REVIEW: Flowboard for iPad

This free iPad app enables you to create portfolios, presentations and photo slideshows. But is it any good?

By Tom May
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Our Verdict

Flowboard is a little fiddly, but the results are terrific, especially for a free app. It’s a shame there aren’t more ways to share them.

For

  • Nicely designed interface
  • User-friendly
  • Good selection of templates
  • Free

Against

  • The smart guides could be smarter
  • Sharing options limited

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The UI is elegantly designed

The UI is elegantly designed

Should you ever find yourself having to prove the iPad's credentials as a tool for creativity, you could do worse than turn to Flowboard. This elegantly designed app allows you to create portfolios, presentations and photo slideshows, and it produces beautiful results.

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Flowboard - Touch Publishing

Flowboard is a little fiddly, but the results are terrific, especially for a free app. It’s a shame there aren’t more ways to share them.

Tom May
Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.