This app is meant for the people who want to be technologically “plugged in” but don’t want to forget ye olde days. If you like to handwrite notes, but also play games while your boss or teacher aren’t looking, then this is the app for you. I am an advocate for proper handwriting, and for iPod Touches. As a result, this lovechild of an app would be the child I would choose to adopt. (IE. I think it is a very good app.)
Overall Design: Hmmmm. Let me think here. I’m kind of torn (in the good way) because there are certain features I like and certain features I don’t. The overall style is not amazing or anything noteworthy, but it is functional. Once again, all the menu buttons are on the bottom and each menu resembles the settings on the iPod Touch. The reason I am torn (in the good way) is because the writing part of this app looks great. The text appears in neon colours as you write it and the background is black which looks really awesome and makes it a lot easier to read when you have to go back and edit, review or just look at what you were writing. While writing, you can choose to go to the next line using buttons that resemble iTunes which is really nice. You have a bunch of colours to choose from which range from red to purple. Overall, good writing look, but the rest, I’m indifferent too. Certainly functional.
Usability: This app has two parts. That’s right, mother****ers. TWO. THAT IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER. One is the actual writing and one is the actual use of what you have written. First of all, the second part of that sentence is perfectly done. (Not in the sentence, but in the app). When you have notes, you can select them and do multiple things. You can delete them, edit them, send them, change the order, dim their brightness and even star them for later. This makes it easier to find the notes you want, send them to a computer after a meeting or something. You can use it for grocery lists if you need or even write a novel on here. You can add new notes and there is a set of notes for each colour so you can organize your notes by colour too. (For the obsessive compulsive people out there. You are weird, but we acknowledge you.) For the second part, I would say it is very well done, except for one thing and that is touch response. I know that is really hard to fix, considering greater programs like Sketchbook and Adobe have failed in that aspect, but it makes it hard to read the writing sometimes. Putting that aside, it is actually quite remarkable this app. They have a small space where you write, however, if you pause for a second, it will scroll to the right and provide more room. After 5 of those “pages” of extra room, it goes to the next line and then you just rinse and repeat. It is quite effective after a bit of practice. Sometimes you encounter the problem where it moves before you want it to or it doesn’t move at all and so the buttons on top can solve that as well by skipping to the next page, moving back a page, pausing the scroll mechanism or undoing what you just wrote. The app provides a clear tutorial on how to use all the features which is always appreciated and as an added bonus that I found it, it accommodates left handed people which I really appreciate. (Wow! Two things that you’velearned something about the astronaut.)
Usefulness: Definitely, if you like to handwrite things. Great for quick notes that need to be written down faster than on THE STUPID KEYBOARD. You can use it for signatures, or even just to scribble, but whatever it is, it will suit your needs very well. With the multitude of options, gimmicks and tech thingies, writing will actually be fun!*
*Writing may not actually be fun.
Overall Design: 9/10 Usability: 9.78963/10 Usefulness: 10/10 Overall: 9.5/10
Sincerely,
The Artistic Autistic Astronaut
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