Friday October 1
14:59
Introducing the App Hall of Fame!
App discoverability continues to be a real issue. With the fast churn of apps in the App Store, an app has only a few weeks of promotional life in it before it’s largely forgotten. There are a few things developers can do to fix that, but those things may not work for most apps. That’s why we think it’s important to archive these great, best...
14:04
Gobliiins Are Coming
In the midst of the huge Q4 launch schedule, the cult classic, Gobliiins, as well as the rest of the trilogy, are being ported to the iPhone in all of their original glory. The Goblins trilogy was a quirky Atari/Amiga game series from the early 90’s that became one of the first hits in the puzzle platformer genre (The Lost Vikings, Babylonian...
13:34
myPhoneDesktop – Chrome to iPhone Extension
Anyone who has used myPhoneDesktop knows that it is a fantastic tool for streamlining your onscreen workflow. Instead of having to type line after line into your phone directly, you can use myPhoneDesktop to type from your computer directly into your phone. It really is fantastic for sending long SMS messages, bringing large amounts of notes with...
13:04
Classes Review
Developer: Dustlab
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 2.4.7
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.33 out of 5 stars
I can now claim the title of college student—finally!—and gee, things are different. Among them is the way my schedule works...
12:34
AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard Pro helps the non-verb...
Being able to speak and communicate with others is something that many of us take for granted. It’s not so easy for many folks though, in particular for individuals with autism spectrum disorders, as well as those who have suffered various brain disabilities such as strokes or other conditions.
Enter AutoVerbal Talking soundboard app, something...
12:04
Pocketbooth Review
Developer: Project Box
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPhone Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.17 out of 5 stars
Pocketbooth is a new Photo booth picture App that is one of the most stylish and fun on the App Store. Offering a retro...
11:34
Get Your Roast Right With ‘Time To Roast’
Roasting meat, in the cooking world, is about as simple as it gets. The greatest roast recipe I’ve ever found is from Michael Ruhlman’s website, with the recipe titled, “The World’s Most Difficult Roasted Chicken Recipe.”
Turn your oven on high (450 if you have ventilation, 425 if not). Coat a 3- or 4-pound chicken with coarse kosher salt so that...
11:04
Swords and Sandals Review
Developer: 3RDSense
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 2.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 2.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.06 out of 5 stars
It’s been a long while since I’ve played the Flash version of Swords and Sandals. Back...
10:04
Sentinel 3 Announced
Fans of the tower defense genre will be happy to hear that Sentinel 3: Homeworld is near completion and will be released before the end of Autumn. For most fans of the genre, the Sentinel series (Sentinel: Mars Defense, Sentinel 2: Earth Defense) is near the pinnacle of genre excellence, and has been well reviewed by just about every publication...
10:04
Five For Friday: Week of October 01, 2010
Blue Defense: Second Wave!
Cat in a Box Games is back at it with a sequel to their hugely poplar Blue Defense game from 2008. It is up to you to defend the Blue planet from those obnoxiously evil Red and Green enemies. Packed with a new Gauntlet mode, leaderboards, level select, 24 enemy types, and 64 levels will keep you busy for a long time....
09:04
Corkulous Learns To Share
I’m not sure what it is, but something about the iPad just screams “cork board.” Maybe it’s because the iPad is the perfect size for a little note/ picture collection center. Whatever the reason, cork board apps have been fairly popular on the iPad, and Corkulous seems to stand out from the crowd.
Not resting on their laurels though, the team at...
08:04
Commando: Warmachine Review
Developer: Pocket Monkey Games
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.65 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.49 out of 5 stars
In my time reviewing apps I haven’t seen many successful (or many at all)...
07:04
Snooth Wine Pro Review
Developer: SNOOTH
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 2.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
iPhone Integration Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Do you like wine? Do you want an app that will help you become a better wine shopper? Then you’ll...
06:04
Jiggle Balls HD Review
Developer: Funky Visions
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
If an app is entertaining but lacks specific goals, does that make it a bad app? Jiggle Balls HD might...
Thursday September 30
17:45
The Great Inexplicable App Store Game Sale
There’s something to be said for altruistic developers who decrease the prices of their application for no real reason. Although Monday marks official Cinnamon Roll Day and World Animal Day, somehow I don’t think that’s why prices have been lowered. Similarly, I thought that it might be Back to School sales, but with most of the applications games...
15:03
DiscoveryBeat Coming to San Francisco October 18th
We’ve talked about discoverability multiple times over at our sister site, 148Apps.biz. In a world of 250,000+ apps, it’s of huge concern for app developers. That’s one of the reasons we decided to be a media sponsor for DiscoveryBeat 2010 being held in San Francisco. Put on by VentureBeat, this 1 day conference on October 18th brings together a...
14:04
iD&D: Dice Rollers Part 1
Welcome, readers, to another edition of iD&D. Last month we took an epic journey through the inner workings of the app store map power house, Battle Map. Our review took readers through the powerful tools that Battle Map offers, and showed the versatility of customization and real time interaction through the external monitor options. Check...
13:34
Famingo Releases WiFi Enabled Hot Potato Game
If you ask me, tossing your iPhone around like it’s a Hot Potato just sounds like a bad idea. That is of course, unless you’re sporting a heavy duty case. For those of you who don’t have Iron Man equivalent armor for your Apple product, Famingo has provided the solution.
Through WiFi, up to 9 devices can toss a virtual potato around without...
13:04
Dracula HD on iPad Review
Developer: Inverted Pear
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPad Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.67 out of 5 stars
The uses for the iPad are varied, and range from use as a simple media device, an eBook reader, or for interactive...
12:34
Real Racing on Sale For First Time Ever!
Editor’s Choice and 5-star rated Real Racing is finding itself on a week long sale beginning September 30. The 40% off sale will bring Real Racing down to the low price of $2.99 for a limited time. For those of you unaware of the racing powerhouse, you can find our glowing review here.
Those of you well versed in the beauty that is Real Racing...
12:04
The Ball Is Too Fast… Review
Developer: Level’d
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.05 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.91 out of 5 stars
The official title of the app, if you were wondering, is The Ball Is Too Fast, The Game...
11:04
Touch Retouch Review
Developer: Adva-Soft
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.3
iPhone Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.05 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.02 out of 5 stars
After using Touch Retouch for about five minutes, I was puzzled as to why this hadn’t been made into an app before. To...
10:04
Could Google Voice Finally See an iOS Release?
It is hard to argue that Google Voice isn’t one of the most useful web based creations since the email.  Okay, maybe that is going a bit too far, but you would be hard pressed to find a bigger innovation over the last couple of years.  Integrating the use of free voice mail, call dictation, and even VoIP functionality, Google has once again...
09:04
iPhotographer: iOS Changes Photo Scouting For The Be...
Scouting out your next photo is already more work than performing a root canal on a hyperactive child. Looking for vantage points, judging the sun, or moon, taking test shots, and so much more go into a good planning session. All this work often leads to lugging backbreaking equipment around just for a simple test shot. iOS has changed the face of...
08:04
360 Panorama Review
Developer: Occipital
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 2.0.1
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.45 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.57 out of 5 stars
Using apps to take panoramic shots is pretty fun, but stitching together photos is a tedious process. You have to...
07:34
Todo 4 Makes Task Management Even Easier
Todo, from Appigo, has long been one of the best task management apps on the iPhone, and now the iPad. Back in Jan, 2009, when we did the original review, we touted its streamlined interface and its free online syncing as the features that put the app above the rest, but the new Todo 4 adds even more to the already impressive app.
The major update...
07:04
Blue Defense: Second Wave Review
Developer: Cat-in-a-Box Games
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3G, iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.31 out of 5 stars
Blue Defense: Second Wave is a shining example of two things....
06:04
Trainyard Express Review
Developer: Matt Rix
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.15
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.45 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.05 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.19 out of 5 stars
Trainyard express is a spartan (as in bare bones, not Greek) puzzle game with a...
01:00
Tap ‘n Cap – iPhone App Review
Tap ‘n Cap ($0.99)
Version 1.1
I’m a cat person, myself.  I’ve had a few dogs over the years, and I think they’re nice enough, but I still prefer cats.  As such, the frequent pictures and videos of cats you find on the internet are great, and it’s probably no surprise that I visit a few lolcat sites when I’ve got a few spare minutes.
The one...
01:00
Aliens Need Brains – iPhone App Review
 
Aliens Need Brains ($1.99)
Version 1.0
Did you ever play the game Beachhead 2000? I’m not talking about the PC version, but the arcade version, where you have to put on a helmet and rotate around to shoot the bad guys?  It was a lot of fun to be staring out of my visor onto the battlefield and mowing down wave after wave of enemy, rotating...
01:00
Virion SD – iPhone App Review
 
Virion SD ($0.99)
Version 1.0
A couple years back a kid with cancer teamed up with a game studio to make a small indie game about fighting cancer – literally.  I never got a chance to play it, but the footage I saw made it look like a cross between Space Harrier and the movie Fantastic Voyage.
Apparently, part of the idea sprang from research...
Wednesday September 29
14:04
Halfbrick Is Bringing Age of Zombies to iOS
If you’ve played Halfbrick’s Monster Dash, you will be aware of the game’s wisecracking protagonist, Barry Steakfries. What you may not be aware of is that Monster Dash is not the character’s debut – he first appeared in a PSN Minis game called Age of Zombies, that was a top-down shooter that involved time traveling and snarky humor. Why am I...
13:04
iFitness HD for iPad Review
Developer: Medical Productions
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
If you are serious about exercise – the weightlifting, strength training, old school kind of...
12:34
Free Calls Coming to iPhone Soon From Pinger
In this day and age, new tech startups are pretty much a dime a dozen.  Everyone thinks that they have that next million dollar idea that could take the world by storm; unfortunately, very rarely is this the case.  Fortunately enough for recently founded Pinger, Inc., they may have found their niche in a big way.  Taking advantage of increased...
12:04
Panoramatic 360 Review
Developer: floaty
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 3.0.7
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.55 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.58 out of 5 stars
Panoramatic 360 is a relatively easy to use panoramic picture app that stitches together pictures to create a seamless...
11:04
Rogue Runner Review
Developer: Glowdot Productions
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 2.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 5 stars
Casual mobile gaming and endless runners are a match made in heaven, but the...
10:04
The Portable Podcast, Episode 52
I request that you get to the helicopter.
On This Episode:
Carter speaks with One Man Left’s Adam Stewart and Alex Okafor about the upcoming Tilt to Live HD, and how they adapted the game from the iPhone to the iPad, including a reworking of the Gauntlet mode. Tangents are also gone off upon.
Carter speaks with Vijay Thakkar, Technical Director at...
09:04
Favorite Four – Apps For The Toolbox
There are those who buy the iPhone for silly games, and then there are those who buy the iPhone for manly purposes like measuring tables and making sure shelves are made level. While you were putzing around playing Doodle Jump and Pocket God, these people were flicking their digital Zippo lighters in peoples faces, just because they could. They...
08:04
Fiona’s Flowers HD Review
Developer: Chillingo
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed on: 16GB iPad 3G
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.92 out of 5 stars
Fiona’s Flowers is a time management game that takes elements from quite a few games currently...
07:04
The Hero HD Review
Developer: Chillingo
Price: $0.99 (Sale Price)
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed on: 16GB iPad 3G
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.19 out of 5 stars
When we reviewed The Hero back in March it...
06:34
Sonic 4 Episode 1 Gets a Release Date
Sega’s long-awaited main franchise return to the Sonic series, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1, has a concrete release date, and it’s sooner than you might think. While the console versions will hit starting the week of October 11th, it will be the iPhone and iPod touch that will see the game first, on October 7th.
As stated in Rob’s hands-on with...
06:04
AutoRingTone Pro review
Developer: No Ties Software
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 6.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
iPhone Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
AutoRingTone Pro Text to Speech Ringtones is an incredibly long title for a very simple tool;...
02:30
Toy Physics HD – iPad App Review
Toy Physics HD ($3.99)
Version – 1.0.1
Review – “Fast-paced physics game brought to the iPad platform!”
One genre of games that definitely benefits from the iPad’s larger screen are puzzle games. Especially games like Toy Physics! The extra screen space allows there to be a lot more going on at the same time. The basic idea of Toy Physics...
Tuesday September 28
21:03
Sonos Controller for iPad Makes Your Entire Home A S...
As a heavy music consumer, it is hard for me to imagine a day in my life without the wonderful aid of any of a number of different genres of audio entertainment.  Rarely is there a moment where I do not have a headphone attached to my ear or a speaker of some sort blaring lord knows what.  You can pretty much guarantee that as long as it doesn’t...
14:04
ABC’s My Generation Sync Shows The Future Of TV
Regardless of your opinion of ABC’s “My Generation,” a show that I didn’t know existed until this week, the resulting companion app is quite amazing. Instead of just being an app that just ties in with the show, My Generation Sync actually syncs with the show to provide all sorts of polls, quizzes, and behind the scenes info to make the experience...
13:04
Mr. Bill Review
Developer: Capcom Mobile
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Those of a younger generation may not remember Mr. Bill, the clay...
12:34
Apple Remote Finally Updated
After a good long year of waiting, the guy that was too busy to update the Remote app has apparently found enough free time to build an update.
The new update brings the amazing Remote functionality to the iPad and has finally given the retina display treatment for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Home sharing is also supported now, which lets the...
12:04
Babylonian Twins Review
Developer: Cosmos Interactive
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1.1
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.41 out of 5 stars
Babylonian Twins has had quite the time getting to the masses. It was...
11:04
Living Earth HD World Time Clock & Weather Revie...
When I first started the App up, the first thing I noticed was the super realistic blue marble on screen. The Day/Night, Light/Dark sides of the Earth are both brilliant, especially considering the cloud cover is accurate meteorologically and updates often with the changes in real life. I’m also looking forward to the little globe updating with...
10:04
Neuro Board Review Takes Studying to Another Level
Education.  Sure, it was the bane of my existence, but where would we be as a society without it?  I mean, who wouldn’t want to spend four years of their life (or more), just to get a piece of paper that says they are competent in their field of choice?  I realize that is oversimplifying matters a bit, but thankfully there are those that go...
09:04
iStrology: An Astrology App, Anime-Style
Astrology isn’t exactly a science—just ask Dr. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, who calls it “pseudoscientific hokum.” Does that prevent checking your horoscope from being fun? Definitely not!
iStrology is, as you might expect, a simple and somewhat silly app. It lets you find your zodiac sign using a “birthwheel,” then delivers your...
08:45
Enter The Sonos Wireless Dock
The Sonos Wireless Speaker System is a multi-room speaker system that lets you control all of your music – whether it be from iTunes or an assortment of radio systems including Sirius and Pandora – from one remote (either a Sonos remote or an iDevice with the installed app). Take a look at our review of the Sonos S5 from earlier this year for...
08:04
Wearcast for iPhone Review
Developer: Wearcast LLC
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.42 out of 5 stars
Wearcast is a neat little weather App that offers you personal suggestions on what type of clothes would fit the...
07:04
CalenGoo Review
Developer: Dominique Andr Gunia
Price: $6.99
Version Reviewed: 1.5.6
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Please note: CalenGoo is a universal (iPad + iPhone) app; however, this review is based on the iPhone version....
06:04
The Gentle Alarm Review
Developer: Craft AG
Price: $3.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.17 out of 5 stars
Alarm clocks are possibly one of the best inventions ever, because otherwise I’d never make it anywhere on time. And yet…the...
Monday September 27
13:04
Pipe Rush Review
Developer: Clickgamer
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.14 out of 5 stars
Clickgamer seems to have the casual gaming genre down pat, with Angry Birds perched on...
12:04
Axe in Face review
Developer: Blue Carrot Games
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.19 out of 5 stars
Daffodils are quite important to Vikings it seems. Or at...
11:04
iA Writer. iPad App Review
Developer: Information Architects Inc
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPad Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.83 out of 5 stars
iA Writer. is another drop-box enabled text editor for the iPad, however the developers have done an...
10:04
Wikitude Update Strengthens Augmented Reality
In The West Wing, Chief of Staff Leo McGarry once remarked “where’s my jet pack?” when referring to the advancements of technology in his lifetime. In one sense, he’s right to remark. But technology has come remarkably far in the past number of decades, especially for the end consumer.
One area where it has excelled is in the concept of augmented...
09:04
Knightfall: Death and Taxes Review
Developer: Namco
Price: FREEMIUM
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.65 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.66 out of 5 stars
There’s no shame in trying to fudge together genres to create a super genre, and if...
08:04
We City Review
Developer: ngmoco:)
Price: FREEMIUM
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.65 out of 5 stars
This “We” game formula is turning people, ages 12-36, into brain sludge. I have no...
07:04
NotifyMe 2 Control Center Review
Developer: powerybase
Price: $9.99
Version: 2.1
Design Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Earlier this year, I awarded NotifyMe for iPhone 4.5 stars for its excellent integration, minimalist approach and useful purpose. I concluded “It’s an...
06:04
Kitchen, Say hello to iPad with Gourmet Live
Condé Nast Digital’s latest addition to Gourmet is the launch of the official application for iPad, called Gourmet Live, allowing users to explore their “passions for every aspect of food in a brand new way” (Condé Nast). The application is free, includes some recipes to get started, and is available to download now.
“This app brings together the...
02:14
Best Manager Secrets – iPhone App Review
Best Manager Secrets ($1.99)
Version 1.0
Part and parcel with business management are the myriad books on different business management philosophies.  We’ve all seen books by the likes of Zig Ziglar and Donald Trump.  Business managers and the like also read books like The Art of War by Sun Tsu and The Book of the Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi...
Sunday September 26
08:11
Moto Mania – iPhone App Review
Moto Mania ($0.99)
Version 1.01
I used to love playing Excitebike back when I first got my NES.  It was a very simple but fun game, running up ramps and making huge jumps.  Moto Mania reminds me of Excitebike quite a bit; it’s a very simple and fun game, running up ramps and making huge jumps.
Controls are equally simple: to accelerate, touch...
07:40
Roll Em Hoops HD – iPad App Review
Roll Em Hoops HD ($1.99)
Version 1.0
I have very fond memories of ski-ball; countless hours spentrolling balls up that slope to get as many tickets as possible to win prizes at Chuck E. Cheeze.  As such, Roll Em Hoops gives me something of a nostalgic feeling.  Of course, it’s not classic ski-ball; it’s more a hybrid of ski-ball and the free...
02:30
Puzzle Bricks – iPhone App Review
Puzzle Bricks ($0.99)
Version – 1.2.3
Review – “Protect planet earth from the invading forces”
Puzzle bricks is another great game if you’re looking for something that you can pick up and play for just a few minutes when you have some time to kill. The game is based on concepts from games like Breakout and Space invaders. the basic idea is...
Saturday September 25
02:30
Almost DSLR – iPhone App Review
Almost DSLR ($1.99)
Version – 1.1.3
Review – “Take full advantage of your iOS camera!”
So you’ve heard all the talk about how great the camera’s are in the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch? And then you saw the app that you use to actually take the pictures! While it is simple to use, certain parts of it are kind of slow and there are not...
Friday September 24
15:33
Stardunk Is Becoming Free… Sort Of
Stardunk is a pretty amazing little game that was the first, to my knowledge, to get massively multiplayer right. The game seamlessly allowed for 10 people to play against each other at once with no noticeable lag of any kind. Categorizing Stardunk though is a bit tough. Is it a basketball game? Is it a physics game? All I know is that it is fun....
15:04
checkMeet Fills Your Busy Day
Remember the good ol’ 90’s, where TV shows would often have lines like, “well, let me see if I can fit that into my schedule” while the character fiddled with his or her schedule book? I do, and that’s exactly why I would be so excited to use checkMeet, you know, if I were a busy guy.
Instead, my day goes a lot like this. Wake up, breakfast,...
14:04
Ruler 2 Brings Elegant Measurements…and a Chance at...
Ruler 2 is a new app from the same folks who brought us the popular book app, Classics. Like Classics, Ruler 2 pays equal attention to form and function; beneath the glossy interface is an easy-to-use ruler, complete with a slider for measurement instead of forcing you to guestimate. The app supports both inches and centimeters, includes a trick...
13:04
Zentomino Review
Developer: Little White Bear Studios
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.9.4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.45 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.43 out of 5 stars
You know you have a problem on your hands when you are playing a...
12:04
Jumbline 2 Review
Developer: http://www.jumbline.com/
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.5.1
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.01 out of 5 stars
Word puzzles, along with tower defense and line drawing games, were...
11:04
NinJump Gets iPad Version and a Planned Content Expa...
Backflip Studios are going all-out in unleashing their lineup of freemium games onto the App Store. After launching Buganoids on both the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad last week, Backflip Studios is now going through their back catalog of games released this summer, with NinJump now getting an iPad version, appropriately called NinJump HD.
NinJump HD...
10:04
Five For Friday: Week of September 24, 2010
Dark Void Zero:
Dark Void on the consoles may have bombed on the review charts, but the iPhone version is an utterly different story. 8-bit visuals, achievements, online leaderboards, and so much more make this side scrolling shooter a highly addictive game. Capcom, being the devilishly nice company they are, is even feeling a bit generous and...
09:04
New Apps Assure What Happens in Vegas, Well, You Kno...
Nestled in middle of the desolate Nevada desert rests a little oasis that is best described in a quote by one Obi Wan Kenobi: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”  While that could be used to describe the city’s seedy, mob ruled past, people prefer to just shorten it up and call it by the much sexier, “Sin City.”  After...
08:04
Ninjatown: Trees of Doom HD for iPad Review
Developer: VENAN ENTERTAINMENT
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.3.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.94 out of 5 stars
Let’s get this out on the table to begin with: I know next to...
07:04
Alarm Clock Connect Review
Developer: McLean Mobile Solutions
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.21
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.67 out of 5 stars
An alarm clock app is arguably one of the most important apps you’ll use — if it doesn’t work, you miss...
06:30
We City Completes The “We” Trilogy
ngmoco:), the company that has dominated the freemium category on the iPhone thus far, has today added We City to its collection of “We” games. For those that weren’t aware, the original two games, “We Rule” and “We Farm” have been hugely successful, but were primarily relegated to things like farming and raising livestock. After the explosion of...
06:04
Filemaker Go Gets Huge Update
For those of you who have, need, or are interested in databases, Filemaker Pro is the most complete database software offered on the Mac platform (it’s also on the PC but I’m not familiar enough with thePC version to make any claims). Compared to other database software platforms, it is fairly easy to use, and more importantly, easy to keep up...
02:30
iDrink4Free – iPhone App Review
iDrink4Free ($0.99)
Version – 2.4
Review – “Fool your friends into buying you a drink!”
Whether you spend a lot of time in the bar, or you just want a few nifty tricks to show your friends, iDrink4Free is a very interesting app. The basic idea is that it has a variety of “parlor tricks” that you can perform to trick people into buying you a...
Thursday September 23
15:30
Etolis: Arena – Dual Stick Shooting In Space
Dual stick shooters, like tower defense games, word puzzles, physics puzzles, match-3 puzzles, and line drawing games are a dime a dozen these days. Plop a Rambo-like guy down onto the screen and let him go around killing anything and everything, and there you have it, a winning dual stick shooter. Well, you had a winning dual stick shooter. After...
15:04
Lyricists Find Their Muse with Songwriter’s Pad
As a musician, I have always appreciated when the worlds of sheetmusic and technology collide.  In college I first explored writing music on computer and the tools that were at your disposal were mind blowing.  Everything from auto-playback to automatically adding in chord progressions was at your fingertips, but there was still one small problem...
14:39
Take Part in Dreadnought Design’s iPhone Game Resear...
Ask any advertiser what the most important things about ad development are and they’re sure to say “target audience” as one of the points. With over a quarter of a billion downloads to date, the App Store caters for a great spectrum of demand from business to entertainment, finance to games, social networking to utilities. Fine-tuning this broad...
14:04
DAH-Measure – Your Invisible Ruler
There have been a few apps that I’ve picked up that claim to be able to judge the distance from one object to the next, all of which have produced questionable results. The one that I liked the best was Sonar Ruler, but it wasn’t very practical to use, and became more of a cool “look what my iPhone can do” app than anything.
DAH-Measure takes the...
13:04
Monster Memory Match for iPad
“Monster Memory Match for iPad” is a matching game that uses a combination of monster drawings and sight words to make this app both fun and educational. This app begins with the screen full of cards. Tap to flip each card over and try to remember what monster or word is on the other side, in the interest of making pairs.
I am really pleased with...
12:04
iPad Review: Foosball Hero
Developer: nosheet
Price: $1.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Foosball is a very competitive game. College students and bar dwellers...
11:04
Nike+GPS Review
Developer: Nike
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.65 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.72 out of 5 stars
Ok, I just want to get something out of the way real quick. I didn’t run 7.13 miles in 13.33 as the screenshot would...
10:04
PhotoArtista – Oil Review
Developer: JixiPix
Price: $4.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
So, you went out this weekend and captured a bunch of photos. A few of these turned out well, others maybe not so much. You...
09:04
Monle Review
Developer: Ochen K.
Price: $9.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1.2
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3G, iPad
iPhone Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.83 out of 5 stars
I have a dream. A dream that I could edit my iOS podcast on an iOS device. After all, there’s...
09:01
Hands-On Preview: Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus
Gameloft gave us a chance to get hands on with their latest shooter, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus — and it’s a good one.
I’ll be the first to admit that when the earliest first person shooters came out for the iPhone, I was very critical and just didn’t think they would work. But Gameloft has, with each of their FPS releases, gotten better and...
08:04
Healthy Food Finder Review
Developer: CALORICIOUS
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
iPhone Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.33 out of 5 stars
Healthy Food Finder by Caloricious is exactly what its name implies: a shopping app that focuses...
07:04
iPhone Review: RollOut
Developer: Bullypix
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.1
App Reviewed on: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.88 out of 5 stars
Simplicity with a side of mind-bending difficulty is often the heart of...
06:04
Change Your Eating Habits With 21-Day Vegan Kickstar...
Guess what, America? There are people who really don’t crave burgers, steaks, and gobs of meat for every meal. There are people who don’t even eat food that contain products that come from animals of any sort. This group of people runs under the Vegan flag. Those of you curious about trying this lifestyle should continue reading.
21-Day Vegan...
02:30
Mortgage Calculator – The Amortizer – iPhone App Rev...
Mortgage Calculator – The Amortizer ($0.99)
Version – 1.1
Review – “A great app for homebuyers and homeowners looking to refinance!”
Whether you’re looking to buy a new house, or you’re looking at refinancing a property, wouldn’t it be great to be able to figure out what a loan would look like anywhere on your phone? Well now you can with a $...
Wednesday September 22
14:04
WMDs Review
Developer: DARKMOJO
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.5
Device Reviewed On: iPhone
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 2.83 out of 5 stars
Comic books and the iPad seem like a match made in heaven, but there are still some kinks to work out...
13:04
RingToneMaker Pro review
Developer: Zentertain
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
iPhone Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
The clue is in the name when it comes to RingToneMaker Pro, it’s an app that creates ringtones for...
12:04
Home Gene-Splicing Kit Review
Developer: You-Betcha Interactive
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 2.75 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.53 out of 5 stars
Scarred for life is an understatement here.
Remember the old Conan skit where he would take two people...
11:04
Spell Like a Pirate: Words With Pirates Swashbuckles...
September 19th was national Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Newtoy, the developers of Words With Friends, decided that the day shouldn’t go unmarked. Hence the new arrival of Words With Pirates on the App Store. If you’re a bit too skittish to actually talk like a pirate in honor of our proud national holiday, perhaps you should download the app...
10:04
Favorite Four – Music Creation Apps
Music production is no longer something that is restrained to long hours in a studio with egg carton foam plastered all over the walls. Now everyone from the most skilled beat mixers to the metalheads next door can throw down tracks that would make even Lady Gaga quiver in her Meat Dress.
How is the next composer of ear bleeding beats supposed to...
