Price: $0.99 Score: 7/10 Category: Reference A truly original and unique take on the encyclopedia, Hyper Facts from Developer A2rt is a new iPhone app that features location-based facts. With Hyper Facts, you can search through a database of over 9 million facts and 40 million relations, and using Google Maps, search for places of [...]
Apple loves to follow up their annual WWDC conference with an awards page that recognizes “excellence in iPhone, iPad, and Mac app design”. And this year’s winners are… iPhone Developer Showcase Infinity Blade Chair Entertainment Golfscape GPS Rangefinder Shotzoom Cut the Rope Chillingo iPad Developer Showcase djay algoriddim GmbH Osmos Hemisphere Games Our Choice Push [...]
Price: $0.99 Score: 10/10 Category: Photography Let’s face it: the iPhone camera leaves a lot to be desired. The resolution is simply okay, but as far as editing and effects go, there’s nothing there for would-be photo bugs. And if you do get a decent photo using your iPhone, the only way to gussy it [...]
Feed Me Oil, a new release from Chillingo snares the #1 spot this week with break-out puzzle game The Heist slipping down to #3. Tiny Wings continues its popularity, while evergreen iPhone favorites Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja round out this week’s best selling iPhone games. #1 Feed Me Oil An innovative and original physics-based [...]
Cost: Free Score: 6/10 Category: Games One of the most popular free iPhone games on the App Store, Tap Pet Hotel is all about managing a hotel for pets. Developed by Pocket Gems, Tap Pet Hotel features 60+ different rooms, each with different themes, shapes and sizes as well as more than 50 different types [...]
It’s NHL Finals season and the race to the Stanley Cup is almost over. Catch all the action on-the-go with the free and official NHL GameCenter app for iPhone and iPad. Featuring up-to-the-second scores, stats, game photos, schedule, player profiles and more – you won’t miss a minute of the Stanley Cup action wherever you [...]
Price: $4.99 Score: 9.5/10 Category: Games Illusion Labs, the makers of the infamous Touchgrind skater, are back at it again with Touchgrind BMX, a concrete wonderland for BMX riders and gamers alike. Highly polished and well executed, Touchgrind BMX stands out for its unique controls and almost console-like game experience. The first time you open [...]
Price: Free Score: 8/10 Category: Applications Ever want to take bits and pieces from all your favorite social networking apps and put them together in one place? Love the local feel of apps like ‘Four Square’, but crave the messaging functionality and integrated applications that you can find on FaceBook? What about event [...]
Price: $0.99 Score: 9/10 Category: Games Could Draw Jump be your new iOS addiction? Electronic Arts certainly hopes so. Very much in the vein of that other “Jump” game, Draw Jump sends the player hurtling ever skyward, avoiding obstacles and using assists in what amounts to a never-ending score chase. Unlike Doodle Jump, players won’t [...]
Price: Free Score: 8/10 Category: Games While I love to play Texas Hold ‘Em, real life Poker can become expensive in a hurry. This is where ‘Zynga Poker’ comes in. The game, which started as a Facebook app, was made into an iPhone app following rapid online success. You’re not playing for real money [...]
Social video chat has officially gone live across every major platform as ooVoo has confirmed the availability of its free video chat service on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. ’ooVoo’ offers free video calling to any computer, Android phone, and iOS device. The iOS app also sports text messaging capabilities and includes support for [...]
Apple has launched three individual ‘iWork’ applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, bringing the productivity programs to the full range of iOS devices. Similar to the apps on the Mac and iPad, the iOS apps retail for $9.99 each and are available in the iTunes App Store. Apple has reportedly been working on the [...]
Price: $3.99 Score: 9/10 Category: Education If you’re studying AP Economics then you need this app. With content covering both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics classes, the AP Economics – Up Down Study app from CheongShim International Education Research Institute is a comprehensive prep course for the general AP Economics test. There are 14 units in total, [...]
Price: $0.99 Score: 9/10 Category: Social Networking Developed by Jonathan Teboul, Contacts XL 3 is a comprehensive contact manager app for the iPhone. With the ability to easily create groups, mass-SMS/email contacts and groups and much more, Contacts XL 3 is a simple, robust, and powerful replacement for the native iPhone contacts app. Featuring an [...]
Price: Free Score: 7/10 Category: Games Everyone loves a good dogfight, right? Z2Live looks to impress iOS gamers with MetalStorm: Online, a free to play iPhone and iPad title that pits users against one another in the skies. Obviously, the studio behind MetalStorm didn’t release the App free of charge to be nice. While [...]
