Mooklet Review

iPhone App

Create and publish your own virtual animated photo story books with Mooklet.

Developer: KANTETSU WORKS
Price: Free
Version: 1.0.1
App Reviewed on: iPhone 4S

Mooklet is a photo sharing app for the iPhone that sets itself apart from the pack by letting users create animated photo books. The customizable photo story books allow users to share a piece of their life with others through photos and text.

It’s easy as pie to get started. Users can jump right in and learn how to use the intuitive interface, or they may browse through the photo tutorial on the main screen. When users feel confident, the plus button located in the upper left corner gives them the option to create their very own photo story book. There are three ways to get started: Auto (Simple), Auto (Advanced) and Manual. The developers suggest sticking with the Auto (Advanced) method to create a quick and fully customized book.

Users then must import up to 24 photos from the Camera Roll or Photo Stream in order to begin editing the book. Once the photos are imported, all the pages may be navigated by swiping left or right. Users can then select a cover image, paper backgrounds, image layouts and captions to personalize their Mooklet.

When finished, it’s time to publish the book via a Mooklet account. The app gives users three Free publish slots to upload 24 page books, but the catch is that the Mooklet will show ads. There are IAP slot packs that range from $2.99 to $9.99 that remove these ads and provide users with 36 page books and three to five slots. Those who don’t want to purchase a slot pack aren’t left completely out in the cold because Mooklets can be recycled at any time. Users who wish to continue using the Free slots can transform their old photo books into new ones without having to purchase a slot pack, if they can deal with the ads.

Since the published book is stored on the servers and given a unique URL, users can view it instantly or add the link to their home screen to view on full screen on any iOS device. However, the pitfall to a published photo book is that those who don’t own a mobile device won’t be able to view it.

While Mooklet is an exceptional photo sharing app, there is some room for improvement. Adding more customization options like the ability to change the album cover color, an option to add background music or even additional background images would give users more creative freedom to make unique photo stories.

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Rainbow Friends Review

iPhone App

A matching game in which players match the colors of the rainbow in the correct order.

Developer: Appily AB Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4S

Rainbow Friends is a candy colored matching game that looks something like a safari staged by Willy Wonka and Andy Warhol. This is a color matching game that has much more to it than just matching three items of some color together. In this game, players have to match colors in the order that they appear on rainbows; or to put it more scientifically — in the order of the spectrum of visible colors.

Players may remember, R.O.Y.G.B.V., the pneumonic device that help people remember the order of colors in the spectrum. In Rainbow Friends, players can only match items to a color that is next to it on the spectrum of color. Blue can only be matched with green or violet, orange can only be matched with red or yellow, and so on. The colored items players will be matching in this game are a veritable who’s who of the african animal kingdom. Orange red monkeys, yellow giraffes, green rhinos, blue hippos, violet elephants, and the occasional rainbow maned lion actin as a wild card round out the cast.

Players can start by tapping any of the animals on screen and then build sequenced chains of rainbow ordered colors by tapping the next animals in the chain. When the chain is complete, the player presses the paw print at the bottom of the screen and the chain is removed from the board allowing more animals to fall down from the top. Each game has a time limit and larger matched chains will put more time back on the timer. The player has until the timer reaches zero to make as many chains for as many points as they can.

The gameplay is simple, but not as simple as matching the same colors together. Building chains in the right order can be difficult. Luckily there is an onscreen guide that lets the player know which color animals match with the animal they currently have selected. The visuals are very bright, colorful, cheerful, and not too overly cutesy for being rainbow colored. This is a unique matching game with a different kind of pace and puzzle fans will enjoy it.

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