I have to be at work earlier than usual for the foreseeable future, and I am not much of a morning person. Still, I have had considerable success by breaking my routine down and gamifying it by giving myself points for hitting different markers (e.g. 2 points for getting up without hitting the snooze button, 1 point for hitting it only once, 1 point for heading out the door with the dogs at a certain time, 1 point for arriving at the office on time, 2 points for 5 minutes early, 5 points for more than 5 minutes, etc.). I then give myself little rewards for certain numbers of points (e.g. two days' worth of on-time arrivals equals a latte at my favourite coffee place).
I think it would be fun to be able to track this on my iPad, and am looking for something that will allow me to re-use the same checklists and will count points as items are completed. I've looked at the various checklist and "to-do" apps, but none of them seem to fit the bill, especially the point-tracking aspect.
Any ideas?
posted by rpfields
on Mar 16, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm looking for something sleek and simple, that will allow people to check themselves in when they arrive (2 contexts, gym members, and youth in an after school program).
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posted by peripatew
on Mar 14, 2013 -
3 answers
Are there any iPad file management apps that will allow a file folder (complete with nested folders and files) to be dragged into it?
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posted by AwkwardPause
on Mar 12, 2013 -
16 answers
Help me name my new product, which combines the functionality of popular existing apps, but is specialized with high-security features.
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posted by bfu
on Dec 26, 2012 -
21 answers
My parents own a WiFi only iPad and their internet connection isn't always on. Basically, they turn on the internet only when they want to use their iPad. Is there an app that can alert me (preferably via a push notification on my own iPad or iPhone) when they've gotten online?
posted by Effigy2000
on Nov 30, 2012 -
7 answers
How can I create a "tap essay" app (such as Robin Sloan's
Fish without learning Objective C? I'm a poet, not a programmer!
The idea is pretty simple: an app that shows styled text on a page that you tap to go to the next page with the occasional option to tweet the current line, etc.
posted by fncll
on Nov 30, 2012 -
5 answers
We're using iPads for users to post videos directly to our Wordpress site through the official Wordpress app. The videos are being recorded on the iPads, and posted through the app's media upload feature. When we do this through the HTML4 options (which uses embed) there are no controls to start the video playing. When we do this through HTML5 the videos are rotated 90 degrees. Any ideas what's causing this video weirdness and how to fix it?
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posted by codacorolla
on Oct 11, 2012 -
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I'm going to Kyoto for a two-day visit in November, but with only an iPod Touch 4 in my jacket pocket as I'd like to avoid bringing a heavy guidebook/backpack as I walk around exploring all day. What PDFs/docs/apps/downloads can help make my visit amazing, or at least easier?
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posted by mdonley
on Oct 7, 2012 -
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I'm looking for a PDF reader app for my iPad. Challenge level: RPG books. I'm experimenting with using my iPad to read the rules books for D&D, Pathfinder, etc. during the game. Key features that I need: 1) Jump to an arbitrary page number; 2) Find word/phrase within the document; 3) Renders quickly even with large files with lots of graphics; 4) Ability to add bookmarks within the PDF file would be a huge plus; 5) Ability to sort files within the app with folders would be a minor plus. Recommendations?
posted by philosophygeek
on Sep 22, 2012 -
8 answers
I watch movies when I go to bed at night. When I wake up in the morning my iPad is exhausted. I would like to have a reminder happen (that if I don't respond to) shuts down my iPad and preserves its battery. Is there a commercial or free app that does this or can I create one easily in
this suggestion?
posted by unliteral
on Sep 18, 2012 -
14 answers
Part of a project I'm working on involves getting around 20 iPad 2s to all be the same. I'm not an Apple person at all, and this is the first time I've seriously used either the iDevice ecosystem or iTunes in any real capacity. Is there a way to make this as painless as possible?
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posted by codacorolla
on Aug 24, 2012 -
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I'm a very happy owner of a new iPad. I also have the cheap, Chinese knockoff equivalents of the Apple Camera Connection Kit (1 for CF cards, another for SDHC and variants). They work great and cost me next to nothing. I shoot raw and fine quality jpeg pictures. How can I transfer
only my jpegs to the iPad without tranferring the raw files (in this case .NEF at the same time?
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posted by imjustsaying
on Aug 16, 2012 -
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Does this app exist? Users download a prefab checklist on to their ipads, fill it out for multiple instances as they rate services in different locations, then forward the results to an email of their choosing.
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posted by itstheclamsname
on Aug 13, 2012 -
4 answers
Is there an iOS app that shows the received signal strengths of GLONASS satellites?
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posted by Juffo-Wup
on Jul 16, 2012 -
5 answers
I want to make an interactive children's book app for iOS. I will be doing all the artwork and animation myself but don't know what would be a fair price to pay for a developer (coder?).
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posted by bonobothegreat
on Jun 6, 2012 -
9 answers
I have a perfectly good new iPad that is sadly underutilized. I'd like to start sketching and drawing on it, but I have no idea where to start. Help!
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posted by restless_nomad
on May 29, 2012 -
11 answers
If I make an app using an app builder like Apple Developer, Buzztouch, Mit App Inventor or Andromo, for example, who owns the app?
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posted by cda
on May 20, 2012 -
2 answers
Looking for recommendations for beautiful, unique, high-quality iPad apps (and/or references to sites that share lists of such apps).
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posted by sprocket87
on Mar 20, 2012 -
15 answers
Recommendations for a clean, simple, functional writing app that will sync documents between a desktop Mac, ipad, and iphone/ipod touch.
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posted by The ____ of Justice
on Feb 18, 2012 -
8 answers
Using iPhone/iPad between two computers with roughly the same data. Is this possible? More inside:
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posted by damiano99
on Oct 14, 2011 -
9 answers
Can anyone recommend an app for learning and playing poker on the iPhone or iPad? Not interested in gambling or playing competitively, and I have no prior poker experience. Quite happy to pay for an app, if it's decent.
posted by Ritchie
on Sep 27, 2011 -
7 answers
I need an iPad2 spreadsheet app with some specific requirements concerning conditional formatting:
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posted by amf
on Aug 7, 2011 -
3 answers
I released an app in the app store. How do I promote it? What works and what doesn't?
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posted by Brainy
on Jul 12, 2011 -
13 answers
Well it happened. I'm officially bored with all my ipad/iphone games. The App store has exploded recently and I'm pretty binary on the things I like, plus I've got to share the device with another game-lover with different tastes . What are the best, new iPad/iPhone games?
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posted by The Whelk
on Apr 29, 2011 -
49 answers
What connection kit and software do you recommend for amp modeling and recording guitar on iOS? I'd like to plug the guitar into the connector, pick an amp, record stuff, then get the audio files either off the device or into other apps for mixing.
posted by ignignokt
on Apr 25, 2011 -
8 answers
Is there a web browser for iPad that will allow me to use the rather excellent Google Body Browser?
posted by bonobothegreat
on Jan 21, 2011 -
2 answers
Is there software that lets me move around an ipad/iphone/android in 3D space and see the world through a huge collection of old photo? Think
Microsoft Photosynth displayed on an ipad with accelerometer data to change the picture. (I've got the photo collection; I just need to find a program/device that will let me display it.)
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posted by cmchap
on Oct 27, 2010 -
1 answer
This is a followup question about printing from an iPhone/iPad app: the original question can be found
here.
Blazecock Pileon and GuyZero (and anyone else), please respond!
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posted by smersh
on Aug 12, 2010 -
2 answers
Can you recommend a calendar/to-do app for the iPod Touch or the iPad? I want to be able to schedule events in my calendar, but I also want to be able to specify a list of tasks within each event that can be crossed out as they are done. I don't care about reminders or syncing.
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posted by Phire
on Jul 13, 2010 -
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How do I add print functionality to my iPhone/iPad app? Can I license this ability or do I have to create it? What is the most cost-effective way for my app to be able to print to a wireless printer or a networked printer?
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posted by smersh
on Jul 12, 2010 -
14 answers
What exactly do I need to do to be able to download a Japanese exclusive iPhone/iPad app? (I am in the US, and the app in question is Puyo Pop Fever Touch.)
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posted by raygan
on May 31, 2010 -
5 answers
A question for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch app developers: How many iDevices can connect to each other through a local wifi network? What is the maximum number of players you can have in a game at the same time locally?
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on Apr 12, 2010 -
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