Effective iPad Apps for Web Designers
Designzzz has published many posts regarding free apps but we haven’t seen many posts related to premium apps. So I decided to make a list of top 10 useful iPad / iPhone apps for web designers and developers.
The idea was to select the apps which do first class work on third class rates… these apps are easy on your pocket but they help to make you a lot more productive.
Note from the Editor: This is a guest post from Mr. Marcus Morris. He is a web designer and avid gamer. He owns a site Computer Game Design for students who are looking to attend college for game design.
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Typography Insight
This beautiful app helps you learn and teach typefaces. With the help of the iPad’s high resolution, you can zoom in on typeface details and manipulate them to create something different. Typography will never be the same. ($1.99)
Gusto
This app is the ultimate web development tool to help organize your workflow. You can download multiple files at once with FTP and SFTP servers and keep many documents open in separate tabs. The app also allows you to preview your work before it goes live. ($9.99)
Penultimate
This app remains the most popular app for writing notes, brainstorming, or drawing sketches in a digital notebook. You can organize different notebooks by topic, customize paper and ink formats, and share your documents with friends and colleagues. ($0.99)
Adobe Ideas
This app acts as a powerful digital sketchbook that easily interfaces with professional Adobe software like Photoshop and Illustrator. It has a number of amazing features, such as a 50-level undo/redo option, color theme capture from photos, and a gallery-style organizer. ($5.99)
SketchyPad
This app makes website sketching and interface making much easier. It has over 60 stencils and lots of customizable settings for colors, fonts, arrangements, icons, and more. It can easily save results to a PNG format that can be sent by email. ($4.99)
iMockups
This app is a must-have for web and software designers. It helps you easily create wireframes for web projects and apps in a similar way to the program Balsamiq Mockups. In fact, files you make in iMockups can even be opened in Balsamiq, which is useful for sharing files with colleagues. ($6.99)
CSS3 Machine
This app makes complicated CSS3 styles easy to include and play with as part of your web projects. From gradients and drop-shadows to 2D or 3D transforms, this app has amazing design capabilities. ($3.99)
OmniGraffle
This app is the ultimate tool for creating flowcharts, diagrams, wireframes, or designs wherever you are. It may have a hefty price tag, but all the features and customizations it offers for making organizational charts make this app well worth the cost. ($49.99)
Font Book
This app lets you preview thousands of fonts in detail for your next project. It even supports installed fonts. The one downside is that the fonts can’t be used in other iPad apps, but it’s a great way to preview what text will look like in different fonts. ($4.99)
Source Viewer XL
This app will show you the HTML, CSS and Javascript source codes for any website. One useful feature is that you can copy and paste code to a clipboard for later reference. The app will also save your browsing history and color-code tags, keywords, and CSS attributes for easy viewing. ($1.99)
