IOS on Flo's Thoughts

Digital Spring Cleaning

Mon, 04 May 2026 07:20:24 +0200

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A few days ago, I found this nugget through 9to5Mac’s Indie App Spotlight. I love apps like this. At first sight it’s such a simple idea. But very nicely executed and tremendously helpful.

For any given day, This Day it will show you all the photos and videos that you have taken on this day throughout the years. You can select and delete any that you don’t want to keep anymore: duplicates, screenshots, or blurry images. Day by day, your photo library becomes a little cleaner, without the overwhelming amount of images to review if you had just set out to ‘clean-up your photos’.

Discontinuing My Personal Apps

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:27:34 +0200

I’ve released Studifutter probably more than ten years ago, and to this day, it is still on the App Store. While I was often pleasantly surprised that it was still working, I didn’t find the time or the will to properly update it to support new cafeterias or the newest phones.

That’s why I have decided to sunset it along with Deadlines, which also hasn’t seen any updates in years. Both apps will soon disappear from the App Store.

Deadlines 1.2

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:04:00 +0200

A few days ago, I submitted a new version of Deadlines to the App Store. Today it has been approved. This small update features a new design to fit the iOS 7 style and fixes a few issues I had with the calendar integration. I wanted to do this ever since iOS 7 was announced. I hope you like it.

Back To The Roots

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:33:26 +0200

tl;dr: I’m looking for a new side project.

Some of you may know that I moved my professional focus to a new field after getting my degree in early 2013. I was offered to join our family business, which has absolutely nothing to do with computer science. Since I thought it might be a great idea to keep learning, I finished a few courses which led to another job title I can add to my résumé. Now I’m also an occupational safety specialist¹ and planning supervisor² and I do this as my day job now.

Playing at Programming

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:14:01 +0200

Some of my favorite examples on the Mac have been Keyboard Maestro, Text Expander, Hazel, and Automator, each of which allows you to create what are essentially mini-programs, without knowing a bit of code. The most recent exciting entry in this category is Workflow, which has been called Automator for iOS, and which has gotten some great reviews.

A great example for a great app. Get Workflow on the App Store (de, us; affiliate links).

Displaying a Caller's Region

Thu, 02 Jan 2014 08:00:00 +0200

littlebigdetails.com states the Nexus 4 displays the country a caller comes from.

The iPhone sometimes does this, too. I haven’t figured yet, when it actually does it. Looks like, it works for all US numbers. But why not for German ones? How hard can it be to retrieve a region string for an area code upon an incoming call?

4 iOS Games That Will Get Me Through the Holiday Season

Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:46:34 +0200

1. The Room Two Link to heading

The second part of this series seems a little bit easier to me than the first one but it’s still a great puzzle game. It will keep you occupied for at least a few hours.

2. Walking Dead: The Game - Season Two Link to heading

Last year around this time of the year I played the first edition. A few days back season two came out. I did not manage to start yet, but from what I heard it’s pretty great, too. If you already played the first episode (and if you still have your save game; that’s why I was not able to start yet) the game picks up on the decisions you made during last year’s game.

Blek

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:49:32 +0200

This is the game the iPad was made for. Amazing. Get it on the App Store (de, us; Affiliate links).

Getting Stuck in Oceanhorn and How to Fix It

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:00:00 +0200

A few weeks back Oceanhorn (de, us; Affiliate Links) appeared on the App Store and instantly caught my attention. It’s similarities and my love for Zelda made me curious.

Unfortunately, a few hours in I got stuck in a place called the Forest Shrine. I accidentally pushed a stone box a little bit to far so it got stuck at a wall and I wasn’t able to move it back onto the area on the ground where it belonged.

Studifutter 2.2 – iOS 7 Update

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:00:00 +0200

When iOS 7 was announced this summer we planned to support it from day one with Studifutter and Deadlines. As you might have noticed, this did not work out as planned.

A few months later, today Studifutter gets it’s update. We got rid of all the custom textures and try to be more simple and straight forward.

We hope you like it. Get it on the App Store.

Cholesterini ist fertig

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:00:00 +0200

Cholesterini is only available in German for now. I’ll let you know when it’s been translated.

Gestern Abend hat Apple die neueste App, an der wir für unseren Kunden neapptrix arbeiten durften, freigegeben. Cholesterini (App Store Affiliate Link, 15,99 €) hilft Schlaganfall- und Herzinfarkt-Patienten und -Risikogruppen ihre Blut- und Nährwerte im Auge zu behalten und stellt diese grafisch dar. Dabei können die Lebensmittel aus einer Datenbank mit ~15.000 Einträgen gewählt werden, wodurch sich der Erfassungsaufwand auf ein Minimum reduziert. Ziel ist es, schnell, einfach und zuverlässig seine Daten im Überblick zu haben und so den Benutzer dabei zu unterstützen, sich gesünder zu ernähren.

Studifutter and Deadlines on iOS 7

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:00:00 +0200

Today, Apple released iOS 7 to the public and the adoption rate might go even crazier than it did with the previous versions due to all the new bits this update brings. It’s the biggest update since the introduction of the iPhone OS back in 2007.

This is a huge opportunity for developers, they say. In an App Store filled to the max with Apps a new chance to separate from the masses came up when the new OS was introduced at WWDC in June.

Deadlines 1.1.2

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0200

With Deadlines 1.1.2 we decided to do a major change (though it’s not a major update): Deadlines is free from now on.

This move is a reaction to the experiment we did earlier this year. During the seven months Deadlines was available now only a hand full of people bought it. During the weekend we gave it away for free a few hundred people downloaded it. So it does not make any sense to charge for it if no one is buying it anyway.

Studifutter 2.1

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:00 +0200

Studifutter 2.1 is here. We’ve improved the performance again and added social sharing features. You can now share your plans to go to your local cafeteria via Facebook, Twitter or mail.

As with Deadlines 1.1.1, we added Crashlytics. If you want to help send the reports to us whenever the app crashes.

Hope you like it.

Displaying Your App Store Downloads on Panic's Status Board

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200

About a week ago Panic introduced its newest product: Status Board. It’s a widget-based app that displays different kinds of information on your iPad or on your TV.

Since there are already quite a few custom widgets out there I thought it would be nice if you could see your App Store downloads on there. We’re using App Annie and they’re offering a public API. Tim Brückmann implemented a script that creates a data source for a widget that displays the App Store sales.

Deadlines Free for the Weekend

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0200

As a little experiment we’re giving away Deadlines for free over the weekend. So go get it on the App Store (de, us)! Feel free to email us about any concerns or improvements.

Happy downloading.

Deadlines 1.1.1

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +0200

Today Apple published Deadlines 1.1.1, a minor bug fix release. Changelog:

Configure reminder times (per event and globally via settings)
Improving performance and UI of the calendar

Besides that we included the Crashlytics framework. So when the app crashes, you may be asked to let it send a report about what happened to us. If you wan’t to help us improve the app say yes.

We hope you like it.

From the Series 'Addictive iOS Games'

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:00:00 +0200

Bananakong

My GF dug up Banana Kong (App Store: de, us) a few days ago. Damn, what a time sink. If you want to get something done today do not download it.

Studifutter 2.0.3

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0200

As of today, Studifutter 2.0.3 is available. Here are the release notes:

Fixes cosmetic bugs which caused some assets to randomly appear and disappear
Fixes the bug that caused the app to hang on first launch
Fixes the bug which caused the app not to display new data after hitting the re-download button
Downloads only the menu for the restaurant wanted
Notifies the user when there are no meals (during holiday breaks, i.e.) instead of just displaying an empty list

We hope this makes the experience quite a lot better.

Deadlines 1.1 Available

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0200

Deadlines 1.1 made it to the App Store last night. It brings a few bug fixes and the options to read from and save to the calendar. That makes adding events even easier. Besides that, I added a settings screen that allows to hide overdue events.

Get Deadlines here.

New Hobby Project: Deadlines

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:00:00 +0200

A few semesters back I wanted to have an app that would allow me to enter a few important dates like the exams and create a basic list of them to keep track of that without the need to look them up on my calendar. While browsing the App Store I found a few that did exactly that — but they all were ugly as hell. All I wanted was a simple list with a title and the remaining time.

Deadlines Availability

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0200

Last night Apple set Deadlines to ready for sale. So I’ve been checking the App Store all day and waited for it to show up. Unfortunately I had to realize that I accidentally set the availability date to December 31, which explains why I couldn’t find it.

You can now finally find it here on the App Store.

I did also submit the first update which brings Calendar.app integration and a few bug fixes. Feel free to follow @DeadlinesApp or @flohei on Twitter for updates.

Using AirPrint With Any (?) Printer

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:16:11 +0200

Since Apple announced that we’d be able to print directly from our iOS devices once 4.2 arrives I was pretty excited to get my hands on the new version. Equally disappointed I was when I first saw the list of supported printers.

Today I ran across a German blogpost which describes how to get every printer working with AirPrint by running an Apple Script and re-installing the printer. You can download the script here. Follow these steps once you have downloaded Simone’s script: