It’s the end of another month which means it’s time for our custom monthly roundup of all the coolest services and apps that popped up over the last 4 weeks.
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Apps
Derp
http://derpapp.co/
An app that lets you send tasteful sound notifications to your friend. And by tasteful, we mean farts and #$!% bleeps. The app is reminiscent of Yo! and has over 100 different types of sounds to chose from.
Boop
http://www.boopapp.com/
Another messaging app, but this one lets you communicate through animation. Words display one by one and emoticons can be manipulated to move. Self destruction is built in to every message.
Keezy & Keezy Drummer
https://keezy.co/
Keezy gives you the power to make music with only 8 buttons. Seems simple, but depending on your skills, you can create some decent tunes. Listen to some of high quality examples on their site. Keezy Drummer is the drum version of the app.
Adobe Shape CC
http://www.adobe.com/products/shape.html
An app that transforms your smartphone photos into black and white raw vectors. Open up Illustrator or Photoshop to edit. Capture and use any shape you see.
Hermès Tie Break
http://tiebreak.hermes.com/en
An app from luxury brand, Hermes. You can change the patterns of the neck ties with sudden mini games in between.
Facebook Groups
http://www.facebookgroups.com/#more
A new app from Facebook. Create groups, find groups, and follow groups.
Services
uiGIFs
http://uigifs.com/
A service that sends you a selection of new UI GIF animations every week.
Coolors
http://coolors.co/
When you’re not sure what color scheme to use, Coolors is there to generate one for you. A great color inspiration service.
Tools
Moo.do
http://www.moo.do
A notepad tool that let’s you keep track of your appointments and to do lists. Connects with Wunderlist, Trello, and Google Tasks.
MonoChrome
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mono-chrome-chrome/ebahcceemhnmkkfoaccodplhdgbbolkj
A Google Chrome extension that instantly sucks the color out of any site to leave a black and white version that you can use for checking the contrast of your design.
Others
Amazon Echo
http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo
A voice-controlled wireless speaker that you can communicate with in a Siri-like style. The speaker includes 7 small microphones to recognize your voice from wherever you are in the room.
The iOS Design Guidlines
http://iosdesign.ivomynttinen.com/#ref=muzli
A great resource to use for checking required device and icon sizes, colors, fonts, and everything else related to making iOS apps.
Check back again next month for our last roundup of the year!
