Tapbots Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Confirmation of Apple rejecting an app for accessing UDID

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2012)

Paul Haddad of Tapbots confirmed that Apple is rejecting apps which send out UDIDs. The developer posted a rejection notice for version 2.2 of its popular twitter client Tweetbot. The notice says that Tweetbot was rejected because the "app does not obtain user consent before collecting their ...

Tweetbot for iPad ships, millions rejoice

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2012)

A lot of us around the TUAW offices are big fans of everything that comes out of Tapbots, so when Tweetbot for iPhone came out we dutifully shelled out our bucks to get a decent Twitter app for our favorite phone. Just a little while ago we told you about version 2.0 of the iPhone app, and now we ...

Tweetbot 2.0 update adds inline images, Readabilty integration and more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 8th, 2012)

Tweetbot was already a great Twitter client and the 2.0 update that rolled out today makes the app even better. Tweetbot 2.0 has several notable features including inline image preview and a single-tap link which automatically opens content inside the app. If the page you request is text-heavy, ...

Tweetbot wins TUAW Best of 2011 voting for best iPhone social networking app

by Steven Sande (Dec 24th, 2011)

The team at Tapbots is going to get an early Christmas present today -- their Twitter client Tweetbot (US$2.99) was voted the best iPhone social networking app by readers in our continuing TUAW Best of 2011 polling. The app, which launched in April of this year into a crowded Twitter client ...

Tweetbot 1.5 offers mute filters, direct message emails, more

by Steven Sande (Aug 17th, 2011)

Tweetbot, the powerful US$2.99 Twitter app from Tapbots, has been updated to version 1.5. The new version has added a number of features that are sure to please current users and entice other Twitter fans to give the app a try. Tapbots has moved Tweetbot to Twitter's native URL shortening ...

Tweetbot for iPhone / iPod touch: TUAW's first look

by Steven Sande (Apr 13th, 2011)

Back when the iPhone platform was still young and the App Store had just opened its virtual doors, one of the most remarkable apps in what seemed to be an endless stream of poorly executed ideas was a gem called Weightbot. The app is still around, and the 'bot still occupies a place of honor on ...

TUAW's Daily App: Dimensions

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2010)

Dimensions is a pretty interesting idea for an iPhone app. It's a set of 3D tools that you can actually use in real life, all put together by making use of the iPhone's hardware in various ways. There's a caliper, a ruler, a couple of tape measures for various sizes, a measuring wheel for even ...

Tapbots releases Calcbot, Macheist makes it cheap

by Mike Schramm (Jul 13th, 2010)

taptaptap, Tapbots, and Macheist have released a very well-designed calculator app for the iPhone and iPad called Calcbot -- it's available for 99 cents right now on the App Store. I would say that I don't know why we need another calculator app on the store, but this one's designed by Tapbots, so ...

Our mistake, your gain: win one of fifteen free copies of Weightbot

by Steven Sande (Jan 2nd, 2010)

I need a brain transplant. When Paul Haddad of Tapbots offered us fifteen license codes for a giveaway, I blithely assumed that they were for Pastebot, their cool cut, copy, and paste app for iPhone. I set up the giveaway yesterday and have been thrilled with the number of entries (you can still ...

Fifteen lucky TUAW readers will start 2010 with a free copy of Pastebot

by Steven Sande (Jan 1st, 2010)

It's no secret that TUAW bloggers love Pastebot, the new and tasty iPhone / iPod app from Tapbots. Dave Caolo even referred to Pastebot as "his mistress," and I find that I'm using it constantly to move text and images between my Macs and iPhone. Well, Tapbots wants you to join in on the ...

Pastebot, another useful and beautiful bot from Tapbots

by Steven Sande (Dec 22nd, 2009)

Over the past couple of years, I've had the pleasure to write about iPhone / iPod touch apps from Tapbots. First there was Weightbot, a beautifully designed app for tracking your weight. Next came Convertbot, a unit converter calculator that featured an innovative and extremely useful interface. ...

Stupid and unjustified App Store rejection letter of the day

by Steven Sande (Aug 28th, 2009)

TUAW has covered the fine iPhone apps from Tapbots more than once. ConvertBot is a beautifully-designed and functional app to do a myriad of unit conversion calculations, while WeightBot is my personal favorite app for keeping track of my incredible ballooning body. Tapbots posted an entry on ...

Convertbot updated to 1.1, adds more units to convert

by Mike Schramm (Apr 21st, 2009)

I haven't had much use for Tapbots' Weightbot, even though I actually am currently watching my weight, but I really appreciate the look and feel of the program -- it's one of the most polished apps on the App Store. And Convertbot is no different -- while the actual situations where I need to ...

TUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2009)

TUAW would like to help take away a bit of the sting of tax week by giving away something for free. That's why we've teamed with Tapbots to give ten lucky US readers licenses for WeightBot and ConvertBot. Although you'll probably be a lot lighter after the IRS empties your wallet, you may want to ...

First Look: Convertbot

by Steven Sande (Mar 26th, 2009)

Last October, we posted about another iPhone app -- Weightbot -- written by Mark Jardine and Paul Haddad at Tapbots. Now the company has shipped their second app, an iPhone conversion calculator called Convertbot (iTunes link). Like Weightbot, Convertbot is a classy-looking and extremely functional ...