TOKYO (Señor Tomato) – やっと冬の寒さも落ち着き、暖かさを感じる3月ですが、皆さんはいかがお過ごしでしょうか?さて久々に日本人の皆さんに使ってもらうことを前提にしたiPhone用のアプリを公開する機会ができました。トマトソフトウェアがお送りするそのアプリとは…価格追跡戦隊です。
スーパーで買い物をしていると、ある商品に目が留まり、「この商品はあの店では幾らだったけな〜?」とか、「この商品はこの前は幾らで買ったかしら?」と思うことはありませんか?たかが1・2円でも、節約したお金も積もれば数百円にもなるとすると、同じ商品であれば1・2件の店を覗いてでも最安値で買いたいものですね。一方、幾ら数円や数百円の節約になるからとは言っても、いつまでも数ヶ月前の古いレシートを買い物時に持参する人ははいませんよね。そこで紹介するのがこの「価格追跡戦隊」で、商品の購入履歴の確認を主な目的としてつくったアプリなんです。
アプリの使い方は簡単で、まず製品のパッケージに書かれているバーコードをカメラでスキャンし、そのバーコード番号と商品名そして製造者名を使って各々の商品を登録していきます。特定の商品の購入履歴を記録する際もまずバーコードで商品の記録を引き出します。(または商品リスト一覧から特定の商品を選択することもできます。)そして購入店(任意)と価格、購入日を記録します。特定の商品の購入履歴を確認したい場合は、バーコードで商品を特定するか商品リスト一覧から特定の商品を選択します。そして価格の推移ボタンをタップします。その製品に複数の価格の記録が存在する場合は、価格の変動を折れ線グラフで確認することができます。
見た目はどの店でも同じような袋詰めのほうれん草も、店によってバーコードは違うかもしれません。そのよう場合はこのアプリを使って自分でその商品に対するバーコードを発行し、ファイルとしてiPhone内に書き出すことが可能です。 Continue reading
Category Archives: iOS
What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing CodeBlue Reader for iOS
TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – It was terribly hot till several days ago, and it’s been quite cool lately. But I know that the scorching summer is approaching that scares me quite a bit.
Didn’t I publish a new iOS app just last week? Believe it or not, I’m ready to go for another one. This new release is called CodeBlue Reader.
Some people commute. I did that for five days a week last year. When you write lines of code at a remote office and also at home, it’s difficult to share data between two or more locations. CodeBlue 6, a desktop application that is available at Mac App Store, is useful. But you may not be able to use it at your office. In fact, last year, I went home and do some homework by using CodeBlue to PDF-print some code snippets and load them with my old iPad almost every week day. That was tiring. Well, I have a better idea. How about developing an iPad app that lets me read CodeBlue 6 data so that I don’t have to go home and do homework? So this is it.
CodeBlue Reader is an iPad-only app that lets you read a code dataset for CodeBlue 6. You can switch groups with a finger tap. The title list shows five color levels of importance besides a plain level. If necessary, export the selected code snippet as a text file so that you can share it with other apps. Continue reading
What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing Angry Expenses for iOS
TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – Hot, hot, hot! Who likes this scorching summer? I don’t. It’s too hot for me.
It’s been a few months since I submitted a new iOS app to App Store. You know what!? I’ve just submitted a new one to the App Store. This new submission is an iOS app called Angry Expenses.
Angry Expenses is an iPhone-only app that lets you manage and organize your daily expenses. The main app screen is a virtual calendar where you can tap any of the day-of-the-month button to record your expense. Continue reading
What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing Angry Events for iOS
TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – What I look forward to in a few weeks is the cherry blossom, of course. They are quite pretty in the spring, you know? Anyway, I have just submitted to App Store is an iOS app called Angry Events. It’s an iOS app that lets you send event notifications to your device, whether or not the app is running. Create a single event reminder by tapping a calendar day button. Create a routine event that is to occur every day at the same time until you cancel it. Or tap the Multiple button to create a series of events that are to occur at the same time by picking one or more dates with a calendar date picker. Additionally, tap the Weekly button to create weekly events that are to occur on particular days of the week. Continue reading
What’s Coming Up Next? Tom Bluewater Introducing Angry Notes 2 for iOS
TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – Angry Notes 2 is an updated version of a free iOS app that I released just a week ago. This updated version lets you create groups just like Apple’s Notes. What this app can do that Notes can’t do is that you can set a color to the title of a text record. Also, you can protect personal data while you aren’t using the app.. Continue reading