WritingPad: Shape-Writing on the iPhone

So here’s another app which makes writing notes and emails on the iPhone easier. With WritingPad, you can “shape-write” words: trace the letters of a word on the app’s keyboard and when you lift your finger it will be transformed to text.

Word recognition is pretty accurate, and there is also a choice of similar words in case the app got it wrong. It takes a bit of getting used to shape-writing, but after a few minutes it gets easier. The biggest problem I had with the app is that my hand obscured the view of the keyboard and I hit the wrong keys a few times.

I like WritingPad -- it’s definitely better than the Notes app the iPhone has built-in -, but I prefer WritePad. Any app that can decipher my handwriting gets my vote.

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