1.2 today and you can now add sketches to your notes in the app. While inside a note, you can tap the squiggly line glyph to invoke the sketchpad and get going. Bear app offers three tools to get you started — Pencil, Marker and Eraser —…
Author: Preshit Deorukhkar
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
Nuzzel Adds a Pro Subscription to the iOS App Nuzzel is a fantastic iOS app and service that helps you make sense of your Twitter feed. It goes through your feed and brings you relevant and personalized news recommendations everyday, in the form of an email or notification. This is great especially for users like me who’re in offset timezones, so when I wake up in the morning, Nuzzel has a brief ready for me with everything important that happened in my feed. The company recently introduced a ‘Nuzzel Pro’ subscriptions in the app at $9.99 a month or $99.99…
If you like keeping up with the news, but hate to read or often find it impossible to spare some time to read the plethora of news sources available today, Funnel is just the thing for you. Funnel is an iPhone app that brings you audible news summaries that you can consume no matter where you are. Funnel brings you news from sources like the BBC, NPR, CBC, VOA, Fox 5, SRN and FSN. The app’s UI is delightful mix of simplicity and minimalism. Each source is presented as a card, tapping which starts your audio summary. The UX is…
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If my memory serves me correctly, Cultured Code’s Things was one of the first 3rd-party apps I’d spent serious money on. I first came across the app when Shawn Blanc — my favorite source of app recommendations back then — wrote this extensive review of Things on his blog. I was new to the whole “GTD” concept, but there was something very peculiar and attractive about how Things looked and worked. I was instantly hooked. And so were several others, as the app became an instant hit with the masses. It has now been eight years since I discovered Things.…