Dash API Docs App Reviews

As a new developer my nose is constantly in a "book" so to speak. This has brought sanity to my cluttered mind.

I love Dash for the Mac when Im coding and need quick and precise reference to documentation; however, there are plenty of times that I code (or prepare to code) away from the Mac and this application fills the role of its Mac counterpart perfectly. I highly recommend this application to anyone looking for an excellent API documentation search tool and viewer. It is much more convenient and faster than searching on the web.

I didnt know how useful this would be, but I find myself reading docs on my phone or iPad from time to time. Love it!

This is a fantastic utility. I’ve been waiting for convenient way to access docs offline and this app is perfect. Worth every penny.

Been waiting for a great way to browse dev documentation on iOS and here it is.

The list of ways this app will improve my life would be too long to post here. I will say that I *am* very much looking forward to going back to using Safari for browsing the web rather than keeping fifty dev-related tabs open. I was going crazy. Where iOS Dash doesnt excel is in its presentation of, for example, app guides and sample code from the iOS docset. Instead of seeing a proper index of the current document in the master panel (such as when trying to browse an example project), were still presented with a list of other docs to choose from. What *should* be on the left is a list of source files inside the project. In other words, if Im reading a Core Competencies guide or an API guide, Id like to see an index of its sections in the navigation pane - not a list of other documents/APIs I can view in the whole of the docset. The problem here seems to be one of nested indexes (the TOC/index for an example project or a dev guide should be in the master pane - not an index to all the other entries in the entire docset). Sample projects bring a similar problem. Instead of being able to navigate source files in any order I like, Im stuck having to page through them as theyre laid out in the document, which is alphabetically by the name of each source file. For an example of this, look up any example project from the iOS docset, and try to navigate your way around it. Without an index of the files in the project, its like walking blindly through a sequential series of potentially irrelevant source code files. I hope Ive explained that well enough. What would be ideal, in addition to fixing this navigation problem, would be adding a link to each example project so that we can download the zip file directly from Apple (Apple provides these links in their online docs). Then I could grab an entire project and either save it locally (to iFiles, for example), or open it directly in TextTastic (which would be amazing). Aside from the issues with navigating guides and sample projects, the actual API lookups are great and are more than worth the cost of this app. I already have it installed across my devices, and its great on the phone as well as the iPad. For a product that was just released, this is a beauty, and given how well youve treated us with the desktop version of Dash, I trust youll steadily improve this version until I have nothing to complain about :) Thank you for bringing Dash to iOS.

A great companion to the desktop app. Would be even better if you could do lookups from a mac on the iOS Dash. Even without that, fantastic!

I use Dash on my MacBook Pro and didnt even realize that I needed offline access to all of API docs on my iPad until I tried this app. But I use it all of the time. My usage is actually different on the iPad. I use it more as an exploration tool, looking at docs for things I may not be using yet.

Simple and fast. The best documentation viewer for OSX, now pocket sized.

Lets you carry loads of API documentation with you at all times, even offline for many languages. Invaluable! You can browse the Apple programming guides at any time of day, with every spare minute. Luxury. :)

If you like the Mac OS X version, you know what youre getting (its good). Perfect companion for an app like Pythonista.

Dash on the Mac is an indispensable tool for me, and Im thrilled that its now available on iOS too. It works exactly like youd expect, and is quick and responsive even for very large docsets. Awesome app!

Ive been using this app on my Mac for over a year now, and its great to see its now available on the iPad. It is great to now have easy searchable access to a bunch of API documentation right at my fingertips.

Hard to imagine anyone could do a better job. I am amazed that I can go through all of the Mac Cocoa stuff in one place, and also C++ and any other language Im interested in. I like to download Apples documentation in PDF and read them in iBooks app. Im sure I will always do that, but this gets me into the individual classes and I can find all the routines for the class and jump into other Cocoa classes. Definitely five-star software. Thanks for the great work.

I never have enough screen real estate when developing, so using Dash on my iPad instead of my dev box helps me save about half a screen! It’s also easier to take to the bathroom for, you know, extended thinking sessions.

The Mac app is a working wonder and I love the quick reference so I was naturally excited to grab this app for my iPhone to review this content on the go, or as a "second display" of sorts. The app is designed logically, but it definitely needs lots of polishing in my opinion. While downloading the API references the app would freeze up and not let me go forward or back in the API browser. The status bar is translucent and the overlay of API docs make it hard to read. I also couldnt go back to the list of viewable APIs. Lots of little quirks to work out. All in all, its hard to justify the cost for this in its current state.

Been looking a while for an app like this. Its the perfect amount of functionality with all the focus on finding and viewing the content.

Dash for OS X is one of those apps that solves a problem perfectly. I use it on a daily basis for work, whether I’m online or traveling. Now the developer has written the app for iOS, and I am thrilled. Yes, it needs some user experience tweaks, but just having Dash available on a portable device is fantastic. The only reason I didn’t give this four stars is because the process of syncing docsets between iOS and OS X through iTunes is clunky and unnecessary. Once the app uses iCloud Drive for docset synchronization, I give it five stars without hesitation!

Awesome app! One suggestion: Please make the snippets available in iOS devices through iCloud sync.

would be great to have tabs and bookmarks like osx