Video: Great Hair, Mustache Machine & Great Hat Review

From the maker of many apps (Brandon Abbott)comes three apps designed for hours of entertainment as well as hours of laughter. Make your grandma have a beard with a black mustache and a police hat and add a fishing hat to your dog all in the same group of apps.

Check out this video produced and written by Evan that includes hands-on clips of these great apps. If you are interested in buying the full or lite version of any of these apps, click here.

Appenthusiast Weekly - The Good, The Okay and The Bad

This edition of Appenthusiast Weekly talks about the good, the okay and the bad apps. The good app is called "Doodle Grub HD", the okay app is called "Videobot" and the bad app is called "Animal Gadget".

Directed, written and filmed by Evan S.

Appenthusiast Weekly: Pocket Booth and Great Hair

From now on, we will have a weekly Appenthusiast show that will include reviews, apps and more. These are prerecorded and can be viewed on Youtube as well. This weeks video is below.

Make and watch stripe animations

Magic moving strokes by Crowd Cafè is a truly magical app. It was designed with great graphics, smooth transitions and an easy to use interface that makes the user happy. Unlike some other apps, this one has a great customer support team.

The idea for the app is to allow the user to view life like animations using a complex line system that can be created with a pen and paper. to buy the app, you receive a total of about 30 animated images separated into six categories. If you love the app as much as I do, you can purchase the additional pack for $0.99 and automatically get tons more.


Other than those cool and interesting features, the app is pretty simple. The last thong I would like to share with you about the app is the music. The music in the background is fun to listen to and I suggest you leave it on while you do work as "studying music".

So, overall this is a teat app complete with everything you could wish for. Although you are probably clenching your teeth with the thought of the price but no worries, this entire app is only $0.99. View and purchase this app on the app store here.

My Daily Journal Is The Best In Its Category

My Daily Journal for the iPad and iPhone is the best in it's category. It makes it quick and easy to type my daily journal. The built in calendar allows you to easily look at your previous journal pages and/or go to the future and type there. The best part of all this is that it is only $1.99 to buy the app with all of its features.

When you open the app for the first time, you can customize your journal. You can change the cover and paper type to fit your needs. Just like real paper, you can change the size, color and font of the text you are creating. In case your journal will contain anything personal, you can lock it with a simple tap.

If your journal is ready to be shared, you can access the share button with a tap. You can email your journal to anybody with a picture of the journal page and text. Thanks to the built in Face Book and Twitter integration, you can also tweet or post your journal page if it is within the given characters.

Overall, this is a great app for what it does and I would highly recommend any time. The downside with this app is that there is no way to get it to iTunes on your computer. Which is not a big deal until you are at a place without Wifi. You can buy My Daily Journal here.

Tell us how you like the app and if you would like to win a free copy in the comments.

iPhone App Review: Trip Boss - Expense and Budget Travel Manager

Trip Boss Expense & Budget Travel Manager

$4.99

iPhone/iPod Touch only

Version: 4.1.1

Tested on: iPod Touch 4G (iOS 4.3.2)

Rating: 4 of 5

When we travel, a lot of things are happening at the same time, regardless whether it's a business trip or for other purposes. There are lots of small yet important things happening which make the trip a great experience. You meet with new people, takes notes of interesting things you find, and spends some amount of money. Would it be great if there's an app that can help you gather all that information in a single place?

Well, Trip Boss Expense & Budget Travel Manager is an iPhone app designed to help you organize this information. With this app, you can start by creating a new trip and enter all your travel details, including departure/arrival times, travel purpose, description, notes, and other travelers who are going with you. Then, you can start recording all your expenses grouped under that trip.

The app truly shines when it comes to recording your travel expenses. Not only you can categorize your expenses, record the date/time and place, but you can also enter the expense in foreign currencies, tag any number of names as clients/guests, and write notes associated with each expense. These features are very helpful in recording the event of which the expense occurs.

One of my favorite features in this app is the Tip Calculator feature. This feature is designed so well, that you can actually use it even when you're not traveling. How many times do you go to a restaurant with friends/family and you need to calculate the tip then split the bill? Well, this feature is really easy to use. Not only you can define the tax/tip rates, but you can easily enter the number of people to split the bill and round up/down any part of the bill. In my group, I always be the one who count the tip (and I always round up the total amount) then split the bill, so this feature is just amazing.

What makes it even more lovable is that the app automatically includes your part of the bill (after the split) as your expense amount. Then, just as a good reminder, you can always take a picture of the receipt, then keep it or share it with your group. You can also track how you pay for the expense, e.g. cash, credit/debit cards.

Some people may like to put a budget on their trips, especially if it's a business trip. Again, this app has an answer for this with its great budgeting feature. You can easily define your budgets into categories, and the app will automatically match your expenses with each category, so that you can see how you have managed your expenses.

Features above are just some of what the app can perform. With its in-app purchase capabilities, the developer promises to deliver various modules like itinerary, journaling and trip planning. Right now, the itinerary module is ready for you to purchase. So you can try to use this basic module of Expense & Budget then purchase the Itinerary module from its in-app store, or you can choose to purchase the complete Itinerary module from the Itinerary, Expense & Budget edition.

The itinerary module allows you to record details of your travel, not only limited to flight details. You can record your travel regardless of the transportation methods you use. The module provides specific details for flight, train, bus, car drive, and even boat cruise. You can record details of your car rentals and parking too if you need to. These expenses will be integrated automatically into your trip.

Overall, I think this app is a great app for anyone, especially business travelers. A lot of features are packed within the app that I can't describe thoroughly within this review. And I believe that the more you use this app, the more you'll see its benefits. I'd love to see you try the app and share how it helps you to make your trips more enjoyable knowing that all the details are saved in this great app.

Now, for a limited period of time, you have a chance to win one of the three promo codes of this great app. And, here are the steps you need to take to get a chance to win it:

1. Follow @appenthusiast on Twitter
2. Tweet this: "Manage your travel with Trip Boss for #iPhone, and get a chance to win a copy! http://bit.ly/l1AUnj via @appenthusiast" or click the blue Twitter share button on the top right of this post.
3. The contest ends on Friday, May 12, 2011, 23:59 PST
4. I will choose randomly the three winners.

Check out my other iPhone apps reviews here.

Video Review: Neon Sign

Neon Sign

$1.99

Universal (iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad)

Version: 2.0

Tested on: iPad 2 (iOS 4.3.2)

Reviewer: Evan

Check out our video review of Neon Sign, a unique application which works for the iPhone and the iPad. This app allows you to turn your iPad or iPhone into your very own customized Neon Sign. There are 100+ unique neon design and numerous flashing types that you can choose from. Watch our review and let us know what you think.

Check out my previous iPad app review here.