Welcome to Doc's Stogie Rate for iPhone. Based on the same basic design as Doc's popular Stogie Rate for the desktop, this mobile cigar inventory software and rating app will keep your cigar collection and tasting notes no further than your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Designed by Doc from StogieFresh.com, this application is built from the ground up to be user-friendly and educational. Since 2005, Doc has been educating cigar enthusiasts around the world through his StogieFresh.com website, Stogie Fresh 5 podcast and Stogie Fresh TV. The Stogie Fresh name has been considered by many in the cigar industry as synonymous with top-flight quality in education and superior innovation. As a professional educator for 30 years, Doc now turns his attention to the world of mobile applications... and with impressive results.

New in Version 1.4

• IMPORT AND EXPORT YOUR COLLECTIONS. Besides sharing your collection by exporting the data to your friends, you can also import your collections from the Stogie Rate for Desktop app. Easily swap data from your Stogie Rate desktop app to your mobile Stogie Rate app.
• MOVE CIGARS: You can now move cigars from one cigar Collection to another.
• WISH LIST. Add cigars to a wish list by selecting them from the online database and adding them to your Wish List. The Wish List is a permanent collection in the app and does not affect the total number of cigars or the collection values on your Summary statistics. When/if you purchase the cigars, you can then move them to a different collection and the values will then be added to the summary statistics of your collections.
• RATING CONVERSIONS. Cigar ratings that are done in the desktop app use a 100-point scale, while the iPhone app uses a 5-start scale. When databases are swapped between apps, the desktop ratings are converted to the 5-star rating scale when imported into the iPhone app. The conversion works in the other direction too, as the 5-star scale is coverted to a 100-point scale when imported to desktop Stogie Rate app.
• NEW FIELDS/COMPATIBILITY WITH DESKTOP APP. Along with the interaction with the Stogie Rate for desktop app come new fields that will make your Stogie Rate for desktop and iPhone more compatible. New fields include: Review # and Date of Rating. When you upgrade from Stogie Rate desktop version 4.0 to 4.1 (free for 4.0 purchasers) you will be able to exchage all data. Every field will be compatible across the desktop and mobile apps.
• SEVERAL USABILITY CHANGES that will make app more user friendly including: a new way to look up brands in the database, updated internal search details, updated brand and cigar source database, multitasking for iPhone OS4, updated style and operability of cigar information page.

Continuing Features

• MORE CIGARS: The online database is currently at over 4,500 unique cigars and is growing every week.
• SCRUBBER FOR ONLINE DATABASE PAGE: With over 220 unique brands listed in the online database, scrolling through the brands just became easier with a new scrubber, which allows you to point and click alphabetically or scrub through the list.
• Ability to DUPLICATE RECORDS. This feature allows user to create a duplicate of any cigar that they want to rate and review separately. This feature will make entry of same cigar types quicker and easier.
• BOX DATE FIELD. For keeping track of cigars that ship with box dates.
• SEVERAL USABILITY CHANGES that will make app more user friendly including: a new way to look up brands in the database, updated internal search details, updated brand and cigar source database, updated style and operability of cigar information page.

• A POCKET CIGAR REFERENCE TOOL: Thanks to the Stogie Fresh online database of cigars, you can use Stogie Rate for iPhone and iPod Touch as a tool for looking up information about cigars. And, this tool is never further away than your pocket. All new cigar entries are transparent to the user.

• EASY REFERENCE TO ALL BRANDS IN THE ONLINE DATABASE: When you elect to use our online database of cigars, you will immediately see EVERY CIGAR BRAND THAT IS CURRENTLY REFERENCED IN THE ONLINE DATABASE. No need to hunt and peck, you can quickly see all the brands. And, if the brand you are looking for is not in the online database, you simply back up one step and manually add new cigars of your choosing.

• SEPARATE CIGAR LISTS: Whether you have an internet connection or not, you can use the Stogie Rate app to your best benefit. When you choose to enter a cigar into one of your collections or simply want to browse the online database, you are given a choice to access either the online database list of cigars, or your personal user list. If you don't have access to the internet, the Stogie Rate app will default to your personal list. You will still be able to enter cigar manually, even when you don't have access to the internet. If you do have access, you will be able to easily search the constantly growing database of cigar information AND scanned cigar bands.

Other Features:

• ACCESS TO ONLINE DATABASE: Now, besides manually entering your cigars, you can also access our online database of cigars. We use a speedy, open source database engine provided by Factual.com and are very pleased with the results. Accessing the online database can make entering the facts about your cigars a quick and easy process. You can also use the access to the online database as a pocket cigar reference tool by looking up information on thousands of cigars.

• ACCESS TO PHOTOS OF CIGAR BANDS: Searching through a database of cigars can be confusing. There are many cigars to choose from within most brands of cigars. Having a photo of the cigar band will help you to more quickly identify the cigars you want to add to your collection.

• CREATE AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF COLLECTIONS: You may want to organize your collections by humidors, by country, by Cuban vs. Non Cuban, or by room of your house. However you want to arrange your collection, you can do it with Stogie Rate for iPhone.

• SUMMARY STATS: Stogie Rate supplies you with simple summary stats on the Summary page. Keep track of the number of collections, how many cigars you have remaining in your database, total cigars you have smoked, and the current value of your cigar collection.
• ACCESS TO STOGIE FRESH 5 PODCAST: In version 1.4 you can now access every podcast from number 1 through number 231, and counting... The Stogie Fresh 5 podcast can be streamed through the Help section of the Stogie Rate app.

• DATA FIELDS: The data fields contain almost every piece of important information you could ask about your cigars. Including...

  Brand Name Type Purchase Date Box Date Length and Ring Gauge Number Smoked Number Left

  Age Country of Origin Wrapper (Country) Binder (Country) Filler (Countries) Tasting Notes Vendor Review# and Date of Review fields

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• REVIEW/RATING FIELDS: The cigar review and rating features allow you to take notes on your cigars and to rate each one using the Stogie Rate 5-Star Rating Scale. Since you are able to generate multiple tasting notes on each cigar, you will have a note for each time you smoke a cigar and want to remember something unique about that tasting. [TIP: want more detailed notes? Use a word processor on your desktop computer and email the results to your iPhone or iPod Touch (OS 3.0 and above), then copy and paste the contents into the notes field. Or, if you own Stogie Rate for Desktop, type your review notes there and then transfer them to your iPhone app.]
  • Generate multiple tasting notes for each cigar
  • Use 5-Star Rating Scale like the ones used at Amazon.com, Apple.com and others.
  • Rate your cigars in 3 categories: Look and Feel, Flavor and Aroma, and Construction and Burn.

• HELP / EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:* Your education doesn't end with the knowledge you will gain about your cigar collection. By using your iPhone's web connection, Doc has linked you directly to several different educational resources. AND, these are constantly being updated as new information becomes available. Included in Stogie Rate for iPhone Help section are direct links to the following informational pages:
  • About 5-Star Rating Scale
  • About Cigar Sizes
  • About Cigar Shapes
  • About Wrappers
  • Stogie Fresh 5 podcasts: Every episode of SF5 can be streamed to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
  • Stogie Fresh Cigar Education videos: Stream on your iPhone/iPod Touch
  • "Credits" page will tell you who's to thank for making this application a reality

* Some resources require internet access

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• SEARCH FUNCTION: Finding cigars across all your collections is easy with the search function. You can search by Brand, Name, Type or Country.