Tuesday September 21
06:04
Blind World Review
Developer: Dmitriy Kuzmenko
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.05 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.89 out of 5 stars
Blind World is one of those games that takes a while to sink in. The...
Monday September 20
17:01
Gameloft Hits 20 Million Sold
Gameloft announced today that it has sold a monstrous 20 million apps since the App Store opened in July of 2008. Regardless on your stance on Gameloft and the originality of their titles, this number is incredible.
According to Gameloft, 42 of their 47 iPad and iPhone games that have come out this calendar year have reached the top 5 in the games...
14:04
Coming Soon From Gameloft
Gangstar: Miami Vindication – Nobody has ever given Gameloft an award for being creative in any way, shape, or form but they do typically put out solid games. Gangstar, the app that out-Grand Theft Auto’d Grand Theft Auto by coming out first in the app store is coming out with a new version called Vice City Miami Vindication.
Expect all sorts of...
13:04
Mr Yin & Ms Yang Review
Developer: FunTribe
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Mr Yin & Ms Yang is a simplistic puzzle game based on a neat idea: you control two...
12:04
Steve Young Football! Review
Developer: Vaporware Labs
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.13 out of 5 stars
Steve Young Football! is the most surprisingly bizarre game I’ve possibly ever...
11:04
Be Aware Of Your Suroundings With Awareness
Every so often I find myself next to a car on the freeway with a driver that has earbuds in his ear. While the driver is jamming out to presumably whatever is on his iPhone, I often wonder what would happen if someone honked at him. Would he hear it?
The worst is when you see someone walking around with earbuds. Like a driver on a cell phone, the...
10:04
Beyond Ynth Review
Developer: FDG Entertainment
Price: $3.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beyond Ynth is a puzzle game that just does things right. Too many puzzle...
09:04
My U2B Review
Developer: ADAPPTION / MY U2B LLC
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: IPOD TOUCH
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 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 out of 5 stars
My U2B is one of those apps that wants to replace the native YouTube app on your iPhone...
08:04
Coming Soon From Namco
Knightfall: Death and Taxes – Namco is pretty good about trying to fudge genres together — which makes Knightfall right up their alley. Nightfall is an RPG puzzler with a whopping 100 levels. The game features special abilities, different fighting styles, and a strange puzzle system that requires you to rotate levels to beat the puzzles. It’s hard...
07:04
MovieCat! review
Developer: OtherWise Games
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.19 out of 5 stars
It might sound corny but I had trouble putting MovieCat! down....
06:04
Seed 2 – Vortex of War Review
Developer: Chillingo
Price: $3.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 1.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.21 out of 5 stars
It’s madness! Madness I tell you!
Here is the short tale of my go-around with Seed 2...
02:30
Funny Call – iPhone App Review
Funny Call (Free)
Version – 1.2
Review – “Prank calling taken to a whole new level!”
Whether you’re prank calling people, or you just want to freak out a friend apparently “there’s an app for that!” Funny Call is an app that allows you to alter the sound of your voice when you make a phone call from within the app. The app is free to try out...
Saturday September 18
02:30
Touch Chaos – iPhone App Review
Touch Chaos (0.99)
Version – 1.2
Review – “Find out just how fast your fingers can be!”
If you’re looking for a good way to get used to touching exactly where you want to on your iPhone you may want to check out Touch Chaos. The basic idea is that you see randomly colored balls flying around the screen, and you have have to touch certain...
Friday September 17
13:04
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Coming To iPad
Call me old fashioned, but I typically like to read my books on paper. Maybe it’s my pride in ownership, or maybe it’s just me thinking like an antique, but if I’m going to buy a book, it’s going to be a real one. Unless it has more to offer.
PadWorx Digital Media is releasing an interactive version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula to the iPad just in...
11:04
Meatwad Comes To Your iPhone
Turner Broadcasting is pairing up with the company that loves the ™, ustwo™ (.™, ..™, …™) to create its newest Adult Swim game, Meatstroke. Based on the hit Adult Swim show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Meatstroke is a funny new arcade game featuring one of the shows stars, Meatwad. Just in case you don’t know who or what Meatwad is, he is a flying,...
10:04
Five For Friday: Week of September 17, 2010
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD:
That crazy Prince of Persia is back on the App Store. This time he is looking to conquer your iPad with some sexy HD goodness. Take on 12 chapters of fighting, platforming, and puzzle solving goodness. Gameloft has taken their successful iPhone game, beefed it up and brought it for all to enjoy on the iPad. See...
09:04
GTA: Chinatown Wars HD for iPad Review
Developer: Rockstar Games
Price: $9.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
For those of you that might be new to the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad gaming scene, there are several...
08:10
Buganoids Review
Developer: Backflip Studios
Price: Free, with $0.99 In-App Purchase to Remove Ads
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3G, iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.15 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.18 out of 5 stars
Backflip...
07:04
Movie Night Out Makes Planning Much Nicer
Movie Night Out is a perfect app for planning your night, assuming that you are going to go see a movie. Instead of going to multiple websites or using multiple apps to handle the task, Movie Night Out plans the whole night for you, no matter what kind of night you want to have.
By choosing what you want to start and end your night with, whether...
06:04
You Too Can Find Bigfoot With Myth Photo
There are plenty of games out there in the App Store that have you shooting animals with guns, rifles, and tanks (?), but Myth Photo may be the first to have you hunting them with the Sierra Club special, a camera.
Myth Photo is a photo hunting game that has you going around the forest armed with a camera and a healthy appetite to take pictures of...
04:00
Tetrapped – iPhone App Review
Tetrapped ($0.99)
Version – 1.0.1
Review – “Familiar shapes in a new type of puzzle game!”
Tetrapped is a puzzle game that is designed to really make you think. There are no timers or score, it’s just how many moves will it take you to solve the puzzle! The basic idea is that you are given various shaped pieces inside a box and you have to...
Thursday September 16
13:04
Flick Kick Field Goal Review
Developer: PikPok
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.74 out of 5 stars
After watching Dave Buehler miss his first career NFL field goal attempt for the Dallas...
12:04
Documents To Go Hits Version 4.0
Lets take a second to be honest with ourselves for a moment.  As outstanding as the iPhone and iPod are as devices, they lack certain functionality that would prove to be useful to business men and women.  For one, the ability to create and edit Microsoft Office formatted documents would be great, but why would Apple develop an application like...
11:04
SOS Penguin! Review
Developer: Stefan Mensen
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3GS
Graphics / Sound Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 2.88 out of 5 stars
SOS Penguin! is a another app from Stefan Mensen’s collection, and...
10:04
iPhotographer: PhotoCaddy HD Review
Developer: Aspyre Apps
Price: $3.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Ever been walking around shooting photos and wondered how to take a photo of a particular subject? Maybe you love those...
09:43
iSwifter Streams Flash To You – For Better Or Worse
For better or worse, Apple’s App Store submission policies became much more lax last week. In Apple’s own words, “In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the...
09:04
The Impossible Game Gets Impossible-r With Two New L...
As though the original Impossible Game wasn’t punishing enough! All kidding aside, when I took a look at The Impossible Game this April I absolutely loved it—sure, it was difficult, but it nailed that sweet spot of simplistic, addictive fun. The Impossible Game sets your orange block on a fast-moving track populated by obstacles (spikes, pits) and...
08:04
SketchBook Pro Review
Developer: Autodesk Inc.
Price: $7.99
Version: 1.2
Design Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.67 out of 5 stars
The iPad’s purpose as a writing device is well recognized. There are countless note taking applications, from the inbuilt Notes application right up to Apple’s...
07:04
iTV Shows HD Review
Developer: iSnoop.fr
Price: $1.99
Version: 3.9.0
Design Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
iTV Shows HD provides a simple, effective way to follow the TV shows that you are interested in. Its content is aggregated from both The TV Database and TVRage...
06:04
Pro HDR Review
Developer: eyeApps
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 2.1
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.05 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: 4.33 out of 5 stars
I’m not a photography buff, I don’t own an SLR camera, and I don’t have a weird obsession with all things Canon or...
01:12
Energy4You – iPhone App Review
Energy4You – © 2010 Komáromy Publishing Kft.
version 1.0
$2.99
I should start this by saying I am not a religious or spiritual person, myself, but I do respect the fact that a lot of people find value in that. A lot of people in the world need something to believe in, as well as some outside motivation to keep them going in their day-to-day...
Wednesday September 15
15:33
Pocket Frogs Review
Developer: NimbleBit
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 2.9 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.41 out of 5 stars
Pocket Frogs is perhaps the first “freemium” game that I’ve played on the app store...
14:04
Virtual City review
Developer: G5 Entertainment
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.88 out of 5 stars
Virtual City oozes charm right from the offset. It’s a bit...
13:04
Black Tie Adventure Review
Developer: 7th Playground
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.4
Device Reviewed On: 3rd Gen iPod Touch
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.67 out of 5 stars
Black Tie Adventure is a platform game that relies on a quirky story and off-kilter premise,...
12:04
RipCord Music Player Could be a Lifesaver
I make no bones about the fact that it is a scary world out there.  It doesn’t help matters any to know that there could be a sicko or nut job waiting around any corner, just looking for an opportunity to pounce on some unwitting victim.  Sure this may be pure paranoia, but that is what my meds are for, right?  Anyway, It has become a sad reality...
11:41
Apple Rolls Out iOS 4.2 Beta 1 for iPad, iPhone and...
Members of the Apple Developer Program now have the option to download and install the preliminary beta of the much-hyped iOS 4.2 by Apple for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. MacStories is reporting that the download weighs in at 514MB for iPad and 617MB for iPhone 4.
iOS 4.2 for iPad includes a number of features already built, optimized and...
11:04
Multitasking for iPad Review
Developer: Collective Cognition
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.38 out of 5 stars
Multitasking. For most of us, it’s a fact of life, and a skill we...
10:04
Favorite Four – New(ish) RPG’s
The RPG genre is a tough one to peg down on the iPhone. The problem with the genre is that different people want such different things out of it. Some people want long, drawn out Final Fantasy type games while others want something that is a bit more simple. There is just too much flavor for one genre to be fairly condensed into four games, but I...
09:04
The Portable Podcast, Episode 50: An Interview with...
On This Episode:
OpenFeint currently stands at a crossroads – with Apple taking on OpenFeint in the metagaming space on iOS, they find themselves trying to remain relevant in the long-term. And as of today, it appears as if OpenFeint is looking beyond iOS for the future of their products. Today, OpenFeint is announcing that they are launching...
09:01
OpenFeint Now Available on Android – Cross Platform...
OpenFeint announced today that their social gaming network SDK has been released for Android developers. They have also announced some heavy hitting iPhone games that have been ported to Android and will be out this month. In addition, they will be working with game developers to help promote the best games that utilize their SDK both to consumers...
08:30
Rush! Fire Attack! – iPhone App Review
Rush! Fire Attack! ($1.99) – only $0.99 this week!!
Version – 2.0
Review – “Cause mayhem with this accelerometer based arcade game!”
If you enjoy fast-paced games, and smashing things, Rush! Fire Attack! may have just what you’re looking for! This is an extremely simple game that is based around a boulder falling down a hill and crushing...
08:04
Megaplex Madness Review
Developer: Big Fish Games
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.15 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.71 out of 5 stars
I was originally drawn to Megaplex Madness because of its mention on Apple’s...
07:04
The Pedlar Lady for iPad Review
Developer: MOVING TALES
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.01
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.42 out of 5 stars
I’ve never heard of the old folk tale(s) that The Pedlar Lady originated from, but the notion of...
06:04
Caligo Chaser Review
Developer: Com2uS
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.25 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: 4.85 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.09 out of 5 stars
Being a reviewer, I typically have a good sense of what works in a game and what doesn...
02:15
Zombie Cover HD – iPad App Review
Zombie Cover HD ($3.99)
Version – 2.0
Review – “Pass the time with this addictive strategy game!”
If your the type of person that enjoys a good puzzle, then you might want to take a look at Zombie Cover HD. The basic idea of this app is that you have to protect the Zombies by dropping the objects you’re given to keep them safe! While this...
Tuesday September 14
14:04
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum Releas...
When you learn about major events in U.S. History, especially events such as Pearl Harbor that occurred quite some time before your own birth, it’s with a certain amount of disconnect that you absorb all of the information delivered. There’s an understanding of the severity of the event, the lasting effects such an event has, and a general...
13:04
Hybrid 2: Saga of Nostalgia Review
Developer: Gamevil
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.63 out of 5 stars
Hybrid 2: Saga of Nostalgia reminds me of Streets of Rage with some...
12:04
iCasual: Doodle Sky Pro
Developer: UwinGame Inc & OF Games
Price: $.99
Version: 1.0
Reviewed on: iPod Touch and iPad
Written and Recorded by: Michelle Lopez
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Hello everyone this is Michelle from The Portable Gamer with your iCasual report for...
09:04
EA Pulls Back Curtain on Fall Lineup
When it comes to supporting iOS devices, it would be impossible to ignore EA’s massive mobile development wing.  Not only have they successfully ported numerous versions of their successful console games to to iPad and iPhone, but with the addition of the Hasbro lineup, they have also recently released a new casual-focused series of titles.  With...
08:04
Born To Multitask – Interview With Paul Papasavas of...
I’d say that the average American is happily employed by one company, goes to work around 9, and gets home at 5. They probably make some dinner after they get home and watch some TV.
“Sometimes I do like to ‘veg’ and do ‘nothing,’ just put a movie on. Balance, ugh! That’s the absolute challenge of life.”
Paul Papasavas isn’t your typical...
07:04
Flickr Studio Review
Developer: Keeple
Price: $4.99
Version: 1.0
Design Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.33 out of 5 stars
The iPad’s 9.5″ display makes it small enough to carry with ease and large enough to enjoy videos and photos without being constrained by a small screen. Flickr...
06:04
ABC Wildlife! Review
“ABC Wildlife!” is an app which helps introduce animals and letters to kids with the use of pictures, videos and animal facts. Tap on a letter, and then scroll through corresponding pictures of an animal that starts with the same letter chosen. At the bottom of the screen, the animal will be spelled out and any of these letters can also be chosen...
02:30
Audio Class Notes Free – iPhone App Review
Audio Class Notes Free
Version – 1.0
Review – “Take notes the easy way for free!”
I found that one of the most irritating things in college was trying to keep up with some of my professors taking notes. There’s just so much information in some classes that sometimes it’s hard to decide what you need to write down. If you have one of those...
Monday September 13
12:04
Star Fighter X2 for iPad Review
Developer: Manic Networks
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
Device Reviewed On:iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.33 out of 5 stars
Multi-player single device games are a dime a dozen in the app store right now. Outside your board and card...
11:04
Danger! Dodgeball HD for iPad Review
Developer: Robot Stampede
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Ah Dodgeball, how you are the bane of all fat kids, and the sparkle in all athletic kids lives....
10:04
Simon Graham and the Extraordinary Timepiece Book 1...
Developer: The App House
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.2
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Simon Graham and the Extraordinary Timepiece is another addition to the brain heavy puzzle genre that has...
09:04
Attack of the Kraken review
Developer: Quantum Sheep
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
I was a little young to experience Attack of the Mutant Camels the...
08:12
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08:04
LawnMowerKids Review
Developer: Dohi Sweden
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 3GS
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Mowing the lawn: a task that many would often rather pay their kids...
07:04
Beat-Bots Appeals to Your Inner Musician
I may be a pasty Caucasian from a rural farming community, but I know a thing or two about the hip hop culture.  Since the inception of the genre, a core component of hip hop has been the use of beatboxing in lieu of having turntables or a pre-recorded beat to spit over.  While dropping a beat with your mouth isn’t something that has gotten a ton...
06:04
Night Stand HD Review
Developer: Spoonjuice
Price: $1.99
Version: 1.5
Design Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 2.75 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Night Stand HD is a customizable clock and alarm, focusing on a minimalist design that presents time and weather. There are eight different clocks to get you...
02:30
Arkinvade – iPhone App Review
Arkinvade ($0.99)
Version – 1.02
Review – “Creative twist on Brick-breakers”
When I got my first iPhone, one of the first games that I looked for was a “block-breaker” game. Since that time I have seen a lot of these games. While most of them are fun, after a while they all feel kind of the same. While at first I wasn’t sure if I liked it,...
02:21
Spiromatic – iPhone App Review
Spiromatic ($0.99)
Version 1.0
Do you like those design apps where you can make cool shapes on your iPhone or iPod Touch? If so you may enjoy Spiromatic.
The concept of the app is simple .. you’re making a design based on a spinning set of nodes, but it’s actually pretty entertaining and something that all ages can enjoy (my niece loves these...
Saturday September 11
09:49
AppZapp: Discover the App Store – iPhone App Review
AppZapp – Discover the AppStore © 2010 ConIT AG
version 1.2.1
FREE!
AppZapp has been around for quite a while and has brought us apps like “Do Not Press The Red Button”, and many more. They have somewhere around 20 apps in their catalog for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and they have released a new app to try and sort through it all: Discover...
Friday September 10
13:04
Apple to publish App Store guidelines, allow third-p...
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad developers – rejoice. Yesterday Apple released a statement announcing the removal of a number of restrictions placed on developers, relaxing the development process and making the approval process significantly more transparent by publishing official guidelines for the application approval process.
Beforehand,...
12:04
MegaReader Review
Developer: INKSTONE
Price: $199
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 2.83 out of 5 stars
MegaReader, from Inkstone Software, offers up another take on the popular realm of eBook readers....
11:04
Hands on with Sonic 4 iPhone and SEGA
Today was SEGA’s Editor’s Day at their office in San Francisco, CA. We were lucky enough to have been invited, and spent a few hours with some other great bloggers and journalists in the conference room at the SEGA HQ. We got to see the latest build of Sonic 4 for iPhone, the new port of Chu Chu Rocket for the iOS platform, two ports from the...
10:04
Five For Friday: Week of September 10, 2010
Every week, we endeavor to point the way to the games and apps that most made an impact in the App-o-sphere. Here’s this week’s picks:
Zombie Highway – Cars, guns, and zombies bring smiles to all the kids faces. What else do you really need to know to not already love this game? Steer the car to avoid obstacles that creep up in the way. Shoot...
08:04
Pangea Takes The Lead In Online Gaming
I’ll admit, even when Game Center was just a big high-score collector, like OpenFeint and Plus+ before it, I was happy. I loved that it had its own app, and that it was easy to find directly compare your stats with friends, rather than having to dig through huge lists to find them. The whole thing was great, and then I found Cro-Mag Rally and the...
07:04
Puzzle Agent HD for iPad Review
Developer: TELLTALE
Price: $6.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.44 out of 5 stars
If you long for the good old days of Lucasarts point-and-click adventure...
06:04
Drums! Review
Developer: iFANTASTIC
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 2.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch 3G, iPad
iPhone Integration Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.58 out of 5 stars
Drums! is a neat little app that offers up a full drum set on your iOS device. I am...
02:30
Math Pro – Iphone App Review
Math Pro ($1.99)
Version – 3.3
Review – “Ace that next math test with the help of Math Pro!”
In a category that is perhaps overly dominated with games for young children, Larry Feldman has developed an app to help those that are struggling in their high-school math classes! This app is designed to not only help you get the right answers, but...
Thursday September 9
23:33
Get Navigon’s award-winning GPS app for free!
With the fall approaching and back to school in full swing Navigon has recently decided to lower the price for it’s GPS apps to $49.99 for the USA version and $29.99 for the region specific versions (East, Central, and West).  To celebrate this and to help get the word out about their new great pricing scheme, Navigon has been kind enough to give...
13:04
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter review
Developer: TATEM Games
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.13 out of 5 stars
Hunting is something that I have no clue about outside of...
12:04
Social for the iPad Review
Developer: Christian Arild Strommen
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.2.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.97 out of 5 stars
There is one great thing about Safari on the iPad for Facebook users – the main website...
11:04
Shining Force Review
Developer: Sega
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3G, iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Sega has taken to unleashing their back catalog of Genesis...
10:04
iPhotographer: Camera Connection Kit Review
Developer: Apple
Price: $29.00
App Reviewed on: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.58 out of 5 stars
The advantages of working on an iPad are growing by leaps and bounds everyday. Photographers may like the idea of working on this...
09:04
Hands-On With Blue Defense: Second Wave
Fresh off of their fantastic quirky action-RPG Fastar!, Cat in a Box games are returning to the game that kicked off their App Store career with Blue Defense: Second Wave. The original game was a well-received shooter that had you defending a blue planet of approximately 6.7 billion people from invading red forces, using the accelerometer to tilt...
08:04
Game Center Is A Go – Now With Games
So I, like everyone else in this great country of ours, downloaded 4.1 today. For some, including owners of the previously thought dead 2nd gen iPod Touch, the 2 hour download couldn’t come fast enough, but for owners of the iPhone 3G, there is no GameCenter. Sorry iPhone 3G owners.
After going through the setup process, I was greeted with the...
07:04
Forget Time Capsules, Tappy Memories Preserves Your...
It is a law of nature that nearly everyone must have an obnoxious relative that insists on telling the same damn story at every single family gathering. Wouldn’t life just be so much better if there were a person that could sit in for you during these quaint “logic intermissions?” Well, ask and ye shall receive…
From developer El-Hitamy I&T...
06:04
Pigeon Squadron Review
Developer: I-play Wireless
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.63 out of 5 stars
Pigeon Squadron is a kitschy game that has you, a pigeon squadron member,...
Wednesday September 8
14:04
Blancspot Review
Developer: Blancspot Media
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
iPhone Integration Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 2.92 out of 5 stars
Blancspot is an interesting app for the computer era. By interesting, I mean that it is taking what we like the...
13:04
Flight Control lands over three million sales, $3814...
Eighteen months ago, the then-little-known developer company Firemint published Flight Control – a game where you land increasing quantities of planes on runways with a limited amount of space both on the ground and in air. It was awarded five stars across the board by 148Apps, as well as the Editor’s Choice badge.
Today, Firemint has announced...
12:04
A steak timer for the true steak enthusiast
I still remember all you can eat steak night at the local Ponderosa. My cousin and I would chomp down four or five steaks each before we were both ready to burst at the seams. What we were eating was just a shadow of what steak is supposed to be, however.
Early in 2010 I took a vacation to Chicago. During my stay I visited a high end steak house,...
11:04
Rimelands: Hammer of Thor Review
Developer: Crescent Moon Games
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
When I play Rimelands: Hammer of Thor, I think to myself, “I would’ve been...
10:04
Favorite Four – GPS Apps
If you really want to start using your iPhone as a money saving gizmo, getting a solid GPS app is the way to go. Sure, they tend to cost more (a lot more) than your average app, but think about the alternative. There are plenty of people out there driving around like loons, taking directions from Sean Connery voice coming from a $150 box sitting...
09:04
TomTom Receives an iPhone 4 Themed Refresh
A brand name like TomTom has become almost as synonymous as Kleenex over the last decade.  Just like my grandmother calling any social networking sites, “The Facebooks,” she has similarly christened any mobile GPS unit as a “TomTom.”  So with a solid name recognition (and the loving adoration of my Nana), when it was announced to be coming to the...
08:04
Aarde Web Browser Review
Developer: NicheVision Labs
Price: $1.99
Version: 1.3
Design Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Aarde, developed by NicheVision Labs, is a third-party web browser built for the iPad – aiming to minimize the gap between desktop and mobile by offering a...
07:04
Toy Physics HD Review
Developer: Athos
Price: $3.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
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
If you’ve ever played any physics games before you’ll want to check out Toy Physics. The game is simple but very challenging...
06:04
Dragooo HD for iPad Review
Developer: TIGERWASP ENTERTAINMENT
Price: $3.99
Version Reviewed: 2.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.19 out of 5 stars
The virtual pet fad may have faded, but it certainly isn’t...
02:30
ToucHotel – iPhone App Review
ToucHotel (Free)
Version – 3.2
Review – “Find and book hotel rooms from your phone!”
Do you travel a lot? If so you’d probably be happy to have an easy way to book hotel rooms without talking to a hotel representative! ToucHotel uses an extremely basic search feature to quickly connect you with hotels in the area that you’ll be staying in...
Tuesday September 7
14:04
The Portable Podcast, Episode 49
We are family, right? Right?!
On This Episode:
Carter, Jeff, and Michelle talk about Apple’s September 1st event. We discuss the iPod touch 4G’s new additions, what iOS 4.2 could do for the iPad in regards to unifying it with the current line of iOS updates, and the potential of the new iPod nano as an iOS device.
Who We Are:
Host: Carter Dotson...
13:04
GPS Games Get a Third Dimension in Ghosts Attack
If you are like me, then use of the GPS functionality in your iPhone consists of nothing more than swearing at Google Maps as it sends you lord knows where, when you just wanted to cross the street. There have been a few games that have made use of the feature in interesting ways, but implementing it as a core mechanic has been fairly rare. Well...
12:04
Miriel the Magical Merchant HD Review
Developer: 10 Tons
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: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.33 out of 5 stars
A sign of a good Game App is one that prevents you from writing a review about it, as you’re too busy playing it to get...
11:04
All-In Yoga HD for iPad Review
Developer: ARAWELLA CORPORATION
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad
iPad Integration Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.33 out of 5 stars
The iPad is quickly establishing itself as more than a simple media consumption device — more...
10:04
iArrPirate Quenches My Pirate Look-a-like Thirst
Yeeearrrghhh, I have an insatiable appetite for taking silly pictures of myself and sending them off to others. I (sadly) do it all day with PhotoBooth, but nothing can prepare people for my next batch of email picture goodness.
iArrPirate, my new favorite toy, turns me into whatever kind of pirate I want to be. I can wear a big scary pirate hat (...
09:04
Zombie Highway Review
Developer: Renerpaz
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.4 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: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.21 out of 5 stars
Living in the world of Zombie Highway, with its zombies that can jump 20+ ft. to leap on...
08:04
Terminology for iPad Review
Developer: Agile Tortoise
Price: $1.99
Version: 1.2
Design Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Integration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.67 out of 5 stars
Based on the Princeton University WordNet project, Terminology is an all-in-one dictionary and thesaurus application for the iPad. The application isn’t...
07:04
Dodonpachi Resurrection Review
Developer: CAVE
Price: $8.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.38 out of 5 stars
I like to think of myself as a well-rounded gamer. But one of...
06:04
Super Mega Worm Review
Game: Super Mega Worm
Developer: Deceased Pixel
Price: $2.99
Version: 1.0.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 3G
Graphics/Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay: Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.58 out of 5 stars
When you go back through the annals of history there is only one popular worm that ever...
