Row 1
The top row is pretty close to stock. Messages, Calendar and Photos are all in their default positions. Camera+ took over for the system’s camera app a long time ago. I like the filters and sharing options, but most importantly, it is faster than iOS’ app, at least on my 4.
Row 2
- Music is pretty self-explanatory. I’ve got iTunes Match turned on.
- Instacast is fantastic. Syncing with iTunes to update podcasts seems super old-fashioned after using this app. I listen to a bunch of shows while driving around, and this app is a game-changer.
- PlainText is a universal Dropbox text editor. I gave up Simplenote earlier this year to simplify my setup, and PlainText made that possible. (On the desktop, I access my Dropbox-based files via nvALT.
- I’m somewhat of a weather nerd. I love radars, dew points and storm warnings. After lots of testing, I settled on My-Cast as my iPhone weather app of choice.
Rows 3
- My life is inside OmniFocus. I’m not even kidding.
- While it is $3 more than the free, first-party Twitter client, Tweetbot is worth the money. It’s got really smart push notification, a great design and a healthy dose of personality. I wish they guys would make an iPad version.
- Reeder is the Google Reader client not only for the iPhone, but the iPad and Mac, too. It’s not without good reason — Reeder is fast, ties into sharing services and has a great icon.
- While I use Instapaper more on my iPad than on my phone, it might be my favorite iOS app. I send tons of stuff to the service, and I love having it ready to read if I have a moment.
Row 4
I keep this row empty. It makes my phone less overwhelming to look at, and it gives me a nice place to slide over to the others screens.
The Dock
Nothing too exciting here. Settings has lived in my Dock for years, and I just can’t bring myself to change it.