HanDBase Database Manager App Reviews

This is a great app and I do a tonne of useful stuff on it. As hard as it is to believe, there arent really any other apps than perform as a database on the iPhone so robustly. I just with there was a way to get to "the cloud" without having to go through the old desktop download csv route, eg export/import data via google docs or sync/ save to dropbox- something... Ive tried everything else, be bento, "database for iPad", isort and keep having to come back to Handbase. I say "keep having to..." Because aside from the slightly trapping data transfer method (feels slightly aged these days), the graphics are in a serious need of something - skeomorph/ windows 8 simple/ anything thats not from the 80s. overall this app is critically useful and fantastic but please handbase guys, headhunt at least 2 new people, 1 graphic designer and 1 from those dropbox people!

Thanks for the new update. Very helpful. I use Handbase constantly. But my only wish is that it can handle languages that write from right to left such as Hebrew and Arabic. Any chance? It would greatly enhance the app. Also, what about the update for iPad?

Handbase is a wonderful and flexible database that Ive used for years. Unfortunately in the latest update, field descriptions dont seem to line up properly with the data in the individual record view. Im sure your crack team will resolve the problem quickly to get the app back to 5 stars.

"If you wish hard enough, It will come true" Fantastic! Especially the "All Fields" search. Now, do I have to delete the app, then re-issue it, to get the new icon?

but the previous icon was MUCH more beautiful. The new one is even blander than a gray file cabinet. 3 stars until I see if the icon is representative of the new version.

Miss the dynamic flip when moving between records. This allowed for not making the mistake that you are in the same record.

The developer made another app. Check it out.

Ive been waiting for them to implement the numeric keypad for number fields. It was left out of the original (iOS 7/HDB 4.9.0) update. I asked about it, Dave apologized that he forgot and added it to a new update (HDB 4.9.02) a few days later. The developer (Dave) always provides help and answers questions via the user forum and discussion groups, rather quickly... often within a few hours. Appreciate that they did not charge for the latest iOS 7 update or any other update since my original purchase. Worth every penny and then some!

Ive been looking for a database program for a long time but none of them did quite what I wanted. I admit Im not a power user, my needs are fairly simple, but I *AM* picky, and HanDBase, along with its desktop companion is easy to use and does the job well.

Needs iCloud synchronization support.

Ive been using this app for a long time, and it serves me well. I have a number of databases that I use frequently, and this really helps me keep track of a lot of things. If you are not familiar with using databases, this app could be a little intimidating at first. But if you have created and used databases before, then youll be impressed with all of the capabilities. They have made this a great app!

What a joke. These reviews cant be serious. The form editor is not useable and the app is generally too inflexible despite having a confusing array of poorly thought through options. Can someone please make a decent database app?

Really cool app until it deleted a database I had worked on for half a day. Just gone...

If you need an app for creating databases on iPhone or iPad, this is the best app. It will sync with Microsoft Access or stand alone. Ive been using it for at least eight years and it does everything I need and want. There was a slight hiccup with the previous update, but the team was on it and fixed the bug immediately! Great customer service! No other database app compares. For databases, this is a must have.

I use this for work everyday. Reliable and useful.

I have been using this app for over 3 years. Heavy daily use for work and also for tracking data outside work. It may be somewhat intimidating for someone who is new to databases but support is available. Highly recommend the additional forms manager also to make data entry screen a breeze! I can help set up your database!

Ive used this app since my Palm Handspring days and on every PDA/phone platform since. The speed and utility built into HanDBase is unmatched by any of the DB options costing less than $50. The only thing that would best it, would be FileMaker, and I havent decided to drop hundreds of dollars on the Mac application for that (the mobile app for FileMaker requires a desktop installation to do anything useful), so I cant speak to any comparisons between the two of them. In all fairness, Filemaker is a business app where HanDBase is more of a consumer app with some business applicability. To give an example of the power of HanDBase, I built an asset tracking HanDBase database that mimicked our companys St Croix Systems Asset Manager in ALL its major functions including but not limited to: asset records, service records, part inventory, parts usage & ordering, PM scheduling & procedures. I used this for years as a notepad to record my time at work instead of using the slow, limited mobile app provided by St Croix Systems. My HanDBase Asset Manager DB was recently retired when our company went to Four Seasons TMSPro which is web based and which I can run directly from my phone or ipad. However, I still use HanDBase extensively at work for its speed. For example, I can dump a complete table of our parts in TMSPro to Excel (over 9700 parts), do a save to a CSV file, then create a HanDBase DB by importing the CSV. This gives me a mobile parts list that I can access, locating ANY part(s) as fast as I can type in a search. Instant response, no lag or search time. Much better as a tool than the much clumsier, slower internet access into TMSPro. Thus I still use HanDBase to speed up my work even though I have complete access to our company DB through my phone or pad. Other uses include tracking all information for my pool leagues and a NASCAR Fantasy League that I host. This app is by far the most used app that I own.

HanDBase is a fantastic, fully-functional relational database. I depend on it daily for tracking various types of data, and its rock solid. Support is also second to none.

Use one of the thousands of database templates in the gallery, modify them if needed or make your own from scratch. You will soon wonder how you lived without this app. The ability to make home screen icons that launch your individual databases is a great added bonus. Now has reliable encryption to protect your data.

Very intuitive, its actually really fun to design HanDBase databases from an iPhone. Been using HanDBase for years and I must say, Ive never come across a company that puts their customers first to the extent that DDH Software does. The quality of support offered by Dave and Brian in the HanDBase forums just doesnt exist anywhere else.