
Reviewed May 4, 2010
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Age rating: 4+
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Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.
Pocket's PieCurrent Version: 1.1
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Maybe you need a simple tap-on, tap-off voice memo recorder that can also be set to start recording at the sound of your voice, hands-free so you can multi-task...
Maybe you need to take several automatic sequential photos with a motion detection camera...
Maybe you're an avid bird watcher and need a quick shutter, tap-responsive camera that's quiet and won't startle away your spontaneous rare spotting...
Maybe you're an aspiring ghost hunter and need an audio sensing automatic recorder plus motion sensing camera to try and collect evidence of some electronic voice phenomena (EVP) or other paranormal activity...
Or maybe you just want an easy to use touch-anywhere-screen for taking self-portrait style candid photos of yourself and friends with the pictures saved to a password protected Vault...
Well now you can do all of this and more in just one App!
There's a "Shepherd's Pie of functionality" that fits in your pocket with this fun multifaceted iPhone application!
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You can use the iPhone's camera to take pictures (or a series of automated sequential pictures one second apart) manually at the tap of the screen or automatically with the Motion Sensor.
Or you can use the iPhone's microphone to record audio either manually or automatically via the Audio Sensor.
All photos and audio recordings are saved to the Vault. The Vault is password protected and stores all of your images and audio snippets.
Use one of four different display screens for a little privacy from onlookers. Let's face it, if you own an iPhone, you're well aware that when you use it in public everyone around you is looking constantly at your screen.
This application also has an automatic save/quick exit button. When the user presses this button while recording or taking pics everything recorded up to that point is then saved to the Vault, the application closes, and then the Safari web browser opens to the user selected destination web page. The application will also save everything to the Vault in the event the user pushes the iPhone's Home button.
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FEATURE SLICES OF THE "FUNCTIONALITY PIE"
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- AUTOMATIC CAMERA - take 3, 5 or 7 sequential photos one second apart
- MOTION DETECTION SENSOR - set the Motion Sensor to automatically take pictures upon motion detection
- AUDIO DETECTION SENSOR - set the Audio Sensor to automatically begin recording audio upon any sound detection
- QUIET PHOTOGRAPHY - silent your iPhone to disable the camera shutter noise
- MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREENS - choose from four display different screens to perform tasks with relative privacy.
- PASSWORD PROTECTED VAULT - quickly browse through your pics and recordings in the password protected Vault
***Pocket's Pie is U.S. Patent Pending***
Pocket's Pie Review
App gives you cover for snapping photos, recording audio
Magnolia Lab’s $4 app, Pocket’s Pie, takes photos and records audio—features that are built into every iPhone. So, why would someone buy this app? The clue is in the app’s name, which really has more to do with espionage than with your grandmother’s round dessert. (Close your eyes and say the name while thinking of Tom Cruise suspended from a wire.)

Clandestine Operations: You can snap photos and record audio with Pocket’s Pie. But the app allows you to perform both tasks stealthily, with a fake Web page interface and a quick exit feature.
When you use the iPhone’s built-in camera or Voice Memos app, anyone within eye-shot of your iPhone knows exactly what you’re doing. But what if you need to operate in stealth mode? (I’ll let your imagination fill in the details as to why.) For this, Pocket’s Pie provides a “fake Web page” interface.
When you enable this option, the app’s screen looks like a Web page in Safari and provides hidden camera/audio controls. So, someone casually looking over your shoulder would have to look carefully to see that you’re taking photos or recording audio and not browsing the Web.
The app also provides a “quick exit” feature that quickly terminates the app and loads a Web page of your choice in Safari. Very sneaky…
Even if you’re not the secret agent type, the app provides some features beyond those built into the iPhone. Pocket’s Pie gives you the ability to shoot multiple photos in rapid sequence. An audio noise sensor and photo motion sensor lets you begin recording or snapping photos when a sound or motion triggers the app. A passcode lock on the “vault” that contains your photos and audio recordings keeps prying eyes away from what you’ve collected with Pocket’s Pie.
Considering the clandestine nature of this app, it seems like an oversight to not include the ability to record video. Additionally, Pocket’s Pie takes the secrecy thing a bit too far by not providing a method to get your data out of the app; that means you’re limited to using the app’s very rudimentary controls. Specifically, there’s no way to zoom into your photos, you can’t swipe to move among them, and they do not display properly in landscape mode.
Since this is a version 1.0 product, hopefully Magnolia Labs will address some of these shortcomings in future updates. Until then, if you have the need to record audio or snap photos in secret, Pocket’s Pie may satisfy your inner spy. Otherwise, it’s no substitute for the iPhone’s built-in apps.
[Brian Beam is a web developer and partner with BOLD Internet Solutions, living somewhere near Kansas City.]
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