Eknath Kadam > iphone app

My previous app, Grammar Up was a super hit on app store. The free version has been downloaded over 100 thousand times where as the paid version has been downloaded around 20 thousand times. Grammar Up was based on TOEIC exam pattern and didn’t actually teach grammar rules, but tested knowledge of grammar and several kind of word choices. Many user complained that they expected there will be some teaching material in Grammar Up.

To address this complain I teamed with Ashok sir, who has been teaching English grammar for last 30+ years. At the age of sixty he still carries an enthusiasm of an youngster. He lives in small village in Maharashtra, India where power outage is a daily affair.  Fortunately, they have telephone line and thanks to BSNL, internet is also available now and internet opens door to a lot of possibilities. Here is one example.

With his help I will be publishing a series of iPhone apps that will touch upon each and every grammar topic. To start with, we just released our first app, Grammar Express: Tenses. Grammar Express: Tenses is a complete course in learning grammatical tenses. It has all the rules explained with several examples and followed by quiz with huge question bank.

Check it out on app store:

The other day I was at Costco and was browsing through books and magazines section. And I saw a magazine by makers of iCreate, Imagine Publishing. This magazine issue is named as “iPhone App Directory” and contains reviews of 250 top iPhone apps. It was a cool surprise when I opened page # 135 and saw a full page review of my app, UK Car Driving Theory test. Here goes the full review in their words.

“Learning made fun, easy and cheap”

Value ***** Practicality ***** Fun Factor **** Overall Rating ***** Longevity ***

Not only is learning to drive a right of passage for most young people it’s also a pretty scary learning curve. You go from being a passenger in a safe environment to a driver in a huge piece of metal

weighing several tons and capable of silly speeds in a dramatically short period of time. These days, as part of the testing procedure you need to pass a theory test. This makes sure that you are considerate and mindful of all the rules and regs before you become a fully fledged driver. Now, thanks to the iPhone,and some genius developers, you can study for the written test while you’re out and about without having to carry a laptop with a DVD to play,or a huge book.

Inside this app you will find all the information you need to pass the test, broken down into categories for you to digest at your leisure. You can also take mock tests asyou learn and the application will tell you how you are progressing in the Progress Meter section. There’s a separate section devoted to the Highway Code and the settings enable you to adjust the waythe app responds including the magnification of pictures and resetting the progress chart. As you go through the categories in the main section of the app you are asked the same multiple-choice questions you get in the test, so you can see every variant of the questions and be thoroughly prepared. The app will tell you how many questions from each section would be on a real test. When you take the mock test you will get those questions you’ve already studied for in a randomised way, in the same way it would happen at the test centre.  This app is very well built, incredibly informative and worth every single penny of its £4.99 price tag. Considering the DVD costs over £20,we can’t help but be elated by the great value on offer here. Like many of the apps in this section, the information is extremely pertinent and so well laid out that it makes learning interactive and easy.

And here goes the link to scanned image of the page. Link to PDF

Driving Test, my third app for iPhone and second paid app, is now ready for sale on app store.
Hit the Driving Test page to read more about it.

http://eknathkadam.com/drivingtest

Driving Test didnt take much time to develope. I used almost same code base I developed for JQuiz.
Of course a lot time was spent in deciding UI, logo and colors etc. Great thanks to Makrand who helped me in preparing the question bank.

While JQuiz was for very limited audience, Driving Test is mainly for Americans, who are planning to appear for their license test. I was also planning for my license test, and this is how the idea of Driving Test was born. JQuiz’s code base was ready. While Makrand helped me preparing question bank, UI was far simpler than JQuiz, hence you can see it more appealing and beautiful.

Hit the link below to see it on app store. (You should have iTunes installed.)