Category: iPhone app

Pop for iOS

Feature number one should always be as few features as needed to perform the primary purpose.

This is the philosophy of newly formed development team and consultancy, Minimal Tools, who have recently released their first iOS app, Pop – a simple notepad tool to allow you to conveniently write things down as you would on a blank piece of paper, reducing friction between you and what you are trying to accomplish.

Pop rather impressively takes simplicity to the extreme by excluding any extraneous features. Just launch and start typing. From it’s quick loading time to the carefully considered typography, Pop successfully engages with its user, which many notepad apps fail to do.

I think it works very well for its intended purpose – to provide you with a single sheet of paper to quickly jot down some words, copy the text and put it somewhere else later. Simple and efficient. If anyone has downloaded Pop, please share your thoughts.

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Rechner

Colorado based design studio Berger & Föhr practice cohesive visual communication characterized by modernism, minimalism and objectivity. Recently they launched Recher, world’s first gesture based calculator.

Math is beautiful. Arithmetic is simple. Rechner is both.

Rechner has gestural functions for +, -, = and clear. There is a hidden actions drawer for x, ÷, ±, √,  % and erase. I love the concept but I can imagine that it will take a while before one is used to the gestures.

Rechner is now available on the AppStore.

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Calvetica

Calvetica is an iPhone application by Mysterious Trousers (who also make Dialvetica). It is a calendar application that aims to provide users with a clean, minimalist interface with very little UI chrome, and provide a fast and functional experience.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball said of the app:

$2.99 calendar app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, with an emphasis on fast, convenient event creation and a very crisp, stylish UI design. Behind the scenes, it’s built on the iOS system level calendaring APIs, so it syncs perfectly with the built-in Calendar app.

There are two themes available, “Patented Calvetica Red” (the light grey theme) and “Black Is The New Fuschia” (pictured below).

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1px Clock

1px Clock is an iPhone app that shows time, ticking away one pixel per second.

Each square is built up of 60 rows of 60 pixels: one for each second. As such, one square represents one hour, and the total of 24 blocks make up 1 day.

1px Clock was developed by Japanese web design firm E-Bird, and is available as a 6×4 version and a 2×12 version. Download the 1px Clock here (free!).

No iPhone? It’s also downloable as a screensaver. (Thx, Derek!)

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QlockTwo

A great alternative to numerical clocks is this worded clock by Biegert & Funk.

Called QlockTwo, this clock tells the time using words highlighted by LEDs. It is available in numerous colours and languages.

I like how the smooth design and structured typographic grid compliment the illuminated words and make it stand out.

You can purchase the QlockTwo in various colours and languages via Biegert & Funk’s online store.

And there’s also an iPhone application available!

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