Ask DN: What's your favorite iPhone apps based on their design?
over 10 years ago from Sam Soffes, Developer & Designer at Nothing Magical
I'd love to hear specifics.
over 10 years ago from Sam Soffes, Developer & Designer at Nothing Magical
I'd love to hear specifics.
Day One.
+1. So very well done.
Path, Clear and Evernote. Especially Path. The more I use it, the more I realise how much effort and thinking must've gone into it.
Clear :) it's a joy to use — it tricks me into getting more done as I want to play with the menu system/hear those lovely sounds
Rdio for iOS is fairly nice. The design is clean and the functionality really compliments it. Recently bumped up my subscription for them, so I can really take advantage of it on my iPhone 5.
I've found it's super easy to get around to browse your music and others, as well. They keep it all super simple, that's what I love the most.
I love the new seamless app (use of color, fonts, great contrast).
National Parks by National Geographic, Google Maps, and Flipboard.
The Simple bank iOS app is beautiful. I sometimes just open it up to look at the design and nothing else.
iOS Google Maps hit at just the right time with just the right amount of UX and visual design. I've just moved to Pittsburgh for the year, and I depend on some sort of mobile transit app to get around town. When I updated to the newest iOS, I had to use applications that had nowhere near the fidelity of transit data that Google had (and it made me late for classes, meetings, and had me stranded in the cold several times).
The real joy was that I got turn-by-turn on my iPhone 4. For years I was deprived of this by Apple. It was an incredibly pleasant surprise.
Designer News
Where the design community meets.
Designer News is a large, global community of people working or interested in design and technology.
Have feedback?
Login to Comment
You'll need to log in before you can leave a comment.
LoginRegister Today
New accounts can leave comments immediately, and gain full permissions after one week.
Register now