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TaskFlow aims to be the gorgeous hub for the daily to-do lists, notes, timers, and reminders that you keep on your iPhone. Ultimately, Taskflow tries to stride the line between heavy duty do-it-all apps like Pocket Informant and prettier, more casual task apps like Wunderlist. Tasks Taskflow does a number …

Zen Brush is a shockingly good app for creating simple paintings and images on your iPad. Out of all the drawing apps I’ve tried on my tablet thus far, Zen Brush has done the best job of making me forget that my finger isn’t *actually* a brush. There are only …

Tempus is a new calendar app from the developers at Mysterious Trousers (makers of Calvetica). Unlike the feature-filled Calvetica 4.0, however, Tempus has been designed with a newer codebase and a far more focused feature set in mind. This is probably the most trimmed down scheduling app you can currently …

I reviewed the initial version of Elements late last year and found it to be functional, but a little lacking in the style department (which was ironic, since I believe the full name of the app is Elements of Style). However, the recent update to Elements 2.0 comes with a …

  Day One is a handsome little app that encourages you to record all of your daily dealings inside of its cool blue interface. Granted, plenty of other apps already offer a similar digital journaling experience, but Day One takes it a step further by providing a standalone Mac app …

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of the times I spent building things out of Legos with my brothers.  I loved the idea of taking simple bricks and turning them into unique and creative inventions.  I spent hours building everything from cars to entire cities.  I was happy to …

Meernotes is an app that tries to mimic the feel of a real paper notebook on your iPhone, and it makes very few concessions in this regard. Pages This app takes pages very seriously. The moment you reach the end of a page in Meernotes, you’ll be automatically moved to …

TinyVox Pro is a fantastic app for quickly creating voice recordings of up to 20 minutes without having to fuss with the file format or how to share it. Record, then Share All you have to do is load TinyVox Pro, quickly record something, choose the service if you’d like …

My word, Byword, you turned out to be quite a surprising little purchase. I picked you up on a whim because I saw the screenshots of your iA Writer-like Focus Mode and clever little pop-up controls for rich text files, but I have ended up calling on you daily for …

Groove for iPad is an interesting new music player that’s currently in beta. Fortunately, I’ve had a few days to put a pre-release version through its paces and have these thoughts to share. Alternate iPod I really don’t like the look of the current iPod app on my iPad, nor …

22 Days HD looks a lot like a lovely interactive poster of your upcoming events. The whole app is basically a set of countdowns for your upcoming events, divided into days, months, and years. The main screen serves as an overview of all your upcoming events, with descriptions, countdowns, and …