Hours — the absolutely gorgeous time tracking app for iPhone that we wrote about back in July has released its iOS 8 update a few days ago. The update adds new functionality to the app that quite literally saves you time by making it easier to manage your timers in the app. Hours now comes with a Today widget that you can add to your Notification Center. This widget displays the Project timers that you have set up in the app and allows you to easily start/stop them with a single tap. The timers are animated, so you know which…
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
Over the last few days, several apps have been updated for iOS 8 with support for Today widgets, Share sheet extensions and Photos.app extensions. Apps like Calendars 5.5, Omnifocus, Evernote and a couple of betas have excellent Today widgets that are currently dwelling in my Notification Center. Oh, and there’s Teevee 3 as well. Teevee 3, which went Universal with its last update, has now been updated for iOS 8 with a Today widget. Once enabled, the widget shows you the upcoming episodes for the TV Shows that you have added in the app. It displays the show name, date…
Storehouse has quickly turned into my favorite app on my iPad, and quite possibly one of my most frequently used apps along with Unread and Pocket. Not only is it a great app to craft visual photo narratives about your favorite topic, it also lets you browse the phenomenal stories that are crafted by others around the globe. Over the last few months, the growing Storehouse community has submitted thousands of stories related to all kinds of topics, so no matter what your likes are, there’s always something for you to submerge in. Along with the release of iOS 8…
Back in 2013, we told you about this fantastic app called Rego. Rego offered a meticulously crafted UI that let you bookmark your favorite places into collections that you could refer later on. Back then, I wrote: I’m in love with the way every pixel in the iPhone app has been meticulously designed and crafted to perfect. The UI that Rego boasts is elegant and aesthetic, yet refreshing and modern. I also love the neat little icon that app has. So beautiful. Unfortunately, with the release of iOS 7, the UI started feeling out of place. The status bar being…
My Finances, the ridiculously minimal finance tracking app for iPhone & iPad that we wrote about back in May this year, has been updated today with a notable new feature that takes full advantage of iOS 8 and one of its new APIs. You can now add a Today widget to your Notification center that gives you a quick overview of the Income & Expense transactions your are currently tracking in the app. Thanks to this, My Finances now requires iOS 8 to be installed on your iOS device and won’t work on devices running iOS 7. The Today widget…
TextExpander is an immensely useful tool on a Mac, saving your precious time and keystrokes. TextExpander quietly sits in your menubar and allows you to automatically enter frequently used text such as email signatures, postal addresses, URLs, Kaomojis, etc. by setting up abbreviations in the app that auto expand when entered. It’s a nifty tool if you spend your time typing a lot. With the launch of iOS 8, TextExpander 3 for iOS has been released on the App Store today. It’s a completely new app that brings one very important feature to iOS. Previously, TextExpander snippets would only work…