Free Codes: Halloween C@rds, part I
Michael (Admin) | Oct 22, 2009 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Utilities
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I reviewed Halloween C@rds last year and it’s awesome! $2 buys you a whole mess of Halloween greeting cards that you can email to everyone on the planet.
One more round of codes for this app is coming after this.
On deck: Round 2
Free Codes: mooch
Michael (Admin) | Oct 8, 2009 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Utilities
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If you’re constantly handing out money to your broke friends and relatives, you should probably go see an orthopedist to see if he can fit you with a spine! Until that happens, you might want to invest in an app like mooch… it keeps track of who’s borrowed what and how much all those bums owe you in total.
Sun & Time
Michael (Admin) | Oct 6, 2009 Utilities
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I like to moan and groan about having no life and no friends, but that’s mostly because all of my friends live in galaxies far, far away… places like Korea, Norway, Denmark, Australia, and one other country whose name I can’t remember. This is why I’m now a regular user of Call Global, and it’s also why I could see myself using an app like Sun & Time if it had some more features.
The purpose of Sun & Time is to show you where the sun is currently rising and setting on this big wet marble we call Earth. Double-tapping Sun & Time’s world map will provide a close-up view of the region you’re looking at, and tapping on a city will open a dialogue box that shows that city’s current time, sunrise, sunset, international calling code, and whether it’s today or tomorrow at that location. If it’s a place that’s on your mind frequently, you can add it to a My Cities list which kind of mimics the iPhone’s built-in world clock.
Tags: $1.99
Free Codes: BatteryFull + (Alarm)
Michael (Admin) | Oct 4, 2009 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Utilities
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Sitting around waiting for your battery to be fully charged is dumb! With BatteryFull + (Alarm) you’ll still have to sit around, but at least you won’t have to check it every 5 minutes… just wait for the app to tell you when your battery is at 100%.
iTunes Link – BatteryFull + (Alarm)
Q&F: Most Wanted
Michael (Admin) | Sep 25, 2009 Quick & Free, Utilities
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My fellow Americans, if you see Osama Bin Laden please do your patriotic duty and whip out your iPhone so you can report his whereabouts to the FBI immediately!
Sounds funny, but that’s basically what this app is for. Most Wanted is is the FBI’s “official” iPhone app for citizen vigilance and, even though there’s room for improvement, it’s really not too shabby for something created by government suits. It displays a photo and short summary for each entry under Top Ten Most Wanted, Terrorists, and Missing Kids, and for each item you can submit a tip via several methods including email, and there’s also a link to the FBI’s “official page” for that person on the FBI.gov website.
Offender Locator vs. WatchOut! For Offenders
Michael (Admin) | Sep 25, 2009 Lifestyle, Utilities
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Don’t you just love App Store icons? Here we have two apps that do the same exact thing, and one of them is all serious and a little creepy while the other is satanic and kind of funny. Even though Offender Locator and WatchOut! For Offenders serve the same purpose, they each do so in their own way and their own style.
WatchOut! For Offenders is obviously meant to be a little satirical and probably aimed at girls who might be wondering if their new beau is also a child molester. The devil theme continues in the app with map markers sporting devil horns and retro-horror typefaces sprinkled here and there, and it all serves as a nice little reminder of the kind of nightmare you could be in for if you start dating a convicted rapist. As for Offender Locator, to say that it has its own style is somewhat true, however for the most part it’s pretty plain jane.
But you’re not really looking at these apps for their art design, right? You wanna know which one does it right, which one delivers good info? Well, ONE of them is more accurate than the other…
Q&F: Crime Spot
Michael (Admin) | Sep 25, 2009 Quick & Free, Utilities
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It’s crime day! Today is all about crime-related apps because it’s about damn time we rise up with our iPhones and take back our streets in a flurry of righteous social media! That, and because a CNN.com reporter wants to interview me about them. :razz:
Crime Spot is essentially a mobile version of your local Neighborhood Watch. It shows you a map of all of the nefarious happenings in your ‘hood as reported by other Crime Spot users over the past 24 hours and the past month, and it also gives you the opportunity to submit reports of your own.
I like what Crime Spot is trying to do, but unfortunately it’s really not all that great at doing it. For starters, you can only look at crime in your location. Nice, but what if I’m thinking about buying a house in East LA? You’re outta luck there unless you feel like manually pinching and swiping your way across the map. It also needs to implement some kind of credibility system because if I get bored enough I could litter my street with imaginary hookers and drug dealers just for fun! And maybe I already have…?
I think Excelltech and all the other developers who are trying to make a business out of iPhone crime apps are onto something, but Crime Spot just ain’t it. It’s free which is a good start, but right now this app is still too raw to be of much use.
iTunes Link – Crime Spot
Version 1.00
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.1
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- I witnessed some old ladies playing Bridge for nickels so I reported it
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- Beware of pranksters trying to use this app to yank your chain
C@rds Master
Michael (Admin) | Sep 16, 2009 Utilities
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Let’s see… I’ve gushed about Halloween C@rds, Christmas C@rds, Love C@rds, and Frame C@rds. Can you tell that I like this series of greeting card apps?
Hot Chili Apps was kind of ahead of the App Store’s development curve when they released their first C@rds apps last year… in-app purchasing wasn’t possible until just recently, so they released each version of their app one by one and if you bought several of them it meant having several different app icons to access them all. Now that in-app buys can be made, they’ve released C@rds Master which provides a complete preview of each C@rd set’s templates and it also includes two working templates from each set that you can use right away.
At first glance you might think this app is just a ploy to sell more C@rds, and selling is definitely part of the plan here, but it also lets you consolidate all of the C@rd sets you’ve already bought into one place! Sweet.
Tags: $.99, greeting cards
Update: Stick It
Michael (Admin) | Aug 18, 2009 Utilities
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I wanted to post an updated price image here since Stick It’s maker is now shown as “TapFactory” and Stick It has 375 ratings instead of the paltry 162 it says on this old price thing… but my iPhone has again quit doing screenshots! Groan. I just ranted publicly on the subject and if anyone has a better solution than doing a full reinstall I’d love to hear it.
Anyway, Stick It has just undergone a big update since my review in June, and here’s the word direct from TapFactory:
TapFactory Apps introduces “Stick It”, a utility that allows you to quickly and easily take notes, customize their look, and create wallpapers for your lockscreen to use as quick reminders. Take notes on the fly with Stick It’s quick loading, visually appealing, and easy to use interface. Use Stick It to create personal reminders, shopping lists, special notes to your loved ones, and more!
New in 2.0 update:
- Saving feature – Stick It will now automatically save your notes so you can pick up where you left off.
- Email your notes directly from the app.
- Different options for exporting notes to get the best image quality possible.
- New note sizes and backgrounds.
- Various enhancements to the user interface.
iTunes Link – Stick It
Version 2.0
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Chrisa | Aug 11, 2009 Utilities
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I don’t text message a lot. While I type 96 words a minute, I still fumble when I only have 140 characters at my disposal. My kids text me all friggin’ day long, but I can’t seem to get my idea across in that small amount of space. I started Twittering though (follow me), to see if I can get the hang of it, and now I hear that teens don’t twitter. I guess I’ll never be able to speak to my teenagers again. I’m all broken up about it…
Fix It – Fix Labels & Find Duplicates
Michael (Admin) | Aug 11, 2009 Utilities
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If you’re as lazy and disorganized as I am you’ve probably got duplicates all over the place in your iPhone contacts. Fix It’s job is to make it easy to remove the duplicates and it also lets you rearrange a few labels within your contacts which I don’t really see a need for but the feature’s there so yay, I guess.
As far as cleaning up the contacts goes, Fix It does make it pretty easy in most respects. It will find contacts that are duplicated and group them together so that you can choose which ones to get rid of or, if it’s one of those mysterious names that makes you go “who the hell is that??”, you can delete the contact and all duplicates with just two quick taps.
Walls Creator
Michael (Admin) | Aug 4, 2009 Utilities
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It’s no secret that I have a massive crush on the C@rds app series from Hot Chili Apps, and now they’re applying their skills to a slightly different kind of photo/text mashup with Walls Creator.
One of the first things you ever did with your iPhone was probably set the wallpaper image which is what shows up before you “Slide to Unlock” it. Wallpaper is cool, but without an app like Walls Creator you’re limited to using just one photo in that space, and if it doesn’t scale well with the clock and the slider then tough crap!
Walls Creator provides a bunch of templates, 29 to be exact, that include photo masks, multi-image templates for combining all kinds of junk into one image, and of course there’s also a text tool. It’s pretty sweet if your unlock screen is something you find yourself changing with any regularity.
Tags: $1.99, photo editing, Wallpapers
