On the hunt for some of the better new iOS apps to arrive on the scene over the past month? Look no further. Here’s 15 of the best to hit the App Store in February.
Outread
Last month, Outread launched its own take on what speed-reading should be about – however it was for iPhone and iPod touch only. But now, it’s available for iPad too.
Also, while Outread initially adopted a yellow highlighter to make key text stand out on the page – this has now been replaced by a dimming function that makes the words on the rest of the page less prominent instead.
➤ Outread
Wonders of Life
Remember Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe app? The multimedia, 3D beauty that redefined what an iPad book should look like? Well, as we approached the two year mark since its launch, publisher Harper Collins rolled out the welcome mat for its follow up – Wonders of Life.
The Wonders of Life is optimized for both iPhones and iPads and, as with its predecessor, is based on the TV series of the same name, which was produced by the BBC and aired in early 2013. Based on our initial dabblings, we have to say – it’s pretty special.
➤ Wonders of Life
RealPlayer Cloud
RealNetworks kicked off Mobile World Congress this year by announcing that its RealPlayer Cloud service was now available to users around the world.
RealPlayer Cloud is a storage locker optimized for video playback, with one of its main selling points being that it supports a wide range of platforms, including iOS. It supports all the usual formats, including FLV, WMV, DIVX, XVID, MOV, AVI and MP4.
➤ RealPlayer Cloud
SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey is a well-known brand in the online survey sphere, and it finally launched a native iOS app for users to create, monitor and analyze surveys on the go.
SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg says that the company has seen a fourteen-fold increase in mobile traffic over the past three years — so this app is a natural progression.
➤ SurveyMonkey
Hop
Hop, the iPhone app formerly known as Ping that turns your inbox into an IM-like feed to make email more manageable and fun, introduced a notable update this month, one that included support for iPad, as well as a unified inbox feed for multiple email accounts.
Moreover, you can also now send photos and documents directly to Dropbox, Evernote and Twitter.
➤ Hop
Pop
Pop for iPhone mashes up reaction GIFs with your videos.
The general gist of Pop is that you record a short skit directly with the iPhone camera, then attach a GIF which appears only when the user holds their finger on the screen.
➤ Pop
Musx
Musx taps YouTube’s gargantuan arsenal of music to create a social network around good tunes. While that may not sound overly innovative on its own, Musx does actually bring a nicely designed app to the table.
There are many services that cater for individual listening, but when it comes to sharing a song they all rely on social platforms such as Facebook. However, people typically don’t visit social networks to listen to music, and these networks don’t save or record music that is shared, thus they tend to get lost in the foggy ruins of time. This is where Musx wants to help.
➤ Musx
Haiku Deck
After launching a version of its iPad presentation app on the Web back in November, Haiku Deck returned this month with a new incarnation for the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod touch.
Haiku Deck lets anyone create and present professional, well-designed slideshows for free. The iPhone version focuses on the latter, giving users a simple means of reviewing and playing their presentations.
➤ Haiku Deck
