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Follow on Google News | Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say "Adding Cool Effects" is Most UsefulCatchFree releases findings on how and why consumers use free photo technology
By: CatchFree According to CatchFree, which sifts through the responses of tens of thousands of users, the most important uses of free photo sites and applications include: 51 percent chose "adding cool effects to photos." 24.6 percent chose "creating photo albums." 20.5 percent chose "sharing photos." "With so many free photo tools out there it’s easy to miss what really matters to people," said Sean Ellis, Founder and CEO, CatchFree. "Intuitively, it might seem that sharing photos or creating albums are what users value most. Yet, like most innovative products, the most important use for photo apps was a surprise." While many photo applications can do similar things, the best one depends on what a user wants to do. Here are CatchFree’s users’ top five free recommendations for: Sharing photos from a mobile device: jAlbum BeFunky Flickr PhotoRocket Adding cool effects to photos on a mobile phone: Pixlr Snapbucket BeFunky Skitch Creating online photo albums: Flickr Picasa PhotoRocket Keepsy MyAlbum.com CatchFree also discovered that iPad users behave very differently than iPhone, Android Phone and Android Tablet users -- judging the sharing of photos more valuable than adding cool effects. iPhones 48 percent said "adding cool effects to photos" was their most useful activity 28 percent said "sharing photos" 24 percent said "creating photo albums" 58.3 percent said they would be "very disappointed" iPad 45.5 percent said "sharing photos" was their most useful activity 27.3 percent said "creating photo albums" 9.1 percent said "adding cool effects to photos" 80 percent said they would be "very disappointed" Android Phone 70 percent said "adding cool effects to photos" was their most useful feature 13.3 percent said "creating photo albums" 13.3 percent said "sharing photos" 55.2 percent said they would be "very disappointed" Android Tablet 55.6 percent said "adding cool effects to photos" was their most useful feature 33.3 percent said "sharing photos" 11.1 percent said "creating photo albums 44.4 percent said they would be "very disappointed" "Technology is inherently complex, and yet every day it seems as if there is a new product or service that promises to make our lives easier. Finding the most useful tool for the task at hand is often not very practical for many of us because even the providers of these tools are often unaware which use-case their own users think is most valuable," said Ellis. "CatchFree strips away the complexity and makes it extremely easy to find exactly the right tool for the task at hand." Products examined included: Keepsy, Picasa, PhotoRocket, Tracks, Flickr, Photobucket, Shutterfly,Snapfish, PictureTrail, jAlbum, MyAlbum.com, Inbox.com, Instagram, Facebook, Twitxr, Skitch, picplz, kapturem, Posterous, Path, Lightbox, Snapbucket, CamWow, pixlr, BeFunky, Twitpic, Twitter, yfrog, Picnik, Aviary, FotoFlexer, LunaPic, Ookaboo, 3DToad and TinEye. Additional details and survey methodology can be found at http://catchfree.com/ About CatchFree CatchFree (www.catchfee.com) CONTACT: Joe Eckert jeckert@bakercg.com 203-300-2649 End
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