Album App – iPad App Review
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If you are looking for an easy way to create photo albums on your iPad, then Album App might be the app for you. Album App allows users to create photo albums using pictures from the iPad camera roll, Flickr, or facebook.
After uploading photos, creating an album takes just one touch. Album App’s photo editing capabilities, however, are very basic. For example, there is no way to remove red eye, so photos should be cropped and retouched before uploading them to Album App. The program does allow users to change the size of photos, as well as angle them, and layer them. I found using the touch screen to re-size the photos in Album App rather imprecise. Album App’s real strength is its photo layout capabilities. Are there any other former high school yearbook editors out there? If so you all will appreciate how fun it is to add up to four photos onto one album page, in a variety of attractive configurations.
Album App also lets you add text, objects, backgrounds, and themes to your albums. These options are all quite limited, and not always logically thought out. For example, a user can choose from a decent number of different fonts, but cannot change the font size when adding text, yet text can be added in almost any color. It was also difficult to undo anything. At the moment, it is easy to accidentally add a page, but you cannot delete one, though the developer promises that this will be fixed in the next update. Album App also does not allow you to export albums at the present time.
I imported 50 photos from facebook to my camera roll to create a test album. I also imported my Flickr photos. I have around 100 photos on Flickr, but the app warned me that “this may take awhile” and it did. It didn’t give the option to select certain flickr photos, so for users who have chronicled their lives on Flickr, or made exhaustive sets that document their Hummel collection, be warned, it really will take awhile.
Album App’s UI is clean. It looks like the developers hired the same interior decorator as Wunderlist HD. Both apps favor light hardwoods, dark tapestries, and share a bright red logo. I was pleased with the the album I created using Album App, which is available for download in the App Store for $3.99.
What I liked:Album App was relatively easy to figure out. It featured attractive, preset photo layouts that made my pictures look good.
What I didn’t like: There were a number of useful functions missing. It is annoying not to be able to delete an album page. It is frustrating not to be able to change the font size. While these limitations do not interfere with the app’s basic function, they do limit its over all utility.
To buy or not to buy: If you are looking for a way to construct simple photo albums, then Album App is a good choice. However users who need to do basic photo editing, or anyone whose Flickr library contains a large number of images may find the app does not meet their needs.
- App Name: Album App
- Version Reviewed: 1.0
- Category:Photography
- Developer: Dreamix Studio
- Price: $3.99
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