And forget trying out a range of pro-priced apps to see which fits your purposes best.įaced with this setup, app developers have little incentive to put in the time and resources to build a true pro-class app, because the risks are too high. If you don’t like the app, you’re out $50. Maybe an app looks great in pictures, but is sluggish under the fingers when you use it. After all, who is going to pay $50 for an app without trying it first? I’ve bought super well-reviewed apps for big money before, and found that they don’t fit the way I work. This is a terrible environment for good software. Worse, a user could stick with the free version forever, with no incentive to upgrade. Developers could offer a free version in addition to the paid version, but that meant maintaining two separate apps. Then came the App Store, with no formal way to give anyone a free, time-limited trial. Most Mac software was sold this way - even big suites like Photoshop and Office have had free trial versions. After a trial period, a fee may be charged to keep using it. If you're an iPad app developer, or just a fan with a favorite app, let me know: Either email me or post to Twitter using the hashtag #MitchiPad.Shareware, says the dictionary, is software distributed free, for evaluation purposes. I'll have better recommendations after I get my hands on an iPad in two days (if the tension of waiting doesn't kill me first). ![]() I haven't had any hands-on time with them, or with an iPad either, for that matter. These are just my best guesses for some promising-looking iPad apps. Twitepad is a Twitter client native to the iPad, with multi-column views and a built-in Web browser. The iPhone app is great (or so my artistic friends tell me - I can't even draw a stick figure), the upcoming iPad version of Brushes should be even better.įinally, a computer is just plain naked nowadays without a Twitter client. The app got famous when artist Jorge Colombo used it to paint a cover of the New Yorker magazine. Developer the Omni Group plans to have OmniGraffle available for the iPad within weeks, along with the OmniFocus to-do-list manager, followed later by the OmniPlan project management software and OmniOutliner outliner.īrushes is an iPhone app for painting - fingerpainting, really. OmniGraffle is a tool for drawing charts and diagrams on the Mac, like Microsoft Visio. ![]() The iPad version will be included with the Pro version for the iPhone and iPod Touch, currently priced at $8.99, it will be a free upgrade for current 1Password owners. Developer Agile Web Solutions says it's optimistic 1Password for the iPad will be available Saturday, priced at $6.99 for an iPad-only version. Like Things, it has versions for the Mac and iPhone and synchs between them, and it will add iPad support and synching as well. They sent me this hand-drawn sketch of the UI:ġPassword manages and secures passwords and automates logins for Web sites, online banking, and other services. Things, an application for managing to-do lists, runs on the Mac and iPhone and synchs between them, and developer Cultured Code plans an iPad version to be available Saturday. Pricing information is unavailable, but the developer did say that Instapaper for the iPad will be free to users of Instapaper pro. Just install a bookmarklet in your Web browser, and click it, and the link is stored on the Instapaper server for reading on any device. Also, Instapaper makes it easy to bookmark articles from the Web when you're in a rush. ![]() Instapaper's advantages over reading in your Web browser: Articles are formatted for easy reading on the device display. Instapaper is a great iPhone app for downloading and reading articles from Web newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and Instapaper is coming to the iPad, says developer Marco Arent. IBooks is the iPad's free e-book reader software, that lets you buy books online, as you do with the Amazon Kindle.
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