App Reviews

Review: Osfoora

Christine Chan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:52:34 +0000

In the spew of Twitter iPhone clients, it takes a lot to stand out and even compete with the already well-known clients. But amongst the ever-growing sea of Twitter apps, there is a new one that stands out among its competition. That app is Osfoora.

Review: Synotes by Syncode

Christine Chan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:12:41 +0000

Looking for a simple note-taking app on the iPhone with the ability to sync over the air via the cloud? Then you may want to check out Synotes by Syncode.

Review: Magellan Roadmate 2010 North America

Christine Chan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:07:52 +0000

The Magellan Roadmate 2010 North America is a very strong contender in the growing world of GPS iPhone apps. From a trusted name in GPS, Magellan does not disappoint those that are looking for a GPS app to turn their device into a tech Swiss Army Knife.

Review: iSaidWhat?!

Christine Chan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:05:20 +0000

Ever want to manipulate something someone says into something funnier and make them say 'I said what!?' Well, now there's an app for that.

Review: Best Camera

Christine Chan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:33:35 +0000

If you use your iPhone as a serious camera, you probably want some good photography apps that will help your images look their best. Chase Jarvis' own Best Camera app can instantly turn your photos into art.

App Update - Momento

Christine Chan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:11:49 +0000

One of my favorite apps has just been updated to the latest version, 1.0.1.

Included in this update are several new features, including the time of Flickr photos being taken rather than being uploaded, and several minor changes, as well as the usual bug fixes that all apps have.

Make sure to check out my previous review of Momento here.

Full list of new features in 1.0.1 include:

- Regional time formats are now supported.
- Flickr now imports photos using the date the photo was taken instead of uploaded.
- Fixed an issue where some Facebook status updates were not downloaded.
- Fixed a display issue with Moment editor date & time picker.
- Fixed an issue where deleting an "edit draft" affects saved photos.
- Fixed an issue that caused a crash on iPhone OS 3.0.
- Fixed an issue where some days appeared empty/blank.
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when entering a new location.
- Increased speed of saving and deleting Moments.
- Updated calendar and improved loading time.

Review: Momento

Christine Chan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:24:34 +0000

Recording life's daily events may seem like a tedious task, but Momento pushes that all away with a great UI and even makes remembering the day easier by integrating with your favorite social networks, so you can see your life in real-time.

Review: Outside

Christine Chan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:24:44 +0000

If you're looking for a great weather app to replace the default Weather on the iPhone, then you should look no further than Outside.

App Update - Reeder

Christine Chan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:22:09 +0000

Good news everyone! Reeder [iTunes link], the amazing RSS app for the iPhone, has just got their update to 1.2!

Here's the changes in this update:

New
- Twitter support
- Pinboard support (http://pinboard.in)
- Mark as unread
- Slider control for list entries:
> slide to right to toggle read/unread
< slide to left to toggle starred/unstarred
- Multiline titles in lists (for headlines)
- Order by oldest first (see Settings.app)
- Non-blocking sending/sharing (Reeder can be used while posting to Twitter, saving to Pinboard etc.)
- One-tap sending to Instapaper/ReadItLater
- Visual feedback for (un)starring/(un)reading/(un)sharing an article

Fixed
- Image squeezing
- Open iTunes links with iTunes / App Store
- Missing favicons
- Unread counts were not always correct

Changed
- Ask before marking all as read
- Replaced the "Archive" list with an "All items" list
- Don't show the "Notes" entry when syncing for notes is disabled
- Don't show the "Starred" entry when syncing for starred items is disabled
- Don't show the "Note" button in the sharing panel when syncing for notes is disabled
- Article view: Moved the share/unshare button to the share panel
- No auto correction for delicious tags

Please note: Saving to Delicious doesn't work with a Yahoo login at the moment

Also, please note that the price of Reeder is going up from $1.99 to $2.99 after 24 hours (December 12). So grab it while it's cheap!

You can read my previous review here.

Review: Reeder

Christine Chan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:54:22 +0000

RSS isn't dead, and the plethora of RSS apps in the App Store is a hint, especially with Google Reader. However, if you're looking for one of the best ones around, look no more than Reeder by Silvio Rizzi.