Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch
TUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot
TUAW would like to help take away a bit of the sting of tax week by giving away something for free. That's why we've teamed with Tapbots to give ten lucky US readers licenses for WeightBot and ConvertBot.Although you'll probably be a lot lighter after the IRS empties your wallet, you may want to lose some weight. That's where WeightBot comes in handy. It's a great-looking and very functional weight tracking app for iPhone that has been featured on TUAW in the past.
Should you decide to skip the country in order to avoid paying taxes [which we do not recommend --Ed.], you might find ConvertBot's ability to convert units of measure and currency to be a big help! If you're not one of the giveaway winners, these apps are available for US$0.99 (ConvertBot) and US$1.99 (WeightBot) respectively.
Tapbots has won accolades for their innovative design of iPhone apps, and we'd like to help them come out with another really cool app. To enter the giveaway, write a comment with your idea for the next Tapbots app.
Here are the rules and a link to the obligatory legal statement:
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment with an idea for a new Tapbot iPhone app.
- The comment must be left before Monday, April 13, 05:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Ten winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One license each for ConvertBot and WeightBot (US$3 value)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
willie said 10:41AM on 4-12-2009
First!!!
new idea: weight tracker, for iphone 3.0. Measures your weight, makes a graph, tells you when you need to buy two seats on a plane
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DevilGhost said 10:46AM on 4-12-2009
good analytics for tracking data with grapshs
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Zach said 10:48AM on 4-12-2009
Dobot: An application to manage your to-dos. Maybe partner with the developers of The Hit List and be able to sync with that.
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Mingus said 10:48AM on 4-12-2009
Pitchbot: Samples sound coming into microphone and tells you the appropriate musical note/tone. Sample two tones and Pitchbot will convert notes into an appropriate key based on intervalic theory
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Steve said 10:51AM on 4-12-2009
Todobot: A to-do application that actually looks nice!
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Mark Young said 10:54AM on 4-12-2009
They look like very interesting programs.
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Emory Dunn said 10:54AM on 4-12-2009
PhotoBot. At app that can calculate exposure times, ISO Aperture, etc… for taking pictures. You give it one piece of info and it can help fill in some of the blanks.
Or, VideoBot. An app for video cameras. It can do calculations to help people use video cameras, for example: figure out how long you need to run a time lapse shot at xFPS to get a five minute clip.
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psn said 10:58AM on 4-12-2009
yeah, i don't have any ideas for new apps, but these look like great apps!
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JCB said 11:06AM on 4-12-2009
RoBought
Tracks purchases by scanning receipts and barcodes
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[TheBORG] said 11:09AM on 4-12-2009
ShopBot - Pick lists of food items to create a grocery list.
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Adam Johnston said 11:11AM on 4-12-2009
I think Tapbots should do a TranslateBot for language translation. That would be pretty handy on the go now that the iPhone has or is going to have copy and paste.
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auxxo said 11:40AM on 4-12-2009
Robot: Turns the iphone into a robot that moves around snaking from vibration
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Trudy said 11:14AM on 4-12-2009
My suggestion is a timer app. More functionality then the iPhone's built in clock, done in a cool UI like both of your "bots".
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Kermit said 11:14AM on 4-12-2009
"favorites" buttons on edges of covertbot
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Dan Kuehling said 11:18AM on 4-12-2009
TipBot- bring some class and design smarts to the tip calculator app space.
- Don't calculate tax based on a percentage- leave it to be entered by the user off of the check
- Option to tip based on sub-total or total with tax
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Dan Kuehling said 11:20AM on 4-12-2009
Sorry to reply to myself, but-
Also, options to round the tip, round the total, or make the total a palindrome.
Barnz said 11:19AM on 4-12-2009
A comic book order tracking list. View month expected to ship, check off received books. A chart for issues shipped per year. Favorite writers, artists, etc.
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nealobus said 11:22AM on 4-12-2009
JotBot
An app that opens to a clean interface with category buttons that say "TO DO," "MUST DO," "GO DO," etc.
Being able to sort ideas, notes and voice recordings would be huge ;)
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Jeff Schaeffer said 11:23AM on 4-12-2009
Please...please...PLEASE create a Paper Density conversion tool that actually has all of the popular measurements - i.e. Index, Cover, Points, Bond, Book, Velum, Card, Bristol, Tag, Text, Offset... and most importantly - GSM (or g/m2)!
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Richard said 11:25AM on 4-12-2009
NewsBot - RSS Reader
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