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ddogflex
Sep 19, 2004

blahblahblah

Zigmidge posted:

It's a shame, really. Besides Notability and Stanza it's my most used and recommended app. I bought it back when it was a one time purchase and seem to have been grandfathered into keeping that status despite their announcements stating otherwise back when they released Splashtop 2.

I bought the customizable GUI iap because it's only 10$. I'm hoping I get lucky again and keep it past the year. Compared to what passes for iap these days, this looks like pure gold. As far as I'm concerned, every other rdp and vnc app out there don't even compete.

I realize that I pretty much only post in the ios threads anymore to pimp splashtop, almost to the point of looking like a shill, but I firmly believe that it fixes every problem you could have with iOS' bullshit by virtue of having your desktop's power and versatility behind it (the controls iap goes a long way to support this). And I don't say that lightly, iOS is the worst operating system I've ever had the displeasure of using.

Sell your iPad and get a Windows tablet?

I'm also grandfathered for poo poo with Splashtop, not that I recall what was grandfathered, Google login maybe? Some other stuff? So maybe that's why I don't notice the IAP. I forgot they added the customizable controls actually. :unsmith:

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Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Remote access (from outside your network) is what was grandfathered.

duckfarts
Jul 2, 2010

~ shameful ~





Soiled Meat
Anybody know a good app for saving a list of places marked on GPS? I'm traveling around a bunch of places that I want to mark, but want something easier/more organized than just adding bookmarks in Maps.

Zigmidge
May 12, 2002

Exsqueeze me, why the sour face? I'm here to lemon aid you. Let's juice it.

ddogflex posted:

Sell your iPad and get a Windows tablet?

How I wish. It's kind of a win lose scenario in the mobile world. I went with an idevice because of the sheer size of the userbase - means more support, more tweaks, more people developing apps and new ideas. Those, to me, mean I'll get so much more out of my gadget than what the gadget's specific features can promise.

NeuroticErotica
Sep 9, 2003

Perform sex? Uh uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you...

Really tired of Boxcar just breaking and not being able to get a hold of the company at all for any help. Are there any other decent twitter notification apps available? (I use TweetBot for twitter itself)

Nut Bunnies
May 24, 2005

Fun Shoe
Why not just use Tweetbot?

NeuroticErotica
Sep 9, 2003

Perform sex? Uh uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you...

Nut Bunnies posted:

Why not just use Tweetbot?

I've been using it so long I didn't know it had notifications...

JHVH-1
Jun 28, 2002

duckfarts posted:

Anybody know a good app for saving a list of places marked on GPS? I'm traveling around a bunch of places that I want to mark, but want something easier/more organized than just adding bookmarks in Maps.

Check out https://pindropapp.com/

Boxman
Sep 27, 2004

Big fan of :frog:


What do people like as a (free) TV guide app? I have What's On but it likes to randomly not load anything. I recall TV Guide being pretty feature bloated.

Pilfered Pallbearers
Aug 2, 2007

Boxman posted:

What do people like as a (free) TV guide app? I have What's On but it likes to randomly not load anything. I recall TV Guide being pretty feature bloated.

This might not fit your bill, but episodes (https://itunes.apple.com/app/episodes/id415127844?mt=8&ls=1) is really good. Basically you search for and set your shows to your watchlist, and the app gives you a notification (or a list view) of when your shows are airing (plus episode descriptions, channel and air time, and a day counter for upcoming shows).

duckfarts
Jul 2, 2010

~ shameful ~





Soiled Meat

This looks solid and non-janky, thanks!

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

PaganGoatPants posted:

Anyway what's a good app that can stream video from my NAS to my phone?

After futzing with ItsPlaying, GPlayer, AcePlayer, and a host of other apps, I got frustrated and deleted them all. The best solution I've found so far is jailbreaking and installing XBMC.

bazaar apparatus
Dec 1, 2006

Whenever my body starts to feel sick, I just stop being sick and be awesome instead.
Silvio Rizzi, the developer of Reeder, just tweeted that the Mac and iPad clients are currently free and will stay that way until he releases v2.0.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

bazaar apparatus posted:

Silvio Rizzi, the developer of Reeder, just tweeted that the Mac and iPad clients are currently free and will stay that way until he releases v2.0.

That actually makes a ton of sense given how the crux of his business (Google Reader) is going away in a few months. At least this way people can still check out the application and get a sense for the kind of work he does.

bazaar apparatus
Dec 1, 2006

Whenever my body starts to feel sick, I just stop being sick and be awesome instead.

Bucket Joneses posted:

That actually makes a ton of sense given how the crux of his business (Google Reader) is going away in a few months. At least this way people can still check out the application and get a sense for the kind of work he does.

Well, he's going to build in support for other platforms like Fever (which the iPhone client already has) and Feedbin, so it's not like he's running a doomed business or anything. Google Reader was but one way to use Reeder.

Valencia
Feb 1, 2005

Cyril, go lock up the product before Cokie Monster here gobbles it all up.

:catdrugs:

NeuroticErotica posted:

I've been using it so long I didn't know it had notifications...

Tweetbot's notifications have been broken for a few weeks now. Anyone know if they've fixed that? I went back to the default iOS client for now but I vastly prefer Tweetbot, so I hope they resolve their issues soon.

blast0rama
Aug 13, 2003

Tingly.


Valencia posted:

Tweetbot's notifications have been broken for a few weeks now. Anyone know if they've fixed that? I went back to the default iOS client for now but I vastly prefer Tweetbot, so I hope they resolve their issues soon.

I haven't had any issues whatsoever on the iPad, iPhone or Mac client. Some delays, but not anything broken.

AfricanBootyShine
Jan 9, 2006

Snake wins.

Anyone know of a good iPad app for keeping a journal? Being able to edit/add entries from a Windows desktop would be a great bonus too. I'm currently using LiveJournal, but I'd rather use something designed with the technological advances of this decade in mind.

greasyhands
Oct 28, 2006

Best quality posts,
freshly delivered
Whats the best fre/cheap ipad drawing app for doing quick sketches of floor plans?

bazaar apparatus
Dec 1, 2006

Whenever my body starts to feel sick, I just stop being sick and be awesome instead.

AfricanBootyShine posted:

Anyone know of a good iPad app for keeping a journal? Being able to edit/add entries from a Windows desktop would be a great bonus too. I'm currently using LiveJournal, but I'd rather use something designed with the technological advances of this decade in mind.

It's not Windows-compatible, but you could try Day One. I did a review of it a few months ago, and it's still my favorite journaling app, by far. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

greasyhands posted:

Whats the best fre/cheap ipad drawing app for doing quick sketches of floor plans?

Check out MagicPlan, it builds your floorplan using the camera and works surprisingly well.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/magicplan/id427424432?mt=8&ls=1

Valencia
Feb 1, 2005

Cyril, go lock up the product before Cokie Monster here gobbles it all up.

:catdrugs:

OGB posted:

I haven't had any issues whatsoever on the iPad, iPhone or Mac client. Some delays, but not anything broken.

I just stopped getting notifications entirely. Their most recent App Store reviews made mention of it as well, and I checked the official Tweetbot twitter account and the devs posted that it was a known issue (though not for everyone, I guess) and they were working on a fix. I figured it couldn't be too widespread of a problem because as many people in this thread use Tweetbot I know it would have been mentioned by now.

edit: The "click here to test push notifications" button in the settings menu works, oddly enough. I just can't get actual mentions to alert me.

NeuroticErotica
Sep 9, 2003

Perform sex? Uh uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you...

Valencia posted:

Tweetbot's notifications have been broken for a few weeks now. Anyone know if they've fixed that? I went back to the default iOS client for now but I vastly prefer Tweetbot, so I hope they resolve their issues soon.

It's been working great for me, so far.

Tenterhooks
Jul 27, 2003

Bang Bang
For any UK folks who have been waiting for the Dark Sky app to arrive over here, the developers have just launched forecast.io. It's a browser-based weather app that works pretty well on iOS. They specialise in short term forecasts (apparently very useful for making 'should I wait for this rain to stop?' kinda decisions) that, depending on how accurate the data turns out to be, could be really great for our unpredictable weather.

Oh, and the launch email also ended with 'P.S. By the way, we still plan on adding support for the UK and Ireland to Dark Sky for iPhone & iPad. Probably only a few weeks away, but don't wait… use Forecast! (please)'.

bobfather
Sep 20, 2001

I will analyze your nervous system for beer money
Forecast.io is without a doubt, the most amazing weather app I have ever used. And it's a free, web app to boot.

Everyone should have it.

Diabolik900
Mar 28, 2007

bobfather posted:

Forecast.io is without a doubt, the most amazing weather app I have ever used. And it's a free, web app to boot.

Everyone should have it.

It really is pretty incredible. Add it to your homescreen and you probably won't even be able to tell it's a web app.

Jedi Knight Luigi
Jul 13, 2009
This Forecast thing is blowing my mind.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
I was excited about Dark Sky until I remembered that if it's raining around where I live, it's probably just going to be raining all day/week/month so just put on your rain coat and deal with it.

Boxman
Sep 27, 2004

Big fan of :frog:


Wow, I've never seen any web app as polished as this. For the first time I actually buy Apple's original position of "you don't need native apps just develop web pages that play nice with iOS".

(I'm still happy we got apps)

10-8
Oct 2, 2003

Level 14 Bureaucrat

priznat posted:

Check out MagicPlan, it builds your floorplan using the camera and works surprisingly well.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/magicplan/id427424432?mt=8&ls=1
I used this for a new home. I don't know what kind of voodoo they use but it's awesome.

Boris Galerkin
Dec 17, 2011

I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!
My biggest gripe about all weather apps is I can't throw it into the notification pulldown. I like to be able to quickly pull down to see what the temperature is/weather is like from within say Safari.

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

10-8 posted:

I used this for a new home. I don't know what kind of voodoo they use but it's awesome.

I used Magic Plan while speccing out a new location for work and on the spot was able to send an approximate floor plan with measurements to our designers. Very cool.

PaganGoatPants
Jan 18, 2012

TODAY WAS THE SPECIAL SALE DAY!
Grimey Drawer

Jedi Knight Luigi posted:

This Forecast thing is blowing my mind.

Never seen anything like it.

Dicty Bojangles
Apr 14, 2001

iOS Apps Megathread: The best app is actually http://forecast.io/

Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 29, 2011

I don't know what this thing is, and I don't care. I'm just tired of seeing your stupid newbie av from 2011.
So Slice just got an update. I downloaded it, but it refuses to install. How do I fix this?

webmeister
Jan 31, 2007

The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Endymion FRS MK1 posted:

So Slice just got an update. I downloaded it, but it refuses to install. How do I fix this?

Have you got enough free space available on your device?

Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 29, 2011

I don't know what this thing is, and I don't care. I'm just tired of seeing your stupid newbie av from 2011.
1.3GB free. It is downloaded, just needs to install itself.

Edit: Eh, just deleted the app and reinstalled from scratch and it worked perfectly. :iiam:

Endymion FRS MK1 fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Apr 3, 2013

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Does anyone have a recommendation for an app that lets you track movies/tv shows you've watched? I suppose I could use evernote or whatever but it would be handy just having a searchable list of movies where I could give them a rating how much I liked them and some notes etc.

Mecca-Benghazi
Mar 31, 2012


Springpad has an iOS app and can do pretty much that; searchable list of movies/TV shows (and books), with rating system and notes. It has some extra stuff (very similar to Evernote in that regard), but the interface is clean enough that you can ignore the stuff you don't want, and it's free.

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priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Cool, thanks I will check that out!

edit: yep that is really cool. I had signed up for that ages ago but the app seems a heck of a lot better now!

priznat fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Apr 3, 2013

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