[[ryan]] Boxy for Twitter Twitter app drama has been at a high in recent months, with the company killing its own Mac app to focus more on its web experience, and later removing certain APIs that provide key functions to third-party clients. Twitter users on the Mac have had a tumultuous year. While I don’t...

[[ryan]] When Apple released the first iPad Pro and Apple Pencil in late 2015, it shipped a proof-of-concept for these two devices’ capabilities inside of Apple Notes. When Notes scored a major new version in iOS 9, one feature that had many scratching their heads was the sketch option. While I certainly have nothing against...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] The Apple Design Awards are an opportunity each year for Apple to recognize the best new apps across its platforms the prior year. While every ADA winner is worth checking out, I thought it would be fun to highlight my own personal favorites from recent years’ ADAs. 2018: Agenda I’m not as calendar-dependent...

Question: I’m working in academic research and recently bought an iPad Pro. I’m looking for an app that can (at least) import and export Word files, and can work with two documents side-by-side. Scrivener sounds like it could do the job, but for some reason it’s not available in my country (Israel). I couldn’t find...

[[ryan]] The Mac has been on my mind a lot lately. I officially left that platform behind in 2015 for the iPad Pro – only returning when a rare technical limitation on the iPad forced me to – and have seldom given it much thought since. The reason for that is simple: Apple hasn’t done...

[[ryan]] There’s an endless array of weather app options on the App Store, some of which focus on offering a beautiful design, while others are packed with all the features you could want. Some include a clever personality that makes the weather fun, and still more specialize in being customizable to your heart’s content. There’s...

[[ryan]] Microsoft News This week MSN News was rebranded Microsoft News, launching a redesigned iOS app to better compete with Apple News and the recently-launched Google News. As a daily Apple News user, there are a couple nice features in particular that stood out to me in my testing of the new app: there’s a...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] Earlier this week I wrote about the WWDC announcements that took me most by surprise. Today’s collection is in that vein, but with a different focus: simply sharing some of my favorite announcements from the conference. Marzipan’s iPad Benefits While Mac users celebrate the prospect of having a thriving app ecosystem again starting...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] In honor of WWDC 2018 taking place this past week, I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect back on WWDC 2017 and the new features it introduced across Apple’s software platforms – more specifically, I’d like to highlight some of the third-party apps that did an outstanding job implementing those new features....