Zeeen is a new Dribble app for iPhone crafted by Nob Nakui and Katsuhisa Ishii. Built on the API offered by Dribbble, Zeeen is a lot like the many other Dribbble apps out there. But Zeeen differs in the way it handles your iPhone’s screen real estate and the way in which it displays the images on it.
When you first launch Zeeen, you are asked to sign in with your Dribbble account. You can’t skip this step, so there’s no way to just browse the public shots on Dribbble. It does have 1Password integration on the sign in screen, so that’s a plus. Once you’re signed in, you can view a two column layout of the shots from Dribbble. Your first screen is your ‘Following’ screen. You can swipe horizontally and browse the Popular, Team Shots, Animated GIFs, Debuts, Rebounds & Playoffs screens. On the top left of the screen is the search icon while on the top right are your activity & profile icons.
Tapping on any image loads the individual view and this is where Zeeen sets itself apart from the rest. Zeeen uses the primary color from the shot and uses it as the background of this screen. For example, a shot with a blue background will be displayed on a screen that’s entirely blue. This creates a much more immersive experience when browsing the shots and feed and works great in most cases, except those few instances where it picks a weird combination of background and foreground colors, making it hard to read the text on the screen. On this screen, Zeeen also displays the title of the shot, the player’s details and all the comments on that shot. You can also add your own comment to the shot, like it or add it to a bucket. For sharing the current shot, Zeeen uses the native iOS sharing sheet.