A+ Signature iOS App Review
A+ Signature leverages the power of the iPhone’s (or iPad’s) electrostatic capacitance type screen to add signatures or text to images. There are a lot features, including a raft of characters such as smileys, hearts, stars. But, it’s the addition of a copyright sign to add a watermark to images prior to emailing, say, to a client for approval that makes it standout as an app for photographic professional users.
Read our exclusive review below.
Ease Of Use
What’s really attractive is the ease with which the text or signature can be positioned and resized using pan and pinch gestures. The price is worth it alone for those features. As for all the additional facets this app makes a worthy addition to your photographic workflow.
Signature
The app is simple to use and you can either take a photo with your iOS device directly from within the app or load one from your photo album.
In the example above, we uploaded an image from our photo library. With the image on the screen it is then possible to choose the signature you wish you use. If you select the Text icon at the bottom of the screen you are able to literally type in your message, so the text will appear in typed font. There are many options to choose from with regards the appearance of this font, from color, to style to size.
If you select the Sign icon you will then be taken to a blank black screen that you can ‘write’ directly on. Either with your finger or with a suitable stylus.
There are also options to include line drawings, such as flowers, musical notes, heart shapes and similar within the Catalog section.
Once you are happy with your text and/or images, by pressing the Back button at the top right of the screen you will be taken back to your original image with the text/images overlaid.
Flexible
This app is quite flexible, it is possible to position the watermark exactly where you want it to go on the image, just by clicking on it to select it and then moving it around.
Sharing
The image can be shared to Facebook from within the app as well as sending it to Photo Album, email or Pasteboard. All incredibly useful features allowing you to send proofs to clients.
Conclusion
We have mainly viewed this app as a photographic watermarking tool for your iOS device but it is just as useful for sending messages upon images to friends and family, as greeting cards/postcards.
A+ Signature is a very useful app with a wide range of uses and this fact alone grants it mass appeal. This app comes highly recommended from theappwhisperer.com and would make a great addition to your device.
This is a universal iOS app therefore it works with both the iPhone and the iPad, it retails for $1.99/£1.49 for the full version, you can download it here. There is also a free lite version, you can download it here. It doesn’t have quite so many fonts or colors but gives a good overview to the cautious purchaser.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
