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There are hundreds, if not thousands of task management apps out there, waiting to help you manage your routines. Usually those apps specialize in one particular aspect of task management, may that be a strict interpretation of the GTD methodology or a great integration with social sharing services.
The new kid on the block tries to excel at everything. TaskFlow brings task management together with reminders, timers and notes. So, instead of using multiple apps to manage your busy life, you only need one. We’ll take a look on how well TaskFlow manages to accomplish that goal after the break.
After the expectations the promotional website set, I was very curious to see how well the promise of an integrated task management app translated into the real application. To be able to combine notes, reminders, timers and tasks into one single interface, the same needed to be extremely well designed and clearly labeled.
The Icetap team didn’t disappoint; the app looks absolutely awesome when it greets you with the welcome screen where you can reach all the important parts of the app instantly.
Left: Home Screen of TaskFlow // Right: List view of tasks
The developers try to ease every user into working with TaskFlow by providing some sample content. Allowing for every app to have their own way of structuring content it takes a moment to understand the principle that guides TaskFlow. What you see in the above screen are really all categories, even the “custom checklists” at the bottom, even though they are called checklists. These lists hold the various tasks you set yourself, color coded by priority.
Most prominent on the home screen are the three categories Inbox Tasks, Reminders and Timers. They are pretty much straightforward. The Inbox is where you can put all tasks without having to worry about sorting them. It’s like your in tray at work where stuff accumulates that you know you have to do, but haven’t really started to look at yet.
By tapping the icon you open up your inbox and can see the tasks it already holds or add new ones by tapping the plus sign in the upper right corner.
Left: View of the inbox // Right: Creating a task in the inbox
A really neat touch is the ability to add a custom icon to your task — no matter where you create it — and you can choose between as many as 500 icons. This may not be a deal breaker, but it sure helps to understand at first glance what the task is about.
There's an icon for that.
The sorting of tasks is only possible after they’ve been created, not during the process where you write them down. You have to go into the task again and they have an extra field that allows you to chose one of your lists.
Sort tasks from the inbox into lists after you've created them
It’s actually a little tedious to have to go through three screens and tap the check-arrow on the upper right in the detailed task view to accept the change, but being a version 1 release, those are things that can be forgiven. I also don’t quite understand why all tasks entered into the Inbox have a due date of noon the next day (which can’t be changed from within the inbox). In my opinion, the Inbox should simply hold tasks that I mustn’t forget, without attaching a random due date that is not even being enforced with an alarm or pop-up.
The second part of the Quick Menu are Reminders. They work also as expected — you need to remember something at a certain point in time, you put it down here. You can even specify a time, not just a day, when you need to be reminded.
Reminders for long-term stuff — complete with push notifications
TaskFlow will remind you with a pop-up window that something is due, no matter if you are within TaskFlow itself, in another app or have your iPhone locked. The only glitch I found was that reminders shouldn’t be too soon in the future (like a couple of minutes only) because then no pop-up would appear. But if you need to remind yourself of something hours or days away, TaskFlow works without fault.
Timers, the third part of the Quick Menu, behave as timers do. They count down a specified time and then alarm you that whatever you need to do is due. What’s the difference regarding reminders? Well, you would set a reminder for something that is due a week or a month from today and not count down the hours until then. Similarly, if you need to remind yourself that your tea is done in 5 minutes, you would use the timer and not set yourself a reminder.
Timers for short term stuff — with alarm and push pop ups
Good thing about both reminders and timers — you can reuse them. They don’t disappear once they are done and you can quickly reschedule them. The developers are also working on recurring dates for tasks and reminders and on the option to snooze alarms. So, definitely something to look forward to in future releases.
The checklists you see on the home screen hold your individual tasks. They can either be entered into a list directly or moved there from the Inbox. The principle is similar, only that you have additional options available.
Left: View of tasks within a list // Right: Create a new task
Title and task icon you know already from the inbox, but now you can also set a due date of your choosing, add a note and define a priority.
Left: Define a due date & time for a task // Right: Add a note
As with all apps, where you need to type more than a single word, I hope that TaskFlow will support landscape note entry in one of the upcoming versions, since portrait typing is quite tedious.
You need to be aware, though, that the due date will not trigger a notification by TaskFlow. You can use the due date and priority to sort your tasks in the checklist view; since TaskFlow does support push notifications for reminders and timers, maybe that is something that will happen in the future.
When it comes to organizing your tasks, TaskFlow shines: you can create as many custom lists as you want, but even better, you can style them nicely with a custom icon to differentiate them instantly on the app’s home screen.
You can create new lists directly from the home screen by tapping the plus sign on the upper right. The option that stands out now is “Is notelist,” with the slider by default in the off position.
Create a new list to be shown on the home screen
If you check it to “on,” your new list becomes a list for notes, not for tasks. It’s kind of difficult to change it back, so you better decide upfront what your list should be. To rearrange or edit your list, tap the crossed arrows on the bottom right of the home screen. In the next screen, either tap a list for more editing options (like name or icon changes), or tap the crossed arrows on top to re-arrange or delete them.
Left: Tap to change name etc of list // Right: Delete & rearrange lists
Ever had a thought that wasn’t a task, but could become one or was related to one? Now you don’t need to fire up your Notes app anymore, you can enter notes right into TaskFlow as well. The benefit: your important things are not strewn across different apps anymore, but all in one place.
By default, there already is a notes section on the home screen, complete with a default entry.
Notes for things you mustn't forget
I especially like the way the date is displayed and that you can read the beginning of your entry, which makes looking through them easier if you have a lot of them. While you can use this functionality to keep a personal diary of sorts, you should be aware that there is no passcode protection in TaskFlow, so you might have to keep the more juicy details of lasts nights party to yourself.
TaskFlow is setting it’s aim quite high. To be the one app for so many purposes — task management, note taking, reminders and timers — requires a lot of process knowledge and thought-through programming.
I have to admit, though I was intrigued by the promo of the app, I couldn’t imagine how to pull something like that off. Having tested TaskFlow for almost a week, I have to admit that the translation from concept to real-world-app was quite successful.
The interface is beautifully designed and supports the functionality; it’s not just for eye candy. The ability to consolidate three apps into one has freed up my home screen. And really, why shouldn’t these functions not be married together?
As with every version 1 release of an app there are glitches and little issues and TaskFlow is not without them. The complexity of the app will require some thought from the user until all the details are understood. I myself struggled with the concept of creating lists from the home screen instead of creating tasks (which you do within the inbox or separate lists). I didn’t know that concept, so I had learn it.
Also, there are some naming inconsistencies — when creating a new category/list, the screen says “new tab” and “task details,” furthering the users confusion about what he or she is about to do. Additionally, some steps require going through multiple screens, which can become annoying.
But looking at the overall picture, TaskFlow has many more advantages than disadvantages (and even those are minor bugs in my opinion and do not diminish the functionality of the app, once you understand it).
If TaskFlow is the app for you or not will, in the end, depend on your personal taste on how to accomplish your tasks. But it is, even in this early stage, a serious contender on the market for GTD apps, especially for those who like visually appealing apps and don’t want to be constricted by strict workflow.
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Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an inspirational talk by Sunni Brown who shows us that sketching and doodling improves our comprehension and our creative thinking (but we knew that already right!). Speaking at Ted 2011, Sunni makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.
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We’ve collected the top four reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in September. Whether you’re interested in Mac, iPhone, iPad, Web, or Android apps, there’s bound to be something you didn’t spot over the course of the month. Now would be a good time to explore a part of the AppStorm Network you’ve never seen before!
Thanks for reading AppStorm, and I hope you enjoy looking over some of our favourite posts from last month!
Whether you’re new to owning an iPad, or a seasoned pro, it’s always enjoyable to find great new apps! While no list can claim to be comprehensive or exhaustive, this list of fantastic iPad apps should satiate even the most ravenous of appetites.
This is a roundup of simply the best iPad apps around, you need look no further. I’m going to include the old favourites, there’s a reason they’re favourites, but I’m also going to try and shine some light on some fantastic apps that may have flown under the radar.
In today’s world of light notebook toting individuals and mobile society, many of us forget the large displays of our desktop computers and look forward to the small displays of our Macbook Air and ultraportable devices.
Sometimes, however, the small displays on our notebooks just don’t cut it in terms of screen real estate for some projects or applications. Sometimes we need a little extension. External monitors are a great solution to this problem, but what if your iPad could fill that need?
Air Display solves the problem of normal external displays and lets you use your iPad as a wireless external display for your notebook or desktop Mac. Let’s check it out!
Last month we ran an intriguing poll that simply asked what type of iPad case you used, and the results got me thinking. The success of the iPad has allowed an almost laughably vast industry to grow up simply providing cases and covers of all shapes and sizes, covering every possible need while allowing you to spend up to $4,900 (for an iPad case made from the finest alligator skin) in the process.
No other item I can think of has caused such a strong bout of case-fever. Even the Nokia 3310 only had one actual type of case, albeit in an almost unwaveringly disgusting smorgasbord of colours and designs. The clearest thing that was highlighted by the poll is the surprisingly even spread of cases people owned and used, there seemed to be no clear consensus on the ‘best’ way to protect, carry, and augment the iPad.
I decided to give it some thought…
1Password Pro from AgileBits is here to try to solve all of your password-related problems. Available for Mac, iPhone, iPad and now Windows as well, this is one application that no computer user should be without. The idea behind it is to keep all of your super strong passwords kept safely behind one master password (hence the name). But does this really make you safer online?
We’re going to take a look at the iPad version of 1Password to see how easy it is to use, if it really can make password management easier and if it’s worth your money.
There’s no shortage of clock and calendar widgets in the Android Market. You can find everything from the super-sleek MIUI clocks to the highly functional Simi Clock Widget and a whole bunch of them that come with launchers and widget sets. But in my experience, not one of those fits my requirements to a T. There is always some customization that I have to have, but that is not possible with the widget I choose.
There were no bounds to my happiness last week then, when I finally bumped into one that was so customizable, I’m now lost for ideas on what to do with it! The widget is called Minimalistic Text, and I’m going to take this opportunity to introduce you to the basic concept behind it, discuss the interface and walk you through the creation of my own customized home screen clock widget.
OK, so you’ve just heard on the news that people are starting to turn into zombies. No one knows how or why, but one by one, the population are turning into brain-thirsty living dead. What are you going to do to survive this awful apocalypse? Well, fret no more, because you can survive with the help of this roundup of essential Android apps to help you live in a society overrun by flesh-eating zombies.
This list attempts to cover as much as possible: from finding out the latest news about what’s going on, to first aid, food, equipment, geography, organisation, security and even preparation for such a day. It’s not going to be easy, but survival is essential until the government scientists work out some kind of cure. You can do this, I have every confidence in you. Just pay attention. One small piece of advice before we start, always go for the brain stem.
There are many different Android Tablets on the market today, and it may seem hard to decide which one suits your needs the best. Most of these tablets are very expensive, which makes shopping for one slightly difficult. ASUS wants to change all of that, with their new tablet, the Eee Pad Transformer. What’s special about this tablet, aside from the detachable keyboard dock, is the price. The Transformer is available for $399.99 for the 16GB WiFi model, and $499.99 for the 32GB WiFi model.
The detachable keyboard is what truly sets the Transformer apart from the other tablets. The dock will set you back an extra $150, but when you learn all of the features, it’s well worth it. Not only does the keyboard make typing a breeze, but it also houses a second battery, which can essentially double the battery life of the tablet. I picked one up a few weeks ago; read on to see my full review of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer.
Iíve always been fascinated by activity trackers and GPS technology in general. It surprises me how accurately and effectively it’s done. Once a connection is established to the satellites, it sends a signal to them and calculates the time it takes to respond, then uses math to determine your position on the globe relative to the position of the satellites. This is just a basic explanation on how GPS technology works, to give a general idea. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than that, but that’s not what this article’s about!
Today I’d like to cover Endomondo. Yes, it’s another fitness activity tracker; read the rest of the article to learn more about it and find out why I like it more than RunKeeper and the other similar apps.
By far, the standard by which most GTD systems are measured against is the original book, Getting Things Done by David Allen. Not only did Allen outline how exactly to get your life on track, but he also sparked a revolution, and many of the apps mentioned this week follow that very system. OmniFocus for iPhone is one of those apps.
There are varying levels of GTD apps, from the very basic to the hardcore, and OmniFocus for iPhone falls into the latter category. Sure, you could buy another GTD app, but if you want one that really goes above and beyond, you should look at OmniFocus. In fact, why don’t you read more about it after the break.
Starting a blog or website can be difficult. There are seemingly countless options for where to host your site, what kind of publishing system you should use, how you’ll get things to the site; the amount of options can be freeing but also paralyzing, as it’s hard to find one that will work “just right” for what you have in mind.
Enter Squarespace. Squarespace is a hosting and publishing system designed to make running a weblog or website incredibly easy. Outside of being such a well-integrated service, the part of the deal that really sweetened the pot for me was the fact that they had a native iPhone app, titled appropriately enough, Squarespace. Read on to find out why this was such a big deal!
When you think of multi-player games for the iPhone, you most likely think of Scrabble, Words With Friends and other word games. However, there are a multitude of multi-player games for nearly every game genre available in the App Store.
After the break are 45 great multi-player games that should keep you and your friends busy for quite some time. So, whether you’re into board games, card games, strategy based games or shooters, there’s something here for everyone.
It’s official, Apple is holding a press conference on October 4th to discuss the iPhone. We’ve been waiting for this with baited breath for months now, and yet today, less than a week before the event, what do we know about the new iPhone? More importantly, what don’t we know?
Let’s take a moment and piece together this puzzle after the jump.
Invoices are used all of the time by various organization types. From freelancers to large businesses, a lot of people rely on the need to present a total cost for their services in a standard document form. There are quite a few web apps that make this task so much simpler by providing an online interface to both create and manage these. However, if funds get low and you can’t afford to fork out monthly for access to your favorite invoice app, there are plenty of solutions to solve this predicament.
One of these is Pancake. You pay once, install on your own server and can use the app without limits to your heart’s content. Read on to find out more about this powerful new contender in the invoicing field.
Google’s always had a minimalist design, one of the simplest designs on the web. And for the most visited website in the world, that’s provided a very user-friendly approach making searching somewhat of a breeze. The problem is, Google is no longer about search since, with the arrival of a plethora of additional services, that part of Google’s business has become so much less significant.
As Google has added new products, services and apps, they’ve featured their own unique interface so, while the main search page became refined, the other sites got left behind. However, Google has recently started a full, unified redesign process across their sites connecting them all up with similar design trends: a modern, minimalist red and white scheme.
After taking a break from social networking, I was interested to see a review of the Twitter app Wren on Mac.AppStorm.net. Wren’s a beautifully designed app for posting on Twitter, and nothing else. You can’t see your Twitter feed, DMs, @replies, or anything else. All you can do is post your thoughts to Twitter.
Sounds like a crazy idea perhaps, but truth be told, most of us are bombarded with too much information anyhow. It’s nice to share your thoughts online throughout the workday, and sometimes you come across something you feel you’ve got to share. Problem is, you’ll likely find yourself still browsing random links a half hour later instead of getting back to work.
Wren is a Mac-only app, and it’s only for Twitter. But turns out, most social networks have a way to post online without getting distracted by your feeds. Here’s how you can use Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and even Reddit and Hacker News in a distraction-free way.
When you think of an office, board room, classroom, community center, or anywhere else that people meet to organize and work together, what’s one of the first things you can picture? Often it’ a prominent bulletin board where random announcements, pictures, important memos, random email forwards, and more are tacked for everyone to see. Sure, they’re often random and somewhat a mess, but they’re an effective way to share a bit of info with anyone that happens to walk by.
We’ve gotten to the point where you almost need a project management app to manage your project management apps. There’s so many ways to collaborate today, and yet most of us still resort to sending emails to team members and tying strings on our fingers to keep from forgetting stuff. Why not bring back the simplicity of a bulletin board?
That’s what Trello does.
It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on a year since the Mac App Store was first announced. It seems like only yesterday we were itching to get our hands on a marketplace full of great utilities, games and other goodies all custom tailored to the Mac platform.
While categories like Games took off dramatically right from the start, the offerings for designers and developers got off to a much slower start and are just now starting to really take off. Below is a collection of over thirty useful Mac App Store apps for designers. I’ve intentionally left out obvious favorites like Pixelmator and tried to keep the list more towards hidden gems that you may not have tried yet. Take a look!
I used to absolutely love menu bar apps. Years ago, it was a fairly tiny niche of the Mac app market that contained only a few really solid gems. These utilities provided a quick and easy way to control iTunes, run a quick maintenance script and get back to what you were doing.
At heart, menu bar apps were essentially thought to be little things that perhaps didn’t quite merit a full on application but still merited a permanent, always-on spot on your Mac. Things have changed though and I find myself becoming annoyed when I download an app and find that it has no alternative to the menu bar mode.
Should developers move past the trend of offering menu-bar-only apps in favor of giving users the power to decide? Let’s discuss.
Back when I first started writing for AppStorm, I got to review a very pretty GTD app that had just come out called Wunderlist. Back then, it was just getting started and it barely even had a Mac and a Windows app.
A little more than 6 months later, Wunderlist now stands as one of the most popular ‘Getting Things Done’ app, not just in the Mac, but on several other platforms like Android and iOS. What has changed since then? Let’s take a look at how Wunderlist has evolved.
As a full-time professional writer, I’m always on the lookout for utilities that will improve my workflow and help provide a much needed boost in efficiency.
Today we’ll take a look at thirty of the best utilities around to help serious writers in their work. Whether you want a better way to work with Markdown or need something to help you plot out the scenes in your next novel, this roundup has just what you’re looking for.
Is there something in particular you’d like to see on the site next month? We’d absolutely love to hear your suggestions for articles, topics and giveaways. Just let us know in the comments. Thanks for reading AppStorm!
A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Rype was first published on September 11th 2008.
In this Illustrator tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a trendy retro type treatment with a free font, gradients, blends, and some scatter brushes. It’s a relative easy tutorial containing techniques that can be quickly applied to many other type treatments and various graphic elements.
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Recently, in a previous post, I talked about how I had been looking around for a good alarm clock app. I hated, and still do, those standard, cheap alarm clocks you can buy at the store. That’s when I decided to take a trip to the App Store and search for an iPhone alarm clock app that I could use.
In the process, I realized that there are literally over 100 alarm clock apps available, ranging from really good ones to ones that I left asking myself, “How in the world did Apple even let these guys in?” As I searched high and low for the right app that fit my needs, I found that there are a good group of apps that I liked, and, I thought I would share them with you. After the jump, I’ve got 25 alarm clock apps broken up into two categories: free and paid.
This app is a pretty standard alarm clock app. It displays the time and weather, and you can set an alarm to a variety of different sounds, but you cannot use your own music. The clock works in both portrait and landscape mode and has a dimming feature where you can swipe your finger up or down.
Price: Free
Developer: iHandy Soft Inc.
Download: App Store
Alarm Clock 4 Free offers a wide variety of features that you won’t find in a lot of free alarm clock apps. You can change the background, use your iPod music as an alarm, get the weather and a handful of other features. For free, you really can’t go wrong with this one.
Price: Free
Developer: The Alarm Clock Company
Download: App Store
This app from the makers of the iHome alarm clock is a full featured one. You can set alarms, check the weather and even monitor your sleep stats. iHome has also made the app social, so that you can post to Twitter and Facebook as well as read your feeds you missed while you were sleeping. The app also works with certain iHome alarm clocks.
This app shows you the time, weather and lets you set an alarm. What makes this app somewhat appealing is the ability to change your background. Unfortunately, in order to get a lot of the good features, you have to upgrade to the pro version, which is listed in the next section. There are also some ads that come with the app as well.
Price: Free
Developer: Thomas Huntington
Download: App Store
This alarm clock app is all about the tunes, as the title indicates. You can play your own music or the music that is provided for you on the app. There are a lot of alarm clock features, including background alarms, customizing alarms and using gestures to swipe through music. The only thing that I didn’t like was that the app did come with ads.
Price: Free
Developer: McLean Mobile
Download: App Store
One of the things that drew me to this app was that it was somewhat unique in its design. The one thing you will notice is that bright colors play a main focus here. As far as an alarm clock, you can set alarms and use your iPod music, but the features are pretty limited as compared to other options. This one suits people that are looking for something different in an alarm clock.
Price: Free
Developer: Neuron Industries
Download: App Store
Alarm Clock Connect Lite is definitely not lite in the feature set. You get your alarms and weather, but you are also able to play music as well as interact socially with Twitter and Facebook. This app is somewhat similar in features to the iHome+Sleep app, but the one other thing that is different is that your calendar is integrated into the app as well.
Price: Free
Developer: McLean Mobile
Download: App Store
This alarm clock app has a wide set of features for alarms, weather and backgrounds. It doesn’t necessarily stand out from the others, but more so, gives you another option at a solid alarm app for your iPhone. Hint: make sure you check out their paid app below, it’s got a couple of cool features.
What makes this alarm clock app stand out is the backgrounds. You can set it up so that the background changes, depending on the weather around you, which is a pretty cool feature to have. You can also see the four-day forecast as well as use the app as an alarm clock.
Price: Free
Developer: iHandy Soft
Download: App Store
Pro: Alarm Free is, in my opinion, a good looking app — everything is clean and just looks good. You get standard alarm features, with something they call “location aware” alarms. The app also shows the weather for the current city you are in. It seems like this app would be good for people who travel a lot.
Price: Free
Developer: Less Code Ltd.
Download: App Store
This app is a simple, yet clean alarm clock app. It is made for both the iPhone and iPad, and you are able to customize your background as well as see the weather and your calendar events.
Price: $1.99
Developer: Ryan Anthony
Download: App Store
This is a slight step up from Alarm Clock Free. You can add your own music and it has a flashlight. There isn’t much else, and overall it is still a pretty plain app. But if you are just looking for a simple app, this one may be for you.
Price: $0.99
Developer: iHandy Soft
Download: App Store
Night Stand HD is a universal alarm clock app for the iPhone and the iPad. It offers a variety of different clocks to see the time as well as background alarms. A couple of other features worth noting is that it has a world clock and a stopwatch as well.
Price: $1.99
Developer: Spoon Juice
Download: App Store
This is the pro version of Nightstand Central Free. It comes with customizable backgrounds, as well as the ability to use your own music for alarms and fall asleep to. I really like the background options on this app and wish it was compatible with the iPad as I think it would look great on the larger display.
Price: $1.99
Developer: Thomas Huntington
Download: App Store
This is probably one of the most full featured alarm clock apps on the App Store, in my opinion. Not only do you get all the alarm clock features that you normally would, but you get weather, calendar as well as RSS feeds. The best part is they are all customizable to your liking and the app is only $0.99. It’s a great price for a very well rounded app.
Price: $0.99
Developer: App Beast Inc.
Download: App Store
This app has got a lot of the features you may be looking for in an alarm clock app and then some. It has got the standard alarm features, as well as full featured weather. The one cool thing about this app is that it can audibly tell you the time and you can use sounds, like a clapping noise, to turn on and off the screen.
As far as features go, this app is pretty much very similar to all other paid ones. But the reason why I put it on here was because of the design. It has got a very clean look, nothing fancy and too cluttered. You can do alarms, check your weather and use it as a flashlight, but not a whole lot more.
Price: $0.99
Developer: RV App Studios
Download: App Store
The one thing I like about this app is that it does two things well: It gives you great alarm features as well as great music features. Outside of that there isn’t much else, but when you take into the account how well they worked on the two key features, you have to consider it. If you are looking for a good alarm clock with the ability to play your music then this is the app to consider.
Price: $0.99
Developer: McLean Mobile
Download: App Store
Again, with Everclock Pro, it is not necessarily about the feature set. It does come with everything you need for a good alarm clock and the ability to play music, but this one made the list because of the visual interface. It just looks different and for me, it very cool.
Price: $1.99
Developer: Neuron Industries
Download: App Store
Alarm Clock Connect has a lot of great features if you want something more than just a regular alarm clock. You have access to your calendar as well as your social networks from within the app itself. The one thing I was afraid of in this app was that they were trying to do too many things, but I was pleasantly surprised at the results.
Price: $1.99
Developer: McLean Mobile
Download: App Store
Clock is as simple as it’s name is. There are not a whole lot of features in this app, other than it just being a clock app for the iPhone and iPad. You can play your music and change the color of the backgrounds, but that’s about it.
Price: $0.99
Developer: Empowered Design
Download: App Store
Similar to its free counterpart, Pro:Alarm’s biggest key feature is the location aware features. It can do some pretty cool things with location aware alarms, but otherwise, the app is pretty standard. I personally like this one because it is a clean design and puts its focus on the clock itself and how it can make it different to stand out from the pack.
From a weather standpoint, this is a cool app. The background changes with the weather and you can also change your background if you like. You can also play your own music as well as set alarms.
Price: $0.99
Developer: iHandy Soft
Download: App Store
Flip clock adds a bit of nostalgia to its app, by going old school with the flip display. You can also see the weather as well as use unique sounds to turn the app on and off. I really like the look of this app and it does the two things I want in an alarm clock app: alarms, and weather.
Awaken is probably the most simplistic alarm clock app out of all of the ones that are featured here. It made the list because of its clean design and ease of use. You can set alarms and play music on this app and that is about it. It is also made for the iPhone and iPad.
Price: $1.99
Developer: Embraceware
Download: App Store
So there you have it, these are the 25 alarm clock apps that I felt were worth checking out. Like I mentioned before, there are literally over a hundred clock apps in the App Store, and these were the ones that I felt rose above the rest in design and feature set. You should definitely check these out and feel free to let us know about any more that didn’t make the list and why you like them.
Today we have a vector pack of artistic pigeon illustrations, made available as a freebie for anyone to download. This was drawn by Gabriel Meono and it’s all 100% vector, available in AI and EPS. Have fun adding this to backgrounds, illustrations, or your next design project that calls out for a a bit of decorative flair.
Well it’s official, we have a new iPhone today and it’s called the iPhone 4S. There was a lot of big news that came out of Cupertino today, most of it covered live via Twitter. You do follow us on Twitter, right? If not, hit us up at @iphoneappstorm today.
But if you weren’t there to watch it all go down, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Hit that more button and let’s get into all of the big news of the day.
The iPhone 4S
Miscellaneous
That’s all of the important details for now. Check back in the next few days as we start to tear into the iPhone 4S and really get to the heart of things!
Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members.
In today’s tutorial well be creating a stylish portrait in Illustrator. Learn to use reference images to compose your imaginative figure, then draw each detail in Illustrator, using a professional workflow to create styish punk and pop fused results.
3 cool super shiny awards and 2 medals / All in gold and silver version / All text is customizable and medal colors can be changed / includes 2 CS5 1280 x 768 PSD files with all layers perfectly ordered and tagged with transparent background so you can drop it wherever you want.
Font used is Bebas, get it free at http://www.dafont.com/bebas.font
In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Read for Me!. Why Read for Me!? You may have already encountered a situation where you want to read signs, menus, notices, etc., but you can’t do it as it’s written in a foreign language you don’t know. Read for Me! makes it insanely easy to get a translation of printed text simply by taking a picture of it.
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Read for Me!
Here are the top five features you can expect to see in the latest version:
Requirements: iOS 3.0 or later
Price: $2.99
Developer: Beleo Studio
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