Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

I consider myself a casual gamer. I’ve mentioned in the past that I love to find games that I can pick up and start playing anytime and anywhere, without needing to focus for longer periods. So when I came across Orph this past week, I was naturally hooked. Orph is a puzzle game for iPhone, iPad and Android devices that offers a surreal experience with its design and in-game music. Orph has a fairly simple objective — get the balls to their right places. The game has about 50 levels and as you progress, not only does the complexity increase,…

Wouldn’t it be great to have a personal task management app that integrates with the tools you already use, allowing you to seamlessly view all of your tasks on one screen? Rindle does this and more, making it easier than ever to keep your day organized. Your tasks are everywhere: email, to-do apps, project management apps, and collaboration tools… to name a few. Many people are using multiple tools for their personal tasks and projects, which wastes time and complicates their day. Rindle brings all of your tasks together into one place, helping you to simplify your personal workflow. Leverage…

Sofa is a beautiful iPhone app for movie enthusiasts. It helps you discover new movies through hand curated sections, so you always have something interesting to watch. Sofa is a great way to spend the weekend watching a movie that you’ve discovered in the app. The app itself is quite simple to use. There are three main tabs — Discover, Search and Watchlist. The discover tab contains hand curated list of movies, like Coming Soon, Now Playing, Summer Camp, Kid Geniuses, Vampires, Moments in Time, etc. Each of these lists contain a variety of movies as suggestions. You can tap…

Day One has long been one of my favorite apps available out there. It is not just the best journal app, it is also an incredibly well-crafted app in general. The team at Bloom Built has done an impeccable job of continuously improving a simple journaling app into an amazing experience that it is today. I’ve been recommending Day One not just as my favorite app, but also to anyone looking for some great examples of iOS apps. The folks over at The Sweet Setup have released Day One In Depth — a comprehensive guide to using the app and…

Sachsen is a simple Mac app that allows you to subscribe to and read the user reviews for any iOS or Mac app. Designed and developed by Christoph Lauterbach, Sachsen looks elegant and minimal, and is a great way for app developers to keep track of the user reviews on the App Store or Mac App Store. Sachsen is a standalone app, so there’s no recurring service that you have to subscribe to. It fetches the user reviews through Apple’s own RSS feeds and has the ability to download new reviews on launch or even in the background automatically. You…

Plaaying is an interesting menubar companion app for Mac that helps you take control of the way you listen to music from various sources, and also share what you’re listening to with your friends and followers. Crafted collectively by KaL Michael and Sam Gray, Plaaying for Mac aims to “remove the friction […] so you can work and play”. Plaaying sits comfortable in your menubar and works with iTunes, Rdio or Spotify. Whatever you’re listening to, the app will display the album artwork and controls in the menubar. You can also use the app’s keyboard shortcuts to control your music.…