iPhone and iPad App User Reviews

Great App for Beginning Readers!!!

  • App review for ABC Shakedown
  • Posted by appdevclare March 15, 2010
  • Recommended for Parents, Students or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

FUN!!! As well as quality! True learning tool....Love the shake feature to advance randomly! After you check this out load the Plus version. (Large file due to wonderful animation and audio, download through wifi or your computer)

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FUN! and educational....

ABC Shakedown Plus is a timeless learning tool that teaches and reinforces letter recognition, letter sounds, and sound symbol correspondence, using interactive game play, delightful animation and audio. It's a bargain - 3 games (with 26 pages each) for $1.99

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My favorite QR reader

The app store is filled with QR readers and it's hard to sort the advantages of one over the other. I've tried several, such as neoreader, but this works incredibly quickly....almost so quickly you think something is wrong.

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even without photos, the tools rock!

The tools in this app are far better than most in the store. Theres a DoF calc, an HDR finder, and of course an exposure calculator. This will be my go to app on the phone no matter where I'm at.

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Yeah I love it!

Of course I do. I helped make it. That includes the original Peek-a-bouncer that has been online (free) at KneeBouncers.com for over 7 years now. Little ones love it! :)

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Great game, excellent value

Well, this is certainly the best 59p i've spent on my iPhone!!

What a great, fun game - I can't put it down.

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Disappointed

- The desktop version is very comprehensive and the closest GTD implementation I’ve ever seen, but the iPhone app is so basic that it’s almost nothing to review.
- Contexts editing / addition does not work.
- GTD flow is not fully implemented: you can ONLY collect and edit thoughts. You can’t even delete them…
- Review (do ASAP actions) does nothing.
- Sync does not work and I did not find documentation explaining how to do it.
- And to take 6$ for this “demo”?? I don’t want to pay for the “potential”.

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I just can't look at you anymore.

There's really nothing wrong with this app. It works just fine and does exactly what it's supposed to do. If you absolutely love Tweet Deck then you will absolutely love this thing because it's almost exactly the same.

But that's where the trouble starts for me. I don't love Tweet Deck. Something about it makes it just too cluttered for me. It might be the colors, black, red, yellow seem a bit busy, especially on a small screen. Then there's the pull down menus and things that pop up all over the iPhone screen when you first open it that make it seem overwhelming to know what needs to be done.

So for me it's just a matter of visual clutter. Something that I find much less with Hootsuite, enough so that it beats out Tweet Deck even though it costs more.

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You, you light up my life...

  • App review for Flashlight.
  • Posted by jessicadally March 14, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Book Readers, Parents, Students, Animal Lovers, Career People or Budget Hawks

I have to admit that I'm giving this four bars because, frankly, I didn't expect all that much from it. It turns the screen white. Seems a bit silly any maybe completely a waste. That is until you get up in the middle of the night needing to find something while your partner is sleeping and you can't turn on the light (and let's face it, you'd like to get back to sleep and turning on that bright light isn't going to help with that).

This little thing works great for just that reason, it's easily portable, you can aim it away from the person who is sleeping, and in the dark it does a pretty good job of lighting up an area just about as big as you'd probably want. And really, who is going to keep a flashlight on them at all times. We're not all Inspector Gadget.

This app also works great in one of those hotel rooms where there's never a shortage of lights but somehow no way to turn them on, at least not one that you can figure out in the middle of the night. I know where my phone is when I'm sleeping, it's my alarm clock so I better know or I might have to get really awake before I hit snooze, but I can't find those hotel light switches to save my life. That said this app might well help if I get caught in a hotel fire. I'm hoping I won't have to update this report to verify this.

Get this app if you don't mind having something you'll only use once in a while. With that understanding you won't be disappointed.

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Great reader, ok interface

  • App review for stickybits
  • Posted by rachely March 14, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies, Career People or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

When I saw stickybits was using 1D barcodes I was skeptical. They are
Notiously hard to read on phone cameras, leading to the rise in use of QR codes. I've been shocked at how well and quickly this reader works. But I don't love all of the app; the way the stickybits code profile pages appear is a little clunky and frankly I prefer to build my stickybits pages on the computer. Part of the key to making stickybits work though is how easy it is, and they have nailed that with the reader. Altogether a totally revolutionary concept, but I think the app can be made a bit smoother as this startup evolves.

http://ladyappapp.tumblr.com/post/525932547/pretty-has-a-price-tag-and-a-barcode

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Deserving of self-indulgent app name

This is truly an awesome app. It's great but not in a pretentious or desperate way.

The developer/s of this app truly wants to set the bar really high. It had several upgrades since I purchased this app. You can definitely tell that the developer is listening to its loyal fan.

This app is also one of my TOP FIVE apps. I'm giving this a 5 bar rating even though I still think that the 4 numeric password is lame.

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Find me a... oh nevermind.

  • App review for My24
  • Posted by jessicadally March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Workout Junkies or Career People

I have to admit, I've really only used this app to find a club in a place I don't call home, or maybe I should say, TRY to find a club. I knew that the tiny little town that I was going to wouldn't have a 24 hour fitness, but I figured that the search function of this app would tell me where the nearest one was, so I could figure out if I wanted to drive there or if, instead, it was hours away. Well, I figured wrong.

When you enter a zip code into this app it doesn't do anything other then tell you the clubs in that zip code. If there isn't one it doesn't come back with the closest club to that zip. It doesn't seem like that would really be all that hard does it?

Granted, this app has a few more functions including a class schedule for each gym which would be useful I suspect if I were a fitness class kind of girl and maybe it will stay on my phone for that reason alone, but other then a few less than useful calculators this app is really significantly lacking in value.

In the end it was the maps built in iPhone app that told me where the closest club was, without taking much time at that, and not this app.

If you're a class goer or a major city traveler I suspect this app would be just fine for you. Just don't expect it to be smart.

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I wanted to love you...

  • App review for RouteBuddy Atlas
  • Posted by jessicadally March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Workout Junkies or Outdoors Enthusiasts

Oh RouteBuddy, I wanted to love you so much. After all, I ride my bike and cross country ski all the time and it would be so lovely to know just how far I've gone and maybe even my speed. But when I accidentally pushed my home button while you were running only to find when I came back to you all my information was gone, not even a choice to auto save it that I'd missed (that I can find) I knew we were going to have to break up.

Don't get me wrong, I loved that you told me that I'd rode my bike for 25 miles even though I knew you were lying to make me feel better (it was more like 14 miles). The fact that you would tell me nice things to make me feel extra good about myself was very nice of you, but in the end it just isn't enough.

I need an app that will tell me the truth. I need an app that will say "just because you feel like you've been riding for 800 miles doesn't mean you have missy, get out there and get peddling cause you've only gone 7 miles." It may hurt but for us to get along and have a lasting relationship I need this kind of honesty. And really, I need you to remember even if I accidentally push the home button when we’re talking (I didn’t mean it). I’m going to go ahead and be generous though, RouteBuddy, and give you two bars because I think maybe, just maybe you’d love me more if I were, say, more urban with my trips.

I know this might be a lot to ask of any one app but accuracy and memory is just something I need from any route tracking application. Sorry RouteBuddy but we’re just going to have to go our separate ways. Maybe we can still be friends (you know, if you get some help or if I try you in the city and you work better).

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It doesn't make the coffee better but...

  • App review for Starbucks
  • Posted by jessicadally March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Foodies, Workout Junkies, Parents, Students, Shopaholics or Career People

I’m not going to lie to you, I’m not the biggest Starbucks fan. I don’t love their coffee and would easily opt for a local place most of the time. That said, there are plenty of places where Starbucks is the best thing around. And for that reason I’ll give this app 4 bars.

I got this app while driving from Portland back to my hometown of Seattle on Thanksgiving, and right here you probably get why this app is so good. I’m not going to find that one local coffee shop that’s open on a major holiday in a town I don’t know, but with this app I can still find some coffee, and when making the long holiday haul that‘s worth it‘s weight in gold. And even better I can also find out the nutritional information on that piece of coffee cake I just got, or better yet, figure out what I want to eat based on nutritional information before I get something. Of course you can also find out about any drink Starbucks has, and like their website, you can customize that drink’s nutritional information to match what you really ordered. So if you got a tall, single shot mocha with nonfat milk and whipped cream you can actually get a fairly accurate read on what you just consumed (so no cheating with that whip!). The disclaimer states that the nutrition information may not reflect your customizations but thus far it seems to track that vanilla syrup and nonfat milk (and whip, and even chocolate sprinkles) pretty well. I’d guess you wouldn’t want to bet your caloric life on this information, but it’s certainly closer then I’d guess.

So while this app won’t make me love Starbucks coffee it will keep me happy when I’m in a place I don’t know, or just needing that one little bit of vanilla cappuccino love before I see the relatives again.

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Save the world with your phone!

  • App review for CauseWorld
  • Posted by jessicadally March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Students, Shopaholics, Career People, Social Butterflies, Budget Hawks or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

OK, maybe not save the world, but better then nothing right?

Fitting that I would review this app just after an update as they’ve managed to fix all my biggest complaints. Think of CauseWorld as a boring foursquare with a cause/purpose. Basically you check in at different places you visit and earn “karmas”, or points you can donate to a cause. Sounds boring and certainly it’s not the most exciting app you’ll ever own, but it might well be the easiest app you’ll ever own for giving back to your community.

Since Causeworld has been started people who use the app have donated 150,000 meals to hungry Americans, planted over 37,000 trees in rainforests, donated over 16,000 books to children not to mention helping after the disaster in Haiti. Now CauseWorld has added a few more charities and made it easier to earn karma points and donate them.

Prior to the update you could only donate one time per cause per click, in other words, if you want to donate 3 times to Haiti you had to donate, wait for the app to do it’s thing, go back, donate again, etc etc. It was a serious pain. Now you can choose how many of your Karmas you want to donate all at once which is a huge improvement. The app also lets you know how long you need to wait between each check in, as it won’t let you check in at 10 places one right after the other. Finally, the new update also lets you earn karmas by scanning items at the place you checked in. I haven’t tried this part as I’m just not that patient, but if you’re there and up for it, it’s yet another way to give.

I’d love to see this app take on more of a FourSquare or Gowalla feel, exchanging items, seeing others who have checked in at a place, etc, but for now this will do as what it lacks in fun it makes up for in helping others.

In the end this app isn’t going to replace volunteering or actual cash donations to needy charities, but if you’re already at the store, why not click a button, check in and do something helpful for the planet and it’s people at the same time?

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pleasantly surprised

  • App review for AP Mobile
  • Posted by alanwarms March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies

The AP did a really nice job on this app. Super easy to get the news, the local news very easily. I especially like the ability to look through photo sets and videos that are described clearly in context. Great job!

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Perfect tor Babies and Toddlers

This is great simple app that is well done and perfect for babies and toddlers. I'm thinking it's the most well suited for even young babies?
It's from the Kneebouncers.com guys and it's well worth the $2. The premise is that the user presses the Iphone screen and like peekaboo game, a kneebouncer character appears, making silly faces. Thereafter, if the user presses the screen a new character will appear. It's clearly a professional product that was well thought out and executed. Due to it's simplicity and reliance of user interaction, this one would work well for babies and kids with autism and developmental disabilities.

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A beautiful physics concept game

  • App review for Maze
  • Posted by aswatseo March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Gamers, Workout Junkies, Parents, Students, Outdoors Enthusiasts, Shopaholics, Social Butterflies or Sports Fans

I really loved this game and the physics concepts which they follow through overall in this game awesome gaming experience really loved it

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Awesome gaming experience

  • App review for Truck Mania
  • Posted by aswatseo March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Gamers, Students, Outdoors Enthusiasts or Sports Fans

A beautiful gaming experience after playing these games

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Awesome game

  • App review for Car Rally
  • Posted by joey007 March 13, 2010
  • Recommended for Gamers, Animal Lovers or Career People

coolest game ever

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