Some recent App additions to my iPad and iPhone

This is an iPad and iPhoneapp that I have featured in another blog post recently, in response to a client question about apps for managing personal finance.  Read more about this app in Recommendation on a good personal finance app.

Pocketbook 

Teleprompter Pro

If you are someone who ever has to make a speech or talk in public, this is a fantastic app for the iPad that is your very own teleprompter - just like the professionals use!   The text of your speech text scrolls in big letters, at a speed that you determine.

The Lite version has limited functionality, but gives you a really good idea of the App's capabilities - so that you can decide if it is worth spending $8.99 for the full version.

• Here's the App Store link to the Lite Version
  
• Here is the App Store link to the full version

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Leonardo - Photo Editor with Layer, Selection and Mask

I got this app  (for iPad and iPhone) when it was free for a day recently, having seen it featured in the app Apps Gone Free.  (It is normally priced at $6.49.)

I haven't had a chance to try this one out yet, but am looking forward to watching the available tutorials and having a good play with it - to explore the inner photographer in me!  

Here is the blurb about the app, grabbed from the App Store.

Universal Photo Editor with support for Layers, Selection, Masks and of course filters, effects and other tools.  An editor so powerful that you could do almost anything that you thought was possible only on a desktop.
√ True layer support, just like photo editing on desktop.
√ Selection. You can select an area and work with filters and effects only on that area.
√ Layers can be masked. And not just with brush, you get a whole set of mask editing tool.
√ Layers support all that a true layer app should. Blending, Opacity, Transform, Duplicate, Merge and flatten.
√ Tools like Crop, Straighten, Clone stamp, color gradient, paint brush, red eye brush and add text etc.
√ 18 video tutorials. 

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Tadaa SLR

This another one I have covered in a separate post - SLR camera effects on your iPhone.  It is probably similar to Leonardo (above).  I will compare them over the Christmas break when I have some time to experiment and explore.

Here is an example of the type of effect you can get with this iPhone App - by editing the photo after you take it.

Original

Edited with Tadaa SLR app - only the Macbook Air is in focus.

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Card Mate

My wallet is bulging with cards of all types - credit cards, store cards, loyalty cards, blood bank card, library card, Myki, etc etc.

A lot of the loyalty cards that I had gathered over the years had been relegated to a drawer in my study, lost and forgotten.

I could have put them all into my password manager app Onesafe (which allows you to include photos of any cards that you want to store).

But then I tried out this Card Mate app for iPhone and decided that it would meet my needs better for all the various cards that I have.

Card Mate is an iPhone app that allows you to photograph the back and front of each card using your iPhone's camera, and then give your card a name.  It is able to 'auto-detect' the card, making the photographing process very easy!  You can also assign a category to each card, to allow you to choose to view cards of a particular type.

It is free to try - you can add up to 6 cards with the free version.  If you want to add more than 6 cards, the App will cost you $3.99.

Next job is to finish scanning all my store cards and business card into the app as well!  Another task for the Christmas break!