iOS – InFrame Foto – App Review
A simple and efficient framing app
Developer: MAKE A
Price: $0.99/£0.69
Version: 1.0
Released/Updated: March 09, 2012
Size: 4.9 MB
Rated: 4+
Our Ratings
Graphics/Sound: 3/5
User Interface: 3/5
Gameplay: N/A
Re-use/re-play value: 3.5/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
What Is It?
It’s a very simple to use framing and sharing app for your photographs.
Is It Easy To Use?
Totally child’s play, once you’ve uploaded the app you are presented with various options/frames to choose from. As you might expect there are plenty of options, along with a good quantity of frame ratios including 2:3, 1:1, 3:4 and 4:3.
Once you have selected the frame you want to use just click on it. To add your images, just select each greyed out aperture and you will be taken to your photo roll, from here you can select your images.
Once your images have been added you can do some basic editing on each image, as per the screen shot above. There are some good filters to choose from and the usual brightness/contrast/saturation and sharpness options that you would expect.
Although you can move and rotate the images around in their apertures, unfortunately you cannot move the images to alternative apertures, at least not at the moment, perhaps this feature could be added with a future update.
Once you have added the images you can changed the widths of the borders and adjust the corner angles, by selecting the Border option at the foot of the app.
To ensure your images really stand out select the Color option and a choice of eight colors are available to fill the gaps around the images.
Then you’re ready to share your InFrame Foto, just select the Sharing icon and select Normal-Res, Ultra-Res or Album, depending on where you want to send it.
Is It Fun?
Yes, it is fun but perhaps its best selling point is its ease of use.
Is It Pretty?
The UI is quite basic and won’t win any design awards but it is efficient and of course, most importantly it makes your images look pretty.
Should You Download It?
It’s an interesting app and very easy to use, we would like to see further options, such as moving images from aperture to aperture within frames and more color or pattern options but this is version 1 and so far it looks good.
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)
