My key piece of advice is this:

“The simpler you make your idea, the easier it is… to understand the market and get it out there”.

See the full BBC article here. On mobile? Watch a brief excerpt on YouTube.

To activate a new layout, just add a space at the end of your multi-word message. This will add an extra line break. Here’s “Help me!” without the space:

and with the space at the end:

Adding a space to the end of “Check please” really changes the layout. See without space:

and with the space at the end:

So, grab your update and try it out — still only $0.99!

Thanks to the tireless marketing efforts of its inventor Tim Robertson and Big Words Evangelist Sam Levin, the iPhone App team at Apple took a look and saw that it was good.

Check out the Staff Favorites in iTunes (scroll down if you’re on an iPhone).

Progress on the app proceeds apace. We are listening to feedback from our users, and building new features into version 1.2 and thinking about how to make 2.0 really shine. If you have any suggestions or requests, feel free to comment here.

If you’ve bought the app and enjoy it, please review it!

We appreciate the support — thanks Apple.

Fantastic Program!

This is a GREAT program!  This should have been something that the iPhone could do on it’s own… -DS9DS92

Great app. Great price.

Great app. Simple idea. Great execution. Could not be easier. -rtteachr

Awesome app!

This app is so simple and I find myself using it constantly.  It is a steal at $0.99 and an iPhone must-have.  Great work! -Patrick Tra

Simplicity at its finest!

DollarApp has done a great job at embracing one of the fundamental design characteristics of a good iPhone app – simplicity. -Raven Zachary

Thanks, everyone!  We did it for you.  We are collecting your big words over on Twitter / Big_Words.

Features:

• Double-Tap to Edit
• White-on-Black Display
• Erase-All Button
• Landscape Edit and Display Mode
• Remembers Last Edit

DollarApp believes in doing one thing well and keeping it simple.  This app does one thing: it writes your text large in portrait and landscape modes.

Future revisions will increase functionality and display of text. See here for Big Credits.

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Grandes Palabras

Este simple programa muestra las palabras en el tamaño más grande posible en un iPhone o un iPod Touch. ¡Genial para llamar la atención, enviar mensajes o para realzar una declaración!

Características:

• Doble toque para editar
• Vista en blanco y negro
• Botón para borrar todo de una vez
• Modalidad de pantalla panorámica para editar
• Recuerda la última modificación

DollarApp cree en hacer las cosas bién y mantenerlas simples. Este programa hace un sola cosa de esta manera: muestra las letras en el mayor tamaño posible.

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Grandi Paroli

Questo semplice programma visualizza le parole nel tipo più grande possibile su iPhone e iPod touch. Fantastico per richiamare l’attenzione, passare messaggi, e rendere una dichiarazione!

Caratteristiche:

• Doppio tocco per modificare
• Visualizzazione bianco su nero sul display
• Bottone cancella tutto
• Modalità schermo panoramico per modificare
• Ricorda l’ultima modifica

DollarApp crede nel fare le cose bene e mantenerle semplici.
Questa applicazione fa una sola cosa così: visualizza il testo nel più grande formato che sia possibile.

Big Words

Cette petite application affiche les mots aussi gros que possible sur un iPhone et un iPod Touch. Excellent pour capter l’attention, passer des notes, et faire une declaration!

Fonctionnalites:

• Edition par double-touche
• Affichage blanc sur noir
• Touche Efface-Tout
• Affichage et edition en mode portrait et paysage
• Sauvegarde de la derniere modification

Le lietmotiv de DollarApp est de faire une tache tres bien tout en la gardant simple. Cette application execute une tache tres bien: Afficher du texte aussi gros que possible.

Les futures versions amelioreront les performances et l’affichage du texte.

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Große Wörter

Dieses einfache Programm zeigt Worte so groß wie möglich auf Ihrem iPhone oder iPod touch an. Ideal um auf sich aufmerksam zu machen, Nachrichten weiterzugeben oder ein Statement abzugeben!

Funktionen:
- Doppel-Tap zum Bearbeiten
-  Schwarz-Weiß Display
- “Alles Löschen”-Taste
- Ansicht und Bearbeitung im Querformat
- Letzte Änderung wird beibehalten

DollarApp ist der Auffassung, eine Sache gut zu machen und einfach zu halten. Diese Anwendung macht eine Sache gut: Es zeigt Text im größtmöglichen Format an.

In künftigen Revisionen werden Geschwindigkeit und Text-Anzeige verbessert.

• United Lemur – Mike Lee donated our 2D text-layout engine and assorted grit.
• Louie.me – Louie Mantia designed the logo in like 2 seconds flat with one hand tied behind his back.
• John Albano contributed Internationalization, while Claudio, Christophe, and Udo did the translations into Italian + Spanish, French, and German respectively.
• Sugarcube – Michael Margolis and team greatly improved performance and transition animations.
• Beat Zenerino created the original prototype from a digital sketch.
• Tim Robertson and Sam Levin came to us with the idea, and Meredith Sagolla set the feature baseline.
• Special thanks to our kickass Beta testers, you know who you are and you are beautiful!

Ok, now go buy Big Words!