Browse tag: App Store

Browse tag: App Store

Review: Addicus for the iPhone
Addicus, an arcade puzzle from Get Set Games, looks like Super Mario Brothers (toadstools, green grass, blue skies) but tests your 1st grade addition skills instead of your princess-saving prowess.
Review: Derek Jeter Real Baseball for iPhone
All too often, Derek Jeter Real Baseball fails to live up to its title -- there's not much realism in this flawed baseball game.
Review: Camera Genius for iPhone
This app -- which adds a number of features to improve on the iPhone's built-in camera -- is a handy tool to have if you use your smartphone to shoot a lot of pictures.
Review: Big Buck Hunter Pro for iPhone
This iPhone version of the arcade classic features outstanding graphics and realistic movement, though the accuracy of where shots are placed is a source of frustration.
NDrive intros low price iPhone GPS apps, Black Friday sale
NDrive has released two new low cost GPS applications for the iPhone in NDrive New York City and NDrive Los Angeles and announced a Black Friday sale.
Black Friday deals for Mac and iPhone software
’Tis the season of festivities and shopping and these great deals on Mac and iPhone software are just what you need.
Review: Touch KO for iPhone
With hard hitting gameplay, impressive graphics, and an inventive control scheme, Chillingo's boxing game is ready to take on all comers.
Review: My Brute for iPhone
This online fighting game for the iPhone and iPod touch has a lot going for it -- if you can accept the limitation on how many times you can fight on a given day.
Review: vTie and vTie Premium for iPhone
If you're an occasional wearer of neckties or a student just getting a start in the working world, both of these apps from Lab48 offer a handy reference for assorted knots and how to tie them.
Touch DJ brings full-featured DJ skills to iPhone
Amidio has released Touch DJ, a DJ app, which offers realtime independent manipulation of two MP3 files.
Review: Pzizz Relax for iPhone
This impressively relaxing sleep aid provides plenty of variety in a small package.
Review: Silent Swords for iPhone
This 2-D stealth platform game may not have advanced features or sophisticated graphics. But it offers a truly challenging set of missions.
Review: NetNewsWire Premium for iPhone
With version 2 of both the free and premium version of its newsreading app, NewsGator Technologies has introduced solid improvements (though some flaws remain). Still, this version of NetNewsWire feels more at home on the iPhone than its predecessor did.
Review: Mindjet for iPhone
Mindjet has managed to squeeze the power, ease, and versatility of its desktop mindmapping application into an iPhone app. It's an effective tool, though it comes with some limitations.
Review: NBA Live for iPhone
You might think it would be tough to slim down all the gameplay elements of a feature-rich console title like NBA Live to work on the iPhone. And you'd be right -- NBA Live is a bit of a hodgepodge, mixing elements of awesomeness with assorted weaknesses that detract from the rest of the game. Even with its glitches, though, the game is great fun to play.
Review: Perfectly Clear for iPhone
This image-correction app is best for photos that you want to look as clean and clear as possible. In most cases, a quick run through Perfectly Clear should leave you pleased with the result.
Apple's Schiller talks App Store, approval process
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller discusses the App Store, its controversy-laden approval process, and what it's doing to improve matters.
Bookmark for iPhone
Notwithstanding some annoying limitations and quirks, audiobibliophiles will find much to love about Bookmark, an iPhone and iPod touch app that gives you greater control over audiobooks on your mobile device.
Review: iPhone Thanksgiving apps
Stressed about Turkey Day? The App Store has many offerings that aim to help you plan and prepare a meal. We'll help you find the worthwhile apps while staying away from the real turkeys.
Gameloft to cut back on Android development
Mobile games developer Gameloft has announced it's cutting back on development for the Android, citing a lack of revenue.
Review: Geared for iPhone
In spite of some flaws -- it can be hard to position pieces and the game is a little picky about when you're allowed to move things -- Geared is a perfectly fine puzzler that satisfies after its too-easy early stages.
Review: Snapture for iPhone
As a one-stop solution for the shortcomings of the iPhone's built-in camera, Snapture does an admirable job. It should be one of the first apps you turn to for improving your phone's camera.
Review: Mini Golf Wacky Worlds for iPhone
This fun miniature golf game lives up to its wacky moniker. More important, with five courses and three modes of play to chose from, there's plenty of replay value to be found.
iPhone to drive mobile game adoption
Apple will drive the game market with the iPhone, according to a survey of 8,000 gamers in North America, Europe and Australia.
Review: Photo geotagging apps for iPhone
Geotagging -- adding data to a photo that reveals the location it was taken -- brings a new dimension to enjoying and sharing photography. Several apps let you start tagging your photos with GPS data. We'll help you find the one that's right for your needs.
Review: Quip for iPhone
This app aims to let you send pictures with text messages to your friends' cell phones a la MMS, only without the texting charges. But Quip doesn't offer iPod touch support, and it has a number of flaws that make it a poor choice for most iPhone users.
Analysis: Five qualities of a great iPhone app
Thinking about creating an iPhone app? A contest run by retailer Gap shows off five common strengths of winning iPhone apps. Here's a look at the lessons learned -- and the apps.
Slideshow: CatPaint got your iPhone?
The newly-released CatPaint iPhone app makes a simple promise: to let you insert cats in your photos. But does it deliver? Macworld editors put the application to the test.
iPhone apps run background checks on your date
PeopleFinders has created iPhone apps that let users perform background checks on potential dates.
Review: Print Magic for iPhone
This app, which aims to let you print from your iPhone to a printer on your network, has a lot of promise. Unfortunately, the current version commits too many unpredictable errors to be worth your download.