Valentine & Love C@rds

Michael (Admin) | Jan 20, 2009 Utilities

User rating: (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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This app is called Love C@rds today, but its name will soon be expanding to “Valentine & Love C@rds” since Valentine-specific templates are going to be added before February 14th.

If you would like the chance to win this app (and others in the future), join my Facebook group which I’ve cleverly named “Win free iPhone apps“. Hot Chili Apps has generously donated 15 promo codes which I’ll be distributing to random winners every day for a week starting on February 1st.

I said it when I reviewed Halloween C@rds, I said it when I reviewed Christmas C@rds, and I’m gonna say it again for Valentine & Love C@rds: Hot Chili Apps knows their stuff. I’ll confess that I haven’t tried every single iPhone greeting card app out there, but I’ve tried a few and I think it’s very safe to dub this C@rds series the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. It’s that good.

As with the other themed versions of this app, you get to choose three different types of card templates: Pattern, Picture, and Photo. Pattern is mostly stuff that fills the screen with… well… a pattern or graphics of some sort, Picture is a collection of templates with photographic elements, and the thing that kicks the most ass is the collection of Photo templates that allow you to incorporate your own photos into your greeting card.

No matter which template you choose, text is about as customizable as it can get. You can add as many different lines of text as you need which means you can get creative with fonts, text sizes, colors, and positioning. Drop shadow is optional, and text is moved and resized with that two-finger maneuver that most of us iPhone geeks have grown accustomed to by now. The only obvious thing that’s missing is text wrap, so if you’re writing your boyfriend a long, weepy note you’ll have to hit “return” in the text editor where you want line breaks to occur. A way to automatically align my text horizontally would also be welcome, but unless you’re constantly creating greeting cards it’s probably not an issue.

Photos are also super easy to handle. When you place a photo into a Photo template, you can scale and resize any which way you damn well please with that same two-finger move that you use for text. It’s all incredibly well done and easy to use.

As of today this app includes 15 Pattern templates, 14 Picture, and 16 Photo templates for a grand total of 45… and since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, Hot Chili Apps will be adding even more templates before February 14th. Some of those new templates will be Valentine-specific, so if you buy the app today don’t be disappointed at the lack of “Happy Valentine’s Day” stuff! I haven’t seen them, but I know they’re coming.

As greeting cards go, Valentine & Love C@rds absolutely rules and I think it’s worth every penny of the $1.99 asking price. If you’re just too broke to spring the two bucks, join my newly-minted Facebook group and hopefully you’ll win a copy!

Add a photo, write a note, and send it to everyone you want to get naked with
Add a photo, write a note, and send it to everyone you want to get naked with
Jessica Alba is my Valentine, she just doesn't know it yet
Jessica Alba is my Valentine, she just doesn't know it yet
Text options are awesome, but they can't save you from the beating this note will surely result in
Text options are awesome, but they can't save you from the beating this note will surely result in

You can create your own custom colors, and lots of them
You can create your own custom colors, and lots of them
The text color picker has plenty to choose from
The text color picker has plenty to choose from
Me, a hopeless romantic? Umm hopeless yes, romantic not really
Me, a hopeless romantic? Umm hopeless yes, romantic not really

This is gonna go over really well with the Mrs.
This is gonna go over really well with the Mrs.
If I ever get a valentine like this I'll assume I'm being Punk'd
If I ever get a valentine like this I'll assume I'm being Punk'd
My true feelings always come out in the fine print
My true feelings always come out in the fine print

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the way to a woman's is through gentle threats on her life
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the way to a woman's is through gentle threats on her life
The settings screen isn't sexy but it provides the right options
The settings screen isn't sexy but it provides the right options
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  • Scott

    This has been the perfect app for dropping a quick love note to my wife no matter where I am – when the feeling hits, I can act.

    There are many great card styles to choose from – with three template styles to choose from, Pattern, Picture or Photo. Each can fill a niche for what feeling you’re trying to convey – and with personal photos on your device, you can customize the Photo templates to really make the sentiment special. After selecting the template you can add text (setting color, style, justification, etc) and once you’re happy with your creation, you can send it to your significant other right from the app.

    All of this excitement doesn’t come with a few concerns – the UI is a little unintuitive. Early in use I found myself not sure how to proceed with the next step in the process. The biggest UI issue I have found is easily swapping between the various color selection tools – I’m not always sure how to get back to a previous panel.

    Eventually I figured things out, and am much more fluid in my use of the app.

  • http://mycatgizzy1.blogspot.com Mary

    This is my comment to win the free app. Who couldn’t use a little more love in their life?

  • Jes Hull

    I’d really love this app, my fiance lives in England and its always nice to send him something lovey dovey while I’m busy with work or school and can’t talk to him.

    :) Jes

  • Chris J.

    I’ve tried this app and I have to say that the ability to customize the text and insert photos is pretty well designed. Being able to get the perfect angle and size for images is super easy. I just use two fingers to shrink, expand and rotate images, and text is just as easy. Awesome app.