App of the Day: Lab for iPhone and iPad

Your iPhone takes pretty picture , sure , but it does n’t really tell you much abou them . laboratory will show you resolution , ISO , aperture , and shutter speed for your shot , as well as when and where you snapped them .

What is it?

Lab , iPhone and iPad , $ 1 . A pretty app for finding out all the stuff your iPhone does n’t tell you about the photos it takes — how big they are , in picture element and in MiB ; when they were taken ; where they were taken ; their aperture , ISO , and shutter speed information , etc . All that is served up for every pic in your Photo Roll with a prissy clothesline interface , a single-valued function for where the photo was flick , and a histogram for a warm exposure overview .

Who’s it good for?

citizenry who take iPhone photography seriously ; the great unwashed who dump their photo collections onto their iPad to deal with others .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

It takes one thing — bring out the hidden data stored in your photo — and does it well . The port is nice and clean , and the app reliably yank out as much photo information as can be expected . The map and histogram provided for each photo add a nice visual touch . And , hey , it ’s only a buck .

How could it be even better?

Sometimes the clothesline view can slow down the scroll through magnanimous Photo Rolls , and the app does n’t presently have support for photo album ( though apparently it ’s coming presently ) . pic that have been swear out with one of the many filter / consequence apps lose much of their embedded data point , though that ’s not really Lab ’s shortcoming .

you’re able to snaffle research lab in the App Store for $ 1 .

We ’re always looking for cool apps — for iOS , Android , Windows Phone or whatever else — to have as App of the Day ( yes , apps for other weapons platform will part popping up soon ! ) If you come across one you cerebrate we should see out , let us know .