[[ryan]] Earlier this week, Bear user Juan Orozco shared on Twitter a discovery he made in the popular note-taking app. Inside any of your notes, if you type in a HEX color code, Bear will display that tagged color inline next to the code. This can be a great visual aid for professional designers, but...

[[ryan]] This week we’re featuring our third installment of iPads Around the World. Previously, we’ve shared stories from a blind musician and a pair of interpreters who rely on the iPad for their work. Today, we’d like to introduce Paul Williams – Paul lives in Australia and uses his iPad to manage a university’s student...

[[ryan]] Apollo is an iOS Reddit client that launched less than six months ago, but immediately impressed me with its debut. The app’s lengthy development process truly showed, as developer Christian Selig loaded Apollo out of the gate with strengths in several areas, including the general feed browsing experience, iPad Pro support, and extensive customization...

[[ryan]] Workflow optimizations are a common task among the MacStories team. We’re always looking for a new app, form of automation, or other tool that can help improve both our work and personal lives. Even when it comes to simple things like schedule changes or patterns of work, I evaluate my setup fairly often, making...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] Workouts++ Workouts++ is an advanced, customizable app for those not satisfied with Apple’s pre-installed Workout app. Inside the iPhone app, you can customize which types of workouts appear in the Watch app, and with each type specify the metrics displayed during your workout, set alerts for certain intervals of your workout, and more....

[[ryan]] The end of the year for me, like for many others, is a time of reflection. I enjoy thinking back on the year past and considering changes to implement in the year ahead. I wouldn’t say that I make New Year’s resolutions per se, but instead I simply ask the question, “If the next...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] Halide Halide is my personal favorite manual camera app. I’ve tried related apps in the past but always came away confused, partly because the controls either felt too hidden or they were presented with no explanation as to their purpose, which for a photography novice like me was a turnoff. The main reason...

[[ryan]] Recently Federico and John covered the topic “Apps and Good Intentions” on AppStories, and their discussion made me think of a similar issue I have. They focused on downloading apps in the hopes that those apps would lead to life improvement in areas like health and learning, while I tend to focus more on...

[[ryan]] Normally when it comes to a simple utility like a dictionary, when iOS includes system features that meet my need adequately enough, I don’t bother to look for a third-party option. For example, iOS’ built-in Look Up feature (not to be confused with the app I’m highlighting) is a handy tool that I use...