CryptoPix ($0.99)
Version – 1.0
REVIEW – “Have fun sending cool messages to your friends!”
I love cryptograms and so when I saw this app I knew it was one that I needed to try out! CryptoPix is an app that will take any text that you type and create a cryptogram from it. What is a cryptogram? A 
cryptogram is a series of pictures, math references and letters that spell out a phrase. Sometimes you have to think out of the box to figure out what they’re saying though!
Whether you’re wanting to send a cheesy love message, or just funny messages to friends this app can be a lot of fun! I’ll say this up front, while you are able to text these messages directly to friends, the pictures will not show up in the actual text message. Instead it will send them a link to go to where they will find their message! This is just fine if the person you are sending them to has a smartphone and can check it out right there, but a lot of people just have regular cell phones so this won’t do them any good unless they’re sitting in front of a computer.
With that said this app is a lot of fun, and you can also choose to send the messages just to their email! When you open up CryptoPix the main screen has a text box at the top where you will type the message you want to send. If you’re not very creative they’ve also supplied some “Sample Messages” to choose from 
using a select box below the message box.
Once you type or select your message there are a couple of options at the bottom of the screen. One of them is to decide whether you want the app to only use images that are appropriate for children, and the other option is to turn the translation below the images on or off. If you want to send your message in code so that it’s not obvious what it says you can turn it off, but if you’re just being funny, or sending a romantic message maybe you will want to check the box to turn on “Easy mode” which shows the translation below the pictures.
Overall the quality of the cryptograms is surprisingly good for being totally computer generated, although there are times when it will just put a chunk 
of letters in one of the pictures if it can’t match it with something. Once you have the message that you want to send all you have to do is touch the “Send the Message” button and you’ll be taken to a screen to do just that. You’ll need to enter your name, the reciepients name and their email address or phone number. Once everything’s set all you just touch “Send It!” and you’re all finished!
I was very impressed with the response time of the message server! I sent a message to my wife to test this app and she received it in just a few seconds, which is very good considering the fact that we have poor phone reception at our house most of the time. I’ll have to say that this app could definitely be a lot of fun, and at just $0.99 it’s pretty easy to justify its cost, even if it’s just for a quick laugh! If you’re still reading this and trying to decide my question would be what are you waiting for? Head to the App Store and start sending secret messages to your friends today!
- David H.
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Developer – Cryptopix, LLC
URL: http://cryptopix.com/i/ihelp.php
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