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About
Karen Freeman
I manage the AppGuide/AppList department as well as our Social Media. I also write and teach part-time, and obsessively hunt down the latest and greatest apps for my iPhone and iPad...
Contact: karen@appadvice.com
Do you love gardening? Do you think about your garden at work, while you’re running errands, or do you get inspired to grow certain things in your garden when are out to eat at a restaurant? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then you may find these apps to be quite useful.
You've got yourself a shiny new iPad or iPhone. So, how can you download and read popular, contemporary books for free? The answer is OverDrive Media Console.
Are you planning an event such as a wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, charity function, gala dinner, sports banquet, reunion, or just a big party? Then you’ll probably be interested in myBanquet.
If you love to take photos, you probably love to share them as well! Here are some of our favorite ways to allow all of your friends, family, and followers to check out your latest shots.
The iPad is a fantastic device for event planning. There are apps to help you find and hire professionals, manage your guest list, create seating arrangements, and even make your own food and drinks. This AppList will help you plan events both large and small.
The Scene It? series has been a hit board game/DVD combo for many years. The iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are great platforms for the Scene It? games. Here are the Scene It? apps that are currently available on your iOS device.
The retro photography trend that was kicked off by Hipstamatic continues, with tons of retro photo apps flooding the app store. We just can’t get enough of taking photos in the digital era and making them look artfully analog, aged, and even faux damaged. There are far too many apps in the app store to include them all on this list, but here are a few of our favorite apps for taking modern photography back in time.
We've given this AppList a major update. Here you'll find pet-themed apps to help you be a better and more informed pet owner. You'll also find some games and entertainment apps geared to people who love pets.
Verizon iPhone users, you’re in luck! ClearCam is a fabulous photography app from Occipital, makers of RedLaser and 360 Panorama. With this recent update, ClearCam now accommodates Verizon users. So now, whether you have the AT&T iPhone, the Verizon iPhone, or the iPod touch 4G, you can use ClearCam with ease.
It's time for the Academy Awards, so you may be looking for the best way to stay on top of all the Oscar news. This week, we updated this AppList so you can get up-to-the-minute news and gossip straight from the source.
Is the zoom on your iPhone's camera just not good enough? Do you like to use a telephoto lens on your "real" camera but wish there was a scaled-down version to use with your iPhone? Look no further, the iPhone Telephoto Lens is here!
Fabulous photo enhancing app FX Photo Studio HD for iPad has just gotten an update making it better than ever. FX Photo Studio HD brings out the creative photographer in you with tons of filters and effects from retro to futuristic that you can mix and match. Plus, you can win a copy! Read on to find out more.
For all of your romantics out there, Valentine's Day is your day! Perhaps you love hearts, flowers, and/or all things pink and red. Download these apps for a touch of romance today and all year round.
Just in case you missed it, here is our collection of favorite Valentine's Day apps to make your day even more special for you and your significant other. These apps can help you plan a date, write poetry, buy flowers and chocolate, send an e-card and more. Happy Valentine's Day!
The photo booth has been a classic attraction at fairs, malls, and arcades since before I can remember. We’ve come a long way from the black and white or sepia-toned strip of four pictures. Now we have apps to add effects, stickers, crazy faces, Puri, and more. Of course, there are apps that are actually throwbacks to the original photo booths as well. Here is a sampling of app store’s photo booth offerings for iPhone and iPod touch.
The iPad is a fantastic reading device. There are a number of stand alone apps designed especially for reading media rich children books. This AppList will explore some of the best ones of the bunch.
Both the iPhone and the latest iPod touch have great little video cameras on board. There are many apps out there to enhance the iDevice videography experience. Edit video right on your iDevice with professional looking results. Get creative with special effects, vintage video or stop motion video. You can even pull still photos from video you have shot. Read on for some of the best and most interesting ones we have found.
Do you like to get creative and little bit silly with pictures? Serious photographers and iPhoneographers will want to take a look at different AppLists, such as Photographer's Kit. But if you just want to do some fun things with your photos, this list contains a sampling of the many, many cool photography apps out there for that. This AppList was first written last year, but the apps just keep coming, so we have included some of our favorite new fun iPhone photo apps for you to enjoy.
By now, everyone probably knows that the App Store is nearing its ten billionth download. In honor of that milestone, the App Store is giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Meanwhile, MacPhun LLC has decided to offer their own prize to the person that downloads that ten billionth app.
Instant Heart Rate is a real heart rate monitor, not one of the joke or trick apps that abound in the app store. It works on the same principle as a medical pulse oximeter that is used in hospitals. Simply place your finger on the camera lens and get your heart rate in about 10 seconds. Read on to find out how to win a copy.
Turn your photos into dreamy art on your iPad with MobileMonet HD! This app makes creating art easy, even for those of us that are not really artistically inclined. Read on for your chance to win a copy.
And now, for something totally different. Flying in the face of the “retro”/”analog” iphoneography trend, this app explores a whole new digital world. Instead of making your photos look older or more filmlike, this app pixelates and decimates your photos in a bizarre, futuristic, and interesting way.
Now you can selectively color photos on your iPad with ColorBlast! HD. Take advantage of the iPad's larger screen to easily lend your creative touch to photos. East Coast Pixels, the creators of ColorBlast! for iPhone, which we reviewed back in October, have come out with an iPad version. Read on to enter to win a copy.