The App Store offers so many new offerings each week — as well as updates of old pet — that it can sometimes be difficult to track them all . That ’s why we ’re starting The Week in iOS Apps ; it ’s a chance to spotlight some of the best offerings , as well as cue you of some of the apps that we ’ve already called out during the week .
This week , of course of instruction , Tapbotsreleased Tweetbot for iPad and updated its iPhone app . The iPad version sent our own Lex Friedman into throes of X , earning a rarified five - mouse review from him . And on Thursday , Philip Michaels cover that Waze — the iPhone dealings - cover app — has been updated with voice - controller featuresthat make it easier for drivers to use without scupper themselves .
But that ’s not all . translate on to find a few other app debuts and updates that catch our eye this workweek :
IWGuide : Once upon a meter , television receiver TV audience kept data track of their favorite show with printed schedule that came in their Sunday theme — or , failing that , by purchasing literal “ TV guide ” at the grocery computer storage . ( Dark times , indeed . ) Cable and orbiter TV provider have long since made those docket available on their very own channel , and the procession of DVRs and picture on demand has made it less pressing to recognize precisely when your show is on . Still , there ’s something reminiscent of the old guides in the new IWGUide for Netflix software for iPad . The spare app is a magazine - style tracker of Netflx ’s Instant Watch offerings — a roundup of novel and late tone ending on the service , a compilation of the best - rat shows , and word of advice about titles that will soon disappear from Netflix .
Pocket Informant : Macworld ’s Lex Friedman once concern to the original Pocket Informant app , in a good way , as a “ beast . ” Second - contemporaries versions of both the Pocket Informant and Pocket Informant HD apps only add to the feature - dense meanness . The productivity apps already combine your calendar , tasks , notes , and contacts into a single app . The updates offer new perspective of the calendar , notes , and contacts . Users can now also relate photos to their contact , and the app has ameliorate its syncing with Google ’s calendar and task offerings . The substance abuser interface has also been updated with new “ swipe to military action ” features to make events , tasks , and delete files . Pocket Informant costs $ 13 ; the iPad - only HD version is $ 15 .
Vonage Mobile : Skype just got a small competition . Vonage — one of the erstwhile online earphone avail companies — this hebdomad launched its own iOS app , Vonage Mobile . While it can be used on the iPhone , the app will be particularly attractive to iPad and iPod touch owner who can use those devices to make part calls or send text — for free , if the person on the other end of the call is also using the Vonage Mobile app . ( For a modified time , all domestic calls will also be free . ) Calls to non - Vonage speech sound abroad come with a monetary value ; credit can be purchased in the app in $ 5 and $ 10 increments . Though the real calling rates depart reckon on the body politic being foretell , the app itself is free .
Where To ? : This $ 3 app fromFuture Taphas been out for several years , attempting to improve on the Google Maps experience by have tourists navigate novel cities using augmented realness and in - app web internet browser to get more information about sites to see , restaurants to eat at , and driving directions to your destinations . This week ’s updateadds to the app ’s multimedia system oblation with more pictures of many destinations , and even some video for quality listing . The developer also added desegregation with a telephone number of other navigation apps , making it well-fixed to get lose without in reality getting lost . Also of interest : The app ’s home page viewer now supports landscape painting modality .
Writing Kit 3.0 : WhenMacworld’sDan Moren spend a few sidereal day shape entirely on his iPad , Quang Anh Doh ’s Writing Kit was one of his go - to apps for written material and editing inMarkdownsyntax . This hebdomad ’s launch of Version 3.0offers a number of advance , including newfangled gesture - based undo / redo command to correct mistakes , a redesigned “ file drawer ” that makes it easier to store and find your written material labor , and legibility funding . Writing Kit costs $ 5 , and can be used on both the iPhone and iPad .
