Posts under ‘Utilities’

Wingman by Mind, Matter, and Meaning is kind of like your best friend after about 20 beers… great to laugh about, but not something you’d actually want to rely on for emergency date help. It’s really more of a conversation piece.
There are two sections in Wingman: I’m Staying! and Escape! The escape part is a stripped [...]

A little over a month ago I reviewed Halloween C@rds which I called “the only one that’s gotten it right” in the greeting-card-app genre. Nothing’s changed with Christmas C@rds -  this app has all the same kickass features as the Halloween version and Hot Chili Apps has thrown in a couple of nice upgrades to boot.
I’m not going [...]

Whether you actually need an excuse to ditch that fugly blind date or just want to goof on your friends, you need a “fake call” app! You never know when it’ll come in handy. Here’s a quick look at three of the ten fake callers I found in the iTunes App Store.

Fake Caller by Hot [...]

When zerogate asked me to review MeterRead™ I was kinda like… uhhh do I have to? Recording the numbers on my electric meter didn’t sound fun or exciting, but I gave in to my curiosity and tried it out.
I was right, it wasn’t fun and it was far from exciting. I did, however, get a [...]

I’ve reviewed a couple of other iPhone apps that allow you to send “greeting cards” but so far Hot Chili Apps is the only one that’s gotten it right. Halloween Pumpkinizer is ok but you’re limited to sending a pumpkin picture. Stylem Media’s Greetings (formerly known as Stylem Greetings) was, at the time of the [...]

I’m feeling kind of ornery today, so I’m gonna rip on an application just for existing. Normally I wouldn’t do this to a free app, but according to Chillingo Ltd’s description for Lighter, the free deal is a “special introductory offer - free for 1st week!”
So how much are they going to be charging? 99 [...]

SpeedType is supposed to test your iPhone typing speed. Sounds good in theory… everyone wants to know how fast they can tap out messages on the iPhone, right? Well everyone’s just gonna have to keep waiting because SpeedType is a complete waste of space.
There are so many things wrong with this app that I’m not even [...]