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Ask DN: What iOS apps are really well designed?
over 8 years ago from William Channer, Co-founder of Panda
Time to share your inspiration....
42 comments
Murat Mutlu, over 8 years ago
Most of the time I just head to Pttrns to see what's new http://www.pttrns.com/
I think Robin has a good eye for design and keeps the site regularly updated so it's a good one stop shop
My top picks at the moment are:
Rdio Citymapper Musixmatch Secret Airbnb
William Channer, over 8 years ago
Agreed, Pttrns is great.
Faiz Mokhtar, over 8 years ago
+1 for pttrns. My go to whenever I need to prototype a new app.
Robin Raszka, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
<3
Mario Delgado, over 8 years ago
there are more updated screens on http://beta.pttrns.com/
Peter Assentorp, over 8 years ago issuu app
Bjarke Daugaard, over 8 years ago
Considering who you had working on it, it could not turn out anyway else than great ;)
Jonas Goth, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
Couldn't agree more, the amount of hours that have been put into making this app is ridiculous.
Peter Assentorp, over 8 years ago I totally agree :)
Gabriel Brodersen, over 8 years ago
The folding effect feels great
Suganth S, over 8 years ago
Facebook Paper.
Hans van de Bruggen, over 8 years ago
Not very ergonomic, I'm afraid. Browsing articles by swiping right-to-left on the bottom 1/3rd of the screen isn't as comfortable as a full-screen vertical swipe.
Joint pain after 5 minutes is a dealbreaker for a daily use app.
Spencer Holtaway, over 8 years ago
I love Inbox by Gmail
Foursquare looks insane on the surface but actually does a great job of handling copious amounts of information.
NoteDash is a genius little piece of product design you'd have thought Apple would have thought of themselves.
Pocket is a favorite for simplicity.
Shameless plug for My Bus SF, too, just for the basic but refined functionality. Caveat: we haven't had time to switch it to iPhone 6 and 6+ yet, sorry :-(
Jess Lam, over 8 years ago
+1 for Inbox.
Jason Putorti, over 8 years ago
Rdio for me, not only because of the beauty of the interactions and the visuals, but because it was iOS7/8 in feel before either came out. The designer there was prescient. It's inspired me for years and continues to do so today.
Márton Bertók, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
Vesper: http://vesperapp.co Reeder: http://reederapp.com/ios/ Tweetbot: http://tapbots.com/software/tweetbot/
David Bachmann, over 8 years ago
Timeline is great imo
OpenTable is my personal favorite.
Personally, I really like the design for Airbnb and Swarm apps.
Airbnb is ace.
Tyler Galpin, over 8 years ago
Shameless plug: RadPad
Apps I love:
- Robinhood
- Swarm
- Things
- Acorns
Nice. Thanks.
Love the UI for Radpad, great work!
Julie Lungaro, over 8 years ago Beautifully designed apps that I use on the reg:
- Swarm
- Airbnb
- Complete
- Timeline
Chris Glass, over 8 years ago
I quite love the playfulness of Two Dots level select screen. http://weplaydots.com/twodots/
Bardan Gauchan, over 8 years ago I'll try to list ones that haven't been mentioned here:
- Storehouse
- Duolingo
- Runkeeper
- Jawbone Up
Adam Waxman, over 8 years ago My favorites at the moment are:
- Airbnb
- Canopy
- Oyster
- Spotify
- Sunrise
and SeatGeek (shameless plug)
Michael Lee, over 8 years ago
There are so many good apps out there, but one app I have been liking a lot lately is Robinhood.
Love the ability to login with Touch ID, their visual design, Account Overview page, ability to buy stocks with ease, and other great features
Jonathan Brodheim, over 8 years ago
If you haven't seen Kickstarter's new iOS app, you should check it out. Simple, colorful, and full of UI goodness :) https://www.kickstarter.com/mobile
Askar Hussain, over 8 years ago
Shameless plug: mySalah
My favorites are, - Overcast - Tweetbot - Chrome (new Material Design)
Tony Wallström, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
My personal favs: VSCO Cam, Airbnb, Storehouse (iPad version), Twitter, Vesper
Jedrek Kostecki, over 8 years ago
I find VSCO Cam to have a horrible case of "mystery meat" navigation
Perhaps so. But in this case I was more pointing at their visual style. To me that is really well designed. Personally, I find VSCO great for quickly capturing and editing my shots + their iPad app is beautiful although I rarely use it.
Being pretty is a fraction of good design.
Not arguing. As a matter of fact there are many fractions to good design to consider. It's a fairly open question and you're totally missing my point :) What are your top picks btw?
Scott Stephens, over 8 years ago
I keep a collection here -> http://www.apparchiv.es
Still got a lot of apps to add though :P
Roel van Hintum, over 8 years ago
National Parks by National Geographic and the default Weather apps are my personal favorites.
barry saunders, over 8 years ago
Ones I use regularly:
ipod
- NextThere
- Pillow
- Things
- Overcast
ipad
- Procreate
- Comic Zeal
- Feedly
- Papers 3
Jas Hua, over 8 years ago
Love pttrns!
Mike M, over 8 years ago These are iOS exclusive apps:
Unread: http://supertop.co/unread/
Checkmark 2: http://builtbysnowman.com/checkmark/
Castro: http://castro.fm/
Reporter: http://www.reporter-app.com/
Conductr: http://www.conductr.net/
Stacks/Calzy: http://www.waplestuff.com/
Felipe Dutra, over 8 years ago
- Hyperlapse
- Medium
- Swarm
- Foursquare
- Readability
- Instapaper
- Facebook Groups
- Google Chrome, Inbox and Maps
- Apple Store
- Airbnb
- Elevate
- Gogobot
- Timehoop
- Tripstr
Some screen animations and transitions: http://userflowpatterns.com/
Screen references: http://www.pttrns.com/
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