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Daily iPad App: Magicka arrives on iOS with Wizards of the Square Tablet

by Mike Schramm (Mar 28th, 2013)

Magicka is a long-running game series from Swedish developer Paradox Interactive that the company has recently decided to go big on. In addition to an upcoming multiplayer spinoff, Paradox has released this version for iOS today, hoping to bring some of the PC game's magic to Apple's ...

Daily iPad App: Deco Sketch Pro is a unique photo editor and graphics creation tool

by Mel Martin (Mar 15th, 2013)

Deco Sketch Pro is a universal iOS app that features geometric effects that can be added to images you have, or you can start from scratch. The US$2.99 universal app includes 10 brush types with 130 variations. You can extract color from a photo and use it as the base for an effect. You can ...

Daily iPad App: FX Photo Studio HD adds more filters, Retina support

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2013)

FX Photo Studio HD has been a staple on my iPads for a while. The US$1.99 app from MacPhun, which is used to edit and apply a variety of effects to images, has recently been updated to version 5.0, adding more effect filters and now including support for Retina displays. The update also ...

Daily iPad App: My Measures & Dimensions PRO

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 7th, 2013)

Today's Daily iPad App is My Measures & Dimensions PRO. It's universal, but I only tested it on the iPad. The app is a beautiful and useful tool for anyone who needs to take measurements around the house. Though it's designed with carpenters, engineers, architects or landscapers in mind I ...

Daily iPad App: Thirst aggregates the news so you don't have to

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 25th, 2013)

Thirst is a newsreader and news-discovery app with a personalized twist. It has a magazine-like tiled layout that reminds me of Flipboard. Each tile is a news category and the default homescreen includes a broad range of categories like sports, politics and tech. You can narrow these categories ...

Daily iPad App: Rich Notes is another snazzy note-taking solution for your iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2013)

There are a ton of great note-taking apps out there for the iPad at this point (one of my favorites is Penultimate), and because there are so many available, choosing one is really up to personal preference at this point. Rich Notes is a relatively new entry to the pantheon, but it's free ...

Daily iPad App: Imagewind shows you the images of the world

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

Imagewind gives you a glimpse of our fast-changing world by letting you admire photos from all around the globe. The app is an aggregator that pulls down photos in near real-time from services like Instagram, Twitter, and Flickr. You can select which photo services you want to use and how ...

Daily iPad App: Flowstate is a brutal writing app that produces results

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 19th, 2013)

Flowstate describes itself as the most brutal writing app and I have to agree. Flowstate, for those who have not stumbled across it, is an iOS writing app designed to minimize distractions and get the words flowing by putting the screws to you. The app launches with a full-screen editor and a ...

Daily iPad App: Versu lets you play the role of a character in a story

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 18th, 2013)

Versu is a living storybook app that adds an interesting twist to its storytelling. Instead of merely reading an engaging tale of love and adventure, users actually get to take part in the story. When you open a book in Versu, you get to choose the character that you want to portray. As the ...

Daily iPad App: NotesTab seamlessly syncs your notes between iOS, Mac and Windows 8

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 15th, 2013)

When it comes to note-taking, I prefer apps that are lightweight and easy to use. I want to be able to quickly open a note, capture a thought before it disappears and then move on. Recently, I've ditched iOS Notes and have been using NotesTab from Fiplab. NotesTab is a universal app, but I've ...

Daily iPad App: Watchup is your personal video news station

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2013)

Sometimes reading the news just doesn't jive with what you are doing. For those times, iPad owners can turn to Watchup, a video news aggregator that pulls content from the top news channels. Watchup lets you create your own custom newscasts that you can watch when you have some free time at ...

Daily iPad App: Endless Alphabet is an enjoyable way for kids to learn their ABCs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 13th, 2013)

Endless Alphabet from Callaway Digital Arts is one of those children's apps that you know is going to be a hit with your kids as soon as you open it. It has bouncy, eye-catching graphics and fantastic sound effects that grab your child's attention and hold it long enough for them to learn their ...

Daily iPad App: WWF Together combines conservation with stunning wildlife photography

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2013)

WWF Together is an educational and entertaining iPad app from the World Wildlife Fund. Like most wildlife apps, WWF Together includes stunning videos and photos of animals in their natural habitats There's also conservation information as well as interesting and oddball facts about each animal. ...

Daily iPad App: Spend more time drawing, less time tweaking with Inspire Pro

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 30th, 2013)

Inspire Pro is an iPad app for anyone with a flair for painting. It was recently updated to version 2, which includes a refreshed UI with new graphics and a powerful new painting engine that was built from scratch by KiwiPixel. The new Sorcery Engine is based on OpenGL ES 2.0 and works with the ...

Daily iPad App: Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil is simple but excellent deck-building action

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2013)

Playdek is a developer that's caught my eye recently. They're the folks behind what I think are the best card games on the App Store, including the great Ascension (which Gary Games, now called StoneBlade Entertainment, actually designed but Playdek brought to iOS), as well as the excellent ...