Total Score: 28
I admit it. I am a map geek. I love printed maps, digital maps, old atlases, new atlases, globes and now this new National Geographic World Atlas HD app. It is important to know and understand world geography. We hear about locations on the news and without understanding the location, we cannot understand the story. This is a marvelous tool to help you place where you are and where events are happening in the world. Continue reading
Total Score: 29
I don’t mind paying for an app if it makes my life easier or is just fun to use. However, I really like getting a deal. Many developers allow their apps to be free or at reduced cost for short amounts of time. Finding them would just be luck if not for apps like Apps Gone Free. I don’t download a new app every day, but usually three to four times a week. I doubt you want that many apps, but my job (and my passion) is testing apps. Apps Gone Free has helped me discover some really great apps. I suggest you give it a try. Continue reading
Total Score: 29.5
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare is another jewel from the crew at Touch Press. They created the popular apps for iPad – Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy, The Elements, Jewels and Gems and X is for X-Ray. To call this app a success barely covers the achievement. I will let the key features speak for themselves. There are 154 performances of the sonnets synchronized to the text. Included with the app is the 1609 Quarto, the first published edition of the sonnets. You will also have access to the Arden Shakespeare’s complete notes, new commentary by Don Paterson and videos of expert perspectives. It is visually rich and fun to explore. Continue reading
Total Score: 28
Preparing a document with unique or complex characters and functions can be done, but it isn’t easy or fun. The Nota Plex app offers options that make typing numbers and special characters amazingly simple. It also offers a way to organize notes, index cards or full documents into multiple pages – allowing you to keep your projects visually attractive and easy to access. A key component of this app is the ability to type math problems and solve them as you type. This is something I haven’t seen before.
Total Score: 28.5
As I have mentioned before there is an app for every interest and hobby. One of my interests is World War II history. My father and his two brothers were at Normandy and my father-in-law was in the Philippines on Pearl Harbor Day and was later captured by the Japanese. For both my fathers the outcome was a long, happy life, but this was a defining time for their generation and one that I completely admire. It was with great anticipation that I started reviewing this app. After watching the intro by Robert MacNeil all I could say was wow! Timeline WW2 is packed with information and features and has been a joy to explore. Continue reading
Total Score: 28.5
Have you ever wanted to capture a website and add a big arrow that says, “Click here” when you tried to explain something? Or, perhaps, thought of a funny caption to add to a photo? Skitch offers you that and much more. You can add arrows, circles, squares, lines, crop an image, add text or just write on it. I fell in love with this app at the creation of my first, well, I guess we call them skitches. Continue reading
Total Score: 29
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I have been looking for an app that would allow me to take notes in meetings, annotate photos and generally help me stay organized. I have tested a couple of apps that met that need, but until now, none that inspired me like Penultimate. I started out my test enjoying the features offered – ink colors, moving between pages, cutting, erasing and importing photos. From that point, I decided I needed to create a book of my own. First I documented my New Year’s resolutions (if you write them down you are more likely to achieve them), then I decided I needed a fitness journal, and then I decided I wanted to create a life journal and I haven’t even gotten to the work uses yet! I think this app will exceed your expectations and dare I say it, improve your life! Continue reading