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Readdle: Creating Essential Apps for Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac [Sponsor]

Since the first day that the App Store threw open its virtual doors, Readdle has been there, providing customers with category-defining productivity apps.

Those apps, including Readdle’s current lineup of Spark (iOS and Mac), PDF Expert, Calendars, Scanner Pro, and Documents, are beloved by users worldwide, having been downloaded over 140 million times. Readdle’s apps have garnered multiple awards and recognition from Apple and been covered by every major tech news outlet. It’s a storied history of an independent company of 190 people dedicated to helping customers be more productive and efficient by unlocking the power of technology.

Based in Ukraine and with an office in Berlin, Readdle is continually innovating and exploring new ways to solve its users’ problems. For example, the company was at the forefront of implementing drag and drop functionality between its suite of apps on the iPad before it was a system feature. The company has also pioneered collaborative, team-based email with Spark and cutting-edge PDF editing tools with PDF Expert across all of Apple’s platforms.

Just as critical as its transformative technology, though, is Readdle’s commitment to user trust. Unlike many of its competitors, Readdle doesn’t rely on ads in its apps, which are notoriously privacy-hostile.

With over a decade of experience on the App Store, Readdle isn’t sitting still. Its five flagship apps continue to evolve and improve. New powerful features and design changes are on the horizon for each of its products.

Whether you’re new to Readdle’s apps or simply haven’t tried them recently, now is a great time to download them on any of Apple’s platforms. This week, you’ll hear more about Spark, which brings the power of collaboration to bear on the age-old problem of managing email messages, and PDF Expert, a unique way to read, annotate, and edit PDFs. However, be sure to also try Calendars, which was recently updated with video conferencing integration, Scanner Pro, which The New York Times described as the best mobile scanner app, and Documents, an all-in-one file manager, media player, and downloader.

With Readdle, your essential productivity needs are fulfilled with innovative apps you can trust. Download Spark (iOS and Mac), PDF Expert, Calendars, Scanner Pro, and Documents today on the App Store.

Our thanks to Readdle for sponsoring all of our WWDC coverage here and on AppStories this week.


Developer WWDC Predictions

The MacStories team has spent the past several weeks sharing our wishes and predictions for WWDC here and on MacStories, AppStories, and elsewhere. With WWDC starting in just three days, we wanted to get the perspective of the developers whose apps we cover too. As the conference approaches, we know everyone is busy getting ready,...


Perks

Pastel Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 10 codes for Pastel, Steve Troughton-Smith’s terrific color palette utility for the iPhone and iPad. Enter Your Email Address for a Chance to Win...


Interesting Links

Dropbox has launched a password manager called Dropbox Passwords alongside Dropbox Vaults, which is secure storage for important digital documents. (Link) We covered the App Store controversy surrounding the new email service Hey yesterday, but if you’re interested in learning more about the underlying service, The Verge has an excellent overview. (Link) Apple added a...


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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Beginning next Tuesday on AppStories, Federico and John will release daily episodes of AppStories covering the WWDC keynote, State of the Union, session videos, and more. Today onMacStories Unwind,Federico and John cover our upcoming WWDC coverage, Photoshop for iPad, TV+ channels, a reboot of a beloved Mac arcade shooter, plus a video game...


In This Issue

Pixelmator Pro, developer predictions for WWDC, a Pastel giveaway,Federico shows how to use the MacStories Perspective Icons with other apps, Ryanimagines a more robust keyboard shortcut experience, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, lots of App Debuts,arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming episodes of AppStories and MacStories Unwind....


WWDC Club Coverage and Schedule

We’re excited to kick off our expanded coverage of WWDC next week. With the whole team covering the event from home, we’ve got time to do more than usual this year. That means the same wall-to-wall coverage on MacStories as in past years, plus four special episodes of AppStories, and an episode of MacStories Unwind....


HomeDash: HomeKit Dashboards [Sponsor]

HomeDash is the ultimate HomeKit app for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. With it, you can create custom dashboards to monitor all of your HomeKit-connected devices and take your home automation setup to the next level.

The app is beautifully designed, making navigation of even large collections of devices easy. What’s more, its flexible and highly-customizable UI allows you to set up your dashboards to fit your particular needs and home. It’s a combination that makes HomeDash a superior solution for managing your HomeKit devices.

With HomeDash you can control multiple devices, build widgets for devices, rooms, groups, or even your entire home. Of course, the app also supports all of HomeKit’s features like scenes and automations. Scenes can be arranged in folders, too, providing an added layer of organization. However, it’s the multi-device support that really sets HomeDash apart because with just a single tap it lets you control multiple devices, groups, rooms, and more instead of controlling them one at a time.

HomeDash’s Watch app can store your ten favorite scenes, allowing you to access them on the go easily. You can even shut down all of your devices at once by force touching HomeDash’s Watch app UI. It’s a terrific one-tap shortcut for shutting down your home at the end of the day.

This week only, MacStories readers can purchase HomeDash for just $9.99. This is a rare opportunity to get this incredibly powerful app at a significant discount. So don’t wait, use this link to download HomeDash today and take control of your HomeKit devices with powerful, customized dashboards.

Our thanks to HomeDash for sponsoring MacStories this week.