iPhone App – GLMPS Review – Features, Ease of Use

The GLMPS app, updated on 09^th august 2011, is an app for those who like to experiment with their photography. GLMPS helps you create moving pictures absolutely free. The app records a five minute long video before taking your picture. This adds a little story of its own to the usually still pictures.

GLMPS iPhone App

Features:

The app requires you to sign in with social networking websites. Otherwise, you can’t use the app. Once you tap the camera button, the video starts shooting automatically after a little loading. The app helps you upload your five minute videos to twitter, Facebook etc. The app also stores your videos on your GLMPS account. The videos can also be managed under the popular category. The videos are stacked with 24 on one page. A thumbnail of the photo taken shows as the icon for every video. Sharing the videos on social networking websites is relatively easy with share buttons at the base of the app screen.

GLMPS iPhone App

Ease of use:

The app only works if you have accounts on social networking websites. Some people do not have these accounts or do not wish to disclose them. This is quite a nuisance since making videos does not necessarily mean you would share them online as well. Any video of a private nature cannot be taken by this app.
The interface is simple enough with the video automatically starting once the app is opened. Navigating through the app is simple. Recorded videos are stored in an organized way and can be played by tapping the thumbnails.

GLMPS iPhone App

Verdict:

The GLMPS requires a lot of changes at present if it aims to become a useful app. The requirement for a social networking website is absolutely unnecessary. Usually the option to upload videos of your choice suffices, rather than it becoming a necessity. The quality of the picture at the end of each video is also not too good. The picture essentially is just a still from the video so the quality is seriously compromised. This is not an app one would choose to generally take pictures. Also, the video begins automatically and films a video 5 seconds before the picture is finally taken. The issue with this is that you have no time to prepare for the video and usually the video captures you setting up the camera. It would have been better had the developers added the option of either filming five seconds before or after the picture is actually taken.
The app does not cost anything but the usefulness is limited and a lot of improvements are still required until the app is taken seriously.