Safety App Of The Week

July 1, 2013 No Comments

Below is our “Safety App of the Week”.  These weekly features are published every Monday.  New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.

Safety and Health Practitioner Magazine

Official Description  

“The Safety & Health Practitioner magazine (SHP) is the official magazine of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). SHP covers the latest health and safety prosecutions + fines, legislative developments, government decisions, reports and research, and contains all the latest top health and safety jobs.

The SHP Magazine app is an interactive version of the print edition, which allows you to bookmark and print pages, zoom, search for keywords, click on live links, and view embedded video/audio (when available). You can also search through back issues of SHP dating back to August 2010.”¹

Thumbs Up

• cost is free, although this digital magazine has lots of ads
• well organized, good navigation, don’t need instructions to use
• easy to read, colorful and visually attractive
• excellent help files
• both iPhone and iPad versions available
• a new issue is published each month, and over 40 back issues are available too
• can be used off-line

 

Thumbs Down

• registration is required
• the description says you can “search for keywords”, we  did not find any such search capability
• while some content is general in nature and would have universal appeal, most is specific to safety and health regulations/practices in the United Kingdom (U.K.)

Overall Rating

• iPad / iPhone – ♥♥♥♥
• Android – not available

¹ Descriptions courtesy of Apple Inc.

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