Pop quiz: you’re a successful independent iPhone developer who’s personal management apps are beloved by critics and users alike, but you just really need a break, a way to recharge the batteries and have some non-managed fun, what do you do?
If you’re App Cubby’s David Barnard, you grab Polar Bear Farm’s Layton Duncan and Made by Rocket’s Dave Keller and you produce KaleidoVid [$0.99 - iTunes link], a colorful, eye-full of childlike wonder for the iPhone. And you make it as simple as it is elegant.
Point your iPhone camera at, well, anything you like (the more varied and vivid the better in our tests) and KaleidoVid instantly transforms the live view into a dazzling, multi-reflected kaleidoscope of lines and blobs, hues and shades, and with a click of a button saves them to your camera roll or lets you share them with friends over the ever-social Facebook or Twitter, or good old email. (Yeah, it’s pretty much instant wallpaper awesome in a bottle if you think the way we do).
Whether you want the same kind of refresh and recharge the developers were after, or you just want to give your child something light and fun to distract them, KaleidoVid is definitely an app to check out.
More screenshots after the break!
KaleidoVid Video Kaleidoscope for iPhone is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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