What's On My iOS Home Screens: Winter 2014

Winter is far from over, but there's been a couple of noticeable changes on my iOS iPhone and iPad home screens.  Aside from my background  color switch on the iPhone from red to blue and on the iPad from blue to red, there have been a couple of app changes.

iPhone

• Twitterrific ($2.99 - Universal) - Now my Twitter client of choice on both the iPhone and the iPad.  

• Paper - Stories From Facebook (Free - iPhone) - This isn't your daddy's Facebook app.  Well, if your daddy is your friend on Facebook then I guess it could be.  The controversially named "Paper" is a wonderful new Facebook experience offering views of your timeline and curated news topics hand selected by Facebook staff.  While the news categories are very basic now, there are sufficient news topics in my main feed to keep me abreast of the latest news in tech, sports, science, and politics.  While Paper will not replace an app like Flipboard or Zite, the UI of Paper is a refreshing change from the vertical list view of the old Facebook app.  I like Paper so much, I have deleted the old  Facebook app from the iPhone.  I look forward to an iPad version of Paper.  Hmmmm. I might have to boycott the Paper app if the FB developers don't get an iPad version out. LOL.
• Dark Sky ($3.99 - Universal) - While this app doesn't sit on my home screen, it is quickly accessible via Launch Center Pro on both my iPhone and iPad.  I keep it installed mainly for the precipitation push notifications that tell me when it will snow or rain in the area I am located.  I would like to see the UI on the iPhone show weekly forecast data on the first screen as opposed to having to swipe to the left two times.  For quick weather data and a view into the week ahead, I am still keeping with the stock (Yahoo data) iOS 7 app.
• Music - I replaced Groove with the stock music player as I find myself listening more and more to iTunes Radio.  Now that I have AT&T's new 10GB family share plan, I have plenty of data to spare even with moderate listening. 

iPad

• Clock - Nothing to see here, as my iPad is now my primary alarm clock and the stock app works as advertised.