Magnifying Glass & Flashlight

This app is wonderful. As I get older and my eyesight gets worse, I now have the ability to see/read things that were very difficult before. And the built-in flash makes a 5-star app even better. I am a science teacher and having this magnifier has made showing my students things to make science more appealing so much easier. Thank you very much for a free magnifying lens that has helped my life/job more than I thought possible.

I have just begun to use this neat, basic little magnifier and has already exceeded my expectations! I felt something “fall” into the top of my ear canal an hour ago and tilted my head and tried to shake it (whatever it was) into my hand. Fortunately, the “speck” landed in the palm of my hand. It was too small to make out without magnification and I immediately thought to use this new magnifier to identify it. I grabbed my iPad Pro 9.7 and opened this app, turning the camera toward the ear crumb for a view. I pushed the “light” button on and focused in on the tiny ear debris. The resolution was incredible, even when turning the magnification slider to max. I was expecting the image to be inaccurate and more blurred when maxing out the camera, but it was crystal clear! I will now be using this useful little marvel as a companion to the jewelers loupe I own when the need arises. I collect Art Glass, antiques, as well as meddle in all things electronic and/or “gadgitty” so this will be added to my little “tool bag” of ID utensils. Don’t expect this to be the end all concerning magnifying glasses, but if you need a quick tool to enlarge things you can’t ID see with your own eyes, this cool app provides the perfect fix! BTW..... the loosened ear frag that fell into the palm of my hand??? It was an East African EarWhig. A minute parasitic insect that feeds off of the dried blood of small animals, insects, or other decomposing organisms. Luckily, this creepy little bugger fell back out of my ear, because pregnant females of this species have been known to crawl into the ear canal of unsuspecting hosts and lay her eggs in its brain tissue. When the eggs turn into larvae, they feed on the blood rich brain cells until mature enough to sprout wings. They then tunnel back to the eardrum, consuming it whole, all the while leaving its fecal matter in its wiggling wake. It finally exits by flying through the same ear canal while leaving the host half deaf, half dumb, and totally insane in the membrane!

I have had this app for a very long time and find it SO helpful! I think it's even been thru at least 3 phone changes with me! Today as I go thru the apps that are "keepers" for my new iPhone 7+ and locate the "non-necessities" to clean things up a bit I just had to stop & comment on the helpfulness of this one in particular (I have located more things behind dressers & under couches using this app!) and also let others know it's usefulness along with the fact that as I look under "apps by same creator"- I notice that I also have almost all of those installed as well & have found those equally as helpful the magnifier app itself. I realize this app itself has not been updated for a long time- PLEASE don't let it become obsolete & unusable! I need it!