I wanted to let everyone know about this really cute App that not only is Free, but is also created by a Canadian Developer. I’m sure that we are all aware that that’s the best kind of developer, right? Since I just came back from my vacation, I thought I’d tell you about an App I wish I’d known about before I left.
Snaps On-The-Go lets you choose a pic, add some text, or draw something, and send along an e-Card to whomever you want. It’s a pretty simple App, but well designed. I’ll be honest, that lots of free Apps look like Big Steamy Piles of Garbage, but this one doesn’t, it works well, and looks great. Here is a quick rundown of the pros/cons:
Pro: Adding, and resizing/moving pics is a breeze.
Con: Can’t take photo from within the App, so remember to take your pic before you launch it (or: the developer should look into the Fast-App-Switching for iOS 4 because that would work too).
Pro: Super easy to add text, and you can even draw or write something ‘Sharpie’ Style.
Con: While I actually love the font they’ve used, there’s no option to choose a different one. Nor can you choose different colours of ‘Sharpie’, that could make a great feature to be added in future.
Pro: You’re sending an email right from your iPhone with your e-Card in it, as a pic. No need for the recipient to visit some e-Card website, or worry if you’ve given their email address out to a spammer. This is a big plus.
Con: I know I’m being nit-picky here, but honestly, there’s just too much advertising automatically embedded in the email. While you can simply delete the text at the top of the email (“You’ve recieved a message created with Snaps-on-the-Go“), there’s also a blurb on your e-Card stating the same thing, with the web site listed too. I actually prefer the one on the card, and wish that the App didn’t default to including that top text.
There are two other features that I would love to see in future updates, which would make this App really great (and maybe even 99c worthy!). One would be the ability to put a border on the pic. The e-Card itself looks great, but the bottom ‘message’ bit has a border, and the top ‘picture’ but would look great with one too, even if there were only 10 options or so (different vacation themes? perhaps?) I think it would make the cards look better. The other option (and maybe not everyone would like this) but I would LOVE the ability to tweet my e-Card, or at least to either save my e-Card locally (to then use via TweetDeck).
As it is right now, though, this a fantastic high-quality FREE app from a Canadian Developer, so I think all Canadians with iPhones should go out and snap it up! Heh, geddit?
