Everything you need to design iOS 8 apps

Jun 3rd, 2015

In this post you’ll get all the building blocks you need to design great iOS 8 apps. We’ve also got you covered if you’re thinking of designing Android Wear apps or Apple Watch apps.

Apple’s official iOS 8 WWDC 2014 presentation

Guidelines

The official Apple iOS Human Interface Guidelines
iPhone design 101 in depth tutorial
A better way to design for Retina in Photoshop
Wireframing for iOS app interfaces in Photoshop
A starter guide to designing for iOS from taybenlor.com
Unofficial design guidelines by Ivo Mynttinen Design
Design cheat sheet for iPhone 5, 6 and 6 Plus

Inspiration

Inspire yourself on pinterest: board 1, board 2, board 3, board 4, board 5, board 6
Start thinking like an app designer — an article on smashingmagazine
iospirations — everything from iPhone interfaces to iOS icons
Be wowed by this showcase of 40 insanely detailed iOS icon designs
Check out these top 10 must see inspiring iOS apps for designers
Apple inspires me icons, interfaces, websites and more
2014 best iOS apps honoured in the Apple Design Awards
15 great iOS 8 design concepts
A huge iOS icon gallery

Case studies

iOS 8 app interface example project on behance
A Viber app redesign for iOS 8 on behance
Instagram iOS 8 concept app design on behance
Sample sports app concept on behance
An “edgy concept” iPhone 6 edge to edge concept on Behance
iOS 8 concept imagines the operating system with widgets
Designing an iOS fitness app with Apple Watch compatibility — a fictional design study

Downloads

Apple’s book on iOS human interface guidelines
AI icon set for iOS 8 contains 16 icons that are used by 90% of apps
PSD file with free custom iOS 8 keyboard concepts
A Photoshop template GUI elements found in iOS 8
iPhone blueprint wireframe kit PSD file
Build your own gestures with this guide and downloadable icons from Ron George
AI vector iOS 8 UI kit by Rusty Mitchell
PSD template containing iOS 8 GUI elements
Photoshop scalable mockups for iPhone 6
App icon templates for PSD
PSD GUI for mocking up iPhone 6 apps
A fully layered iPhone (retina display) and iPad (standard resolution) app psd template
iPad GUI PSD contains all major iOS elements to help design your apps
A big personal license pack of icons to illustrate all of your iOS applications.
Free iOS 8 user interface PSD by Oz Pinhas
PSD template on dribble for iPhone 6 plus by Kapil G
iOS 8 Retina ready icons by Marco Silva
layered PSD Retina ready UI Kit on Graphicsbay
iOS 8 health app mockup from techandall
PSD of iOS 8 UI elements, such as system screens, navigation controls
iOS 8 Illustrator vector UI kit
PSD iPhone 6 black & white UI kit
line icons free 100 iOS 8
200 iOS 8 tab bar icons
iPhone 6 scalable vector mockups
iOS 8 colour swatches and gradients

Discussion

Reviews

A general video review of iOS 8 new features, improvements, what’s different to iOS 7
Is this the dramatic redesign that iOS 7 promised
Three questions enterprises should ask about iOS 8
As Apple reveals iOS 8 some questions enterprises should ask
Apple set to create havoc for marketers on globalreachtech
Is iOS 8 the next best Apple innovation on smartsites
Some useful things you didn’t know were possible in iOS 8
iOS now has Material design taking a leaf out of Androids book
10 things you can now do in iOS 8
iOS 8 review on engadget
iOS 8 review on imore
iOS 8 review on techradar