NProfile

Having multiple sources of information stored in one place is a more than convenient, for some it is essential. For those who run a business, manage a project or simple work with varied information, a single application to store everything is a necessity. NProfile allows multiple users to manage their own databases of information on various different subjects and predefined fields.

The application displays a very dated look and an unorthodox design to its main interface, the main window is essentially blank with a few shortcuts added to different information fields. The minimalistic design is counter intuitive and unusual to navigate at first, it can make understanding and accessing the various features difficult.

The features themselves are useful however and the dashboard shortcuts show the last entry into a particular field, as well as accessing that category’s general area in the application. This means that, once users become more acclimatized to the design and begin using the application, its design shows merit once it features some content in it. Unfortunately, the application is not free, in fact it is rather expensive and the awkward design puts a question mark on its value.

The features themselves are far from perfect, text fields cannot be customized and for features like the printable surveys, the number of questions cannot be set. Still the application offers detailed selection of standard text fields that cover most relevant information. The Customer, News, Leads and Survey areas are still its main databases, but they can be adapted or interpreted different to store most things, especially the News tab which doubles as a text database.

The application is lacking a robust Options menu though, while various parts of the application can be edited via multiple different menus, it is confusing and disorganized. Compiling the options into a single, tabbed window and adding more options such as displaying a database on the main window, would improve the program.

In conclusion, NProfile is a fair database management tool that offers a reasonable amount of options. There are significant and clear ways for the application to be improved, such as the display options, the main window design and more customization in the text fields. While this would be forgivable in a cheaper or free application, NProfile is neither, it might be a very hard to choice to justify purchasing it.