It is not a secret that technology revolution makes all gadgets smarter and smaller. Ten years ago we couldn't even dream of something similar to iPhone and now it is pretty much a common thing for many of us. Of course this is a cell phone but the voice conversation function is no longer the main one in this device. With the development of different third-party software we can claim that iPhone has become much more than just a cool cell phone with a number of useful options.
Because of the variety of different applications this gadget became a universal assisntant that is always ready to make your life much easier. Of course web design sphere is not an exception from this global trend and there are many great and useful applications for designers.
Despite the fact that you can actually live without these applications we've decided to put them together in a list of the Most Wanted Applications for web designer's iPhone. Maybe some of these applications are familiar to you, some may be new. But anyways we hope that this information will be useful and interesting for you.
1. Paper Sizes
This iPhone application is an ideal tool for looking up a variety of paper standards. Extremely useful if you are working with printing, illustration and other design related stuff.
Status: Commercial
Price: $0.99
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2. The Font Game
This fun game has 600 samples of various fonts and you have to know them all if you want to be a winner! Play a game and discover your font knowledge level.
Status: Commercial
Price: $0.99
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3. The Typography Manual
This software contains a 60+ page book about the history of type, type basics, how to properly set text and special characters, fonts, and more. Also there is a Visual Glossary of type terminology that doesn't just give you a definition, it shows you on the letters themselves.
Status: Commercial
Price: $3.99
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4. Loupe
Loupe is a color picker for your iPhone. So now you can take a picture or upload image and pick up the perfect color.
Status: Commercial
Price: $0.99
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5. Palettes
Palettes is an awesome application for creating and maintaining color palettes. You can easily compose any color palette with the help of just a few clicks.
Status: Free
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6. Caliper
Excellent measuring tool is now in your iPhone. This tool supports metrical and imperial units, multi-touch control and and can be used for pixel measurements.
Status: Commercial
Price: $0.99
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7. ZeptoPad
ZeptoPad is an application that allows you to draw vector images. Also there are some additional drawing tools, such as rectangles, circles, arrows, and connectors.
Status: Commercial
Price: $9.99
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8. Color Expert
If you are a designer than color is an essential part of your profession. And now you have your own huge color library of your favourite colors in the pocket. You can indentify, trasform, and capture colors with the help of this application.
Status: Commercial
Price: $9.99
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9. OmniFocus
This application makes task management as simple as it could be. Enjoy efficient and user-friendly software that will improve your projects maintenance for sure.
Status: Commercial
Price: $19.99
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10. Ego
Universal web tool that allows to stay in touch with the latest news from major social media websites and services. Supports Ember, FeedBurner, Google Analytics, Mint 2, Squarespace, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo. So now you can check out all interesting and useful data on the go.
Status: Commercial
Price: $1.99
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11. FTP On The Go
Ok, it is obvious that with the help of this application you can browse, upload, and download from your FTP server. But this is only a top of the list. There is a huge range of functions that are available to you, for examples using CHMOD for adjusting the permissions on the server, editing documents and files, managing password and so on.
Status: Commercial
Price: $6.99
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12. Mocha VNC
This application provides access to a VNC Server. It means that you simply connect to your OS and see the files and programs exactly as if you would do using your desktop computer, it's just that in this case it's on a smaller screen.
Status: Commercial
Price: $5.99
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