Review: How a simple list app called Clear may change how we use our devices forever

Update: For more on Clear, be sure to check out our interview with creator Phill Ryu here.

Some apps do a really good job of selling you what they have. They wrap features in beautiful graphics and lead you through the process of how they work with gorgeously descriptive text and images that conform perfectly to the way we all think an app should work.

Then there are apps that make you re-think the way that you’ve been using apps altogether, breaking the mold and re-forming it with just a few minutes of use. Clear is that kind of app.

Clear is the first app from fresh development studio Impending, founded by tap tap tap partner Phill Ryu and David Lanham of the Iconfactory, as well as Milen Dzhumerov, the developer and co-creator of the app. It was produced in partnership with the hugely talented folks at Realmac Software, who made the lovely Analog.

To be completely honest, Clear [App Store, $0.99] is a simple and relatively limited list app. It’s probably not going to make your ‘getting things done’ workflow crumble and reform around it, and it lacks a ton of must-have features for any big GTD fan. But it is a very good basic scratchpad for items that you’d like to remember on a short-term basis.

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