12 fantastic iPhone Apps for Graphic Designers

If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you probably know about the huge variety of applications that the iTunes store has to offer. From games to dictionaries to calculators, there’s an app for almost anything you want to do – and that includes graphic design.

Whether you are trying to identify a font or simply want to save a color, these applications will make you wonder how you ever got along without them.

Here’s just a few apps to make your life as a graphic designer just a little bit easier:

Color Expert

This app lets you take pictures and identify the colors in them quickly and easily. It also has a swatch library and a color wheel – allowing you to make your own colors and find complements for them. This is an invaluable tool for a graphic designer on the go.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $9.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 stars

ColorToy

Looking for inspiration? Use ColorToy to generate random color palettes. You can click on any color you like to get an entirely new set of colors, or you can substitute your own code to find matches for any color you’re looking for. This app is definitely a lot of fun – the color generator is almost addictive!

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $2.99
Apple Customer Rating: 2.5 stars

WhatTheFont

If you don’t carry an encyclopedia of obscure fonts in your head, you’ll love this app. It allows you to take pictures of different words and then identifies the font for you – making your life just a little bit easier. You can also use this app with pictures you find on the Web, for those of you without the camera function.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: Free
Apple Customer Rating: 2.5 stars

Dexigner

This app is basically a news feed from the world of graphic design. It updates you on all the latest news, events, and design competitions, all on your iPhone!

Compatibility: iPhone
Price: Free
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 stars

Zeptopad

Sometimes, inspiration strikes while you are away from the computer. With this handy little app, you can get sketching right away. Definetely awesome, but the price is a little high.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $19.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 stars

Brushes

If you’re looking for a cheaper version of Zeptopad, this is the way to go. It features a bunch of different brushes, and allows you to change brush size, opacity, and, of course, color. Upside: “Undo” and “Redo” buttons. Downside: It only lets you work with 4 layers at a time.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $4.99
Apple Customer Rating: 4 stars

WordPress

You all know how wonderfully easy WordPress makes running a Web site. Now you can update your site from anywhere with WiFi.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: Free
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 stars

FTP on the Go

Just like the name says, it’s an FTP client for your iPod. It even lets you view documents right in the application.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $6.99
Apple Customer Rating: 4 Stars

iBlueSky

Mindmapping is an awesome tool to help you plan projects – and iBlueSky makes it even awesome-er.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $9.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 Stars

Toodledoo – To Do List

If you need a little help keeping track of all of your projects and tasks, this is the app for you.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $2.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3.5 Stars

CSS Cheat Sheet

Even the most experienced coders need to look things up sometimes – and that’s where CSS Cheatsheet steps in. You can look up general concepts, or just specific terms – whatever you need to make your coding easier.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $0.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3 Stars

Source Viewer

You can download browser plugins to let you view source codes on your computer, but you can’t do that on your iPod – at least, you couldn’t until now. Type in any URL and Source Viewer lets you see the guts of the Web site.

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Price: $0.99
Apple Customer Rating: 3 Stars

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