App Name: Memengo Wallet
Price: $.99 from the App Store.
Memengo Wallet is an application that allows you to store your information in a single, secure location. Some of the things it stores are credit card info, website logins, email accounts, and a plethora of other things in your "wallet". There is a default folder in your wallet when you log in that's actually a readable tutorial about anything and everything in the application. The tutorial looks a little cheesy but it's filled with a ton of great info. The interface is simple, basic, easy to navigate, and straightforward. This might turn a few people off who want all of the bells and whistles or an award winning design, because there isn't any of that here.
Adding a card to your wallet is extremely easy. All you have to do is open up the folder you want to add the card in, and click the "+" symbol in the top right corner. That opens up your menu where you can select the type of card you want to make. You get a good list of choices to choose from and once you select the one you need, you just start filling in the information. Once it's filled in and saved, it's added to the folder to storage.
Memengo has a couple features that are well worth mentioning. One is the ability to sync it over the air with your account on their website. Syncing/backing up with the online account is surprisingly quick. It only takes about five to ten seconds and it's all synced up. It probably depends also on the amount of data being transferred, but when I first added all of my information and synced it, it still only took about five to ten seconds. It is free to sign up an takes just a few minutes to create an online account with them and it gives you another place where you can access your information. You can also edit your wallets and cards on the website and you will still need to enter your encryption key just like on your phone. It even gives you the ability to print off your wallets so you can have a hard copy.
I'm sure you are curious about how secure your information is. You can choose to encrypt your data so if you transfer the data later, it's unreadable even by Memengo. When you encrypt your data, you must select a password. Once selected, make sure you remember it as there is no way to retrieve it if you forget or lose it. Each time you start up Memengo and choose your wallet, it will prompt you to enter in your encryption key. Once entered, you are free to go about your business. If you exit the application or your iPhone goes into standby, you must re-enter your encryption key. There is more security information on Memengo's site.
I want to take a second to comment about the staff at Memengo. When I first downloaded the app and tried it out, I loved it. So, I jumped online to provide some feedback and let them know that I enjoy their application and a question I had. Hours after I sent the feedback via email, I received an email back from them thanking me for the feedback, answered my question, and were very professional in their manner. I was quite happy as you typically don't see that happen very often, let alone hours after. I know that if I have any questions, I can count on them to give me an answer.
Overall this is an absolutely fantastic app for what it does. The only downsides I can really see for some people is the simplistic look of the interface and that fact that you can not get back your encryption key if it's forgotten. It doesn't have a ton of bells and whistles nor the prettiest looking interface, but it does what it says and it does it very well.
Final Rating
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Ease of Use: 4/5 - It's a very straight forward application that has a tutorial that covers the entire application. Just make sure you don't forget your encryption key.
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Interface: 4/5 - This application is a plain jane looking piece of software. It's not cluttered by fancy graphics and special effects to distract you from the real purpose of the app. While it's what's best for the app, some may not like the "boring" look of it.
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Price: 5/5 - With the features that are packed in here and the ability to create a free online account your can sync/back up your information to, $.99 is a steal for how convenient having all of your stuff, encrypted even, at the touch of a button.
Recommended? Yes.
Click here to go to Memengo's site
