I find this painful to say, because other than lacking a good stand alone backup solution the app is terrific. The OS X version for adding more features (many of which will work on the iPad, even if you can't create them there), backing up your data, and then syncing to the iPhone version for basic access where ever you need it. So, iPad for creating simple apps and mobile data entry. It does not look as nice there, but I'm more likely to need it on the iPhone. Why did I need the iPhone? That's the nice textured background the keys are sitting on my iPhone's case.īecause I have Bento on the Mac, I can keep this synced with my iPhone as well. Took me about an hour to create and populate using just the iPad and iPhone. Here is a screen shot of the Key Log app I set up. My favorite is combining full screen mode with split view. Table view, split view, basic stat functions, full screen mode, and a half a dozen other little improvement make it far more functional than the older app. You can export csv files in email, but since that does not preserver your forms or media (if you have any) it also lacks goodness.īut the other feature updates are a huge improvement. You are backed up in iCloud or iTunes, of course, but since that's an all or nothing restore it's not a good solution. The backup options are still very limited for Windows users. If Bento is going to be the best standalone solution on the iPad it needs a more robust way to protect that data. I'd like to seem more improvements to backing up your data. As a companion app Bento 4 really shines.
You can wirelessly sync up to two iOS devices. The other is if you have a Mac and can run the OS X version of Bento 4.1 (also on sale).
It's all or nothing approach means you'll have to restore the entire iPad from a backup if you lose your Bento data. That leaves you with two kinds of backups. Unfortunately this method can neither import nor export media no video, audio, or pictures will make the jump and of course your themes and forms are lost. I'm mainly thinking of spreadsheets that have been pretending to be databases. And, of course, it will be nice to be able to import from other sources. A big boost towards making Bento more productive. The CVS export's most useful feature will be the ability to export selected data to other apps for use in tables, spreadsheets, etc. The inclusion of the ability to export cvs files by email goes a far way towards making it more of a stand alone app.You can also import cvs files by emailing them to yourself and using Open In. It's practically a new app, which is why I'm not grumbling about paying the introductory price to upgrade. The new table view and spreadsheet like functions, though limited, are very useful. Many of the features that were on the OS X version are now on the iPad.
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