I use, and have purchased, some incredibly well-made iOS apps (Tweetbot, Overcast, Scanbot, Citymapper, Signal, Cloak, among others). Can anyone offer suggestions for apps that you love and find useful? The App Store isn't a great discovery tool in this regard. I'm happy to pay!
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#2I'm not sure if it is in your region, but Transit [0] recently blew me away. A ton of attention to detail and work put in, check out the blog post they had on HN recently about their autogeneration algorithms [1].
[0] https://transitapp.com/ [1] https://medium.com/transit-app/how-we-built-the-worlds-prett...
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#3I would check out the Houzz app. The design is clean and simple but the reviews are the best I have ever seen for an app at this scale, especially the ratio of 5 star reviews on the app which suggests to me that they have designed something that works really well for their target audience both aesthetically and functionally.
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#4I find Pacemaker to be one of the most well designed apps I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. 10 years ago, a DJ setup like this would've cost thousands of dollars.
For just a few bucks, I can get an app that feels almost as natural. The design is beautiful as well.
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#5Every app by the Omni Group is incredibly well made and even more incredibly maintained. They really have it together when it comes to implementing new iOS features. Also they have, by far, the most impressive watchOS app I've ever used in it's balance of the system's limitations and the app's complexity (OmniFocus). https://www.omnigroup.com
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#6I was just thinking today about how well Pocket is made. I've used it for years and it hasn't really ever disappointed me. It is stable, easy to use, has a ton of power user features tucked away, and it's offline sync abilities work impressively well. It's an app that has improved my life, or at least my commute.
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#7UberEATS.
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#8I was just thinking today about how well Pocket is made. I've used it for years and it hasn't really ever disappointed me. It is stable, easy to use, has a ton of power user features tucked away, and it's offline sync abilities work impressively well. It's an app that has improved my life, or at least my commute.
Hmm. I keep having the bug, where adjusting the font size won't work: the whole text gets huge or tiny spontaneously.
Also, I don't find their tag system that good for later navigation (this is especially the case on the web version).
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#9Day One: one of the best UI for me
And, surprisingly, Google Photos
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#10Liking these guys right now: Drafts, Narwhal, Headspace, Sit, btcReport, Gyroscope, Patterns, Calculator+. Gboard and Slash are nice keyboards to try out.