Amoveo for iPhone Review

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By: Eternal Empire inc.

Version #: 1.1

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Developer: By Eternal Empire inc.

Price: $2.99

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So you have a collection of photos from this or that holiday and you want to show them off to your family. You could just send them, but that would be boring. Instead you want to create a slideshow, but again there is a problem. Maybe you have no creative bone in your body or you have no time to mess around with iMovie and you just need a slideshow to send out. Well today we will look at Amoveo from Eternal Empire Inc., the slide show app that all the fuss out of making a slideshow. The developers brag that not only does this app make it easy to create slideshows with a variety of themes, but that they are easy to share as well.

To begin with the app offers no explanation on how to use it. In fact there isn’t even a title screen or info box. The app simply drops you on a list of six categories of themes like romance, travel, or holidays. Tapping one of the categories lets you preview and choose a theme to use for the slideshow. Up to this point I would say that Amoveo has succeeded in creating a no fuss minimal interface that would be easy to use by even iOS beginners. Not need for instructions here.

Once we reach the step where you must choose that photos that will go in the slideshow is where hte interface takes the “less is more” mantra a little too far. You see it gives you a list of all your photos, from oldest to newest, and offers no way to search, divide, or to otherwise narrow down your search. With thousands of photos in my iPhone it becomes quite a chore to search out for the particular ones I want, especially since the newer photos are on the bottom of the list. That annoyance aside, you can choose seven photos to include in the slideshow aand they will be shown in the order you select them.
Once you tap the last photo it immediately jumps to a progress bar as it generates your video slideshow. I hope you didn’t tap the wrong photo. Once it is finished, the video will play so you can see how it turned out. There are a variety of transitions for the photos and the animation and music are generally well laid out and fit with the various themes. Once the video is done you can then preview it again or share it; which will let you save the video to your camera roll, or share it on Facebook or Youtube. If you realize you made a mistake you have to tap the steps at the top to return to the photo picker and choose your photos again.

Amoveo has many good points and I can see many less savvy users making good use of the simple design. I think the interface goes a little too far at times and results in making it difficult to make changes, but overall the app does a good job of giving you a video slideshow you can send to you friends or relatives. I would recommend this app to anyone that finds Apple’s iMovie app a little too much for them to handle. You can download it currently for $2.99 at the app store.

We rate this app 4 out of 5 stars.