Splashpath

October 11, 2010  |  featured, portfolio  |  135 comments

Splashpath will be back in the Appstore asap. We’ve currently made it unavailable while we address a crash on older iPhones. The update has been submitted so hopefully will be back very soon! Thanks for your patience.

One of only a handful of iPhone projects funded by Channel 4. Owned by Kinkub, Splashpath puts the fun into swimming. It’s not just about fitness. It’s about making new friends, discovering new swimming pools and completing some incredible challenges along the way.

Splashpath makes it so incredibly easy to find your nearest pool, swim a challenge, get fit and meet friends.

- Search the most comprehensive database of pools via GPS or location.

- Ever wanted to swim the Channel? Well now you can with one of our swimming challenges! See yourself on a Google map swimming across the worlds most exciting waterways.

- Make friends. Splashpath lists other swimmers at your favourite pools.

- View swimming timetables. We’re doing out best to get as many swimming pool timetables on Splashpath so it only takes one click to see if you can swim! Forget those ancient PDF’s and Word Documents!

iRally iPad

October 11, 2010  |  Uncategorized, featured, portfolio  |  160 comments

Kinkub’s first iPad app. iRally on the iPad takes the iRally experience to the max, fully making use of the larger screen to display all the detailed score and statistical information. Have Rally fans ever had it so good??

The application offers:

- Daily news service from the world of rally during 2010
- News flashes from 2010 events
- Current results (unofficial) from 2010 events
- Current overall standings (unofficial) for 2010
- Videos and podcasts
- Direct links to World Rally Radio and other rally radio services
- Information and biogs and pictures of over 100 stars and legends of the sport

iRally

October 11, 2010  |  featured, portfolio  |  125 comments

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iRally, the new independent, free application bringing all the latest rally news to the iPhone is celebrating a hugely successful start. iRally has delivered news and results to fans of the FIA World Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge since January, and has already received five-star ratings from users around the globe.

In just over a month, Kinkub built the iPhone app and a bespoke Ruby-on-Rails application to serve iRally users with live, dynamic data.

The application offers:

- Daily news service from the world of rally during 2010
- News flashes from 2010 events
- Current results (unofficial) from 2010 events
- Current overall standings (unofficial) for 2010
- Videos and podcasts
- Direct links to World Rally Radio and other rally radio services
- Information and biogs and pictures of over 100 stars and legends of the sport

FaceFrame

September 15, 2009  |  portfolio  |  197 comments

FaceFrame turns your iPhone/iPod Touch into a digital photo-frame capable of displaying all of your Facebook friend’s photos. Make use of that nice big screen when you’re sitting at our desk or relaxing at home and keep your friends close!

Features:

  • Photos displayed clear and full screen in portrait or landscape.
  • Pinch and zoom your photos
  • See Photos from ALL of your Facebook friends or limit to a custom selection of friends
  • Popup menu allows you to pause slideshow or explore further into a particular friend or album
  • Simple and very easy to use!

(Coming soon… just waiting for big boss Apple’s say so)

Lions Tour 2009

September 3, 2009  |  featured, portfolio  |  2,598 comments

KinKub’s inaugural project, the official application for the Lions Tour 2009 was huge success. After only 3 days in the store it rocketed to the #1 top paid sports app in the UK.

Keep track of:

  • Breaking Lions news
  • Updated match fixtures
  • Venues and opposing South African team information
  • Detailed Squad information
  • Live match reporting! Never miss the action!!
  • Exclusive video content from the documentary filmmakers following the British Lions.

BigBird

September 3, 2009  |  featured, portfolio  |  313 comments

KinKub’s latest app. BigBird is the coolest way to follow your Twitter timeline. BigBird turns your iPhone into a digital photo-frame that updates to show your latest tweet. Each tweet is scaled to fill the screen while the twitter user’s profile image is displayed fullscreen behind the text.

It’s perfect for propping up on your desk at home or work and looks great!

Features:

  • Display your latest friend’s tweet fullscreen and bold.
  • Display tweet in landscape or portrait orientations.
  • In-between new tweets you can choose to randomly cycle through older tweets.
  • When a new tweet arrives BigBird displays it and plays a custom alert sound.
  • Full screen profile images display behind the tweet.
  • Record your own alert sound for when a new tweet arrives.
  • Choose the slideshow delay between tweets.
  • Set the transparency of the large background profile images.

Download on iTunes

Thanks to Matt Gemmell who’s open source twitter engine powers Bigbird as well as many of the most popular iPhone Twitter clients

Namer

September 2, 2009  |  featured, portfolio  |  2,574 comments

KinKub’s fun little tool for generating project names. We made it because we needed it. Now it’s on the AppStore for all to enjoy!

  • Over 190+ handpicked words.
  • Word combinations designed to be useful. No filler!
  • Grouped into categories such as Sounds, Tech & Animals.
  • Easily generate names like the hugely popular Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Bebo.
  • A ‘random’ feature combines words for a fun and effortless experience.
  • Manage a list of favorite combinations & export the list via email.