Polar - Instant Photo Scanner
Scan your polaroids reflection-free in seconds!
Polaroids have a feature which makes them hard to scan with your phone - they are glossy. To scan them you have to take a picture from an angle, correct the perspective, crop it and correct the colors. We can do better!
Polar Going International
I am doing a little experiment - I spent $20 getting Polar app metadata and the actual app translated into Chinese (Simplified), Korean and Japanese. I chose these markets because it has a large Polaroid & Instax following.
App is currently in review and we will see if the localizations of such a small niche app will merit a net profit or loss.
The Tech Behind Polar
I wrote a blog post detailing the motivation around the app and the technology that makes it work.
Polar Launched!
After a couple of months of postponing development and a couple of weeks of development in my spare time - Polar is finally ready to launch!
After Apple approved Polar - I shared the video preview of the app on a couple Polaroid Facebook groups. They loved the app and gave me several suggestions to improve on my product.