Favorites for iPhone

Free copies of Favorites for iPhone


As you may know, I wrote a visual speed-dial (and speed-SMS, and speed-email) app for the iPhone, called Favorites – you can find out about it here, or see it on the App Store here. I’m quite proud of it, and Lauren and I use it every day (along with thousands of others, I might add).

Favorites screenshots

I was made aware today of a glowing review of Favorites, and to celebrate I thought I’d give away some free copies. The promo codes below are valid for the US App Store (Apple only issues promo codes for the US store right now; as soon as that changes I’ll gladly issue some codes for other countries).

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Favorites for iOS 4


The new version of my app Favorites for iPhone has been approved and is now in the App Store; you can get it here. This version requires iOS 4 or later, and is a free upgrade if you already have it (if you don’t, it’s $2 or equivalent). I’ve made a number of improvements in this version, and I wanted to briefly mention some of them.

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Favorites UI design


I recently released my first iPhone app, Favorites – you can read more about it here, or go straight to it on the App Store (iTunes link).

I wanted to write a bit about some of my UI design decisions, and some lessons I learned during the development process with regard to creating software interfaces for the iPhone. So here goes.

This post contains plenty of screenshots and a few brief movies too; screenshots are bordered in white, and movies are bordered in blue (with a Quicktime controller immediately below each one). You might not see the movies if you’re reading this via the feed instead of on the web.

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Favorites 1.0.1 submitted


Just a quick note that I’ve today submitted version 1.0.1 of Favorites for iPhone to the App Store. Hopefully it’ll be approved in the next few days, and then you’ll be able to download the update via iTunes.

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Announcing Favorites for iPhone


I’m pleased to announce that my first iPhone app, Favorites, is now available on the App Store. This blog post talks about my motivation for creating the app and some of my design decisions. You can also visit the Favorites product page at Instinctive Code (my business site), or go straight to Favorites in the App Store (iTunes link).

Favorites icon

Favorites costs just $2, or the equivalent in your country’s iTunes store (Apple decides what that equivalent is, I hasten to add).

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