Have tons of images that I work like to showcase on the iPad without needing Filckr or Piccassa... Have seen some in the App Store... but they seem young and in need of much work it seems...
At the $5 price point and up, I'm extremely hesitant to just buy--even if an app looks promising enough to fill a need. The $14.99 price in this app would make it the second most expensive I own on an iDevice--the most expensive is Navigon, which at least has thousands of reviews to look into before buying. I wish devs would consider a limited free version (for example, be able to create just two portfolios, or ad supported) when they're going to charge prices beyond the average. I very frequently will go ahead and buy apps above that self imposed limit once I've tried a program out, but it's pretty rare that I'll just give something a shot that has only a few reviews, a higher than the norm price tag, and no trial version.
I need this, but I don't need it badly enough to take a risk on something that might be buggy, flawed, or simply not fit my needs.