iphone apps for designers

In the modern age of technology, mobile applications have reached a level at which you can expect almost anything from them. For graphic designers, what could be more beneficial than having design related software and applications available on your mobile phone. With the applications below designers can keep their creative juices flowing even when not in front of a computer.

1. Font Game: This is an interesting game for people who work with fonts. This game has different levels where you have to recognize and differentiate among various fonts.

2. SimpleMind Touch: This application allows you to map your thoughts and strategies into a practical collection on your mobile device.

3. Palettes: This app is just perfect for graphic designers since it allows you to choose and identify any color on any image or webpage. It then makes that color available to use for you along with the different shades of that color to give you a wide palette of colors.

4. CliqCliq Colours: This application is similar to Palettes but it provides a larger range of colors and allows you to convert them from different formats and scales to the ones you want.

5. Palettes Pro: Another similar color related application; it allows you to create different palettes of colors and color schemes for your graphic design projects.

6. Color Expert: This application allows designers to capture various colors and suggests color schemes and shades accordingly. It takes the designer’s inspiration and translates it into a design.

7. iBlueSky: This application is a mind mapping software that allows you to organize your thoughts and ideas into a tangible form by putting them into PDFs for later use.

8. WhatTheFont: This app is very beneficial for designers when they want to use a certain font that they like but don’t know what exactly it is. This app will identify any font from an image or webpage and make it available for you to use.

9. FinDaFont: This application acts as a store for a huge number of different fonts for use.

10. FontShuffle: This application sorts the fonts according to their visual similarity making it very easy for the designer to choose the font that they want.

11. Typography Manual: This application contains all the features required as a desk reference such as a font size ruler, calculator, glossary etc.

12. Sketches 2: This application provides you an interface through which you can put your ideas onto your mobile by sketching through your finger. The images created could be colored and shaped according to your choice.

13. PixelPipe: Through this application, you can save photos from your mobile device to any social network or website in a few easy steps.

14. Loupe: This application is also very beneficial for graphics designers since it allows you to choose and alternate different colors whenever you want and save them for later use.

15. ColorToy: This application is another color application that provides color schemes for different uses. You can get a variety of schemes and swatches and use them however you want.

16. Paper Sizes: This application provides you with all the international paper sizes information so that you can design and illustrate accordingly.

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