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Collect is a photo-a-day app that turns photo entries into journal form and makes photo organization and printing a breeze. The Collect app, for users 18 years and older, can be purchased in the App Store for $1.99. Collect features additional in-app purchases, but does not include any in-app advertisements. With parental supervision, this app is safe for kids.
What is Collect - Photo Journal, Diary?
Collect is a photo-a-day app that turns photo entries into journal form and makes photo organization and printing a breeze.
The Collect app is for users 18 years and older, and can be purchased in the App Store for $1.99. Collect features additional in-app purchases, but does not include any in-app advertisements.
Named “Top Photo A Day App 2018,” the Collect app is a streamlined and intuitive app to use. Photographs reign supreme in the age of the smartphone, so it stands to reason that the way people catalogue and keep track of their lives would move to a digital platform.
To use the Collect app, users must first allow the app access to both their smartphone’s camera and their photo gallery. Users have the option of taking photos directly within the app or pulling photographs directly from their photo gallery for use in their Collect journal.
When users open the Collect app, they are show a calendar with dates, tapping on individual dates allows users to drill into their photo gallery for that date and assign a photo(s) to that date in the calendar.
To add multiple photos to a particular date, users simply tap the + in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and they’re taken to their photo gallery for the date in question.
Once users assign photos to a date, they have the option of adding text notes to describe the photo(s) and input details about the day. Users have the option of adding both a caption for photographs as well as unlimited text notes for each photo entry.
Collect also provides users with the ability to tag photo entries with keywords for easy search at a later time.
In-app purchases come in the way of upgrade packs with additional features, perfect for serious Collect app users. For $2.99, users can purchase the Keep Safe Pack which features additional syncing options and an automatic backup to a user’s iCloud account to protect their digital photo journal.
Collect app users who wish to create video slides of their photo collections can opt for the Video Pack, where, for $2.99, they have the ability to create square or rectangular videos of their photos, replete with captions, dates, and text notes.
Finally, the Creative Pack for $2.99 gives Collect users the ability to export all of their photos, captions, text notes, and tags to Dropbox and Flickr.
The Collect app also makes it easy to print, allowing users to smoothly select and export photos for printing.
Is Collect - Photo Journal, Diary safe for my kids?
Parents should be aware that, while rated for users of all ages in the App Store, terms of use for the Collect app state that users must be 18 years of age or older to use the app. Those minors wishing to use the Collect app may do so under the supervision of a parent or guardian.
With parental supervision, this app is safe for kids.
Also important to note is that the Collect app’s privacy policy, while transparent and straightforward, does allow for a wide array of information to be collected from users.
Per the developer, information the Collect app may retrieve from users may include the following:
- Personal Information: We may collect personal details such as an individual’s name, location, date of birth, nationality, family details and other information defined as “Personal Information” in the Privacy Act that allows us to identify who the individual is
- Contact Information: We may collect information such as an individual’s email address, telephone & fax number, third-party usernames, residential, business and postal address and other information that allows us to contact the individual
- Financial Information: We may collect financial information related to an individual such as any bank or credit card details used to transact with us and other information that allows us to transact with the individual and/or provide them with our services
- Statistical Information: We may collect information about an individual’s online and offline preferences, habits, movements, trends, decisions, associations, memberships, finances, purchases and other information for statistical purposes
While the terms of use state that the Collect app is for adult use, unless used with parental supervision, it can be a fun and creative way to collect and organize memorable moments for both adults and children.
The ability to export photos for easy printing or create video compilations makes the Collect app versatile and the perfect way to keep a digital scrapbook of one’s life.
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