Phlomo

I have had Phlomo for a few days now, it is a free app that turns your photos into "Lomo" style photos.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phlomo/id340073393?mt=8

^Here is the menu, you can choose one of your photos to "Phlomo" or take a new photo. Then, you upload it to Flickr. So you have to have a Flickr account for this app to really work to your advantage. Because it doesn't save your photos unless you go to the settings to check "Yes" for "Save a copy of Phlomoized Photo" And even when you do that the photos come out with a low resolution.

The effects are nice, but with the low resolution and not being able to save how you would like to, I wouldn't recommend this app. Even though it is free, it's not really worth it.

RetroCamera

I first heard about this app a couple of weeks ago. There was a post going around showing a youtube video. If you have not seen it yet, then here is the link to it:

There are two versions of this: RetroCamera Pro which is $1.99 and does not leave a watermark on your photos. The free version is identical to the pro, except that it leaves a visible watermark.

Free: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/retrocamera-free/id336479218?mt=8

Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/retrocamera/id336256412?mt=8

I had been putting off reviewing this app because I wanted to give it the best review I could. But for

now, I will say that I love this app. The filters you can choose from are amazing, and the results look

beautiful. However, this app suffers from one fatal flaw: low resolution. The highest it has is the size of

the screen of the iPhone. How could they come up with something so amazing and have such a

low input? I downloaded the free version and I was lucky when someone gave me a code to the pro

version. But I wouldn't purchase this until it has a better resolution.

This is the biggest size. Gorgeous results, but it's so small.

Watermarked version

Pro Version

MoreNoel

I had downloaded this app when it first came out, a couple weeks or so ago, and I have enjoyed using it since.

Basically, it is a photo app that adds small effects to your photos.

Here is the menu. You can take a photo inside of the app, or choose one from an album.

Here is a photo I have chosen, with the different effects. The three star bursts add, well, starbursts to your photos. The first one adds a small amount, the second a larger amount, etc. The same goes for the bubbles.

I like the effects, I think they look nice and for a free app this is great Some improvements I would like are, being able to control the intensity of the sparkles and and bubbles.

Here is the link to the app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morenoel/id338994259?mt=8

Polarize

Took me way too long to write a post about this app. I am a member of the Polarize/LOFI group on Flickr, as well as being a moderator for that group. So I have known about the app since it first came out, back when it was called "ProjectPolaroid". I really admire the developer and the way he can create apps. (I will write about his other apps, LOFI and EffectsLab in later posts) I always had such a fun time taking photos and then putting them in the Polarize app. The app has been free since day 1. Never has he charged for it. Unfortunately, for the past couple months (a lot more than a couple to be honest) Apple has not let him submit another version of his app. This is very unfortunate because there were supposed to be new additions to the app like different handwritting, less bugss, not crashing down as much, etc. But maybe Apple will come to their senses and give us our update. Here is the group (incase you haven't joined yet, come by, say hello!)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/projectpolaroid/

Here is the link to the app:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polarize/id301027161?mt=8

Anyways, here are some photos from the app that I took: