Category: Reference Apps

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Review – 12 Days of Christmas

Today’s App review is 12 Days of Christmas by iTunes. This App created by iTunes gives users a free iTunes download every day. This can be a book, app, song, tv episode etc and I have been downloading the App every Christmas over the past few years. I always get excited and wait up until…
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App Review – Free App Magic

Today’s App review is Free App Magic by MagicSolver.com This is yet another free app App and every day offers three Apps for free and claims to save you money. The idea is good and fun as you get to shoot up rockets to unlock your free Apps but the App doesn’t make these Apps…
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App Review – Google Maps

Today’s App is Google Maps by Google. I don’t use maps a whole lot but have understood peoples frustration when Google Maps was replaced by Apple’s unpredictable and troublesome Apple Maps. I didn’t really understand the big deal until Apple came out and admitted their failures. Well worry not Google Maps is back and better…
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App Review – SEO tips

Today’s App review is SEO Tips by Web Profits As a digital marketing teacher I was particularly interested in this App. The screen shots in the App Store looked promising and I downloaded it without a second thought. However, while this App is really good and offers a SEO/ Adwords tutorials and videos and tips…
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App Review – Advent 2012

Today’s App review is Advent 2012 by Magic Solver. I have previously reviewed Apps that tell you which Apps are free on a particular day. This App takes a different spin on this. For the 25 days leading up to Christmas it gives users a free Christmas App everyday to get you in the Christmas…
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App Review – Accu Weather

Today’s App Review is Accu Weather by Accu Weather. I don’t usually pay much attention to the weather forecasts and remember studying climatology in college and being told by the lecturer at the time that no one ever knows what it will really be like. I do however know a lot of people who do…
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App Review – Shakespeare in Bits.

Today’s App Review is Shakespeare in Bits by Mindconnex Learning Limited. Gone are the days where you would have to sit down and read from a book.  This App revolutionises the works of Shakespeare and brings them into the digital age. The App contains 5 of Shakespeares best places including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer…
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App Review – Living Organised

Today’s App Review is Living Organised by Teamof2 This App is probably the best App I have ever got on sale. I was lucky enough to get it from 9.99 to free and it was really worth clicking that download button. It is an extensive organiser consisting of a diary, a checklist, task list, expenses…
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App Review – Apollo

Today’s App Review is Apollo by Team Apollo. There are many browser Apps out there and when I got my first iOS devices I downloaded a lot of them yet still went back to Safari which is what I have used for the past few years since. A couple of weeks ago I came across…
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App Review – Colored Folder Creator

Today’s App Review is Colored Folder Creator by Stephen Colbran. I am taking a break from iOS Apps again to bring you this really cool Mac App. I am forever changing my desktop wallpapers, cursor shape, dock color and folder designs but what really takes time is finding the right folder icons and finding enough…
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