iPhone holiday apps
It's the most wonderful time of the year, they say. Sure, the country is in a recession and holiday sales are looking more Scrooge-like with each passing day. But the App Store is offering a fair amount of cheer for those needing a little Christmas right this minute at prices befitting a more austere Yuletide. Here is a round up of some of the better holiday applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, with only a couple of lumps of coal thrown in.
Make list, check twice
One thing the iPhone and iPhone touch do well is manage lists. There are probably 26 varieties of note or list-management apps. And the App Store being what it is, there are naturally at least half-a-dozen Christmas-themed shopping apps, all boasting appropriately festive user interfaces and with similar sounding names designed as much to beguile you as inspire Yuletide cheer.
I tried seven of them. Of that lot, three stood out: Pocket Santa, Christmas List, and Better Christmas List.
Better Day Wireless's Christmas List and Andrew Grant's Better Christmas List are natural rivals. "Better" is clearly a taunt, but the adjective is at least arguable. Better Christmas List's user-friendly interface lets you set and manage a gift-giving budget, which you can then break down by group--family, friends, work, clients, and so on. Better Christmas List also tracks how many gifts you have on your list, how many you've bought and how many you have left to wrap and mail. A banner at the top of the screen helpfully informs you how many shopping days are left until Christmas.
Grant, by the way, also sells a Hanukkah Holiday List app that is identical to Better Christmas List in function, and differs only in theme: a light blue theme replaces the red Santa and holly theme.
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