In a couple of the cases I was genuinely surprised how well the software worked. Text that I could barely make out was interpreted perfectly. Conversely, perfectly legible text in standard fonts was not transferred at all.

QuadCamera is one in a series of Art&Mobile’s Toy Camera applications aimed at adding fun and often beautiful effects to your iPhone pics. It takes a series of 4 or 8 photos in succession and arranges them in a grid, with optional colorations and layouts. This wonderfully simple app can turn even an amateur photographer into a pro.

When given exactly the right starting photograph, PicTricks can create funny or interesting pictures. Like any image manipulation app, though, it requires time and effort to master, and will just as often frustrate as satisfy. It’s definitely worthwhile, although you can’t expect it to magically create great photographs regardless of what the author claims.

The word Kirie speaks of traditional Japanese cut art work, where paper is folded and then cuts are made so when it is opened again, geometric patterns emerge. The app Ki-Ri-e serves the same purpose. Choose from a number of folds, styles of origami paper, as well as backgrounds and then use you finger to make cuts. Finally, open the paper to view your creation.

While Save My Docs is a one trick pony, all it does is save documents viewed within Safari and then allow you to view them within the app, it does it fairly well. Other viewers offer a variety of ways to get documents onto your iPhone, but Save My Docs is novel and useful.

Find objects within a picture as you trek your way up Everest

Endless Walls allows quick download of random iPhone OS wallpaper sized images — but doesn’t do it with artist consent.

DataCase allows you to both store documents on your iPhone and view them on the go.

Face Melter is a very fun photo manipulation app that gives you the ability to push the pixels around to give your image an interesting stretched look.