Thursday 17 July 2014

Patience

Today I'm doing a review of the wonderful Patience by @Zooropalg and @iPixThemesHD. And first thing I will say is that I had this theme running for ages on my iPad Air as it is just awesome, so many different variations to this theme, and yet again the community came together to help put their own stamp on this theme, too many names to remember but it was great to see loads of people making alternate icon sets. This theme is one of the most complete themes available out there at the moment, so much detail went into this theme that you even get 2 UI to choose from, standard UI and premium UI, both very well thought out with great changes made through out the UI. Now when you open Winterboard you will be shocked just how many elements are inside Winterboard, but once you chosen how wish your iPad/iPhone to look you will be amazed at the crispness in the designs and the clean and smooth icons, if this theme was a river it would flow beautifully. And if at any time you get bored with your set up you can go in Winterboard and jiggle things about to have a different looking device all over with out changing theme, I was going to do a review when in beta stage but I didn't think the review would do it any justice, and I'm glad I didn't because I would of not been able to include the other great bits of touch that the other Devs put into this remarkable theme. At least 7 icon sets, from glyphs to red shine icons and even pink for the ladies out their as well as a lot of add ons from @schnedi like classic badges and more iconomatics to choose from, you really do get a lot of choice from this theme so you will never get bored. @Mtk_des1gn graciously gave the theme the fragrance icon set to be included in the theme. I've loved seeing some members of the community really coming together and stepping up the game. Also included is a big pack of iconomatic themes and also another big pack of BiteSMS themes. I was very lucky to join in the early stages of beta and watch this amazing theme grow from strength to strength. This great theme is now available in Cydia and is in the featured theme section which is well deserved, I don't think anymore I could say on this theme would do it any justice, check out the screenshots below which are of the iPad version as I always feel iPads kind of get forgotten about, but this theme works on both iPads and iPhones. Great job guys and to everyone who helped push this theme to new limits. As I said this theme is in Cydia now, go grab your copy and remember to purchase your theme in the correct way. 




Tuesday 8 July 2014

Wround

I've been asked if I would review @al3xsanch3z07 new theme Wround. As you can probably guess from the title this theme is based on round icons, now Wround icons are not everyone's taste but I think Alex has done a pretty good job in making this different from other round icon based themes. Once you've purchased this theme from Cydia and installed it you will find a vast range of elements to choose from within Winterboard, once you've selected your elements and re sprung springboard you will be greeted with a cool boot logo which has a wonderfully Wround shaped W, which is full of colour, and the colour doesn't stop there which will become apparent after you've unlocked your iPhone, as you'll be greeted with a blast of colour from some of the icons, it's important when making a colourful theme that you don't over do it with the colour and vibrancy as you don't want it to look like a child has been painting lol, and Alex has avoided such a situation with not overpowering the eyes with too much colour and made sure the colours work well with each other, I particularly like the FaceTime icon as it has some great reflections and shadowing on it, yet it keeps the original colour of the iOS 7 icon with a band of bright green around the outside of the icon, also the camera icon has a great look of a camera lense on it and yet more great reflections and shadows. I also like how the AppStore iTunes and Cydia icons look like each other with a grid system in the background of the actual icon. Inside Winterboard you'll find options for ClassicDock, CC Sliders, badges both round and square as well as a choice of UI switches and Iconomatic overlays and shadows. The settings icons are themed also and they look really spot on, the Winterboard icon and settings icon is a real nice touch, yet again keeping in touch with look and feel of the theme. Alex has made a couple of themes now and is starting to make an impression in the Jailbreak community, above all he's a really good lad who is polite and extremely helpful to others, I look forward to seeing more from Alex in the future. Wround is available now on Cydia and please remember to support Devs by purchasing your themes in a legitimate way.