TankBuddy, the easy and fun aquarium maintenance utility for Mac, is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This new version of TankBuddy has been completely redesigned and rewritten from the ground-up specifically for the iPhone and iPod.

TankBuddy makes it easy to maintain your aquariums, giving you unlimited tanks, each of which has its own pH, ammonia, water change, and feeding logs. Tanks can be updated with just a few taps, and even have their own notepads you can use to keep a shopping or To Do list. As soon as it’s launched, TankBuddy will show you instantly how many of your tanks are past-due for a water change or a feeding.

Find out more at the official TankBuddy website or download TankBuddy from the Apple App Store:

TankBuddy, the easy-to-use aquarium maintenance utility for Mac, has been rewritten and redesigned from the ground up in a new (and much more awesome) mobile version. That’s right fishkeepers, TankBuddy is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch!

You can visit the official TankBuddy App website or check back here for the official launch, which is expected within the next two weeks after the App Store review and submission process has been completed. TankBuddy for the Mac will remain free, although further development will be focused now on the iPhone version, which is planned for a $2.99 pricetag (less than the price of a latte – for a complete aquarium maintenance utility on your phone!).

Stay tuned!

The FunBox sale has officially ended! Thank you to everyone who participated by spreading the word or by purchasing a FunBox bundle. There’s a lot of neat updates in the works to BravoBug’s shareware apps (including Blackout 3.4 and multiplayer MBB3k!), so check back soon.

Happy 2010!

UIColor is a little limited in comparison to its Mac OS X counterpart NSColor. Ars Technica wrote up a handy set of additions which provide add-on methods for doing things like grabbing the -red, -green, and -blue component values from the underlying CGColorRef.

One thing the Ars code seemed to be missing was the ability to pull hue, saturation, and brightness values from a UIColor. So if you need to get those, here is an easy add-on category which piggybacks on Ars’ code.

Source code:

UIColor-HSVAdditions.h

UIColor-HSVAdditions.m

PS: I hope everyone has a fun New Years Eve. Be safe.

All day December 24th and 25th, BravoBug is giving away a free Christmas app. Happy Holidays!

Update: The giveaway has officially ended, thank you to everyone who stopped by and sent fun email messages. Enjoy your apps!

To get your license key:

1. Email bravobug@gmail.com

2. Put MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY HOLIDAYS or something cheerful like that in the subject. And yes, use capslock. It’s cruise control for cool.

3. Include your full name (for the license) and the name of the app you want (Blackout, EasyBatch, MiLife, Mega BrickBash, IconBurglar)

I’ll get back to you (might take me a day or two) with a free license key! And hey no sneaky stuff like multiple email addresses and names!

(PS: Feel free to tweet about it. Or just throw open the sashes and rejoice/scream about it to your neighbors, whatever works!)

BravoTunes has been updated to 1.1.2.

BravoTunes is a free iTunes add-on utility which places scrolling (or stationary) track information in your menubar, making it easy to see at a glance which track is playing and what’s coming up next. Its system-wide menu allows you to easily control iTunes without leaving the current app you’re working with: skip tracks, adjust repeat/shuffle settings, apply ratings, etc.

As if that wasn’t enough, BravoTunes is packed to the brim with customization options. Adjust the display’s font style, color, size, scrolling speed, framerate, iTunes syncing speed, Dock icon visibility, track album/artist details, iTunes auto-launching… this app has everything but the kitchen sink.

The best part? BravoTunes is free. Visit the official BravoTunes webpage to download it for your Mac. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later… and iTunes, of course.

Coming Soon: Blackout 3.4.

BravoBug Software is happy to announce today the release of Pocket Lint v1.0, a simple, flexible, easy-to-use monthly budgeting app, specifically designed for broke people. Visit the official Pocket Lint website to check it out. Pocket Lint is free, like the best things in life.

Check back soon for the 3.4 update to Blackout, plus a whole bunch of other goodies currently in the works!

The blog’s been fairly quiet the past few weeks as there is a mountain of new updates in the works, for several of BravoBug’s apps. There’s also a new silly freeware app being developed which will likely be released soon (within a few days).

In the meantime I wanted to plug an awesome iPhone game. The creative guys over at Howling Moon Software released Twilight Golf a few months ago, and it is by far one of the coolest iPhone games I’ve yet to see. It features some really unique gameplay (thanks to a very realistic physics engine, Chipmunks 2D), wonderful graphics (check out the dynamic lighting!), and plenty of puzzling levels.

So if you haven’t seen it yet, stop by the app store and take a gander (or check out the lite version).

Oh, and be sure to check back soon for some new updates and apps from BravoBug, they’re on the way!

Lotus Meditation Timer has been updated to 4.1. Lotus Meditation Timer is a free timer app for Mac OS X specifically designed for meditation, yoga, or exercise routines. It provides a 3-phased routine which can be fully customized. It even provides support for the Apple Remote Control so you can control your timers without leaving your cushion or yoga mat.

This version of Lotus contains a new Sumi-e/Zen window theme, and several small improvements. Here’s the full list of changes in this update:

• New Zen / Sumi-e window theme
• Donation window now no longer appears, unless entering a code
• Intro / ‘Whats New’ now no longer appears
• Added audio ‘click’ sound to non-standard UI check buttons
• Added standard Help menu item
• Updated help file to list keyboard shortcuts for timers
• Updated help file to include information on remote control compatibility
• Updated help file graphics
• Fixed buttons not working occasionally for Tiger (10.4) users

Lotus Meditation Timer is free and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.