Arctic is live on the AppStore - eviltoast
‎Arctic For Lemmy
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‎Arctic For Lemmy is a free and native iOS client for Lemmy. In the spirit of the Fediverse, Arctic is completely free and private. No data of any kind will be collected from your device, and no pesky advertisements, Ever. Arctic was built specifically for iOS and runs natively on pure Swift. Enjoy…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11649661

Download Arctic on the AppStore!

I am thrilled to announce that Arctic is now available on the AppStore! Looking back, it’s amazing to see how much progress Arctic has made in the last six months. Initially, I began working on Arctic as a personal project to fill the void after leaving Reddit during the API fiasco. I had no intention of releasing it publicly. Now, I have a fully-featured Lemmy client, a fantastic group of beta testers on TestFlight, and an official release on the AppStore.

However, the journey isn’t over yet. I have many exciting plans for Arctic, and this is just a significant milestone. Going forward, I plan to release more targeted updates on TestFlight and create a public roadmap for AppStore releases.

I would like to thank everyone who was involved with Arctic’s TestFlight for all the valuable feedback and suggestions that have helped shape Arctic!

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  • CreatureSurvive@lemmy.worldOP
    5·
    9 months ago

    Glad you like it!

    I’m also not satisfied with the icon, though I am not a graphic designer and I’ve been struggling to make a better icon/logo. I’m hoping by the next release I can either find a graphic designer to assist, or come up with an improved logo on my own.

      • CreatureSurvive@lemmy.worldOP
        3·
        9 months ago

        I had the same thought, unfortunately the arctic community is not very big at the moment, so I’ve been waiting to grow it a bit before doing that.

        • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          I’ve been thinking about this logo thing over night. The Lights out icon you made for the app as actually super powerful! 3 dots, 2 sets of whiskers and you get immediately what it is. It’s ultra simple and yet easy to identify. You could make your main logo from that. Doing variations on colors and so on. You. An even reduce or even more to 3 dots in that triangular pattern, it doesn’t need to be representing an animal, your app is called Arctic, after all, which doesn’t have to be connected to the rodent image to work. You already have a strong logo!

            • CreatureSurvive@lemmy.worldOP
              4·
              9 months ago

              I like the idea. I feel that it would need a bit more to be used as branding for Arctic. The three dots on their own are not all that recognizable. I think they need a bit more to offer context as to what they represent, and to fill the blank space between. I am definitely a fan of the simplicity, and abstract idea though.

              I may play around with that and see what I can come 7p with.

    • slin@feddit.de
      4·
      9 months ago

      I am a media designer, but not a specialized artist or illustrator. However, I could try to create an icon, even if it does not end up being used.

      • CreatureSurvive@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, I’d love to see what you could come up with. Even if it didn’t make the cut for a new default icon, I could add it as an alt icon.