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Miriel the Magical Merchant HD Review
Miriel the Magical Merchant HD Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Developer: 10 Tons
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
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 around to write it up. Miriel the Magical Merchant HD is just such an App. For fans of Time Management Games (like Diner Dash or Cake Mania), this is a goldmine. While obviously people who are not a fan of this style of gameplay will automatically steer clear, finding a decent Time Management game can be difficult sometimes. Developers really need to know the balance of the game, and lucky for us, 10 Tons does a great job with Miriel.
The game starts out with a sort of Story Mode, about how Miriel’s father mysteriously left, and she’s working at the store to save up to go to Magic School (or something along those lines). The object of the game is to serve your customers in a timely manner. This begins quite simply as you only have a few items for sale that can be requested. The games difficultly level slowly increases with ‘baked items’ (where you have to combine two or more ingredients in the oven) that take 2x or even 3x the amount of time to prepare. Your goal is to serve as many customers as you can, as quickly as you can, to reach your daily (or Master) goal for money each day.
Nearly every new day offers a unique challenge or reward. Sometimes you’ll get a new item for sale, or sometimes you’ll get a new customer type. At the end of each week you move on to another town and get the chance to upgrade your equipment by playing a matching mini-game. A nice feature of this App is that you can go and play the mini-game on your own at any point if you want to from the main menu. There are fun little features like The Haste Machine (which speeds up your cooking, and movements) which you can use by collecting gold wings, by serving customers quickly.
As you progress, the items get more and more difficult, and you get more and more items. While you frantically run around stocking, baking and serving, you’ll have a blast. The only feature I would add is the ability to quit or restart mid-level (as sometimes you simply get too far behind) and the ability to re-play a level of your choice.
As addicted as I was to Cake Mania, I think that Miriel has taken the cake (no pun intended) as my new favorite game of this style. The art work is stunning, and playing on my iPad is a breeze compared to PC or DS gameplay. This game is a bargain at this price point, and I highly, highly recommend it.
[ Miriel the Magical Merchant HD Review is a post from 148Apps ]
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Tumblie
Tumblie is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Description
iPhone 4 Ready – With HD Graphics for Retina Display!
Watch gameplay footage here:
Tumblie is a fun and addictive puzzle / skill game. The object is to get your star to the stage without it falling off the side by getting the tower of shapes to break just right. You can use your points to ‘buy’ new stars, backgrounds and new shapes.
Try to collect them all!
An HD version is also available for the iPad! Just search for Tumble HD!
Diamond Blocks
coloring book: puss in boots
coloring book: puss in boots is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
A fantastic, magical, new application ManualiPc! It ‘s the time of coloring books! Each book will be in theme with one of our stories.
This is the coloring book of the puss in boots!
- Fantastic images inspired by the tale of puss in boots.
- Simple and beautiful interface!
- Freedom of paint with your finger what you want as you want!
- A rich palette of colors!
- The brushes can have different shapes, different sizes and different opacity!
- Customizable Wallpaper, white, stripes, squares, Tris-shaped, colored … but not only, you may use the images in the film of your iPhone, and even shooting directly new players! (If your device supports it) – You can also leave a blank white sheet! to free the imagination!
- But the most outstanding feature of all is that you can draw on a sheet of paper the outline of your drawing, photography with your iPhone and you can use it as a new image to color!! Endless possibilities and super fun! (See the video demonstration within our support site: http://iphone.manualipc.com) (your device should be able to take pictures)
- Save your pictures in the roll of the iPhone! – Submit your email!
So not the usual application, something new! something that until now did not exist!
puss in boots fairy tale
Little Things for iPad Review
Little Things for iPad Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Developer: KLICKTOCK
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
Device Reviewed On: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.06 out of 5 stars
There is nothing more irritating to me than losing something, my keys for instance, and having to scour my house until I find them. Why, then, do I enjoy hidden object games like Little Things so much? I’m hard-pressed to answer my own question, but there is no doubt in my mind that the appeal of Little Things lies in its devotion to a spare, meticulously-crafted presentation.
My first thought when opening the app was that its art style was either designed by or inspired by graphic artist and children’s book author J. Otto Seibold. The clean, clever drawings and color pallette certainly seem influenced by him, and the style adds a real sense of whimsy to a genre of game that has become more about inane backstory (all of those hidden object “Mystery of…” games) than about the simple joys of seeking that which is hidden.
And simplicity is what Little Things is all about. There is no story element, no code breaking quest you’ve been sent on by some secret society. The game presents you with an object, say a wheelbarrow, then recreates the object with a collage of common, everyday items. Then, you are given your task: locate six pairs of high heels, for example, or ten telephones, among the cacophony of stuff. Solve the puzzle, and you may be rewarded with an achievement or a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that you assemble after several rounds. The goals are small, and the rewards are minor, but the whole is somehow greater than the sum of the parts.
Little Things is a game where atmosphere is everything and everything contributes to that atmosphere. Minimal keyboards serve as music, and there are only the slightest hints of sound effects, but both of these pair with the graphical style to enhance the total impact of the game.
It won’t change your life, but you may find yourself having a quiet zen moment staring at and searching through the screens of Little Things. Sometimes, that’s just what we all need.
[ Little Things for iPad Review is a post from 148Apps ]
Abc – Magnetic Alphabet
Abc – Magnetic Alphabet is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
There are things that your kids will never love: a long trip with your car, a neverending flight, a boring dinner at the restaurant… With magnetic alphabet this will be no more a problem!
Bring always with you this iPad edition of the old fashioned magnetic board suitable for kids of all ages!
It’s an infinite source of fun and a great way to stimulate their imagination and creativity.
It comes with a rich set of colored pieces that can be placed freely on the board: letters, numbers, symbols and funny figures (and we’re already working on new pieces!)
Play with your kids and teach them to write with the Magnetic Alphabet!
Key features:
* 95 different magnets in 6 colors, for a total of 570 pieces
* Every single magnet can be used more than once
* Save the composition as image locally
* Show your kids’ creation to your friends on Facebook
* Quick video tutorial
* No need to gather dozen of pieces all around the room once the game ends!
KidsSong
KidsSong is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
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KidsSong “New & Noteworthy” in U.S.A App Store
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KIDSSONG has world-wide favorite six songs with animations for Kids.
KIDSSONG is specially good for
“Babysitter”,”busy moms&dads”,”Day Care Center”,
“moms&dads who is not good at playing with kids”.
This will give GREAT TIME to kids,Moms&Dads,Babysitter,Day Care Centers and so on.
KIDSSONG makes you sing and dance with Kids!
Come and play with KIDSSONG for kids!
KIDSSONG makes kids develop ability to observe,imagination,creativity!!!
Songs:
+Alphabet Song
+The finger Family
+Oh, Mr. Sun
+The Little Indian
+HokeyPokey
+The Muffin man
It’s time to enjoy KIDSSONG !!!
Chore Pad
Chore Pad is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Exclusively for iPad
Chore Pad is the iPad’s fun, simple and interactive way for you and your family to keep track of your chores and earn rewards.
Chore Pad presents a full weekly chore chart to each user, just as you’d get with a traditional paper chore chart, but layered with technology that tallies points, collects stars, presents achievements and manages rewards.
Here are some of Chore Pad’s great features:
* Weekly Chore View
- The current week of chores is automatically shown on user selection.
- The current day is automatically highlighted in the chart.
- Look to the future or review the past with simple navigation arrows.
- Popover protection to guard against accidental changes to the past or future.
* Easy User and Chore Setup
- Add any number of users, each with their own chore chart.
- Add a photo to customize your chore chart.
- Set up chores to occur on any combination of weekdays and with repeat options.
- Assign a value of 1-5 points for each chore.
* Robust Rewards System
- Create rewards with custom point values.
- Accumulate points for every completed chore.
- Cash out rewards at your convenience.
- See reward histories for each user, complete with point values and days received.
* Achievements
- Earn a star for every completed chore.
- Earn trophies as your star total increases.
* Settings
- Configurable settings to prevent unwanted changes.
Unleash the Kingdom with Animals’ World
Unleash the Kingdom with Animals’ World is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $1.99 Score: 7/10 By A. Papachristos
The world is always in a crazy state of flux. But, no matter which countries hate each other, or who is at war with whom, the animal world is one constant that links every continent of the world. Everyone, in some capacity or another, has interacted with animals, perhaps by visiting a zoo, caring for pets or working on a farm. The animal kingdom is simply one of those topics that we all come to know about, whether through books or real-life experiences.
With Animals’ World by vivica, users of all ages can enjoy this interactive, digital picture book that provides high definition quality images and sounds of dozens of animal species right in the palm of your hand.
Like an exceptionally expansive zoo right within your portable device, Animals’ World allows users to swipe through a wide selection of the world’s most well-known, popular animal species. From the domesticated (Cats, Dogs, Rabbits), to the exotic (Macaws, Koalas, Flamingos), to the downright wild (Lions, Tigers, Brown Bears), users will find nearly every type of animal they could possibly name off the top of their heads.
Upon startup, Animals’ World will take a moment to load all the animal graphics the appear within the swipe through menu that represents the main portion of the application. As you swipe, you will see the beautifully vivid HD photographs of each animal featured. To focus on an individual animal, simply tap its photo in the line up to view the photo closer up. Use the ‘+’ icon in the top right corner of the landscape-aligned screen and the photo will automatically zoom, allowing you to see the animal in great detail. Tap the animal to hear the sounds they make in HD.
In the bottom left corner of the screen, users will find the measurement icon, which looks like a ruler. By tapping this, users can see how big the animal is as compared to the average-sized man of 175cm. For children or anyone unfamiliar with the given animal, this provides a wonderful indication of just how large or small the given species is in real-life. The globe icon in the bottom right corner provides users with a 3D map that helps them locate where the animals live.
While both easy-to-use for adults and children and visually wonderful, Animals’ World lacks a certain educational quality because it solely plays off its visual splendor. Such simplicity is great for young children, but as the demographic gets increasingly older, Animals’ World begins to use its usefulness as a learning tool and simply becomes something fun to look at. Perhaps if each animal’s photo was accompanied by some facts about the animal, older children (and even adults in the case of the lesser known animals) may find it to be a great learning tool beyond simply learning what the animal looks and sounds like, its size and where it lives.
For a YouTube video demonstration of how Animals’ World works, click here.
Animals’ World requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.
