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APPtilities ($0.99)

Version – 1.1

Review – “Extend your iPhone’s utility with APPtility!”


APPtilities 65 in 1 1 200x300 APPtilities iPhone App ReviewHave you noticed that a lot of the good utility apps cost money? Well what if I were to tell you that you could get over 65 different apps for just $0.99? Well that’s exactly what you get when you download APPtilities | 65+ in 1 onto your “iDevice!” It has everything from social network interfaces to camera and systemAPPtilities 65 in 1 2 200x300 APPtilities iPhone App Reviewinformation apps; over 65 of them total!


When you open APPtilities, the main menu is set up a lot like the dashboard on your iDevice! You can easily rearrange and delete apps by touching and holding an app to enter the app management mode and either dragging icons to a new location, or touching the little “x” to delete that app.


APPtilities 65 in 1 3 200x300 APPtilities iPhone App ReviewThe great thing about a lot of the apps included in APPtilities is how simple they are! For example, the voice memo app just has aAPPtilities 65 in 1 4 200x300 APPtilities iPhone App Review “+” button to add new memos. Removing them is as simple as swiping and touching the “Delete” button that pops up! The camera app is also pretty basic. It adds a little bit of extra functionality, without making the interface complicated!


All of the utilities that I tried had very simple to learn controls, and the developers added one more feature that I think a lot of people will really appreciate! If you go to the last screen you’ll see a “Web Apps” icon. Touching this icon will bring up a web browser. All you have to do is browse to the web app you want to use later with this browser and touch the “Add Shortcut” button in the bottom right corner of the screen. Once you do that all you have to do is type in a name for the web app and it will appear in the APPtilities dashboard as another app!


Another great feature is the ability to create one-touch buttons for getting in contact with people! To do this all you have to do is open up the “Shortcuts” icon that starts out by default on the last screen, next to the “Web Apps” icon. You can set these buttons to call, email, or sms any contact in your address books and they are a great way to stay in contact with people!


What I came to find is that the more I played with this app, the more features I became fond of! Something that shouldn’t be taken for granted either is the fact that this app can save you a lot of time if you just need something quickly and don’t want to install another app for it. If you’ve ever considered buying any of the cheap little utilities like calculators, RSS readers, metronomes, and dictionary’s that the App Store has to offer, but you decided against it because of price this is really a no-brainer. So if you’re still reading this, what are you waiting for? Download your copy of APPtilities today for the $0.99 from the App Store!

- David H.

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Developer – Ryan Bertrand

URL: http://www.bertrandwd.com

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iCanSketchIt – iPhone App Review

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iCanSketchIt ($.99)

Version 3.18

REVIEW – “This artistic app not only lets you be creative but works to improve your artistic skills!”

S1 200x300 iCanSketchIt iPhone App ReviewDoodling apps have become quite popular for the iPhone and each one includes their own set of features. iCanSketchIt is a very basic doodling app but what it does include are two games which might just improve your finger sketching skills.

The app includes a basic set of colors with two types of brushes and you can adjust the size of the brushes. That is really all it offers as a drawing app. But for those looking to improve their finger sketching skills there are two extra features which might be well worth the money. S2 200x300 iCanSketchIt iPhone App Review

The first is precision drawing, this gives you a drawing and then asks you to recreate it. You are told to memorize the picture and then sketch it as best as you can. If you forget you are allowed a peek or two. As one might expect the levels start off easy but then gradually increase in difficulty. With enough practice you’ll be learning how to make perfect circles and squares, and then even more complicated pictures in no time.

The other feature is Speed. This allows you to see a picture and then try to recreate it as fast as possible. You results might not be as pretty in this round but the closer they are and the faster you complete it the more points you get.

Now the game is set up to work with OpenFeint so that you can compare high scores and compete to see who has the best drawing skills.

S3 200x300 iCanSketchIt iPhone App ReviewThere are eighty levels to compete at in order to improve your drawing skills, and as they say, practice makes perfect.

You can also save your sketches to the photo album so that you can track and remember your progress.

Stephanie S.

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Developer- ChewSoft

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‘Zombie Escape’ Hands-On Preview with Video

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Yes, there are tons of zombie games on the App Store. Yes, there are also tons of line drawing games on the App Store, maybe even more than zombie games… But how many line drawing zombie games are there? Viqua Games' upcoming post-zombie apocalypse line drawer, Zombie Escape is exactly that. Using the same skills you honed landing planes in Flight Control and docking ships in Harbor Master, you can save survivors from a legion of zombies.

Helicopters land, and you must draw lines to guide the survivors to them. Each helicopter can only hold a few survivors, indicated by the dots below each helicopter. When one is full, it takes off, and after a while another one takes it place. Things get hectic quick as the screen fills with zombies and you need to manage the survivors while you wait for a new helicopter to arrive to load them in to.

This is where the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Crates are randomly dropped in game that contain goodies that the survivors can pick up by walking over them. These goodies include bombs that can clear out swarms of zombies, emergency helicopters that are great for dropping on groups of survivors waiting for a ride, meat to lure zombies, and others.

You can see how this all goes together along with how the difficulty ramps up in this gameplay video:

Three different levels are included that are slowly unlocked as you play, and Zombie Escape has full OpenFeint integration with loads of achievements and online leaderboards. Zombie Escape is currently entering beta testing, and the build I played in the above video is a work in progress that doesn't even have an icon yet. I like what I've seen so far, and can't wait to see the final product once it's fully tested and tweaked.


Recently Released: ‘B-Boy Beats’, ‘Robot Rampage’ and ‘Drift Sumi-e’

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Last week was absolutely loaded with sneak previews of games, and thanks to the wonderfully fast App Store approval turnaround time so far this year, B-Boy Beats, Robot Rampage, and Drift Sumi-e are all available for download.

B-Boy Beats, $2.99

From our preview:

The gameplay of B-Boy Beats amounts to keeping your index and middle fingers on the screen of your iPhone and moving them in time with the red and green circles to dance to the songs. This actually seems to take quite a bit of getting used to, as instead of most rhythm games where you're just tapping things along with a beat, you often need to keep one finger down while you move the other one around. Doing well takes an awful lot of brain power as when the songs speed up you almost instinctively just try to go back to quickly tapping like you do in Tap Tap Revenge and other games.

Despite quite a few naysayers in both the comments of our preview article, YouTube comments, and the forum thread, this game is one of the better rhythm games I've played on the iPhone largely because of how different it feels playing it compared to the typical tap to the beat rhythm game. B-Boy Beats comes loaded with nerdcore and once you get in to the gameplay, dancing with your fingers is a lot of fun. (And even more fun if you draw some Nike Dunks on your finger tips.) This is a game that badly needs a lite version, as you really need to get a feel for the game to fully appreciate it.

Robot Rampage, $1.99

From our preview:

Robot Rampage is a seemingly endless survival game where you play as a gigantic robot armed with a super laser. Your massive robot is controlled with a variety of touch gestures. Tapping on the side of the screen causes the robot to move in that direction, holding a finger down on the screen fires the laster in that direction. The robot can also punch and stomp by tapping on either side of the robot's torso to punch, and tapping its legs to stomp. As you destroy your surroundings, a gauge in the top left corner fills up. Once full, you can tap and hold the robot to charge up a massive attack that clears the screen.

If you like giant robots, cheesy Sci-Fi B-movies, and destroying cities with huge lasers and robot fists of fury, it's safe to say you'll enjoy this quirky survival game. Gameplay is a little on the simple side, as all you do is rampage through a seemingly endless and random cityscape destroying buildings, soldiers, tanks, and other meager human defenses. OpenFeint integration should provide quite a bit of replay value if you enjoy competing in online leaderboards.

Drift Sumi-e, 99¢

From our preview:

The game involves drawing a single stroke along the racetrack as the path for your car. You must try to hit and connect all the red clipping zones and try to make it through the course as fast as possible. After you draw your single stroke, you sit back and watch the playback in 3D as your car drifts around the corners. Multiple camera angles are provided along with drifting smoke effects. Your ultimate score is based on the smoothness of the line and speed of your run.

Drift Sumi-e is an interesting blend of gameplay reminiscent of Draw Race with a really cool looking sumi-e art style. Gameplay is simple, although it seems to take a back seat to the extremely elegant graphics as most of the game is spent watching your car drift around corners and taking snapshots with the unlockable in-game camera.


‘AirStrike Defense’ – Line Drawing Air & Naval Combat

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Last week we got a sneak peek at Indeeo Games' recently released line drawing game, AirStrike Defense [App Store]. Featuring three modes that the game hops between with each mission, AirStrike Defense asks players to control ships and/or planes in a variety of different combat scenarios.

Regardless of which unit type you're controlling, both naval and air forces are maneuvered by drawing lines originating from the ship or plane. Both are capable of boosting their speed for a brief period of time, and handle much differently depending on the unit. For instance, massive battle ships move and turn extremely slow, while smaller ships move much faster, and your jets move even faster.

Gameplay is structured through a series of mission, each with slightly different objectives. Some naval missions ask you to navigate a fleet of battleships through an ocean full of mines, or avoid bombers trying to sink your ships. Air missions involve bombing enemy ships, and there's a combination mode where you're managing your air offensive while protecting your naval fleet.

The sea missions are fun, but I found the various bombing missions to be the most enjoyable by far. As you progress through the game, you'll need to take out entire fleets of enemy battle ships with your bombers and your performance is graded by your overall bombing accuracy. Achieving a high accuracy score is easier said than done, as it takes quite a bit of skill to precisely drop bombs on enemy fleets filled with a variety of ship types that all behave differently.

Where things went south for me was when AirStrike Defense has you managing both bombers and ships at the same time. Instead of having everything take place on a single screen, you hit a button in the top left corner that switches in between the screen with your air forces bombing the enemy fleet and the screen with your fleet avoiding the enemy bombers. It's confusing and disorienting constantly switching back and forth between both battles to manage all your units at once.

While I wasn't crazy about the combination missions, AirStrike Defense does a great job at mixing up the objectives enough to keep gameplay fresh. The line drawing controls work great, and there is a ton to work towards in the game as you slowly get access to different types of ships and planes. AirStrike Defense is definitely worth a look if you've enjoyed line drawing games in the past, and want something a little more involved than Flight Control and similar spinoffs.

App Store Link: AirStrike Defense, $2.99


Freebie Friday: ‘Lion Pride’

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What do you get when you cross line drawing with a pack of hungry lions? Lion Pride [App Store], of course. As OpenFeint's free game of the day, you really don't want to miss this strange warthog munching simulator.

From our review:

The premise of the game is simple, you control a pack of lions and need to gather food for the rest of your pride. Thankfully, in this corner of the African savanna there seems to be a constant stream of warthogs, gazelles, and other beasts to munch on. Similar to Draw Race, you control the speed of the lions by how fast you draw lines from them on screen. Sneaking up on animals is important to keep them from running off, so you start by moving your lions slowly, then quickly go in for the kill. If something starts to get away, tapping twice on them will briefly stun them.

As you get further in to the game, you get more lions to control and tougher prey which needs to be attacked by multiple lions in order to be brought down. Lions need to be positioned to work as a team to all strike at once, and if any wandering hyenas come on screen they need to be scared off to prevent them from disrupting your food supply.

I really liked Lion Pride when we first took a look at it, and since then they've added additional game modes and all kinds of OpenFeint functionality to give the game tons of replay value through achievements and friends challenges. There's even fun facts about lions in game, how can you go wrong?

App Store Link: Lion Pride, Free (Today only.)


Coming Soon: ‘AirStrike Defense’

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Indeeo Games gave us some early details on their upcoming iPhone game that they plan on submitting to the App Store within the next few days. AirStrike Defense seeks to blend familiar line drawing controls with an RTS element, allowing players to take control of a variety of naval and air forces to engage in full battles where you attack the enemy fleet with your air force while you defend your own fleet from theirs.

AirStrike Defense comes with three game modes: Air attack mode, where you attack the enemy fleet with your planes, naval defense mode where you defend your fleet, and and all-out battle missions which combine both game types.


With how quickly the App Store approval process has been lately, if Indeeo Games follow throughs with their plans and submits AirStrike Defense in the next couple days, we could have the game in our hands as early as next week.


Photo Tracer – iPhone App Review

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Photo Tracer ($.99)

Version 1.2

REVIEW – “Trace any picture on your iPhone to create a work of art!”

Photo Tracer - iPhone App ReviewThis is a very unique app and this is one that I did not think would work all that well on to the iPhone. Photo Tracer allows you to draw on top of any picture while adjusting the transparency settings in order to create a personal work of art.

Many of us remember using tracing paper in order to feel like we could create works of art even if we did not have the greatest artistic skills. Now you can do the same with your iPhone.

When you open the app you have a blank canvas. This is available for if you simply want to draw. If you do then you can click the icon with all the colors in order to choose whatever color you would like. The broom is the eraser. The icon with all the lines allows you to adjust the thickness of the pencil or brush. Photo Tracer - iPhone App Review

If you are having trouble creating lines the way you want you can click the info icon in order to adjust the spacing between your finger and the brush.

But if you want to use the app to trace a picture then you like the camera icon, this allows you pick a picture from your library or to take one. Once you have the picture as you background you can adjust the transparancey using the  slider and you can start to trace. You can use the arrows to undo or redo any action.

What I found about this app is that it has one major flaw and that is that it does not allow you to zoom in and out on the picture. This can be troublesome for the details especially when the brush and eraser are not as precise as you might like them to be.

Phone Tracer - iPhone App ReviewThis isn’t to say that the app is not fun or useful but that it might not be something for the perfectionist. I think that some shortcuts were taken in this app but hopefully some updates can fix those issues. I would also love some features like smudge and an eraser that was much smaller and erased where I wanted it to.

For kids this app might do what they want it to but it is not great for an adult wanting to create a serious picture. I think there need to be more precise movements and a few more features before it is something that adults will get behind. Children will love the ability to draw and they might have the patience needed to create that perfect picture.

All in All this is a decent app. It claims to be the easiest tracer app for the iphone that “Even a 4 yr kid can use it” which says something about the care taken with this app.

Stephanie S.


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Developer -4iGuys

URL: www.4iguys.com

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Charadium is Pure iPhone Genius

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Price: $0.99    Score: 10/10    By Sarah ParkerCharadium

Need a quick brain-boost or a good laugh to break up a mind-numbing day? Welcome to Charadium, one of the best iPhone games on the market. Created by On-5, Charadium is a colorful, Pictionary style game that gives iPhone users a mobile brain massage.

Charadium is an online game (connected with the Plus+ iPhone gaming network) where you compete against players around the world to hone your drawing and quick thinking skills. Charadium players can choose to play a long game, a short game, or reserve a game room to play with friends.

In the beginning, players are put in a game “room” where they can immediately start playing. Just as in Pictionary, the task of picture-drawing moves in turns, with each artist being given a word to draw (which they can choose to draw or skip). Artists are given several “ink” color options, as well as undo and clear options. The opponents who are guessing what the drawing depicts submit guesses. Players who guess the right answer the quickest and draw the best pictures are the ones who rock the game.

Once a game is completed, you can choose to play again or share your scores through e-mail, Twitter, or Facebook. One really awesome feature of Charadium is that each time you finish a game, you are given a game code so you can get all the details of your game. This allows anyone to look at the drawings, comments, guesses, and scores for that game. Share this game code and website with friends so they can have a good laugh at your artwork, too!

Charadium has a good tutorial section that shows new-comers the ropes of the game, but some of the rules could use a little more elaboration. The rules state that you cannot write out the word that you are supposed to draw, but letter and word-use in drawings can create conflict between players. Charadium does explain the rules regarding using letters in drawings, but it does get a little complicated. It is probably best to steer clear of using letters in your drawings to avoid being reported for abuse*.

Charadium is incredibly fun to play, but it is up to each player to make the games friendly. The only drawback to this game is that you run into some very rude players. The newest update to Charadium includes an option to report players for abuse, but it takes 3 abuse reports to force players out of a game. Also, you can only report abuse when the offending person is drawing a picture. Some players even abuse the report feature by flagging other players who are not breaking the rules. The newest update also allows players to leave a game room at any time, which is great if a game goes south. Ultimately, the quality of each game you play is determined by the quality of each player.

Overall, Charadium is an amazing game that will test your quick thinking and drawing skills. Despite the unfair players (who show up in any online game), Charadium is pure iPhone genius. The game concept is refreshing, and the price is pretty sweet for only $0.99. The developers are constantly making improvements to the game, so I am sure Charadium will just keep getting better.

* If you have questions regarding rules of play or conduct, check out Charadium’s support page or their Facebook page.

Charadium is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch; requires OS 3.0 or later

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FIRST DAY ONLY: Charadium is FREE! Get it now!
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Whatdoeshemean-ium… Whatsthatword-ium… Charadium!
Where swift hands meet the biggest brain.

What if binoculars become a cow? Will it moo or zoom in or both? Can you draw the emptiness? Or guess the surface? Well, you have to if you launch Charadium—an ultimate multiplayer iPhone game and a great e-analogue of the famous hand-held charades game for all fast-fingered quiz lovers.

Charadium is a fast & furious draw-and-guess multiplayer game that guarantees you’ll be drawn in. All you have is about a minute to turn a drawn charade to history. Now you can have a really good time playing against your mates. Or against anyone—nothing can compare to the excitement of competing with your friends or a complete stranger online.

Features:
? Full Game of 15 rounds and a Quick One mode—when you join someone’s Full Game (in the event of a free game slot for you) and play until the end
? Supports 7 languages—you play against people that understand your language
? Multiplayer only—it’s a well-known fact that one is the loneliest number
? Hint system—hints appear when players cannot work out the answer to a charade
? A scoreboard after each round to keep track of the game
? 9-color palette for more precise expression of your talent
? More features than the hand-held analogues you find in stores. This is the 21st Century, after all.
? Each language version has a HUGE charade dictionary (nouns only)—play for as long as you want to

Charadium is approved by Plus+ social play network (these guys do not accept weak apps) so you’ll be able to see your global scores and compare it to thousands of other gamers’ records. In addition, this game is really for all ages: if you are somewhere between “mammme, buy me a crayon” and “senile dementia, I can seee you-u-u”, you are welcome to play Charadium! As this game makes you: a) imagine, b) create and c) think, i.e. the 3 greatest things the majority of people lack nowadays.

Download now and prove to yourself you are in the minority.

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Please note: permanent Internet connectivity is required to play Charadium