My Fountain Pens & Inks 12+
Keep track of your pens & inks
Anes Hadzic
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
iPhone Screenshots
Description
My fountain pens is the application about all of your past, present and future fountain pens. It will give you an answer to the question: which fountain pens do I already have and why do I need one more? Or two?
The application enables the lovers of fountain pens to form their own personal database and keep track of their fountain pen and ink collection. The application contains detailed description of each fountain pen (manufacturer, model, filling system, etc.) which can be filled out directly or you can chose to import the information using Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers.
Collection can be searched and sorted by manufacturer of model. Picture can also be joined to each fountain pen by taking it personally or using one from already existing gallery.
Probably the most useful feature is “price drops” where you can follow sales and special actions to expand your personal collection. At the end, don’t forget to stay updated: follow the most popular YouTube channels about fountain pens and add the ones you would like to follow, if already not included.
Pen Data fields:
* Manufacturer
* Model
* Color
* Filling system
* Year of production
* Pen length
* Nib material
* Nib size
* Nib stroke
* Personal rating
* Description
* Notes
* Images
* Buy & sell info: name, date, price, notes
Ink Data fields:
* Manufacturer
* Ink name
* Color description
* Notes
* Package
* Dry / Wet
* Waterproof
* Shading
* Saturation
* Sheen
* Ink composition
Features:
* Price drops: buy your next pen under market value!
* Items can have pictures either from the camera direct or via your photos collection
* Your collection is stored on your phone - no need for cloud services or internet connection.
* Sort your list by manufacturer or model name.
* Make backup (XLSX format) and share file via Dropbox, Google drive....
* Use Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers to edit backup file.
* Import backup data on one or several devices.
* Import data from Jonro's Fountain Pen Database backup
* Follow pen-related YouTube videos
What’s New
Version 1.9.1
- Find ink name by RGB or image (over 1250 inks in database)
- Ink properties / characteristics: Water Resistant, Shimmering, Iron Gall, Pigmented,Fast Drying, Lubricated
- User interface improvements
- Performance improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Great app to keep track of all of your pens
Easy to use to keep your entire pen collection organized… Even if you just want to keep track of the ink color in each pen
Nice little app
The app is not overly drawn out. Instead, there are no splash screens except for a split second of a fountain pen nib but then it goes straight to the app where you can fill out all the information necessary.
My biggest complaints are lack of pen choices. I have the IM Vibrant Rings pen and it's not even in the list. It's been out for 2 years so I know the developer has had some time to update the app since then, but I digress.
Next, information on each category would be nice. This is my first real fountain pen since a cheap plastic one I bought many years ago so I don't really know what some of the categories mean. Looking them up individually on Google was a partial help but some of the categories were just a "wing it" sort of vibe. Fill out what you MIGHT think it means.
And yes, the very dull appearance of the app is not very appealing. But, where the app shines is the inks information section. I just bought 4 bottles of Diamine ink for my new Parker IM and can't wait to use them. Looking up all the colors is top notch. Not over the top info but just what you need including the strip of color to see how it might look on paper.
All in all, this is a decent little app that will allow me to begin my collection of fountain pens, starting with my Parker IM. Next on my radar is a Waterman or maybe a Scriveiner, which is the one I truly wanted in the first place but couldn't find a retailer here in Thailand.
I want to like it
When you scroll through the example photos for this app, it doesn’t show you how large and obnoxious the advertisements are. Swipe over to the “Ink Menu” picture and you will see the top half of the picture is blank. On the Pen Menu, that is where the advertisement is. You can turn off Google advertisements so it’s at least not a blinking-blaring flash of nonsense, but after that you get to look at Pelican, Sailor, and AliExpress ads. There has to be a purchase price or a subscription model to dump the ads. The ads are why I’m not keeping the app.
If/when that gets fixed, I’d love to see a field for pen weight. That’s an important variable for a lot of people.
App Privacy
The developer, Anes Hadzic, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- Anes Hadzic
- Size
- 158.7 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
- Copyright
- © 2022 Anes Hadzic
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Support $0.99 $0.99
- Support $2.99 $2.99
- Support $4.99 $4.99