reQall app for iPhone Review
reQall app for iPhone is a self-described ‘ultimate memory aid’ that virtually turns your iPhone into an ultimate reminder generator. The app lets you remember virtually anything and everything, and it does so via a combination of technologies that you use everyday such as the email, Web, instant messages, iCal and RSS, obviously through your iPhone. In fact, it is one such application that taps the true power of iPhone as a complete multimedia and productivity device. reQall has a free version, as well as a paid one that comes with a host of advanced features, both of which is available at the iPhone App Store.
The Application
The best way to take a tour of the features of reQall iPhone app is through an example. Imagine your wedding anniversary is coming week, and you want to buy a nice romantic present to your spouse. But at the same time, you got self doubts that you might forget about the present altogether, thanks to your high pressure professional life. So you launch reQall app and set about creating a reminder for yourself.
You tap on the ‘+’ button to add the reminder, and tap on the screen again to start recording. Say “It is our wedding anniversary next Wednesday! For god sake, please don’t forget to buy her a present”. Tap the screen again to end the recording. In the next couple of minutes, you’ll receive an email from reQall with the recorded message in text format, alongside an audio of file of the same. The same text will also appear in the reQall iPhone application, in your reQall RSS feed, reQall portal, iChat, and iCal to-do item.
To an extent reQall app for iPhone is artificial intelligent enough to recognize certain words, and use the same to route your reminder to where it belongs. For example, the app responds to time/date included in the recording and the said messages shows up in the abovementioned places in the said time/date. Another example – the app understands the word ‘buy’, and puts reminders containing the said word in shopping lists. The same goes for words such as ‘meet’, ‘meeting’, ‘note’, ‘tell’, ‘ask’ etc.
Using reQall you can also share reminders with others. You can also call, email, or browse from within reQall items that include phone numbers, email addresses, and URLs. Further, you can work offline using reQall, and the next instant when you go online, the app syncs itself automatically.
reQall Pro comes with additional features such as Google and Outlook Calendar integration, location based organization, more words that the app understands, receive reminders via Apple Push Notification Service or SMS text message, create/change/delete status of items via email etc.
Final Thoughts
reQall app is a elegant, feature rich, robust, and yet quite simple. On any day, it would be an asset to your iPhone. For most people, the free version would suffice. But those who wants it power packed may opt for the pro edition. You could find more on reQall app from its home portal.
Category: Free iPhone Apps
