I'm as much of a Star Trek fan as the next guy. So when I saw Captain's Blog on the App store, I had to give it a shot. Captain's Blog is app that allows you to take notes and share them via Twitter and Facebook. While it definitely has a Star Trek feel to it, this App unfortunately is severely lacking in functionality. It's certainly not strong enough to replace any of my existing Apps. While I can post to Twitter I can't see my tweets or people I follow. So it's not a Twitter client. While I can post a status update to Facebook, I can't do anything else Facebook related. When you execute a function, you do get a Star Trek like beep, but you don't get any variety of sounds from the classic show.
Unless you're a diehard Star Trek fan, you can skip this app
The focus of Best App Site is to concentrate on the "Best" Apps on the App store and while this App certainly does what it claims to do, I wouldn't recommend it for anything beyond its potential entertainment value. If the developer adds more features, this could be a great app. However, in it's current state I wouldn't advise getting it unless you're really a Trekkie and you want to geek out with friends showing them your PADD. If the developer is listening, why not give us some additional things to make it more like a real Star Trek Padd? Weather conditions? Astronomy Star Charts? Build in a Browser with Google search for looking up info. More sound effects. The possibilities are endless
You can get Captain's Blog here from the App Store.
Captain's Blog
Captain's Blog allows you to take notes, post tweets and Facebook status updates with a certain Star Trek feel.
- Max Maroe
- Get on App Store
- $0.99
All info was collected on 28th May, 2010 when the app was reviewed.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
Thank you for a great review.