A Chance To Win A Picture Flash Cards (Universal) Promo Code With A Retweet Or Comment
September 5, 2011
AppAdvice has teamed up with T.Hirose in order to offer you a chance to win one of five (5) promo codes for Picture Flash Cards for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch ($.99).
School has started once again, and that means facing the dreaded exams. The memories of how unprepared, at least in thought, we are before these tests of knowledge return to haunt us. The best method to succeeding is repetition, repetition, repetition. A time tested approach to doing just that is using flash cards. In the past, flash cards had the question, problem, etc on one side and the answer or solution on the other.
In the digital age, we can be a bit more sophisticated, and don't need to keep track of a massive deck of physical cards. Flash card apps already exist for iOS, but they primarily focus on the old-fashioned word and phrase method. Picture Flash Cards takes a different road, one where you learn image based facts, such as state, flower, and animal names. You could also use it to practice algebra and other visual problems.
The idea is very simple. Each flash card has a base image and an overlay. The purpose of the overlay is to temporarily cover up the information you wish to memorize. For example, the names of flowers are covered with a solid color. When you think you've remembered what the name is, swipe your finger to erase the color and reveal the name. As you practice, you can rate how well you did with one of four smiley face icons.
Creating new cards takes only a couple minutes. Choose an image or take a photo, such as a map of the United States, as your base image. Move onto the overlay image area, then use the pencil to cover the state names, for example. There are three default colors, which can be changed with a tap and hold on the color selection, and three pencil tip sizes. Use the eraser if you make a mistake, or the clear all trash can to start over.
Organization features include grouping, sorting by card or group name, sorting by date created, sorting by success (smiley icon), and sorting by priority tag in either ascending or descending order. Both groups and items within a group are also searchable by attributes.
Allow me to share a couple of quick insights and recommendations for using Picture Flash Cards. While not the target purpose, it is possible to use the freehand base image tool to create flash cards for memorizing word definitions and the sort, however, it is tedious. The free Adobe Photoshop Express seems like a great companion app to rotate, crop, and otherwise do minor edits to images before using them in your flash cards.
Picture Flash Cards Lite provides a great way to test the app. The "lite" version is ad-supported and restricts the database to 10 total flash cards. Both versions include support of iTunes File Sharing, allowing for easy backup and restoration of the flash card database using your computer.
To have a chance at winning one of two Picture Flash Cards promo codes, simply hit that blue tweet button near the bottom of this page or retweet this post from your favorite Twitter app before 11:59 PM PDT September 5th. We will then search the Twitterverse for all of the retweets and randomly choose our lucky winners. The winners will be notified via Twitter, so please be sure to follow us so we can send you your promo code via a direct message.
Non-Twitter users and those of you who want to increase your odds of winning can simply leave a relevant comment below before 11:59 PM PDT August 14th to have a chance at winning one of the other three Picture Flash Cards promo codes.
Feel free to participate in the giveaway via either or both methods. Only one entry per person per method is allowed, totaling up to two entries per person if using both.