Daedalus Touch Review – Write in your iPad brilliantly
App Type: Uncategorized
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By: The Blue Technologies Group
Version #: 1.2
Date Released: 2011-10-21
Developer: The SoulMen
Price: 3.99
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We are making a batch of reviews of great writing apps for November. Why November? Because NaNoWriMo is going on! What is NaNoWriMo? The National Novel Writing Month! You have a month to write a full novel, and the month is November. And the iPad could be your 2.0 typewriter for NaNoWriMo, with Daedalus Touch!
Why can’t you write your novel in your iPad? Indeed, there is no reason why you can’t write a novel in an iPad, aside from having the right app and a bluetooth keyboard (since writing on-screen is a pain for longer stretches). Is Daedalus Touch the right iPad app for a wannabe writer?
Well, I’m not sure yet. I’ve written a lot with Daedalus Touch, and I love it. Daedalus Touch takes a new approach to writing in an iPad, and this is way to cool to forget. You don’t work with files, but with stacks of pages, a brilliant idea. Of course it also sports a neat set of fonts and soft background colours to go with them, word and character count and Dropbox (and MobileMe) sync. There’s nothing left for a minimalistic writing app… Even a web lookup quick button when you are writing. Did I mention it has PDF, epub and AirPrint? Well, Daedalus Touch does. There is nothing left in here.
But how well does writing only “pages” scale to a full blown and long novel? It’s very hard to tell: You can create different stacks for different chapters, and then merge them down in your computer. Or write along. I still have to write my definitive book to be sure, for now writing in Daedalus Touch feels like a very smooth experience, like nothing else in the App Store.
If I were you, I would give Daedalus Touch a try. Now. Why are you waiting? This app is genius!
Quick Take
Value:Very high
Would I Buy Again:Absolutely
Learning Curve:Low
Who Is It For:People who enjoy writing in their iPads, workers on the go
What I Like:The novel approach and multiple setup options
What I Don't Like:I can't think of anything
Final Statement:One of the best writing apps for iPad
ipad Interacting with digital texts never felt so natural: Flick through pages by swiping left and right, reorder stacks and sheets via drag’n’drop, use double-tap to open, pinch to close, and select multiple sheets for export with simple taps.
Watch it all at https://www.daedalusapp.com/
Daedalus Touch supports iCloud backup and offers full synchronization via Dropbox and MobileMe. It also includes export facilities to print, send emails, and create TXT-, PDF- and ePub-files – all from within the app.
Sheets and stacks can be sent to other iPad apps (TXT, PDF, ePub), while Daedalus accepts plain text files via iOS’ “Open In…”; compose in Daedalus, then format in Pages or read in iBooks – no problem.
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Article By ruben
Ruben Berenguel is finishing his PhD in Mathematics while writing in mostlymaths.net about being a 'geek of all trades'. He also happens to be the senior editor in the What's on iPhone network: any complaints go to him!
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