Posts Tagged ‘free iPhone Productivity apps’

EZBuzz App for iPhone Review

Our brain is so overwhelmed with information that most of us require some form of reminders to remind us of various things. If you have not yet found the right reminder app that helps you remind/remember things, try EZBuzz for iPhone. Functionality wise, EZBuzz give you a voice-oriented way to save and manage to-dos in minimal time. EZBuzz productivity app for iPhone can be downloaded for free from iTunes App Store.

How EZBuzz iPhone App Works?

Here is how to use EZBuzz app for iPhone: select the required time frame from the scrolling date’s list, tap on a particular date, double click on the desired hour, and say your notes as quick reminders of tasks requiring completion. The app will record you commands, and will buzz you with the set reminder when the date and time comes. However, EZBuzz iPhone app is not about audio reminders alone. You can also use it to note down reminders, add a photo, or schedule alarms to the event. You can also use all these functions to have an audio and visual representation. True, there is not as much notes space available as we would have liked; but then hearing your own voice to grab milk and egg is much better than reading about it anyway.

Rescheduling a particular reminder is also a cake walk; simply drag it on the Time-Scale. Further, there is automatic purging of reminders, icon badge to count past and unread reminders, and Minute-Snapping modes for nearest 5th, 10th and 15th minutes. On the downside, integration with Google Calendar leaves a lot to be desired. Also, you can’t export notes directly to iCal complete with audio. The user interface is slick and responsive. The app’s design centered on a central scrolling date’s list, which is double-clicked at any point to add a todo, has user friendliness written all over it . If to benchmark, EZBuzz iPhone application is It is much easier to use than iCal. The app requires iOS 4.0 or higher.

Final Thoughts

EZBuzz app for iPhone combines an incredible user interface and an awesome voice based note creation on top of typical todo app functionality. It is a neat package as far as setting reminders goes, but lack of integration with some popular calendar apps in the iPhone stands out. Hope coming versions rectify this shortcoming. Verdict: EZBuzz is a handy to-do app to have in your iPhone. And it is not that expensive that you can’t try it out.

LexPrint App for iPhone Review

If you tend to print photos from your iPhone, perhaps LexPrint app for iPhone is one application that you should keep handy. It enables you to quickly and easily print from your iPhone using any Lexmark printer. LexPrint iPhone app may be downloaded free of cost from Apple iTunes App Store.

How LexPrint iPhone app Works?

Downloading and installing LexPrint app for iPhone is easy and should be over in couple of minutes at the max. In order to use LexPrint, both your iPhone and the computer used to print must connect to the same wireless network. In other words, LexPrint app requires that all your devices be connected to the same wireless network. Once done that, open the document you wish to print in the app, choose the printer and printing preferences in the ‘settings’ menu, and start printing. As simple as that!

Using LexPrint iPhone app, you can print from your album or even directly from the camera. You can zoom in, zoom out, or pan across an enlarged image while on the Photo Preview screen, and select a part of the photo to print, if you wish so. Further, you can change your printing preferences right from your iPhone, with the LexPrint Settings menu, which is quite easy to navigate around. You may choose your printer, print quality, and number of copies you want to be printed. The menu even offers a “Scale to Fit” option.

In order to work properly, LexPrint app for iPhone requires iOS 3 or above. But most iPhone devices make the cut. Further, some LexPrint printer models may require LexPrint Listener installed in the computer connected to the printer. If yours need one, simply download the same from www.lexmark.com/LexPrint. The said software facilitates communication between your PC and iPhone.

LexPrint comes with multilingual support, including English, Spanish, French, and Japanese.

Final Thoughts

LexPrint app for iPhone comes handy, if you have a LexPrint printer at home. It is easy to use, and delivers reliable print quality. If there is one aspect that ties one down, it is the requirement that the iPhone also remain connected to the same network as the computer to which the printer is connected. But then it is the way most print apps work. Verdict: Must have if you tend to take prints of photos saved in your iPhone gallery.

CamScanner Free App for iPhone Review

CamScanner Free app virtually makes your iPhone a portable scanner, using which all your paper documents, notes, receipts, and whiteboard discussions can be archived anywhere at any time. And the app delivers near perfect results; no much blurring or resolution issues anywhere. As the app’s name indicates, the CamScanner Free iPhone app may be downloaded from iTunes App Store for no money.

How CamScanner Free App Works?

CamScanner Free converts your notes, documents, and receipts into PDF. The app uses iPhone’s camera to capture the images that you wish to convert to PDF. Alternatively, you can choose images from the gallery for the same. So, here is how it works: you snap the images, and click ‘Ok’. A new screen will pop out, on which you can choose to enhance the photo that you wish to convert to PDF. Check the checkbox and you’re done. The app, with its smart Image cropping and Image enhancement algorithm ensures that the pictures are converted to perfectly clear and recognizable PDF files, albeit with a watermark (the paid version of the app creates watermark free PDF).

iPhone CamScanner Free app is capable of batch scanning; i.e. scanning multiple pages of documents, and converting it into PDF. Further, it auto crops the images to perfect its edges, while the user can opt to work on the images to enhance its color and brightness to make it clear and recognizable. The app also provides multiple size PDF support, alongside multiple viewing modes such as list view, thumbnail view and classified view.

Further, from the CamScanner Free application, you can share files via email, fax, iTunes Sharing, or by uploading to online storage means. Also, you can backup data into Mac, if you have one, and can even provide password protection to individual files for added security, if you wish so.

Last but not the least, you can add tags to files, including user defined ones, search archives by titles, and copy or move files.

On the downside, you can’t search text within PDF, and there is no option to manually crop the images.

Final Thoughts

CamScanner Free app for iPhone should cater to most people’s pocket scanner needs. It works reliably, and is also quite easy to use. Multiple size PDF support, file sharing/back up options, and security options of the app stands out. Thought the PDF is created with a water mark, for most purposes, it should not be a hindrance whatsoever. If you want to do away with it, opt for the paid version of CamScanner Free.