Overview
I fully expect this review to get more traffic than my others. I have no idea why. I’m still seeing double…
Photoswap is an app that claims to allow two iPhone users to exchange a photo, a photo only viewable to one person. If you want to reply with a photo of your own, supposedly it gets sent only to the owner of the photo that you viewed.
Imagine my surprise when my first photo was the one below.
Functionality
There is very little to do with Photoswap.
There’s a camera button for taking your picture, and there’s a reply button in which to send the picture via email to the user of the pic you viewed. You can also get more information about the photo by pressing the Info button or Report the photo by clicking on Report.
Review
I, uh, have to confess that I did click on the Info button. I also hit the Report button. Although some might think such a thing is funny, the bigger “picture” is that I have no idea what the next picture to appear on my iPhone is. In addition, my kids play with my iPhone all the time, and such an app is pretty disconcerting.
For an app that simply desires to have a “real photo-based conversation,” I just am not too trusting of letting any old image into my life unscreened. There’s issues of integrity and decency to be considered that apparently this app has not.
It could be a nice idea, but without built-in parameters, I’m not too comfortable recommending it. In addition to that is the overall functionality… there is none after you view the first picture. It would be nice to be able to slide to another picture or delete the existing one. However, I closed the app and reloaded it, and the Great Cleavage was still there.
Summary
Photoswap is great conceptual app, but I can see some real danger for abuse and eeriness here. Users, beware.
Our Rating
PhotoSwap
- Developer: Padadaz
- Category: Social Networking
- Released: 8-19-08
(currently 1.0)
(currently free)
that’s pretty hot
Your usability ratings are the worst I have looked at of any app reviews. You really need to think about what usability is.
@Husar: Uh, that’s because the app was difficult to use…. Wikipedia defines usability as “a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal.” That is how I also understand it and apply it reviews.
Perhaps I should have gone into more detail, however, that I could not get Photoswap to “work.” It seemed to be a dead app.
For one entire evening, all I saw was the above picture. Repeated relaunchings and even a reset, thinking it was my iPhone did not alleviate that. It wasn’t until the next day that I got a different picture, and then that one stayed on my iPhone all day…. No options to swipe, or drag another picture onto the screen or anything. Very confusing for users.
I’ve been using it frequently for a few days now and have not received anything inappropriate. I have, however, gotten some great shots from Japan, Czech Republic and England…. as well as lots of stuff from the US. Some shots aren’t very inspired, but some have been very beautiful.
Regarding usability, I would give it a 5. I cottoned onto photoswap immediately. The point is to reciprocate. If you’d taken a photo, the photo you copied above would’ve immediately been replaced by another. That’s just how it works.
Also, the photos are not saved anywhere. In fact, the only way you can save a pic, is to do a screenshot.
Lol..
This ( http://www.photoswapbabes.com ) site is amazing, loads of photoswap babes.. Pretty fun app IMO..
Could be much nicer. I see a lot of frusterated oversexed, mostly gay men…why not keep it nice and interesting for every one. If you want to see dick rent a movie!
Had problems with usability? It’s easier than pl;uging the phone in to charge. I do agree that there are a lot of lonely guys using this program. Just like an instant messenger, no one wants naked pictures of you….
yeah, seriously, how could you knock the usability? it’s so simple: push the button to take a pic, and then you’ll get a new pic once your is sent. could. not. be. any. simpler.
Usability is fine. The problem is the Reporting. It should be updated to a blocking system instead. I hate getting reported and banned for taking normal pictures.
If you’re worried about inappropriate content on your iPhone, then how about taking responsibility for being a parent and monitor them when they’re exposed to potential inapporpriate content? Better yet, don’t install applications that have the potential to offend you or your children. Even better yet, don’t let them use your iPhone. Seriously, reporting a cleavage as inappropriate? What a prude! Your kids are probably exposed to far more nudity simply watching TV, or seeing billboard advertisements.
All you’re doing is being prudish, and spoiling it for those who might want to see stuff like this. Also, reporting one girl for that probably won’t do anything, especially with the amount of wang pictures on there.
Seriously, what were you smoking when you wrote this review?? How can you think you are in a position to review applications when the simple act of send a picture to receive a picture is lost on you? This site needs to get some better reviewers, looking at this review they could find better at the local zoo. And im done