What's on my iOS Home Screens: Mid-Winter 2013

Just figured I'd post an update considering there's been some movement of several home screen apps on both my iPhone and iPad since my last home screen post back in the beginning of the winter.  

New iPhone home screen apps: 

• Fantastical ($4.99) - I keep going back and forth on this one.  I love the natural language text-parsing of Fantastical for quick data entry of new events.  I have a customized new entry icon in Launch Center Pro (bottom dock) for Fantastical which allows me to quickly enter a new event.  For example, I can type (or speak), "Doctor Appointment at 5:30 next Monday Calendar Doctor Appointment", which will plug in the new appointment in to the appropriate calendar.  In terms of the UI, Fantastical reminds me of another app, Agenda Plus, which does have a bit more in terms of PIM functionality.  I am hoping the Fantastical devs put in support for iOS native reminders and more robust custom repeat options for events.

• Track 8 ($1.99) - A really cool audio app that uses a Windows Metro motif (yikes!).  This music app is really slick but does have some annoying bugs.  The devs have been pretty responsive, and it does support iTunes Match pretty well so I'll live with the inconvience for now.  The app is that good.

• Weather On ($.99 On Sale) - I received the "bronx cheer" on this one from my fellow iOS Docked bretheren when I picked it for my "iLike of the Week", but I am really liking this weather app.  It has accurate information, temperature notificaiton badge (updated hourly), and has a really useful daily push notification that tells you the weather and temperature. You can customize the timing of when the push is delivered.  I love waking up and having the notification displayed on my lock screen. The app currently does not support current location weather but the devs are working on it.  I am ok with using my fixed zip code for now.  

• Rise Alarm Clock ($1.99)- What a wonderful application.  A simple alarm clock app that just works and is a model for beautiful design.  I now use it everyday to wake me up.  Buh-bye, traditional alarm clock.

New iPad home screen apps:

• Tapatalk HD ($4.99) - A little expensive for a dedicated forum reader but with the amount of time I spend perusing various forums, well worth the investment.  The HD version and Tapatalk 2 for the iPhone (separate purchase), have been redesigned from the ground up and now have a much cleaner and more modern design.  

* Special Note - While not a iPad or Universal app, Weather On has been so darn good that I decided to give it a home in my iPad dock.