Comments on: iPhone app review: iStop WritersBlock

By: Amethyst

Amethyst — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:49:31 +0000

I bought the application because it looked like a great way to help break through writer’s block. I write constantly, and therefore my mind is always getting “fried”, as I like to call it. All the application is really good for is for laughs, and for giving you silly ideas for a writing project that is for fun. However, I would never use it to get an idea for my serious work. The new character feature that has been added in an update is not bad, but I think that is probably the best thing about the application. If the maker of it were to fix the spelling and grammar errors, add more plots that have more to them, make the existing ones less silly, and give them more content then it has some pretty good potential. It has a good point here and there, and it has definate bad ones. All applications do.

By: Dr. Frank

Dr. Frank — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:08:26 +0000

You must not search very hard for apps. And this is the one of the only apps in this area with this much writing. Also I think you meant to say ” The app you use ” not ” Your app”.

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:59:50 +0000

Obviously it’s not that difficult to write a working app and still have time to proofread, because I have yet to see an app with spelling errors other than yours!

By: Dr. Frank

Dr. Frank — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:45:30 +0000

So yo your saying that the app is so simple you could make a duplicate. You could make a app work on the iPhone within 2 weeks that has a note section a number of generators, and over 1000 character properties and plot properties? I don’t think so.

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:21:46 +0000

I found this article relevant: The iPhone's Golden Touch The article is about the popularity of iPhone apps and the rush to meet the demand. I found this near the end of the article: Besides, he says, iPhone apps are easy to create: Some get cranked out in just two weeks by a single developer. "Some kid in his bedroom can literally make a million bucks just by writing a little app," Greenstone says. Apparently, that is exactly what some developers have been doing -- without bothering to make the quality any better than what "some kid in his bedroom" could do!

By: Tanja

Tanja — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:04:47 +0000

I agree, I don’t like that I wasted money on this either.

Proper spelling shows care. If you can’t write properly, your code probably contains a lot of bugs too. If not, then why can’t you take equal care in the output as you do in the software? Too lazy? Too keen on getting it out asap so the money starts flowing?

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:47:43 +0000

lol if u buy a app for it’s spelling and not for it’s use. Seriously, u need help.

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:42:04 +0000

Indie does NOT mean unprofessional. I suspect by “indie” what you really mean is “hobby.” Even so, I’d at least expect that the content be spelled correctly, even if it isn’t useful to serious writers.

Even your comments defending your app have misspellings in them. Not exactly a good recommendation for your app, is it?

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:30:54 +0000

Oh yea Kat Swan, there’s a error in your logic. You heard of INDIE? x-x

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:26:15 +0000

iStop is awsome. I dissagree 100% with this review