Google Maps is likely the first app to come to mind for navigation in a vehicle, but a sharp app called Footpath offers a great custom navigation experience for cyclists, runners, and walkers. Today, the app is gaining turn by turn audio guidance with dedicated AirPods double-tap functionality and more.
The Pixelmator team is today launching a new iPad app called Pixelmator Photo, a variant on their existing Pixelmator suite focused on non-destructive editing for photographers.
The app is available in the App Store now for $4.99. It takes the essence of the Pixelmator Pro experience to an interface tuned for the iPad tablet form factor, concentrated on photography.
Designer and developer Doney den Ouden has today released a brand new take on the task of managing contacts through iOS. The goal of the app, called Cardbox, is to remove a lot of the painstaking details of contact management by reimagining the address book as a social network.
Along with spring weather, Golfers are getting back outside in many parts of the world and GolfLogix is out today with a useful new update. The popular golf app for iPhone now offers a detailed putt line feature.
Skype is out today with a new update that doubles the maximum video call user limit from 25 to 50. As reported by TechCrunch, Skype also allows each user to choose which video callers they’d like to view instead of just the speaker being front and center automatically.
Popular podcast player app Castro has today been updated with a new Top Picks feature. Through this functionality, Castro hopes that users will be able to easily discover new and unique podcasts to add to their library.
Apple’s video editing app, Clips, has been updated today with a range of new features including a retro camcorder filter, new posters, stickers, Live Titles, ClassKit support, and more.
Apple released an update to its iWork suite for Mac and iOS today that brings improved collaboration tools, syncing of custom shapes via iCloud, a table of contents view, image placeholders, improved Apple Pencil support, and more.
Twitter has announced today that it is expanding its dark mode options for iOS users. Adding to the blue/gray dark mode theme that the platform has offered for a while, Twitter is now gaining a “Lights Out” option as well as an automatic dark mode.
Popular game studio, Bethesda, announced its new Elder Scrolls title for iOS and Android last year at E3 and also demoed the game at Apple’s 2018 iPhone event. After some delays, the game is now available as an early access program.
Flexibits shipped its Fantastical-like answer to dealing with contacts on the Mac when Cardhop debuted a year and a half ago. Fast-forward to today and Cardhop is now ready to make our contacts libraries manageable on iPhones and iPads too.
Cardhop for iOS is loaded with clever tricks and considered design decisions. I’ve been testing the launch version for a few days now and these details are some of my favorite so far:
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Darkroom is an approachable yet powerful photo editor on the iPhone and, as of version 4.0, the iPad where it really shines. Darkroom 4.1 is out today with a collection of new features that help extend the app across iOS.
Panic’s Coda web code editor has joined the dark side, at least for macOS Mojave users. Coda 2.7 for Mac now supports Apple’s system-wide Dark Mode appearance feature when running macOS 10.14 or later, and all Coda users will appreciate a general appearance refresh including a new coat of paint on the app icon.
Facebook Messenger is adding support for what it calls “message replies.” Essentially, this feature allows for threaded messages, giving you the ability to reply specifically to one message without cluttering up the full message thread.
Gboard has received a new update today that has added the useful Google Translate functionality to the third-party keyboard for iPhone and iPad.
Halide’s creators successfully launched their new AI-powered long exposure camera app for iPhone called Spectre last month. Now they’ve released the first major update which brings stabilization support to iPhone 7, 6s, and SE, higher resolution for Live Photo mode, and more.
Dropbox has today made a notable change for those using a free account, there is now a three-device limit. However, along with the change there is a bit of good news for existing users.
Dropbox has announced today that it has expanded its partnerships with several educational apps. Now the cloud-based storage service is integrated with Klaxoon, Pronto, and WeVideo to offer improved workflows and collaboration for students and teachers.
The developers at Panic today revealed some major changes coming soon to its web development offerings. The company says that later this year, it will release a completely new web development application as a successor to Coda, which was originally released 12 years ago.
Popular news reader app Reeder has today launched the first public beta for Reeder 4, bringing a host of new features and improvements. Reeder 4 is a complete rewrite of the app and includes interface changes, pull to refresh, automatic Dark Mode, and more.
Last week we heard that Slack was testing a long-awaited dark mode for its iOS app with beta testers. Now the platform has released an update for both iOS and Android to offer the popular feature to all users.
An update to the DirecTV Now live TV app is today adding support for the TV app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Users will now be able to easily search and access shows, as well as keep track of your viewing history within the TV app.
Airbnb has today signed agreements to acquire HotelTonight. The company announced the news via a press release.
The popular iOS Castro Podcast Player has been updated today with new features like a refreshed Discovery section with curated collections, live search, the ability to subscribe to podcasts from search, and more.