SMS Art 2.1.7.0
To help those who want to try a slightly different approach, a utility called SMS Art was developed for all Windows Phone users who are interested in the old yet still fashionable ASCII drawings. The app is focusing on providing some ready-made artwork, but it also allows users to create stylish and stylized texts of their own.
Friendly interface, with a colorful appearance
The front-end of this application greets you with a variety of nicely colored animated tiles that display some samples of ASCII art and serve as shortcuts to the main categories in which the content is neatly organized.
Browsing the entries in SMS Art's database is fluent and without lags or glitches. The most visible nuisance comes from the flashing ad banners that are shown in the lower side of the screen. Also, after a few launches, a reminder that prompts you to rate and review the app appears, but you can disable and dismiss it with a couple of taps.
Go through the ASCII collection and send selected art on the fly
Picking out the best artwork to send to someone on a special occasion is a fun task, since you get to go through a nice mixture of messages that are grouped by subject. Thus, you simply have to scroll through the list and when you come across a message worth sharing with someone, you can send it on the spot.
Besides distributing the ASCII art via SMS messages you can opt for emails as well and the artwork is also ready to be posted onto social networks equally easily. In fact, the last two methods can be of great help in case your device or provider do not support sending 16-bit Unicode text messages, although this is highly unlikely in the modern era.
In case you want to add a personal touch, there is a section of the application where you can input your text and it is instantly converted into ASCII art.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI8
The nicely colored animated tiles and the fairly good organization of the content are the main advantages of this app from the visual perspective, as the adverts spoil some of the fun with their persistence. |
Function6
There are very few options at the user's disposal other than browsing and sending ASCII artwork, with the custom text module lacking some editing functions that would make it more appealing in terms of features. |
Security8
Pretty much a discreet tool overall, SMS Art needs to access some areas of the system that are related to its functions, but it also looks into the phone and owner identities. |
Battery7
There is a noticeable and constant need of energy from this app, as its power consumption reaches high values frequently. |
Price8
Since it offers all its features and the hosted content free of cost, the application is a very good deal, provided that users are willing to cope with the numerous ads or pay to have them removed. |
Compatibility9
Most Windows Phone handsets are ready to have this app installed and running because it only requires version 7.5 of the OS to work properly. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 2.1.7.0
- reviewed version:
- 2.0.0.0
- developer:
- KunRuch Creations
- category:
- VOICE & MESSAGING
- os version req.:
- 7.5, 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. remove ads
- hits:
- 555