Cats vs. Unicorns – which photo app is better?

January 29th, 2010

My favorite new iPhone app – Younicorn
Originally uploaded by QCait

I don’t often pay for iPhone apps, but I have made a few exceptions.  I’ll pay for games after months spent with the demo  (see: Words with Friends)… or cheap, novel apps that make me laugh.

Two of my favorite recent app purchases are both photo editing apps – that allow you to turn your regular, boring pictures into something either adorable or magical. But which is better?

Battle of the apps! Unicorns vs. Cats

The contenders:

YounicornThe Younicorn App’s tagline is “Make every day magical” … and this app delivers on the magic. Start with an image of your friend, add a sweet background, and a horn. This app is simple and easy to use – zoom, drag, rotate with ease. With hilarious results. I especially love the logo/branding/site and how it all works together, down to the text on the email it sends your friends.

CatPaint – CatPaint takes regular photos and allows you to add cats to the picture. The best part is that each cat you add has a different sound, and you can drag to make the cats smaller and larger. (You guessed it, larger cats have larger sounds). I laugh every time I place a feline in my photo, and cats love it too.

 

Let’s get down to it. THE COMPARISON.


Cats

Unicorns

Winner?

Price

99 cents

99 cents

TIE

Creation Process

LOVE the sounds

I wish I could resize the face space as well

Cats

Hipster Level

Slightly ironic

VERY ironic

Unicorns

Community

179 flickr photos
Post on Cute Overload

57 flickr photos
56 Facebook fans

Cats

Logo/Branding

Almost none

Love the site, logo, etc.

Unicorns

And the winner is… Both!

It all  depends on what your thing is. As a self proclaimed Crazy Cat Lady, I can’t turn down a good cat app. But if you’re into trips to Candy Mountain and airbrushed unicorn art, choose the Unicorn app.

And if you can afford the two dollar price tag… enjoy the best of both worlds!

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    Caitlin Kaluza (aka QCait) is a Social Media addict, Schipulite, and general proponent of clever marketing campaigns. Other addictions: kittens, music festivals, traveling, fightin' Texas Aggie football, theme parties.

    Class of 2007 graduate of Texas A&M University - degree in Marketing, certification in International Business, Classical Studies minor.

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