Gas Cubby Procrastination Part II

Ok, so I didn't realize that the $0.99 thing was a limited time offer....procrastinated again and missed it.
I finally bought it at the original $4.99 price after getting a little scared when I read a post that the price might go up to $9.99
The app works pretty nicely so far. Need to use it a bit more to get a good idea if it does everything that I want it to do....which isn't much. Basically track my mileage and record any maintenance that I do on my cars and be able to report it back to me in a way that is easy to view.

By the way, check out the blog over at App Cubby. A couple of interesting posts regarding the iPhone App store, pricing, and application development. I agree with and sympathize with the guys over there at App Cubby. I'm glad they chose the path that they are embarking on now. Here's a short quote from one of their posts:

"I've realized that I would rather have small community of delighted customers than a gaggle of customers who don’t value what I’m doing"

That's pretty cool.

I feel a little bad about getting hung up on the price, but as a consumer, I don't want to pay for something that doesn't do what I want it to do. I don't mind paying for something that does what I need and does it in a good way. But for me, I need to be 100% sure it will before I shell out some money...that's just the way I am. I'll post a short review once I get more data entered.


And thanks Steve for all the links and updates

Gas Cubby

Update on the Gas Cubby application.
I procrastinated and didn't get it yet. And look. The price dropped from $5 to $0.99
Now I don't really have to think about it. I'm getting it now. I'll be glad to donate $5 later if it does everything I want. I'll post a review later.

iPod Touch

I got myself an iPod Touch. I would have rather have an iPhone, but I couldn't justify the monthly fee. So anyway, now that I have one, I need to figure out what I'm going to do with it.

I came up with a short list of apps I want. For now, I'm focusing on apps that you can use without a WiFi connection. I haven't done any tests around town to see how easy it is to find free WiFi, but I'm guessing it's not that available.

So anyway, here's my short list that I have right now.

1. I'd like an app to record my gas mileage and record car maintenance stuff.

2. A Note application that can sync with my laptop

3. A map application where I map out directions and it'll store it on the iPod so I can view it off line.

4. An application that will cache web pages so I can read them offline.

So that's it for now. And with the Internet being the Internet. Two of them are already available on the iTunes app store. The gas mileage application is called Gas Cubby. I believe it cost $10 and it has way more features than I need. But it does do everything I want, so I'm probably going to get it. The second is the web page caching application. It's called Instapaper. I haven't tested it out too much yet, but so far it seems to work pretty well. The only drawback is that it only caches the text. So no images and any fancy html stuff won't be there. But at least this app is free....and free is good.

Right now, the app that I use the most is the Notes app. I have a problem remembering things when I'm out and about, so I use the Notes application to keep lists of things. Books I want to get, restaurants I'd like to try, video games that have a high rating....stuff like that so far.

If anyone has a great iPhone/Touch application that they really like, I'd like to know about it.