Reviews

Briefs 2 review: Quickly and easily prototype iOS and Android apps on your Mac

By Nick Arnott, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 9:06 am

"Providing a clean interface and intuitive layout, Briefs offers an easy way to prototype apps, share ideas, tweak functionality, and adjust designs as new feedback arrives and your project evolves. It’s an app made for professionals, by professionals."

Briefs 2 is a Mac app by MartianCraft that allows you to quickly and easily create, edit and share prototypes for iOS and Android apps. Prototyping allows you to hash out features and designs before full development on a project begins, when it’s still easy and relatively inexpensive to make changes. A handful of iOS prototyping tools exist, but many of them have either fallen out of date or are simply lacking in functionality. Briefs seeks to provide a truly complete and professional solution for designers and developers. How well does it do?

$199 - Briefs for Mac - Download now
Free - Briefs for Mac demo - Download now
Free - Briefcase for iOS - Download now

Currency for iPhone review: Convert between currencies on the go

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 6:23 pm

Currency is a super simple, yet beautiful, currency converter for the iPhone. It features a clean design and historical charts. If you're an avid traveler or have financial interest in other currencies, Currency may be an excellent app to add to your collection.

$1.99 - Download now

Horizon Calendar review: Check the weather at the location of your next appointment

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 1:55 am

Horizon Calendar by Applause Code is an innovative calendar app that includes natural language parsing, a clean design, intuitive gestures, and forecasted weather associated with each of your events.

$1.99 - Download now

Fotopedia Reporter for iPad lets photographers publish their own photo stories

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Apr 26, 2013 a 7:48 pm

Fotopedia Reporter is a gorgeous app that lets you create your own photo stories and publish them to the popular social magazine. Whether it's a gallery from your last vacation, a tour of your garden, or a review of your favorite restaurant, there's a place for your editorial creativity on Fotopedia.

Free - Download now

Rory's Story Cubes for iPhone and iPad review: Get writing inspiration from pictures on dice

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Apr 19, 2013 a 6:00 pm

Rory's Story Cubes for iPhone and iPad is the iOS version of the dice story-telling game of the same name. You roll the 9 cubes and tell a story inspired by the pictures on the dice. Rory's Story Cubes is a great way to get your imagination going and a fun tool for kids learning to write.

$1.99 - Download now

Tuber+ for iPhone and iPad review: YouTube the way it should be

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Apr 19, 2013 a 11:47 am

If you watch a lot of YouTube videos on your iPhone or iPad, you've probably already found that there aren't a lot of options if you don't fancy the official YouTube app. I've always felt it wasn't very full featured and by a happy mistake, stumbled across Tuber+ for iPhone and iPad last week. Not only does it have the same features of the official YouTube app, but adds even more that many regular YouTube users want.

T-Mobile iPhone 5 review

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 a 12:22 pm

More than 6 years after the original iPhone was introduced, and almost 6 months after the iPhone 5 was launched, T-Mobile US finally has an Apple phone on their shelves. Along with bright Magenta Apple t-shirts, and some unusual new data plans, T-Mobile is banking on the iPhone 5 being as popular on their network as it's been on every other US network to date. We already have a full review of the iPhone 5 and a detailed walkthrough of iOS 6, so here I'm going to cover everything that makes the T-Mobile iPhone 5 different and, hopefully, special.

ScreenLab review: Create custom wallpapers for your iPhone and iPad

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 a 2:15 am

ScreenLab is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you create custom wallpapers for your lock screen. It's not just an app with photos and graphics that work great as wallpapers, but it also lets you add calendars, to-do lists, text boxes, and photos to your wallpapers, making them truly unique.

$0.99 for iPhone - Download now

Couch Music Player for iPad review: Create and edit playlists quicker than ever

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 a 3:00 pm

Couch Music Player for iPad is not only a lot more visually appealing than the default music player, it functions like a music player should on the iPad by taking advantage of the screen real estate in more functional ways. Outside of just being a replacement music player, it's got support for AirPlay and up next playlists built right in.

Triage for iPhone review: Quickly curate your email inbox

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 a 2:12 am

Triage: Email First Aid is an email client for iPhone by Southgate Labs that makes it easy to to quickly sort through your inbox and remove the noise. Triage is not intended to be a complete client, but rather a simple one with the sole purpose of helping you to quickly curate your inbox in your downtime.