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Daily iPhone App: View Seeker Location Scout: a handy tool for iPhone photographers

by Mel Martin (May 7th, 2013)

View Seeker Location Scout is a handy US$0.99 photo app that can help you find the best locations for landscape photography. You can get all the best locations around you with a click, which the app does by sourcing images from Panoramio and Flickr. Once you find a spot you like it appears on a ...

Daily iPad App: ScreenLab

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2013)

If you look at your lock screen and see wasted screen real estate, then you should check out ScreenLab from Lemonskin. ScreenLab allows you to design a lock screen wallpaper filled with useful information. Because it uses the lock screen, ScreenLab can display these details to anyone, even when ...

Daily iPhone App: Haunted Hollow is frighteningly good

by Mike Schramm (May 3rd, 2013)

I've been crowing about how great Firaxis' Haunted Hollow is since GDC earlier this year, so odds are that you've probably already seen me telling you once (or more) to go pick it up. But in case the message hasn't gotten through yet: Go pick it up. Firaxis' latest game is just an excellent, ...

Daily iPad App: Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy is a great board game adaptation

by Mike Schramm (May 3rd, 2013)

Eclipse is one of the most popular board games around right now -- it's a vast, involving epic "4X" game, where those four Xs stand for eXploration, eXpansion, eXploitation (as in mining crops and resources from various planets) and eXtermination (as in finishing off your alien opponents). ...

Daily iPad App: Gradients is a free iOS photo editor that is worth a look

by Mel Martin (May 2nd, 2013)

I'm always on the lookout for free photo apps that do a good job, and Gradients for the iPad or iPhone (free, universal) fits the bill. The app lets you add gradients to existing photos with almost infinite variations and control. I often create gradients in Photoshop, especially to tone down the ...

Daily iPhone App: Zombies, Run! 5k helps novices train for a 5K

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 2nd, 2013)

In June, there is a local 5K race and I want to run in it. It's been years since I've done any serious running so I definitely have to prepare for this event. Like any good techie, I turned to my iPhone and the App Store for motivation. After searching, I stumbled on a new version of an old ...

Daily iPhone App: House of the Dead Overkill - The Lost Reels is gross but innovative

by Mike Schramm (May 1st, 2013)

There are some really excellent apps arriving on the App Store tonight (including Firaxis' great Haunted Hollow), but before we tackle that new crop, I did want to mention this app, released last week by Sega. House of the Dead, if you're not aware, is an arcade shooting game, where you take on ...

Daily iPad App: Tipping Point Adventure for iPad is clever and engaging

by Mel Martin (May 1st, 2013)

My experience as an adventure game player goes way back to the text-only Colossal Cave game, which then morphed into the classic Zork text games from Infocom (which, by the way, you can play even now on iOS with the Lost Treasures of Infocom app). Now, with speed and graphic power, games are a ...

Daily iPad App: Animator's Survival Kit moves to iPad, brings in-depth look at drawing essentials

by Erica Sadun (Apr 30th, 2013)

Richard Williams is an Oscar-winning animator, with an extensive history in the film business. His well-reviewed Animator's Survival Kit (US$22 on Amazon) is currently in its second edition. For a mere $959.50, you can pick up a 16-DVD boxed set showcasing all the material covered in the ...

Daily iPad App: Quicklytics is the Analytics client that Google should have made

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2013)

If you obsess over your website traffic and bemoan the fact that Google doesn't have a decent iOS Analytics client, then you should take a moment to check out Quicklytics. Quicklytics pulls your Google Analytics data and gives you a detailed look at your almost realtime** website traffic in ...

Daily iPhone App: Bookworm Heroes takes Popcap's wordfinding classic social

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2013)

The big deal with Popcap's latest big entry into the App Store, Bookworm Heroes, is that it's social. It's a version of the company's popular wordfinding game given a social twist, so that you can play against your friends, neighbors, or just random people online. But here's the thing I most ...

Daily iPhone App: Cut the Rope: Time Travel sends Om Nom through the centuries

by Mike Schramm (Apr 24th, 2013)

Cut the Rope is one of the most-downloaded apps on the App Store, and its developers, ZeptoLab, have made quite a character out of its lead, Om Nom. The series' latest incarnation is called Cut The Rope: Time Travel, and it's available on the App Store (in both iPhone and HD versions) right ...

Daily iPad App: Hone your culinary skills with the Baking with Dorie app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Most people can whip up some brownies or bust out a batch of cookies on a whim, but if you want to prepare a pie from scratch, you may need some help. One of the best apps to boost your baking skills is the new Baking with Dorie app. The multimedia-rich app features baking lessons from ...

Daily iPhone App: Curved

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 22nd, 2013)

I have a soft spot for image editing apps that let me add some flair to the photos I take with my iPhone. One app that has made its way into my permanent tool bag is Curved. As its name implies, Curved Text on Photo lets you overlay multiple layers of curved text on your iPhone and iPad ...

Daily iPhone App: ListBook: A list app with location based reminders and more

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 19th, 2013)

NoIdentity's ListBook (US$1.99) is a straightforward list compiler that looks great and has some well-implemented features to help you get on top of all those lists and things to get done. The list maker lets you compile numerous lists and add items (or to-dos / tasks) to those lists. To ...