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iToony- Review
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By: Standard Widget Corp
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iToony allows you to decorate and share your iPhone photos quickly and easily. iToony uses simple gestures. Want a speech bubble? Draw a circle. Want a caption? Draw a straight line. Swipe with two fingers to undo mistakes. - Quickly turn your favorite snapshot into a comic - Annotate photos with bubbles and captions - Draw, sketch and decorate in many colors - Move bubbles and captions around the photo - Flickr or Picasa support for sharing - Browse/decorate your Flickr and Picasa photos - Save to your library for more sharing options With iToony, you'll be an iToonist in no time! |
You know, I have a love/mediocre love relationship with this one.
It is a really great idea and a fun tool for the iPhone but...
Think of it as "Wish you were here" iPostcards
or, depending on the "type" of pictures,
"Hi, You are being iBlackmailed" photos.
Yup, you could take pics from a party, add appropriate (or inapproriate) captions, and easily get carried away with this!
Once you have activated a quick and painless account with Flickr you can get started. Not before, however, since you need this account (unless you already have one) in order to email your photo creations.
Not a lot of options here... just bubbles for captions and a simple border option with color choices. It's simple and uncomplicated. Maybe too much, so since it would be more enjoyable if there were more options to manipulate your photos.....more border choices for special occasions....maybe even some humorous "props" to add to the photos.
Still, it's fun and could easily be addicting. Like I said, I have a love/mediocre love with this app. Great idea, limited execution.
Quick Take
Overall Value: Better value at the new price of $2.99
Entertainment Value: Medium
Graphics: Basic
Level of Difficulty: Simple
Age Appropriate: Any Age (although that depends on HOW you use it)
Longevity: Sure, It'll keep-- especially if more options become available.
Would I Buy Again: Yes
Final Statement: Fun, inexpensive way to email photos with a fling.
i am one of the developers that worked on itoony and i want to clarify a few points. first, there is a way to share photos without creating a flickr or picasa web account. you can simply choose "save image" from the menu and it will save to your photo library. from there, you can do everything you can with any image in your photo library, including email it, sync it to your laptop, or even bring it up in another one of the photo apps. we will likely be adding a direct email feature in an upcoming free update. second, i didn't see any mention in your review of the drawing capability in itoony. i want to emphasize this because itoony is the only speech/thought bubble iphone software that allows drawing. after all, what is the ability to add a speech or thought bubble without the ability to put some stink lines or even less appropriate drawings in there. i've also found that the drawing feature is great for entertaining our 2 year old. quickly snap a picture of her and let her draw all over it. she loves it and as she grows, she'll likely start using some of the other features. to draw, simple click on the paint-brush icon on the bottom menu bar. different brush colors are available through the main menu. third, i wanted to say that i'm very glad to hear you call itoony "simple". simplicity was our main goal. we certainly do plan on adding clip art stamps and fancy borders in a future free upgrade, but we want to make sure to design those things in a way that doesn't hinder the main process. we want itoony to be almost as quick and natural as sending a picture message. snap a picture, draw a circle, start to type, hit send... that is our main goal. we want people with itoony not to think twice about reaching for itoony instead of the normal iphone camera app. lastly, if you will allow, i'd like to give your readers some helpful links. for more info, they can visit the itoony website. we are also starting an itoony group on flickr as a place to gather and discuss itoonified images. thanks, john