Highlight for Android

I don’t understand these negative reviews. This is a 99 cent app, that says it does a little thing. And it does exactly what it says it does. For people who complain about the non-responsiveness of the developer: well they probably have a full time job as 99 cents won’t buy many groceries. Give them a break!

I was looking for a highlight tool that I could easily turn on or off to highlight in software demos. Once it’s “on” it is on and there is no way to toggle between being able to click and use a browser and having the highlight tool highlight. I literally have to quit the application and open the application.

I can no longer change colors. When I select preferences, the Highlight icon bounces in the tray. I’ve had to ‘force quit” the app several times; shut down, and restarted the Android several times, still not workingHoping for an update or a patch.

No UI or preferences set up, No Documentation on how to use the software, once opened, you immidiately lose all other desktop functions ie Clicking anything, opening and closing applications and windows, web navigation, etc, etc, all functions that are non existent while using this app. There is a settings menu, but accesssing it is a crapshoot ( I literally has to Hold CMD, SHFT and ALT and press everybutton till I got it come up, there is also an app menu at the top of the screen but it is unusable, because at this time, you cant access it, what little UI there is sits right on top of the menu bar on the top left of the screen and is unmovable, then upon trying to “Hide” the app to gain access to the menu items, they disappear and you no longer have access to them at all unitl you “unhide the app” redering them unusable. Another thing is the settings available for this app in this day and age are so basic as to be laughable at best, and honestly make almost no difference in useablity at all, It also does not seem to be playing nice with Apples latest OS itteration HighSierra either. Don’t get me wrong this app could be a GREAT app potentially VERY useful given it had a few minor updates to moderize it and bring it into the 21st century, such as a floating UI/Toolbar/Widget of some kind that hovers above all other windows, that would allow for lightning quick access to disable and re-enable the pen allowing you regain all desktop functionality at a momnets notice, and it could certainly use at least a basic set of tools such as a customizable color pallete, a few different witing utensils such as pens, pencils, and markers, and an eraser of some kind that doesn’t require you to erase everything you have done all at once. In my opinion this is app COULD be on par, and highly competetive with most if not all of it’s more well known and widely used competitors, but without some much needed updates, modernizations and improvemnets being made to the UI, adding some documnetation on how to use it, and being virtually featureless as it sits right now, I would be hard presses to use this at all, if ever, right now, tools like this are expected to increase productivity not reduce it to a stand still, I honestly feel though, that for such a simple program it is completely overly complicated as it sits right now. Al in all it works, and will write on your screen but for now I would have to reccomend that you save your .99 and pay a little more for something that is more well developed than this software is. Personally I will be requesting a refund from this developer at this time, however I will say to the DEV that if you could manage to at least a make significant improvements to the UI in time, I would be willing to reconsider the 2 star review, repurchase the app and give you 5 stars. Like i said before this app has all the potential to be one of the best in it’s class, but as of right now just falls extremely short.

Application is a bit buggy: System Color palette will not close after selecting color. Then, it takes getting used to it. I did expect a small tab-like screen control to appear on screen for quick an easy configuration. SImilar to a OneNote drawing ribbon. I have opted for another more advanced app. However, for budget savvy people, this app is sufficient.