Throw a zombie across the screen. Then, drop a cement block on some of his friends. You can shoot, throw, and yes, smash a variety of undead monsters ... read more at Macworld
Search Rocket Web Search Shortcuts - Houdah Software
ACTRocket, comparatively, comes up a bit short. The $1 app from Houdah Software offers quick access to search many sites, but fails to recreate most of Dragon Search’s usefulness ... read more at Macworld
Dragon Search is very, very cool. The app, free from the folks at Nuance Communications who make the similarly-stunning Dragon Dictation app ... read more at Macworld
Two new apps look to make the works Shakespeare as accessible as they are mobile. No Fear Shakespeare from Sparknotes and Readdle’s follow-up app, Shakespeare Pro ... read more at Macworld
Two new apps look to make the works Shakespeare as accessible as they are mobile. No Fear Shakespeare from Sparknotes and Readdle’s follow-up app, Shakespeare Pro ... read more at Macworld
When visiting theme parks, waiting is a big part of your day. This is no different at Disneyland, where you spend the majority of your day waiting ... read more at Macworld
Developers Intersog and Dirty Edge seek to redefine the tower defense genre with Hellemental. Unlike traditional tower defense games ... read more at Macworld
This $10 productivity tool is a beast of an app -- and we mean that as a positive. Dense and feature-rich, Pocket Informant aims to replace the iPhone's built-in calendar ... read more at Macworld
This app, which streams video and audio from the NCAA men's basketball tournament to your iPhone, has made some improvements from last year's edition ... read more at Macworld
Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be—wait for it—a valet? Well, thanks to Valet Hustle, you can finally live that dream ... read more at Macworld
The layout, design, and attention to detail in this camera app are among the best you'll find on the App Store. Not only does Hipstamatic produce great-looking photos ... read more at Macworld
This alarm clock app looks to help you wake up gradually, and it's driven by a number of good ideas. Unfortunately, Melatonin's promising features don't outweigh its hassles ... read more at Macworld
Rafter by Emantras is a beautifully drawn physics-based puzzle game inspired by Da Vinci. The point of the game is to strike a red mine ... read more at Macworld
Whether on its own or in tandem with Marketcircle's desktop Billings app, this mobile time tracker and invoicing application has no parallel on the iPhone or iPod touch ... read more at Macworld
This app, which lets you send picture messages to friends, is very easy to use and can really save you some money on texting fees ... read more at Macworld
The Impossible Quiz, on the other hand, is everything I feared The Moron Test would be. The Impossible Quiz has existed as a PC game and online game for a while ... read more at Macworld
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? 2010 - Capcom Interactive
The final quiz game I looked at was Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 2010 from Capcom Interactive. We weren’t fans of the 2009 edition of the game ... read more at Macworld
The Moron Test is a $1 App Store mainstay, frequently ranking as one of the top sellers in Apple’s online emporium. I’ve steadfastly ignored the title ... read more at Macworld
This free-form task-management app inherits many features of its Mac counterpart, along with a few iPhone tweaks. While it doesn't provide the kind of advanced scheduling ... read more at Macworld
Street Fighter fans are rejoicing everywhere, because Capcom's Street Fighter IV has finally made its way onto the iPhone. While not a pitch-perfect port of the popular console fighter ... read more at Macworld
Power Cam is one of many apps trying to make your picture-taking a bit easier, and while the $1 offering does add some interesting features ... read more at Macworld
Are You Alright? is a medical-themed time-management game. Unfortunately, bugs and long load times distract from an otherwise enjoyable experience ... read more at Macworld
This app add some nice options to the iPhone's camera -- most notably an anti-tilt feature that keeps your shot level no matter what ... read more at Macworld
Tank Raider is a retro tank arcade game by Sunday Solutions that puts you at the controls of an arcade tank pitted against three crafty computer-controlled tanks ... read more at Macworld
If you like to send cutesy images with your MMS messages, txtagif will be an iPhone app dream come true, even though the free app has a few flaws ... read more at Macworld
This app taps an RSS feed to pump out the first half-dozen words of news headlines, requiring you to play an individual game of hangman ... read more at Macworld
Even if you don't know an f-stop from a doorstop, you can easily create wide-angle panoramas with the help of this easy-to-use image editor ... read more at Macworld
This nicely designed, easy-to-use app that may provide a valuable service for some users. But My Med ID is not without its downsides ... read more at Macworld
Inspired by the recently released film from Disney and director Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland is a remarkably clever 2-D adventure game that is more than a mere movie tie-in ... read more at Macworld
At one point in the very near past, if you wanted to track your speed and distance over a bike ride or run, calculate your calories burned, listen to music, share exercise data with friends ... read more at Macworld
At one point in the very near past, if you wanted to track your speed and distance over a bike ride or run, calculate your calories burned, listen to music, share exercise data with friends ... read more at Macworld
With the release of a 3.0 version of this mobile golf game, we revisit Tiki Golf 3D and find that, unfortunately, ample bugs will need to be corrected before this game is up to par ... read more at Macworld
Noby Noby Boy is less of a game than an experience, and it’s the kind of experience that feels like a trippy art project that’s tough to appreciate ... read more at Macworld
Audubon Wildflowers - A Field Guide to North American Wildflowers - Green Mountain Digital
While there are a few minor interface issues with these mobile versions of the Audubon Field Guides, the apps focusing on birds, mammals, wildflowers, and trees ... read more at Macworld
Audubon Trees - A Field Guide to North American Trees - Green Mountain Digital
While there are a few minor interface issues with these mobile versions of the Audubon Field Guides, the apps focusing on birds, mammals, wildflowers, and trees ... read more at Macworld
Audubon Mammals - A Field Guide to North American Mammals - Green Mountain Digital
While there are a few minor interface issues with these mobile versions of the Audubon Field Guides, the apps focusing on birds, mammals, wildflowers, and trees ... read more at Macworld
Audubon Birds - A Field Guide to North American Birds - Green Mountain Digital
While there are a few minor interface issues with these mobile versions of the Audubon Field Guides, the apps focusing on birds, mammals, wildflowers, and trees ... read more at Macworld
Instead of the normal "run-and-gun" mayhem, Doom II RPG is a turn-based role playing game with more emphasis on strategy and dungeon crawling than pure gunplay ... read more at Macworld
Juicy Development’s FastTrac claims it can get users on more rides and attractions at Disneyland while avoiding long queue times ... read more at Macworld
Finally combining my love of gardening and my need to slaughter the undead, Plants vs. Zombies is a unique tower defense game from PopCap Games ... read more at Macworld
It seems like many of the Websites I visit these days request a login. Whether it’s online banking, Twitter, Facebook, or a blog site, everyone wants a username and password ... read more at Macworld
It seems like many of the Websites I visit these days request a login. Whether it’s online banking, Twitter, Facebook, or a blog site, everyone wants a username and password ... read more at Macworld
If you plan on doing any snorkeling on your next visit to Hawaii, this reference guide's vivid pictures and information will prove to be a worthy travel companion ... read more at Macworld
Capcom's Resident Evil series has always been about close-quartered survival combat, claustrophobic settings, and dark, foreboding atmospheres ... read more at Macworld
Capcom's Resident Evil series has always been about close-quartered survival combat, claustrophobic settings, and dark, foreboding atmospheres ... read more at Macworld
When it comes to an app that can find a concert, let you share your thoughts with other concert-goers (through Twitter), and search based on your location ... read more at Macworld
In The Raging Dead, you’re given an aerial view of a section of a city and the task of eradicating the zombies before they spread. The challenge of the game is ... read more at Macworld
This app is just what it sounds like -- a mobile aquarium for your iPhone or iPod touch. And for $1, it delivers a good deal of fun ... read more at Macworld
There's nothing wrong with this kids' e-book, which features top-notch illustrations. But there's also little to recommend this app over a printed book ... read more at Macworld
This bill reminder app looks gorgeous, but looks aren't everything. After a few minutes of using Bills ~ On Your Table, some unfortunate limitations become apparent ... read more at Macworld
If you're the person everyone's always looking to for answers, this app saves untold time fumbling around with Google searches. ... read more at Macworld
Zach Snyders' 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead had its fans and its critics. New developer Byte Mark won't have the benefit of such a controversy ... read more at Macworld
Anyone who wants to control their desktop from their iPhone or iPod touch must contend with the limited screen space on their mobile device ... read more at Macworld
Your iPhone's screen is small, but Office2 proves it's still enough to work with office documents. Its interface is an excellent example ... read more at MacUserUK
Broken Sword first appeared in 1996 and this update adds new scenes to the acclaimed adventure, though the overall story is the same ... read more at MacUserUK
A music recording app with a difference, Voice Band is for musicians who can't actually play a musical instrument. Provided you can hold a tune ... read more at MacUserUK
With a range of digital instruments including pianos, guitars, strings, drums and brass, Music Studio is a fully fledged composition and recording app ... read more at MacUserUK
Loosely modelled on the 4-track tape recorders of the 1980s, 4Tracks is a music app with a difference: it uses the built-in microphone ... read more at MacUserUK
Less than three years after the launch of Apple’s handset, Final Fantasy, the role-playing classic that practically defined its genre, has arrived for the iPhone ... read more at MacLife
Where Final Fantasy I defined the role-playing genre for the late 80s/early 90s, Final Fantasy II took the core idea and experimented with what could be done with it ... read more at MacLife
Scene It? is best known as a raucous party game, but with Scene It? Movies, the series expands to the iPhone with a well-produced package that maintains much ... read more at MacLife
Up until now, the fidgety furballs of Chuzzle, which took Macs and PCs by storm in 2005, have been notably absent from PopCap’s iPhone library of puzzle games ... read more at MacLife
When choosing from thousands of apps in the Apple App Store, Guerrilla Bob has one distinct advantage: it has an awesome name. Once downloaded, Guerrilla Bob doesn’t disappoint ... read more at Macworld
Ingenious may be the perfect name for this puzzle game from developer United Soft Media Verlag, because you pretty much have to be a genius to master it ... read more at Macworld
Snood is a "match-three" puzzle game from Electronic Arts. First released in 1996, the colorful puzzle game has graced multiple platforms and has become arguably the most successful ... read more at Macworld
I’ll admit it—I’m a big fan of the PC version of Spore. Who doesn’t like creating a society from primordial sludge to galactic conquest? Unfortunately, Spore Creatures for the iPhone ... read more at Macworld
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own time-lapse videos or even a cool stop-motion animation, look no further than iTimeLapse Pro from Laan Labs ... read more at Macworld
Anyone who’s ever tried to take a self-portrait on the iPhone knows how awkward it can be. Because the iPhone’s camera is on the back of the device, the screen that controls the camera is facing away ... read more at Macworld
H.A.W.X. is a Tom Clancy-inspired game from Gameloft that will have your after-burners kicking in as your heat-seeking missiles blast the bad guys out of the sky ... read more at Macworld
One of the things that I really like, but take somewhat for granted, about the iPhone OS is its support for push notifications. At first I thought I had little need to be notified when ... read more at Macworld
Music apps for the iPhone fall into a few distinct categories. Air, for example, is a freeform tool for creating random sounds, while JR Hexatone Pro is an advanced loop creator ... read more at Macworld
Battle for Vesta from Insight Industries is a first-person 3D space combat game with smooth gameplay, retro graphics, and little frills. You pilot your spacecraft ... read more at Macworld
When you’re ready to snap a photo of the business card, BizSnap puts a guide box on the iPhone screen for you to position the card ... read more at Macworld
The next app I tried was Business Card Reader, available for $5 from Shape Services. In a clear advantage over its competitors, Business Card Reader lets you tap anywhere ... read more at Macworld
WorldCard Mobile, on sale for $5 at this writing, uses the iPhone’s regular shutter-button interface when you photograph your business cards. Unlike the first two apps I tried ... read more at Macworld
The last app I tested was ABBYY Business Card Reader, currently on sale for $2. ABBYY’s app shows on-screen guides for taking your photo, like BizSnap and Business Card Reader ... read more at Macworld
It’s obvious that developer Epic Force put a lot of time and effort into developing Stone Wars, but that might be its biggest problem ... read more at Macworld
In case you hadn’t noticed, the dedicated alarm clock app is threatening to overtake the flashlight genre for the most common type of app in the App Store ... read more at Macworld
In case you hadn’t noticed, the dedicated alarm clock app is threatening to overtake the flashlight genre for the most common type of app in the App Store ... read more at Macworld
The arrival of Google Wave created quite a stir last year when the search giant first took the wraps off its collaboration and communications tool. Essentially a mash-up of e-mail, instant messaging, social networking ... read more at Macworld
Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear - Electronic Arts
If you’re a fan of "match-three" puzzles and/or “hidden object” puzzles, Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear will provide you with many hours of entertainment ... read more at Macworld
When SlingPlayer Mobile was first released for the iPhone, it was a disappointment. Yes, it performed the nearly miraculous task of displaying live TV ... read more at Macworld
In Jacques & Stella’s Mystery Files Club by Maxmars, you join the game's title characters as they help the police solve a murder mystery. You’ll need skills ... read more at Macworld
Recently, a whole crop of multisensory games have sprung up to take advantage of the iPhone’s touch screen controls. The puzzle game genre in particular has been flooded ... read more at Macworld
I was excited to try out Grocery Pal, a free app from Twicular. I haven’t found a supermarket shopping list app that really works for me yet, and Grocery Pal promised an extra slick feature ... read more at Macworld
In the crowded weather apps space, there are not that many ways to set yourself apart from the pack. Having a known brand—such as The Weather Channel or Accuweather—certainly gives you a head start ... read more at Macworld
Developed by Youoco.com, Fallen EP-1 is the first episode of a new survival-horror game for the iPhone. Opening with a nerve-wracking sequence in which a group of soldiers are killed by a mysterious dark creature ... read more at Macworld
RSSpeaker, a news app from Altum Design Studios, promises to combine the technology of custom RSS feeds with the ability to translate text to speech using software from Acapela ... read more at Macworld
Phantom Mansion: The Red Chamber by Zattikka is the first chapter of a seven-chapter puzzle game. You are Hector, the Spectre Detector, and your mission is to collect souls ... read more at Macworld
Photo Brush, developed by Bobby Cronkhite Software, lets you easily add design elements to your photos like hearts, skulls, flares, birds and much more ... read more at Macworld
If you have been using apps like Notecards to study on your iPhone and you’re ready to take your study habits to the next level, Mental Case Flashcards by MacCoreMac Software ... read more at Macworld
Racing games are certainly plentiful for iPhone and iPod touch, but Resolution Interactive succeeds in creating a unique racing game in Snow Moto Racing ... read more at Macworld
I confess: I’ve never really thought about taking a still photo and adding both my voice and some animation so that it looks like my photo is speaking. Still, that’s exactly what PhotoSpeak does ... read more at Macworld
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