IFTTT, which stands for “If This Then That,” is a terrific tool for
automating personal notifications and social media actions online. The service
lets you set up recipes like “If I post a photo to Instagram, add the file to my
Dropbox,” or “If there’s a birthday reminder, send me a text message,” or “Text
me the weather for my ZIP code at 7:00 a.m. every weekday.” There are 67
different services you can tap into (IFTTT calls them “channels”), mixing them
to build and curate actions that link normally disparate web services.
It’s an incredible productivity tool — and now it’s an iPhone app, too.
The new IFTTT app, released today, takes what it does so well on the web and gives it a touch-friendly spin. You can create your own recipes, or select from existing ones. And as an app, it can also tap into your iPhone’s Contacts, Reminders, and Calendar in recipes. It can differentiate between whether you’re using the front or rear-facing camera or taking a screenshot, which can be useful if you want to lump specific types of images into folders on Flickr or DropBox, for example. As someone who meets a lot of new people week to week, the ability to automatically send newly added contacts an automated greeting over email seems particularly useful. You can personalize push notification settings recipe by recipe.
Another app-specific feature is a unique feed view of your IFTTT alerts, allowing you to browse both time-based actions and immediate events in one place like a timeline. The app also has a discovery feature that suggests new recipes you may like.
You can grab the free iPhone app here. An Android app is currently in the works, the company says.
It’s an incredible productivity tool — and now it’s an iPhone app, too.
The new IFTTT app, released today, takes what it does so well on the web and gives it a touch-friendly spin. You can create your own recipes, or select from existing ones. And as an app, it can also tap into your iPhone’s Contacts, Reminders, and Calendar in recipes. It can differentiate between whether you’re using the front or rear-facing camera or taking a screenshot, which can be useful if you want to lump specific types of images into folders on Flickr or DropBox, for example. As someone who meets a lot of new people week to week, the ability to automatically send newly added contacts an automated greeting over email seems particularly useful. You can personalize push notification settings recipe by recipe.
Another app-specific feature is a unique feed view of your IFTTT alerts, allowing you to browse both time-based actions and immediate events in one place like a timeline. The app also has a discovery feature that suggests new recipes you may like.
You can grab the free iPhone app here. An Android app is currently in the works, the company says.
