over 8 years ago from Gabriele Cirulli, Creator of 2048; Freelance Designer & Developer.
I just bought the iPhone 6 Plus and wanted to start making good use of it by installing some useful and beautiful apps. What are the most interesting iOS apps (primarily from a design and utility standpoint) that you know of?
P.S.: I made a similar post a few minutes ago, but messed up the title. Since I couldn't edit it, I made this one.
Oh, That's easy. The Converted (it's mine.)
Never heard of it before, but I just bought it and it's absolutely beautiful! Great job :)
Thank you Jake!
Beautifully done my friend. Clever UI. Design and built by you?
Thanks Michael! Yeah, I made that, so quite the self serving answer to Gabriele's question —but hey— it is my favorite.
This was you?
Top, top marks sir! This is a wonderful app, you've taken a common problem and found a clever way to take advantage of the form factor and made something gorgeous.
Thanks!
Great app!
Many thanks!
Love it! Just bought it! Was looking for an all in one converter. Exactly the right time :-)
Much appreciated!
I don't get VSCOcam. Can somebody explain it to me?
I tried to use it and got lost in nameless icons and and vague navigation. Is it trying to be a photo sharing platform like Instagram? Is it just a camera? I used it for 5 minutes and have no idea.
The whole thing is confusing.
It's for the most part a very solid a photo-editing app that happens to have sharing platform.
I have to agree with you on the confusing part especially on the Camera. The icons for photo adjustments look great but I often find myself forgetting which one is which (Brightness / Contrast, Highights, etc). My wife uses the app as it does have some fantastic filters, but I also notice she encounters the same problems I mention above.
Camera+ is my go to photo app and this latest release with manual controls is brilliant.
I used VSCO when it was just filters in Adobe Lightroom, their filters have always been super solid. The actual photo editing features are pretty great too and shooting manual can be great. The biggest downfall I think is how vague all of the UI is, even when picking filters.
As far as the social platform, it basically allows you to have a simple mobile photography portfolio and a follow/feed system without the added popularity contest of likes and favs. You can't even view how many people follow you which I think is pretty great.
Wow, just downloaded Moves and I love it.
Moves is great, but I don't enjoy giving Facebook a free catalog of all my daily activities :(
The future, land of uncomfortable compromises :(
Try Encircle game. I just launched it!
Monument Valley is beautiful, fun, and short. It's my ideal game.
Pocket is great for reading; I prefer it over Instapaper but they're very similar.
I've tried many times but could really not get the hang of 3rd party Read-later apps, especially when reading list is built in everywhere. Do you use platforms other than Apple or is Pocket good?
I use Pocket because I have a PC at home, but it's also really good.
I use Chrome on my MacBook (and iPhone), so Pocket lets me save from there. It's integrated in over 500 apps, so I find it to be a lot more flexible than Safari's Reading List. It's also just really pretty, so there's that :)
In addition to others mentioned:
GroupMe - group chat with anyone. updated for iOS8. Fantastical Yahoo News Digest NYT Now
Games: Smash Hit TwoDots
Any more guilty pleasure games? I need some more awesome game suggestions to play on my iPhone 6. I already beat Monument Valley, which was amazing.
+1 Mailbox
Sleep Cycle. It's not terribly pretty, but it's functional and I use it everyday.
Weather :) - yes i know it is built-in, but i use it every day more than any other app
recently:
NextThere - realtime public transport info
Overcast - podcasts
Things - tasks
Hours - time tracking
Kindle - books
Spotify - music
Soundcloud - DJ mixes
TextExpander - 3rd party keyboard with snippets
Feedly - RSS
Pocket - offline reading
Boxer - email (google/outlook)
Sketch Mirror - design
Magitest - UX testing
Skala View - design
PS Live - photoshop mirroring (works with Mac and PC)
I have lot of favorite apps. Here I list some of the apps that lie on my first home screen (most used):
A couple that no one else has yet: - Nextdoor (Social network for your neighborhood only) - Spellfall (Game) - Dropcam (Home Surveillance) - Wunderlist (Todo list)
Other popular daily gotos: - 1Password (Password Manager) - Flipboard (My main source of news) - Instagram (Postin fun pics) - Rdio (My tunes) - Overcast (Manage/Listen to Podcasts) - Mint (Manage Finances) - Slack (Team Chat) - Trello (Project Management) - Dropbox
Koder App - For bug fixing while on the go
Storehouse is extremely well-polished. Just used it the first time this weeked on my 6+: https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t4x7s-making-aeriums
Sketch Mirror isn't updated for iPhone 6.
My favorite app is Fantastical 2. It makes my life more organized. Clear is also amazing.
Figure is a really underrated app.
The News looks beautiful… really wish it was updated for iPhone 6.
Clear
Trello
SoundCloud
Command-C
Seene
Angstrom
Corner
General, every day: Mailbox - Vesper - Sunrise - Things - Simple
Collecting data: Moves - Runkeeper - Ding
Media: Overcast - Instapaper - Circa - Rdio
Social: Facebook Messenger - Slack - Instagram
instapaper
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Yes, I read A LOT.
Here we go:
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