Ipod Touch App Reviews

An amazing week for iPod App Addictors

2009-02-19T03:48:00.000-08:00

Hi and sorry for didn't update my blog for such a long time. Actually I didn't have time and didn't bother to update my blog. But seeing there are so many apps - both free and paid being released, or soon to be released by the end of this week I think I'll just post a quick link about them.

Note that the list of games below are the one that I had tracked for a long time:
* The one with no price listed in the Paid section is due to released at the end of the weekend, at most.

Lite

Paid

Until then, I think I'll easily spent over $20 on this week.

Hexagon-Shape-Based Games

2009-02-03T04:11:00.000-08:00

Anyone notice a great amount of hex-shaped-based type puzzle game being developed nowadays?

Let me just list them all down:
Hex ($2.99)

Description:
Hex is yet another way to play the famous Lines game - this time on a hexagonal board. Drag a ball with your finger to form a line. As simple as that, but yet highly addictive. You have been warned!

The game starts with two balls chosen out of six different colors. The player can move one ball per turn, and the goal is to remove balls by forming lines of at least five balls of the same color. Hexagonal board makes the game trickier to play compared to classic Lines.

Like with all our games (and unlike our competitors) board size, number of colors, etc is configurable, so you (not the program) decide how challenging you want your game to be. Yep, we too like to play it dumb sometimes and max the board, min the colors.

Do check our other Lines games as well: Lines - the classic and Triangle - Lines on Triangular board.

Enjoy!

HexTerritory ($0.99)

- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hex"]Hex[/URL] $2.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hex-territory"]HexTerritory[/URL] $0.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexlines"]HexLines[/URL] $1.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexterity"]Hexterity[/URL] $3.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexy"]Hexy[/URL] $0.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexile"]Hexile[/URL] $2.99 ([URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexile-free"]Free[/URL])
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexus"]Hexus[/URL] $1.99 ([URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexus-lite"]Lite[/URL])
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexspin"]HexSpin[/URL] $0.99
- [URL="http://appshopper.com/games/hexlok"]HexLok[/URL] $0.99

[Games] Snail Mail

2009-01-13T19:40:00.000-08:00

App Name: Snail Mail
Developer: Snail Mail
Price: $1.99
Category: Games
Type: Racing
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: Cell-shaded 3D
Controls: Touch Screen, Accelerometer
Awards: No
Time limit: No (Yes in Time Trial Mode)
Selectable difficulty: No (Tracks become more complicated as you progress)
Total Levels: 50
Game play mode:

Adventure (Postal Mode) - Collect the item that appears along the track. Successfully collect all the items in a track will rewards you with bonus scores.
Challenge Mode - Customizable racing speed to provide more faster and intense racing experience. You can also replay your race.
Time Trial Mode - Race against your best time.

Objectives: Race your snail to the finish line.

Features:

Unique tracks includes cockscrew, loops, etc.
Upgradable weapon powers by passing through the white shining loop.

Pros:

Smooth game play with no lag at all.
Fast-paced game play.

Cons:

Cannot customize the snail.

Trivia:

When falling down from the track you might heard "Abandon 'Shell'!!"

Links: [AppShopper] [iTunes Store Link]

[Games] Textropolis

2009-01-13T19:27:00.000-08:00

App Name: Textropolis
Developer: Ian Marsh
Price: $0.99
Category: Games
Type: Word
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 2D
Controls: Touch Screen (tap)
Awards: No
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: No

Objectives: Forms as many words as you can from a country name without time limits.

Features:

Clean and simple user interface.
A flag will fly through the screen showing the meaning for the words you formed. Great to learn and explore new words.
Can be played single-handedly thanks to its unique placement of alphabet tiles.
Beautiful and animated/vibrant colored background and fonts will relax your mind.
More cities to unlock when you formed a targeted numbers of words for each country. You start off with only one country name.
Words that you have formed will be shown at the top screen.

Pros:

Exploring words had never been so much fun before this game.

Cons:

No hint system.
As the number of the formed words increases, the size of the text will become smaller. There is no way to display more than 1 line of text.

Similar Game:

wurdle [AppShopper iTunes Store]

Links: [AppShopper iTunes Store]

Games that I'm currently playing

2009-01-09T21:41:00.000-08:00

Here is a list of the games that I most played for this week.

7 Cities (Map 7 - Normal difficulty)
Giant Jigsaw
HydroTilt (level 26)
Snail Mail (almost finish)
Space Ninja (level 32)
TanZen

Giant Jigsaw will be updated soon!

2009-01-08T19:28:00.000-08:00

For those who are concern about the memory and battery usage for Giant Jigsaw, worry no more as they will improves the game that will cope with such problems.

Here's the email I received from the developer (January 6th) after I sent a suggestion to them few days ago.

Hello Gary,

I'm very glad to hear that Giant Jigsaw caught your eye. I also appreciate your feedback!

I will certainly try to incorporate your suggestions into my next version. Regarding the 2nd item on your list, I have a suggestion that may help. iTunes will by default downsample photos before copying them to your device. This is a great feature if a user only browses photos from the Photos app, but problematic for my application as they are very low resolution and would appear blurry if I made them into a large puzzle. I may be mistaken, but the latest version of iTunes may have an option to sync the original quality images. I believe it can be found in iTunes when your iPod Touch is plugged in if you select your device from the left panel (e.g. 'Gary's iPod'), then the 'Photos' tab in the middle of the screen, then the option 'Include original quality photos'. However, I am unsure if these photos will be accessible from the photo album list within my application, so I apologize if this does not fix the issue and will continue to look into this.

You may be excited to know that I'm already working on a 'Version 2.0' that will include exciting new features like the ability to sync a large puzzle on your iPhone or iPod Touch to a sister application that runs within a web browser on my website. Additionally, it will be multiplayer allowing you and your friends and family to share and collaborate on large puzzles---whether or not all of you own iPhone/iPods! This version will also allow 180 (and hopefully larger) piece user puzzles. Time permitting, I also hope to include multiple unlockable 3D environments.

As for the battery issue, I too have noticed this and have been attempting to make the app run more efficiently.

So keep an eye out around the end of Winter for a new release! Thanks again for the suggestions.

Cheers,
Eric

[Games] HydroTilt

2009-01-08T19:16:00.000-08:00

App Name: HydroTilt
Developer: Publisher X
Price: $4.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle (Environment)
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 3D
Controls:

Touch Screen (double tap to zoom out/in)
Accelerometer (tilt to control the water drop)

Awards: No
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: No (Difficulty is pre-determined and various on levels)
Total Levels: 25 (Bonus stage will be unlocked by collecting the purple crystals)

Objectives: Tilt and guide your bead of water to the finish goal.

Features:

Beautifully rendered 3D environment.
You will need to use different water form to complete certain level.
Smooth game play with calibration support.
Great use of accelerometer. You will love it if you like to play Labyrinth!
Bonus stage is unlocked once you managed to collect those purple crystals found on every level.

Pros:

Unlike most puzzle game which will make you frustrated for being stuck at a same level over and over again, HydroTilt provide you with only one way to solve any level. In other words, you won't feel frustrated easily. To complete the puzzle you will need to foresight the environment such as buttons and movable platform in order to proceed. Most often you will fail a level not because for not being able to solve it, but fail to tilt your bead of water properly.

Cons:

No challenge mode or time trial mode.

Other:

It's fun to change the water form.

[Reference] Moneypedia

2009-01-04T00:05:00.000-08:00

Price: $0.99

A great way to learn more about bank notes from various countries.

[YouTube Link - Review by iPhoneMelodie]
[AppShopper Link]
[iTunes Store App Link]

[Games] Giant Jigsaw

2009-01-03T23:55:00.001-08:00

App Name: Giant Jigsaw
Price: $0.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle (Jigsaw)
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 3D
Controls:

Touch Screen (Pinch) to zoom in and out.
Tap once to select/rotate the jigsaw pieces.

Awards: No
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: No

Objectives: Complete a jigsaw pieces by placing all tiles correctly in places.

Features:

A total new experience to play jigsaw puzzle on your iPhone/iPod Touch with fully 3D view for both the jigsaw pieces and landscape.
Ability to solve large pieces of puzzle (with size greater than 4x4) by section.
Replay features. You can replay any videos for only completed puzzles. The playing speed, however, is not in real time. It probably played at 2-3x speed.
Soothing background music.

Cons:

No tray which can be used to place the jigsaw pieces.
The size of puzzle for any picture taken from the photo library is only limited to 4x4 size.
Drains a huge amount of battery. Not an ideal app to use when traveling.
Takes a couple of seconds to render the jigsaw pieces when using own pictures.
Unable to download photos from website such as Flickr.
No time limit mode where you race against time to complete the puzzle.

[AppShopper Link]
[iTunes App Store Link]

I Love Katamari - Avoid it at all cost!

2009-01-03T23:50:00.001-08:00

If you had done your homework, you would have saw many reviews saying how awesome this game was. In my opinion, that sounds just about the opposite. The low frame rate and lagging issue really make this game deserve its place on my Must Avoided Game list.

Find out about this game review from iPhoneMeladie on YouTube here.

Believe me. You won't purchase it after you had watched that video review. Period.

For those who had purchased it, I feel sorry for you guys.

KamiCrazy control issues

2009-01-03T23:31:00.000-08:00

Even though the developer promises a better responsive controls as in version 1.80, I still found it to be untrue. When I swipe my finger from left to right, sometimes it just didn't have any effects on those soldiers. This is way to annoying for level 25 onwards where you need to swipe the soldiers frequently. I also have several issues with diagonal jumping.

Definitely not worth getting this unless there's been a major update on it in near future.

[Games] Space Ninja

2009-01-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

App Name: Space Ninja
Price: $3.99
Category: Games
Type: Action/Adventure
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: Yes (in the next update)
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 2D
Controls:

Touch Screen (Tap) to activate slow motion mode.
Accelerometer to control your spaceship.

Awards: Yes
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: Yes (in the next update)

Objectives: Maneuver your spacecraft to the finishing line while dodging enemies bullets. Items or slow motion mode can be used or triggered to ease the journey. Different metal will be awarded for not using any items, no slow-motion activation or having a high winning streak.
Features:

40 missions which could keep you entertained for long.
Slow motion mode that ease your job to dodge enemies bullets. It can be activated by tapping anywhere on the screen.
Different high-beat soundtrack for each stage.
Ability to replay your previous records on any stage.
Smooth game play with no lagging or crashing issues.

Pros:

A nice twist to space arcade game whereby you dodge enemies bullets/attacks instead of shooting them.

Cons:

No checkpoint. You will need to retry from the beginning on the level which you fail to pass.
You can't customize your own spaceship according to your likings.

Other:

It's pretty fun to use the slow motion effect like the one features in Max Payne (game).
You'll often spellbounded on how you managed to dodge the bullets when replaying your records.

[AppShopper Link]
[iTunes Store App Link]

[Games] Hexile

2009-01-03T20:39:00.000-08:00

App Name: Hexile
Price: $1.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: Yes (in the next update)
Graphics: 2D
Controls:

Touch Screen (Tap)

Unlockables: No
Time limit: Yes
Selectable difficulty: Yes (in the next update)

Objectives: Complete a level by tapping each and every number in ascending or descending order until they're all gone. Tapping on power ups won't interfere with the numbers. For example, 7 -> 8 -> 7 -> 6 -> 5 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6... You can't skip the numbers, example 7-> 9 -> 5...

Features:

Time limit mode for fast-paced gamer.
Different soundtrack for each stage that matches the theme well.
Medieval style background.
A number tracker on the upper-left corner that track your previous tapped number.

Pros:

A nice twist to puzzle game available on App Store.

Cons:

No award system. It does have a high score tracker instead.
Nothing that can be unlocked.

Other:

In later stage, you will mostly be amazed on how you managed to complete a puzzle without even knowing it.
Planning is essential. Looks for the high and low frequency number and plan accordingly.

[YouTube Link]
[AppShopper Link]
[iTunes Store App Link]

[Games] Arvale: Journey of Illusion

2009-01-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

By far the most interesting RPG games available on iPhone/iPod Touch. Although the screen size is small, well, about the same of the screen size of an iPod Classic, but you'll definitely enjoy the game. It features a virtual d-pad at the right and some useful buttons to interact with things and persons. You might probably having question like why bother to having a d-pad since we can just tap to wherever we want. Well, you can also tap to walk. You can't run in this game, not at all. I've tried to double tap on a location but there seems to be no effect at all. Your character walks, but not as slow as you would thought it might be. Personally I couldn't wonder why does the d-pad is located on the right though. Aren't every or most handheld devices place their d-pad on the left?

To start of, this game really does have a sense of humor when it comes to the dialog part. You will often laugh at yourself when choosing a line of dialog to reply. At least that's what I enjoy most about the game.

The graphics looks a bit like 16-bit classic but why bother? It's the storyline that appeal for a RPG game.

This game does offer a few soundtracks for cities and battles, just as any RPG game would do. The sound, however, does seems like a low quality sound. But bear with it as it will save your battery usage, hence allowing you to enjoy the game for a longer time while on the go.

To add some replay value, the developer even included some side-quests that you might take along your journey. There's no need to memorize which quest you've taken or completed. There is a handy quest log book that will keep track of your quest progress. The quest log book, however, is not detail enough. So you might have to jot down a bit.

The game promises 20 hours+ of game play, which is true. It's a purchase that you won't regret, especially for a $2.99 price tag.

[AppShopper Link]
[iTunes Store Link]

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2009-01-03T20:16:00.001-08:00

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Games that you should avoid

2009-01-02T07:50:00.002-08:00

Games that you should avoid:

# Racing
- Moto Chaser [$0.99]
-> Don't be fooled by its' cheap price tag. The game play is horrible. Not like a racing game at all. Can you imagine hitting an obstacle with no damage or feeling of hitting it at all?

- Asphalt 4 [$5.99]
-> All it's about is drifting, which is unrealistic.

# Puzzle
- 3D Sokoban [$0.99]
-> Buy this if they featured both top view and 3D view under one screen. It's very annoying of having to double tap just to get the overhead view.

# Music
- Guitar Rock Tour [$5.99]
-> Until Gameloft comes out with an update that fixes the lag, hold this game off. You can't get any full combo with any songs, even if you could. Your tap sometimes, or should I say often went recognized by the game.

# Leisure
- Line Rider iRide [$2.99]
-> I prefer PC version. Creating tracks under such small screen is annoying.

# Sports
- Touch Grind [$4.99]
-> Buy this if you really have enough time to spent playing it.

# Puzzle
- Jigsawed Puzzle [$0.99]
-> It's impossible or very hard to solve a huge size puzzle. Everything is being fit under one screen.

- Hangman2 [$0.99]
-> Even the free version, Hangman seems much nicer than this one.

- Cube Runner 2 [$2.99]
-> Game play seems a bit lag than the first version, Cube Runner (Free)

My Recommendation Games for 2008

2009-01-02T07:50:00.001-08:00

That's a really interesting topic. Guess I'll spent some time here. If price is not a concern for you, well, check out the following list which I think is great and useful. For me, that is.

# Puzzle
- Labyrinth [$6.99]
-> Great to experience the power of accelerometer and the stability of your hand. I clear 1 level per day. With the option to download other user custom level pack, it will keep you entertained for loooong.

- Smart Sokoban [$0.99]
-> By far the simplest and best sokoban game.

- Know How [$0.99]
-> Yet another puzzle game which require you to push the treasure box to a point. Nice 3D graphic and smooth game play.

- Loops of Zen [$1.99]
-> A very interesting puzzle game where you complete each level by closing the loops. Japanese are really good at developing such game.

- Frenzie [$1.99]

- Mines in Space [$1.99]
-> Simply the best minesweeper game you can find! You can play it for years and yet fully unlock the achievements.

- Hydrotilt [$2.99]

- TikiTowers [$0.99]
-> Build your bridges so that the monkeys can safety reach the finish point.

# Racing
- Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D [$5.99]
-> There's been issue about it lagging in some scene, but it's still playable

- Fastlane Street Racing [$3.99]
-> A nice racing game where you can actually feel the speed sensation. It's pretty hard at first play. No radar that shows the layout of the track really make it a realistic racing game.

- Snail Mail [$1.99]
-> Smooth game play and nice graphic. You can't miss this one out.

# Board Games
- Xiangqi [$0.99]
-> Features a beautiful water art. It's a chinese chess game. For me it's just perfect.

- Monopoly: Here and Now World Edition [$7.99]
-> Buy this if you love to play Monopoly but don't have anyone to play with.

- Scrabble [$4.99]
-> The name says it all.

- UNO [$5.99]

# Brain Training
- Brain Toot [$0.99]
-> Simple and addictive brain training game

# Leisure/Relaxing
- Scoops [$1.99]
-> A pretty cute game.

- Sneezies [$0.99]
-> If you like cute stuff you definitely need to get this. The sneezing sound is what appealing to me.

- Buggled [$0.99]

- Giant Jigsaw [$0.99]
-> A 3D featured jigsaw game. Truly one of a kind. Be aware of your battery bar. It drains out pretty fast with this game. It should be understandable considering the 3D engine it uses.

- SPiN [$4.99]
-> Silhouette matching game. Think you can think in multiple angle?

# Tower Defense
- FieldRunners [$4.99]
-> I won't say much about this. My 2nd TD game.

- 7 Cities TD [$4.99]
-> Full featured TD game.

- The Creeps [$1.99]
-> With its fast animation and nice looking sprite, this game is a steal at $1.99.

# Sports
- Midnight Pool [$4.99]
-> The aiming feature is great for beginners. You can also unlock more characters. Vivid and colorful environment.

# Memory
- Matches Plus [$1.99]
-> Simple and elegant matches game.

# Action/Adventure
- Chopper [$0.99]

- Amateur Surgeon [$4.99]
-> Don't expect nudity here.

- Bike or Die 2 [$6.99]

- Dr. Awesome [$0.99]
-> It uses your contact as your in-game patient. Really thoughtful.

- Space Ninja [$3.99]
-> A nicely twisted game whereby you dodge enemies bullets instead of shooting them.

# Vision
- Mad Shells [$1.99]
-> Think you have a fast eye? They even have online leaderboard where you can compete your score with anyone. So far I can only reached LV29.

# Role-Playing Game
- Arvale: Journey of Illusion [$2.99]

# Platform Games
- KamiCrazy [$1.99]
-> Guide your troops from point A to point B.

Whew. Finish at last.

Happy 2009 New Year!

2008-12-30T23:46:00.000-08:00

2009 is just around the corner. Wonder what will Apple App Store and other developers out there installed for us.

Anyways I'm posting some useful links for those App hunger people out there:

AppShopper - Find out the latest app, price change and updates here. Updated live. You can even choose to list down the app according to the category. Pretty useful app tracker that you will ever need to check for any app every morning you wake up. RSS feed is included too.

iPodTouchFans Forum - Discuss anything about iPod here. Got any question? Just post up here and others will reply to you at the same day.

AppVee - Features both written and video (YouTube) reviews from various user and the site developer team. Pretty useful site to get to know which app you ought to purchase. Updated frequently.

App Store Apps - Yet another app review site. This site contains more app reviews than AppVee. Video reviews are available for some apps.

WhatsOniPhone - Latest news about iPhone/iPod Touch app. There are even contest to win various PAID app. Be sure to check it out if you're good in graphic design or have a lot of creative ideas.

TouchArcade - A Must visited site for everyone that owns iPhone/iPod Touch. There are forums and a home page that features any reviews about various apps. The forum is joined by various people from whole over the world, even the developers for some app! Definitely check this site out!! Discussion is very hot in here!

My favorite BEST and WORST app of 2008!

2008-12-23T03:41:00.000-08:00

2009 is just around the corner. So I will just post my favorite and recommended app of the year. You might heard some of them, or you might not.

"Not an app hunter? Been wondering what's the latest and hot app? Well I'll do the hard work and find them for you, you just need to see and try it."

* I purchase only the genuine app from iTunes Store (US). No jailbreaking app here.
* The following list are based on my personal likes and dislike. Might varies depends on individual.
* All app I have listed down have been tried and purchased by me.
* Pricing are as stated at the time I purchased.
* App are sorted in no particular order. I just list them down according to my date of purchase.
* App marked with (*) before their title indicates there is a free lite version (in Paid section) or full version (in Free section) that you can try before purchasing the full version.
* SAMPLE indicates an alternative choice to an app instead of the current one.

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Favorite and Recommended App

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Free
# Book

eReader
*ShortBook LE
myLite

# Education

iMorse
iSpell.it

# Entertainment

Backgrounds (Great to find some new background wallpaper to spice up your i-Touch.
MotionX Dice
EyeTricks
*NervSounds
*iDayDream Lite
*Banner Free
AppVee
Remote

# Finance

*iXpenseIt Lite (I would consider buying the full version if it support multiple account in the future. I already issue my suggestion to the developer and they said they might implement it in the future update)
UOMe (free at the time of purchase) [$0.99]

# Games

TapDefense
*Labyrinth Lite
JellyCar
Trace
Tangram Pro (free at the time I purchased)
Tangram Puzzle: Holiday Pro (free at the time I purchased)
TapTap Revenge
*KamiCrazy Lite
*Dactyl
Hangman
Aurora Feint: The Beginning
Topple
*Tic-Tac-Touch
*Cube Runner
Nuzzle
*Virtual Pool Lite
*Matches
*DigiDrummer Lite
*Mad Shells Lite
*Smart Sokoban Lite
*Loops of Zen Lite
*Brain Toot

# Healthcare & Fitness

BMI Calculator
*White Noise Lite
*Easy Relax Lite

# Music

midomi

# Productivity

*HiCalc Lite
*gFlash+
*iVault
*Todo Lite
Fliq Notes
iTranslate
Zipcodes
CountryCodes
*SaiSuke (FREE)

# Reference

Net Acronyms (free at the time I purchased) [$2.99]
World Wiki
Bible
Wikipanion
KTdict C-E (Chinese to English dictionary)
Kotoba (Japanese dictionary)

# Social Networking

Palringo Instant Messenger

# Utilities

iSpell.it
iGroup
Cambio (Free and simple to use unit converter)

Paid
# Book

Classics [$0.99]

# Business

Fast Contacts [$1.99]

# Education

Computer Terms [$0.99]

# Entertainment

*Banner [$0.99]
Spawn Illuminati [$0.99]
*iDayDream [$0.99]
*NervSounds GOLD [$1.99]
Squiggles [$4.99]

# Games

*Labyrinth [$6.99]
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D [$5.99]
Touch Physics [$0.99]
XiangQi [$0.99]
*Brain Toot [$0.99]
Scoops [$1.99]
FieldRunners [$4.99]
*Loops of Zen [$1.99]
Flick Fishing [$0.99]
Flick Bowling [$0.99]
Monopoly: Here and Now World Edition [$7.99]
*Smart Sokoban [$0.99]
Scrabble [$4.99]
*Know How [$0.99]
*Matches Plus [$1.99]
Enigmo [$1.99]
Crazy Tank [$0.99]
Chopper [$0.99]
Frenzie [$1.99]
Sneezies [$0.99]
*Mad Shells [$1.99]
Touch Grind [$4.99]
Amateur Surgeon [$4.99]
Bike Or Die 2 [$6.99]
Fastlane Street Racing [$3.99]
*Tic-Tac-Touch [$0.99] (hi5)
Buggled [$0.99]

# Health & Fitness

*White Noise [$0.99]
*Easy Relax Ultimate [$2.99]
Vision [$0.99]
Hearing Test [$0.99]

# Lifestyle

Holiday [$1.99]

# Music

*DigiDrummer [$0.99]
Christmas Carols by iChristmas [$0.99]

# Productivity

*HiCalc [$0.99]
iDiary [$6.99]
*gFlash Pro [$4.99]
*iVault Pro [$9.99]
*Todo [$9.99]
SplashID [$9.99]
Notebook [$2.99]
Gratitude Journal [$0.99]
Typing Genius [$1.99]
AppSniper [$0.99]

# References

World Wiki Plus [$0.99]
Formulae [$1.99]
WordBook English Dictionary and Thesaurus [$1.99]

# Utilities

Seismometer [$0.99]
Asleep [$1.99]
Name Picker [$0.99]
Pedometer [$1.99]
Army Knife [$0.99]
GPA+ [$1.99]
QwasiPad [$2.99]
Quick Checklists [$0.99]

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Bad/Worse App

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Paid

# Games

Hangman2 [$0.99] Hangman (Free)
Cube Runner 2 [$2.99] (suffer graphic lag which does not have in Cube Runner I) Cube Runner
Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes [$9.99]
Asphalt 4: Elite Racing [$5.99]
3D Sokoban [$0.99] Smart Sokoban
Midnight Pool [$4.99] Virtual Pool
Moto Chaser [$0.99]

# Finance

Accountr [$1.99] iXpense

# Health and Fitness

1st Response Be Prepared [$0.99]

Please do give any feedbacks.

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Pending (haven't purchased) and just might be my favourite App
*Actually I'm waiting for the price drop before/on Christmas or an updates
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# Education

Homeworkr [$2.99]
Class schedule [$0.99]

# Games

UNO [$7.99]
Rolando [$9.99]
KamiCrazy [$1.99]
Radio Flare [$4.99]
SPiN - Super Shape Puzzle [$2.99]
HydroTilt [$2.99]
Guitar Rock Tour [$7.99]
Air Hockey Pro [$0.99]
Line Rider iRide [$2.99]
Virtual Pool [$0.99]
Aurora Feint II: The Arena [$7.99]

# Productivity

Assignments [$2.99]

# Utilities

Contact Tool [$1.99]

Until then, please leave a comment or so that can help to improve this blog.

Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas!!

[Games] Frenzic

2008-12-21T21:02:00.000-08:00

App Name: Frenzic
Price: $1.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: Yes
Graphics: 2D (Colorful)
Exit and Resume support: Yes
Controls:

Touch Screen (Tap)

Player statistic records: Yes

Personal Best Scores
All-Time Best Players
Best Players Today
Best Local Scores
Friends' Best Scores

Unlockables: No
Time limit: Yes
Selectable difficulty: No

Objectives: Complete a circle by tapping a piece to attach.

Features:

Lives system support.
Unlock bonus by completing a same color circle.
Help file support.

Pros:

Sound effect that will immerse you to the game. Kind of like a radar sound that can be heard in a submarine.
Beautiful animation and glowing effect. The growing mixture of color is really impressive.

[Games] Matches Plus

2008-12-21T20:48:00.000-08:00

App Name: Matches Plus
Price: $1.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle
Lite availability: Yes (Matches) [FREE]
Lite limitation:

No lives system support. You lose when the time runs out.

Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 2D
Exit and Resume support: Yes
Controls: Touch Screen (Tap)
Player statistic records: Yes
Unlockables: No
Time limit: Yes (Can be disabled in Option)
Selectable difficulty: No
Lagging: No

Objectives: Find a pair.

Pros:

Elegant symbols, letters and numbers.
Clean user interface that gives you professional game experience.

Cons:

Cannot compete with other players globally.

[Games] Crazy Tank

2008-12-21T20:42:00.001-08:00

App Name: Crazy Tank
Price: $0.99
Category: Games
Type: Tank War
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: Cell-shading 2/3D
Exit and Resume support: Yes
Controls:

Accelerometer (to move the tank)
Touch Screen (Tap) - Tap anywhere to fire

Player statistic records: No
Unlockables: No
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: Yes
Lagging: No

Objectives: Clear a level by firing all enemy tanks.

Features:

Upgradable weapons.
Radar support to easily locate enemy position.

Pros: Cell-shading graphic had never look so good.

Cons:

No records to keep track your progress.
Cannot customize own level and tank.

*I already post my suggestion to them, hopefully they will consider them.

[Games] Fieldrunners

2008-12-21T01:08:00.000-08:00

App Name: Fieldrunners
Price: $4.99
Category: Games
Type: Tower Defense
Lite availability: No
Multiplayer support: No
Online leaderboard: No
Graphics: 2D Cartoon
Saved upon exit: Yes
Controls: Touch Screen (Tap)
Player statistic records: No
Unlockables: Yes. (Maps and levels)
Time limit: No
Selectable difficulty: Yes
Selectable round to begin with: No (Always start with round 1 when starting a new game)

Objectives: Build up your defenses and make sure no enemy pass through another gate.

Pros: Nicely rendered weapon and enemy sprites.

Cons:

Limited weapon/tower choices.
Cannot choose which features to upgrade for a tower (eg: weapon attack range, power...)
Only 2 maps are available to play

[Games] Labyrinth

2008-12-21T01:02:00.000-08:00

App Name: Labyrinth
Price: $6.99
Category: Games
Type: Puzzle
Lite availability: Yes (Labyrinth Lite)
Lite limitation:

Only 1 level pack with 10 levels are available.
Cannot download other level packs uploaded by other users.

Saved upon exit: No
Controls: Accelerometer
Player statistic records: Yes. A red marked box will appear for every level you cleared.
Time limit: No (Can be enabled in Option setting)

Objectives: Turn the board to guide the pinball to a specified location.

Features:

Nice looking wooden block color.
Realistic sound.

[Games] Loops Of Zen

2008-12-20T07:59:00.000-08:00

App Name: Loops Of Zen
Price: $1.99
Category: Games
Lite availability: Yes (Loops of Zen Lite)
Lite limitation:

You can only try out 1 puzzle each time you execute the game. To play other puzzle you will need to exit that app, then re-enter.
No level indicator.

Saved upon exit: Yes
Accelerometer support: No
Player statistic records: No (You can browse through your completed level by using the <<>> button)

Objectives: Make sure all loops are closed.

Features:

24 different levels.
Only uses black and white color so it will not strain your eyes too much.
Required simple logic skill.

[Healthcare & Fitness] Hearingtest

2008-12-20T07:50:00.000-08:00

App Name: Hearing Test
Price: $0.99
Category: Heathcare and Fitness
Lite availability: None
Similar title: Ear Test (FREE)

Features:

8 different frequency range to test your hearing ability. Supposed age that is able to hear the sound in a certain frequency range is provided.

Typical Usage:

Great to determine whether you suffer from hearing loss or not.
Speakers may or may not required to conduct the test. Just place your iPhone/iPod Touch 2nd Gen close enough to your ears if you cannot hear it. If you still can't hear it after several tries even though the distance is close enough to your ears, you might suffer from hearing loss IF you cannot hear the frequency that falls under your group of age.

[Books] Classics

2008-12-20T07:43:00.000-08:00

App Name: Classics
Price: $0.99
Category: Book
Lite availability: None

Features:

Elegant bookshelves with each book (with cover) placed on the shelves. It feels like you actually own the book.
Animated page flip and sound.
Automatic bookmark your reading page when exiting or choosing another book.
Nicely rendered red bookmark.
Illustration included for some chapters.

Pros:

Elegant user interface.
It feels like you actually read a real book.

Cons:

Can't customize font size, style and color.
Limited book title. (The developer will add some more titles in the future, so don't pay so much concern about this. You are likely to read all those titles anyway by the time the developer add more book titles.)
Can't download and add more book titles online. The only way to add those book title is by the developer themselves.

[Healthcare & Fitness] Vision

2008-12-20T07:36:00.000-08:00

App Name: Vision
Price: $0.99
Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Lite availability: None

Features:

Eye exercise
Various tests include: Ishihara Color Vision Test (similar to the color blind test that you take for driving license), Astigmatism Test, Retinal function test and Visual Field Test.
Fun activity like Optical Illusions, Stereograms, Animated Stereograms and Stereo Pairs.
Provides various information and terms related to the eye.

Cons:

Optical illusions are limited to only a few. You are likely to see those illusion beforehand.

[Utilities] Seismometer

2008-12-20T05:01:00.000-08:00

App Name: Seismometer
Category: Utilities
Price: $0.99
Category: Utilities
Lite availability: No

Features:

2 mode for filtering - None and High-pass.
4 Sampling Frequency - 20, 40, 60 and 100 Hz.
2 Scales - Logarithmic and Linear.
Measuring Axis - Z, Y&Z and Both

Pros:

Simple and clean interface.

Typical Usage:

Can be used to detect vibration.
Fun to use when sitting in a moving car.

[Business] iVault Pro

2008-12-20T04:52:00.000-08:00

App Name: iVault Pro
Price: $9.99
Category: Business
Lite availability: Yes (iVault)
Lite limitation:

Fully functional just like the pro version but user are limited to create a maximum of 10 cards.

Pros:

User can create as many fields as possible.
Smaller fonts that allows more one liner text to appear.
Support online backup - www.ivault.mobi (14 days free trial).

Cons:

Does not allow user to attach custom icons to a category or item.
The icons available are somehow limited to a certain group of items.

Typical Usage:

Great for cataloging every item you just purchased, eg: Date of purchase, UPC code, bar code, receipt number, model number, serial number...