The Week in iOS Apps: Something old, something new
This week’s roundup of apps brings us big updates to some of our old favorites, as well as new ways to speak, travel, and take photos.
Already this week, we brought you guides to the best photo effects, sports video, and Mother’s Day card-making apps in the iOS universe. And we saw that keeping your travel costs low will be all the rage this summer, with updates to the Yellow Pages and RoadNinja apps that help users find the cheapest gasoline prices in their vicinity. Also noteworthy: An update to the GarminFit app that lets friends and family track you when you go for a jog.
Other new and updated apps that caught our eye this week:
CoPilot GPS: If you’ve wanted to travel the road with the CoPilot Live navigation app, but balked at its $29 asking price, developer ALK Technologies has an alternative for you: The free CoPilot GPS app for iPhone and iPad offers 2D maps that can be stored on your device for offline use; it also offers you up to three different routes to choose when trip-planning, and includes the ability to post your travel plans to Facebook and Twitter. Not everything is free, however: If you want features like voice-guided instructions, 3D maps, or speed limit warnings, you’ll have to pay for in-app upgrades. The developers warn, however, that you’ll probably want to use the 3G- and 4G-enabled iPads if you use the app on a tablet: You can use the Wi-Fi-only iPads, but you won’t get the GPS guidance.
Evernote: Our favorite apps aren’t just good–many of them are constantly being improved. So it goes with Evernote, the free productivity app for iPhone and iPad. The app already lets you save articles, jot down notes, record voice reminders, and keep pictures in a permanent personal archive. This week’s update includes a host of upgrades to those features, including an upgrade to “more powerful” note-editing tools, added support for your iOS device’s Photo Stream images, and a redesigned audio recorder. Users also gain more control over their information in this upgrade, including the ability to turn off the app’s automatic “save to Camera Roll” function.
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