My Takeout Menus app for iPhone is an application tailor made for gourmets among iOS users. It lets you keep track of all your to go menus from one place. My Takeout Menus iPhone app can be downloaded for $1.99 from iTunes.

How My Takeout Menus App works?

My Takeout Menus app for iPhone is designed to help you get rid of that unorganized drawer full with takeout and delivery menus. The app lets you create a digitalized database of takeout menus, ready to be accessed any time in your iPhone. You can have the menus from the web, or take the pictures of the menus using your iPhone’s camera. In order to find a restaurant online, simply search for the restaurant and the city/town in which it is located, or enter the company’s phone number. If you happen to find any menu online you like, you can download it through the application. But not all restaurants might have a menu online. In that case, you can take a photo of the menu and save it in the application.

Over time, iPhone My Takeout Menus app will act as your digital menu drawer that’ll be with you wherever you go. So when you are on the move, and you want to order some take out on the way, you can simply flip open the menu of your favorite store from My Takeout Menus and find the dish and its price in no time. In My Takeout Menus Lifestyle app, you can organize the menus based on its name or cuisine for easy access. Also, you can spin the ‘Wheel of Menus’ to find your favorite menus. The graphics part is good, so is the overall theme. My Takeout Menus works with iOS versions 4.0 and upwards.

Final Thoughts

My Takeout Menus app for iPhone let you have your favorite menus at your fingertips all the time. The option to categorize menus based on names and cuisine makes the job easier for the user. However, at the moment, not all stores have their menus available online unfortunately. To an extent, you can compensate for that by adding photos of your favorite menus. Overall, you’ll start enjoying the real power of My Takeout Menus when you have saved most of your favorite takeout menus in the app’s database.

My Library app for iPhone lets you have all the info about your personal media collection at your fingertips. You can add newer ones using the built-in scanner or by entering the ISBN, EAN, or UPC manually. The remaining information will be loaded from the internet. My Library iPhone app comes at a price tag of $3.99 per license.

How My Library iPhone App Works?

iPhone My Library app displays your books, CDs, and movies, organized by title, under separate tabs. If you load data about a particular title from the internet, its cover image is also loaded alongside. In case, an image is unavailable, you can add your own by snapping one using your iPhone camera. Using the app, you can search titles and enter a ‘loan status’ to remember to whom you’ve loaned a particular title or borrowed it from. You can also view how much a book/CD costs or from where you can purchase one, or make notes about what you thought of a particular movie or book.

The developer sets the number of titles that can be loaded to 8000; but if you have enough storage space for it, more titles may be accommodated. You can also backup/restore and view/sort your entire collection from your desktop with the integrated web server. My Library iPhone application also lets you backup and restore your library to the online backup server. You can even backup to your Dropbox account. It is also possible to import data via CSV file or saved backup, or email your database backup files to a destination of your choice.

The user interface looks a tad complex, especially when you use it first. However, as you start using it regularly, you’ll get used to it nuances. For a complete user experience, turn your iPhone to landscape, and browse your collection in shelf format.

Final Thoughts

My Library app for iPhone virtually lets you catalogue your home collection and then carry it in your pocket. Further, using the app, you search, track, and rate the items in your collection with ease. A must have if you are an entertainment buff, who is finding it tough to catalogue and organize the items in your collection. Visit iTunes for more information on My Library app for iPhone.

The world we live-in is always rumoured of many Legends, Myths and Tales. We either try to seek the truth or we start follow the myth and pass them on to others. Now there is iPhone application available known as “Myths and Facts” which brings the truth out. For the first time the user will be amazed and surprised to know about the facts for hundreds of myths. Myths and Facts iPhone App is developed by Dmitriy Glebenok which gives explanation for each myth or fact. The app is priced at just $0.99 and can be downloaded from iTunes website.

About this application which is divided into five sections:

1) Myths Quiz – This is a scientific and entertaining function on this application that either confirms or disproves about 21st Century’s most interesting myths. This also includes explanation for each myth. The user can test their knowledge in the quiz mode where they can answer about the myth by choosing true or false options to the myth.

2) Did you know? – In this section there is collective database of facts which are funny and interesting. There are about 10,000 such facts on this section with a friendly interface which the user can conveniently browse. The topics are well arranged in alphabetic order to find them easily.

3) Famous First – This section of the application will give the information on famous inventors, achievers, explorers, developers etc. Also on the first incidents and the facts, Inventions, Items and Events etc. There is huge collective database providing the information.

4) On this Day In History – This section of the application will give the knowledge of the historic event that occurred on the same date. There is collective database about 10,000 events for each month.

5) Famous Birthdays – Again provides the date-of-birth of famous people born. There is huge database and user can find the birth date of their same.

One downside of this app being reviewed frequently is about the grammar and spelling mistakes. This needs to be corrected as this app is primarily for reading.

Conclusion

There are many features of Myths and Facts iPhone App such as Myth encyclopedia which gives a detailed explanation on every myth. There are about 30 topics for user to choose from (Computer, Animal, Food Facts, Cars, Money, Sports, and Weather). The updates on this application are done several times in a month. The user can add the new feature and facts any time. Myths and Facts App for iPhone does not need Internet connection and can also be accessed in offline mode.

Yearly helps you to remember annual (or yearly) events such as birthdays and anniversaries. The app, instead of relying on iPhone’s native calendar app, uses the data associated with the contacts in your address book. Yearly iPhone app can be downloaded from the iTunes Store for $0.99/year.

How Yearly iPhone App Works?

Before delving into the feature of iPhone Yearly app, it is worth mentioning that the app got one of the beautiful user interfaces. The visuals are just pixel perfect, like the MoneyBook and ListBook apps from the same developer.

On the main screen, the events will be displayed in the chronological order. That is, you’ll see the name of the person (with photo if there is any), date, type of event, and the number of days remains until the said date. If you swipe on any entry, you’ll get three options: SMS, email and call. You can choose any one of these options to send a quick message across. Further, tapping on an entry takes you to the Detail screen, wherein you can view information (or you can enter these info when you create/edit a contact in Yearly) such as the name, photo, how long you’ve been together or how old they will be, zodiac sign, event type, and all other contact information. There is also Notes filed where you can enter other information related to the person such as his/her hobbies, dress size etc.

Another notable feature of Yearly iPhone application is the option to have push notifications (up to 14 days before the D-day). On the downside, you can’t select individual contacts to have push notifications. It is all or none. Another downside is that you can’t create an event (or delete duplicates) from within the Yearly app.

The Gestures options permit you to customize the phone numbers/addresses that you wish to prioritize for shortcut feature. Further, by swiping left to right anywhere on the screen takes you back to the previous screen, which seems to be a very handy feature.

Conclusion

Yearly app for iPhone is a very useful application. But its biggest downside is that the app relies solely on the address book for data. If it had used calendar information, it would have been much more effective on any given day. The all-or-nothing take on notifications is also a downer. Flaws apart, Yearly is an impressive iPhone app that is worth its price tag. Hopefully, its shortcomings will be ironed out in the later versions.

Jamie’s Recipe app for iPhone is about letting you guys choose the extra recipes you want, when you want them. Here you get free taster pack or recipes to get started and then extra packs are available to purchase from the Recipe Store.

Features of Jamie’s Recipe iPhone App

• The store has seven all new packs and for those of you who haven’t tried his 20 minute meals, it has been broken down into bite size packs.
• Each recipe is really easy to follow with beautiful step by step photography so that it won’t go wrong.
• Shopping list has been included that makes life breeze, sorts ingredients by aisle and lets you shop off items as you shop.
• There is a new provision of including your own custom items so that everything you need gets in one place.
• Another essential feature is the ‘Essentials’ section.

Positives

Jamie’s Recipe App for iPhone includes 12 free recipes, many of which are delicious, including beef and Guinness stew with dumplings. It also includes a video about knife skills and how to properly secure a cutting board. There is a crafted library of recipes where you can select a recipe set or browse and make purchases from available selection. There is a great photography and quality design incorporated which is not just skin deep. The interface design of Jamie’s Recipes application is exemplary and consistent. The dark paneled backgrounds works really well alongside the notepad of the shopping list and clean menus has been provided. The inclusion of high quality photographs, videos and hand-made looking step by step instruction cards are some of the notable highlights. The pricing is fair as a good amount of high quality content is included with each pack and you can check to see whether you like the sound of recipes included beforehand.

Disadvantages

Jamie’s Recipes iPhone app seemed less about developing great cooking skills and more about selling things to make the already rich chef richer. Following the recipes is not easier and there is the lack of hands free functionality.

Conclusion

Overall Jamie’s Recipes is an excellent iPhone application that could truly make a difference in the way you can cook and eat. It is a brilliant kitchen companion that features good food, a superb shopping list function and fantastic video content from the man himself who could change the way you cook forever.

Martha Stewart has rolled out an iPhone application with fresh and easy recipes, incorporating the beloved recipes from her “Everyday Food” magazine. Martha’s Everyday Food App for iPhone has been built from the ground up with across the board improvements and many new features.

Features of Martha’s Everyday Food iPhone App

• The Recipe Finder in the application allows you to search for recipes by main ingredient, course, meal, preparation time and much more, all on one screen.
• With Recipe Shuffle you can select recipes for a main course, side or dessert and can save it to your Favorites.
• Food editors demonstrate basic culinary techniques such as braising, grilling and more.
• Exclusive daily articles are included in Martha’s Everyday Food app for iPhone with topics such as Healthy Eating, In Season, Cravings, On the side, Sweet spot, and weekend chef, each with a complete archive.
• ‘Dinner Tonight’ serves up a quick, easy, seasonal and family friendly main course recipe chosen by the editors everyday including a seven day archive on the screen.
• There is a shopping list tool that will let you add your ingredients from any recipe at the touch of a button, shows both combined and recipe specific lists and can add to your online list.
• You can add your favorite recipes, articles and videos to your Favorite list for later reference.
• It has a sleek design including a home page and features larger photos with a pinch to zoom technology.
• There are thousands of quick and easy recipes from Everyday Food Magazine and more are added each month.
• You can share recipes and shopping lists with friends and family using Share Functionality via Face book, e-mail and text.
• The Ziplist sync lets users see shopping lists they create on Ziplist.com including those saved from MarthaStewart.com.
• You get access to thousands of quick and easy Everyday Food recipes at your fingertips through Search facility.

Positivies

Martha’s Everyday Food iPhone App features a new recipe daily along with tips from “Everyday Food” editors such as why you should try the dish, how you can prepare it in advance or what are the ingredients that need to be swapped. The App also allows you to save your favorite recipes or add the ingredients into shopping aisles for you. The most advantageous part of Martha’s Everyday Food app is its integration with Ziplist.com that allows you to share your favorite recipes and shopping lists with your friends and family from anywhere in the world.

Conclusion

Martha’s Everyday Food app for iPhone doesn’t just provide tasty culinary treats; it aims to make life easier too.

TV chef Nigella Lawson, through her publishing company ‘Random House’ and digital agency AKQA London, has launched the Nigella Quick Collection iPhone App. Nigella Lawson is the author of bestselling books including How to Eat, How to be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Express, Nigella Christmas and Kitchen which together with her successful TV series have made hers a household name around the world.

Nigella Quick Collection – A Perfect Companion to Cooking

Nigella Quick Collection app for iPhone contains over 70 different delicious recipes that include entries such as grilled halloumi, curry, baklava muffins, mushroom steak sandwiches, toblerone fondue and even chocolate peanut butter sundae with fudge. Nigella Quick Collection application will give you a lot of different tips and help on how to cook a delicious meal without the entire day to do it. There are easy step by step instructions for each of the recipes and so it is know what to do. There are a variety of videos which help you to know how to do simple cooking tasks like dicing a mango, deseeding a pomegranate or even just getting a complete run through on how to cook certain dishes.

Features of the App

• Nigella Quick Collection little cook book app for iPhone includes over 70 different recipes including ten of the new Quick Collection Recipes that are causing such a stir in the food world.
• There are also 60 of the edited recipes that have gotten makeover by Nigella.
• iPhone Nigella Quick Collection app has video footage that can be watched which is over 40 minutes of this video footage that includes both audio and visual content.
• These videos will have over 40 different tips from Nigella that you can go back and refer to during any point of cooking process.
• It has total of 13 videos that include How To sections and also motivation and inspiration sections.
• It also includes the videos for recipes just like it was it was featured on the television show.
• Nigella Quick Collection app also include dazzling pictures of different food and entries.

Advantages

• The photography of both the audio and video looked gorgeous.
• Browse recipes and photographs by swiping through recipe card.
• You can view full list of ingredients and simple concise step by step methods.
• Use voice control to move through a recipe keeping sticky fingers away from the phone.
• Add multiple recipes to your shopping list and view the list by recipe or supermarket aisle and can edit if required.
• You can personalize your quick collection app by selecting recipe favorites and adding voice or text notes to recipes.

The Nigella Quick Collection App for iPhone is all about getting you recipes that you can make extremely quickly and simply, and that still are delicious to taste. This app will make help you make your life easier as a cook for yourself, your friends and your family.

Air Sharing app for iPhone attempts to solve on long-standing shortcoming of iPhone: lack of storage space to save documents and similar files. The app lets you share files between your iPhone and wirelessly connected PC. Air Sharing iPhone app for works with Mac, Windows and Linux, and comes at a price tag of $2.99 per license.

The Application

While installing iPhone Air Sharing application, you’ll be provided with thorough instructions as to how to go about the set up that even a first time won’t find it difficult to install the software in their iPhone. The entire process of installation and set up will take about couple of minutes, at the most. In order to move a file/folder from iPhone to the PC and vice versa, first you need to fire up Air Sharing app followed by connecting your device’s web address from the computer. Here, it goes without saying that both the devices share the same wireless network. Instructions on how to do it is available in the app’s help tab. For Mac, it is just about hitting the ‘Connect to Server’ option under the ‘Go’ menu.

Simply drag-and-drop the files/folders you wish to share. Air Sharing iPhone app supports both portrait and landscape views, alongside tree table file hierarchy typical of Windows OS. As has been observed, the files load quickly, and you can scroll/resize the documents using iPhone’s pinch and zoom feature. However, for documents (such as PDF) with lots of pages, the app does not provide an option to go directly to a particular page. Instead, one has to scroll down until the particular page is reached.

At the bottom of the screen is the setting tab, wherein you can specify what the Air Sharing app should/shouldn’t do. For example, you can turn on no-password-needed, opt for a total informal transfer, or you can simply lock it down and have it fade out after sometime of non-activity.

Conclusion

Air Sharing app for iPhone makes file transfer between your smartphone and PC a cake walk. It virtually transforms your iPhone into a wireless portable device. The interface is user-friendly for most parts, and file navigation one of the easiest for a file sharing application. Those who tend to carry documents on the go will certainly find Air Sharing more than a handy app to have. Verdict: Quite useful mobile application for the traveling executive.

GoodGuide app for iPhone aids you in finding safe, healthy and sustainable products/items while shopping. You can find any product by barcode scan, search or browsing its database, and in the result, you could find the ratings for health, animal testing, environment, social responsibility, and other factors that may influence you decision to purchase eventually. At present, the GoodGuide packs information on about 100,000+ products across various categories. GoodGuide iPhone app is a free application.

Features of GoodGuide App

Once you download and install GoodGuide app in your iPhone, you are taken to a bit lengthy process of updating its database. Over a 3G connection, it should be done within couple of minutes at the most.

The iPhone GoodGuide app packs information on products in many categories including personal care, food, babies and kids, pet food, household, apparel, appliances, electronics, cars, and lots more! You can either use GoodGuide’s search feature to find out your product, or alternatively you can browse the relevant categories/subcategories to find the products of your liking. For example, in the category named ‘personal care’, you can find entries such as bubble bath, deodorant, and baby lotion. Within each subcategory, you could find further information on the list of ingredients that you should preferably avoid, alongside the highest rated product under the said subcategory.

Like many iPhone apps, GoodGuide also comes equipped with an inbuilt barcode scanner. You need to tap on ‘scan barcode’ option, and point the iPhone’s camera to the barcode until it’s visible within the guidelines on the display. When the guidelines turn green in color, hold the phone still until it scans the barcode. If the barcode is not present in the database, it will prompt the user of the same through a popup, and in turn the user can suggest including it into the database. However, barcodes on flat or round surfaces pose a challenge to the app. Hence it is advisable to place the object of scanning on a flat surface, and hold the iPhone using your two hands, before attempting to scan it for best results.

Conclusion

GoodGuide app for iPhone is a handy free application to add to your smart phone. Its database may not contain everything, but it still got enough info about products that you feel good about supporting with your hard-earned money. The barcode scanner may not work well on curvy/ shiny items. But overall, GoodGuide is good enough!

Todo is a premium task manager application for iPhone that comes with a variety of flexible features. While it is debatable if Todo is the ultimate task manager app for iPhone, what is true is that the app does comes with some really handy features for the money you spend for a license. Todo app for iPhone comes with a price tag of $9.99, even though a stripped down version is available for free.

Features for Todo App

Todo iPhone app organizes tasks in a much efficient manner, in comparison with most other task managers out there. It gives you, the user, more than one option for sorting your task, mostly based of the Getting Things Done methodology by David Allen. More specifically, the app lets you organize tasks by lists, tags and contexts. The app also lets you search tasks under each of these headings.

Further, like in other GTD based task managers, Todo lets one create subtasks under a project. These subtasks can have due dates and priority rankings. On the other hand, if you don’t wish to add due dates in subtasks, you can go for checklists. It is quite easy to do that using quick add feature. Further, you can reorder subtasks by drag and drop feature, which can also be used to change due dates/list headers.

But the two main features that make Todo a worth investment is the coming together of repeating tasks and full calendar view in one application. In Todo, while selecting the due date, you are presented the full calendar view so that you can visualize when exactly you want a task to be due, on the context of a month. The repeating task comes handy if you have lots of tasks that your team must do regularly. You can even repeat projects or checklists, thus letting you streamline the important processes in a breeze.

Finally, if you wish to delegate, Todo iPhone application lets you email or share the tasks/checklists/projects with someone else in your team, provided they also got Todo in their iPhones. Todo also gives lots of emphasis on customization. This includes color coding, UI changes, or even symbols to denote priority rankings of your tasks. On the downside, performance with push notifications and sync needs more streamlining.

Final Thoughts

Todo is certainly a feature-heavy task manager application for iPhone. It got some good combination of features not seen in most other task manager apps. However, shortcomings with the push notifications/sync features stand out in an otherwise an excellent feature rich task manager app. Go for it if you need a task manager app that gives you lots of options. On the other hand, if you wish to test it first, download Todo’s free light-weight version to get a feel of the same, albeit with lesser features.