Supertop Podcast

We discuss the launch of Castro 3: pre-launch drama, launch day emotions, subscription feedback, reviews, and thoughts about future updates.

Oisin and Padraig discuss the wrap-up of Castro 3 development and reveal the features that current Castro users can expect in 3.0

We give an overview of why we feel good about moving to subscription pricing for Castro and then discuss some of the issues we’ve experienced preparing for the transition.

Oisín and Pádraig follow up on feedback about moving Castro to a subscription business model, then discuss the work they've been doing on Castro 3.

Oisín & Pádraig discuss the different options for Castro 3’s business model and the reasons behind the model they’ve chosen.

Oisin’s iPhone X is stolen by Mexican police. We discuss apps using black backgrounds on the X’s OLED screen for dark modes, the launch of Castro 2.6’s backup / restore feature (including a daring live performance of Padraig restoring his main device) and the new App Store pre-orders feature.

Oisín has an iPhone X. We discuss the new phone and how having the device in hand changed Castro’s status bar strategy.

Oisín is in Canada. We discuss the latest Castro updates, the Release Notes conference, the Notch, and as we start work on Castro 3, we share some thoughts on how our process has changed since we started Castro 2 three years ago.

Padraig and Oisin discuss how drag & drop in iOS 11 simplifies workflows and makes the most of multi-touch. We dive into the design issues we faced while integrating drag & drop with Castro 2.5, and then we don’t talk about The Notch.

We sold Unread, our RSS News Reader for iPhone and iPad. We’re joined by the new owner, John Brayton of Golden Hill Software to discuss the transition and his plans for the future of the app.