Springpad is an application that attempts to provide you with an “all-in-one” mobile organization tool. You can record your ideas, products, restaurants and a ton of other information right from your iPhone and sync it up with the website version so you can access your stuff anywhere. This idea should sound very familiar to you, as it has already been done before. There are a ton of applications out there that accomplish similar tasks. Yes, Springpad has a few features that other apps do not, but overall, this just isn’t going to be the go-to app for all of your daily organizational needs.

Adding your information to the system is fairly easy. You can choose the type of information you are recording and simply type all the data in yourself. For example, if you add a video camera, you can assign it a category and enter in the price, manufacturer and model. Once you’ve entered in all the information, you can then add a photo or note to the entry. You can also add the item to a specific list of your choosing to better organize all your stuff. You can also add an item by taking a photo of it first.

There are two other useful methods of recording your items or places. You can search your nearby area to find restaurants or other businesses that you’d like to remember. The app will display the phone number, address and website of your restaurant and you can quickly add it to your list by tapping “Add This.” One of the more fun ways to record information is by scanning an item’s barcode. This feature does work, but there were many items I scanned that the app just could not find.

Springpad is preloaded with several different categories for your items. You can save a note, movie, milestone, recipe, wine, contact, album or bookmark. Each category has predefined areas to fill out. For example, if you save a wine, it will ask you for the vineyard, vintage, label, etc. You can also create your own lists to add items to.

There is also an area of the app for your day-to-day tasks. You can make a to-do list, shopping list, or calendar event. While these are definitely important features in an organization app, the UI is just not very intuitive or user-friendly. It becomes a bit of a chore to actually enter in events and tasks.

The most unique feature of this app is the “Friends Stuff” section. Here, you can check out all the public items and lists created by other people. You can read the items’ information or easily add them to your own lists. You can make your lists public and share them with people just the same.

Even though there are some nice features included with this application, there are also some big problems. First of all, there is absolutely no landscape support. Everything must be typed in portrait, which isn’t terrible, but it would be nice to utilize the landscape keyboard. Also, the app crashed on me several times. During one instance, I entered in some information, the app crashed and my items were lost. The application just isn’t stable enough to trust with important information. Lastly, Springpad tries to focus on too many aspects of organization. It tries to be a search tool, note taker and calendar all in one and it just doesn’t work out well. There’s too much going on, and as a result there are several key features missing. Also, the UI is dull and confusing, so it’s not very pleasant to use. Springpad is free, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t check it out at least. But, if you’re looking for a notes app that really goes above and beyond, this one just won’t cut it.

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