Daily iPhone App Digest – 10/04/10

Shaverma Games today is pleased to introduce Words Magic 1.0, their challenging, new word-building game for iOS. Deceptively simple in its premise, the player must connect a starting word and an ending word. This is done using linking words which are only a single letter different from the previous word. For example, the player must select from the following to connect "bend" and "bank": end, band, blend, bead, bed, and bond. The answer, "band", is obvious, but higher levels of gameplay are quite difficult, involving two, three or more linking words.

Words Magic launches in portrait mode to display the game’s master of ceremonies, a standing bear with a sorcerer’s hat and magic wand. Two-thirds of the way down the screen is a large blue cloud containing small, white clouds. Using the previous example, the first white cloud contains the starting word "bend", the second gray cloud contains a question mark, and the third white cloud contains the ending word "bank". The six choices for correct linking word each appear in small white clouds in the night sky, above and below the large blue cloud that serves as the puzzle space. In the event that a player selects an incorrect linking word, the last two clouds turn gray, and the message appears, "Two gray clouds don’t connect! Touch the white one to step back and find another way!"

Feature Highlights:
* Deceptively simple premise – extremely challenging at higher levels
* Logical game of letter substitution to transform words
* Many levels of play with tasks at each level
* Many hours of gameplay for all ages
* Extremely easy to learn
* Challenges the player to think several steps ahead

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
* iOS 3.0 or later (iOS 4 tested)
* 0.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Words Magic 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
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Announcing Fit Your Body, the developer of Tabata-Timer, has launched an exciting new product for iPhone and iPod touch users who are serious about fitness. The application is an interval timer for professionals such as sports people or personal trainers, who are looking for maximum results in minimal time with their fitness regime. Users can reap enormous benefits from using Tabata-Timer for only four minutes a day, which is far faster than with conventional workout methods.

Tabata-Timer is a new product that is sure to excite fitness pros everywhere. Based on the Tabata Protocol, the app is an interval timer, meaning that users workout intensely for twenty seconds then rest for ten seconds, for eight sequences of exercise.

What this method of working out offers users is maximum results in minimal time, based on only four minutes of exercise per day. Naturally, people can use it longer but in that short span of time, when done daily, they enhance their stamina, benefit aerobically and anaerobically, and stimulate fat burning. Essentially, they get fit in four minutes a day.

The Tabata-Timer application is laser focused on providing results-driven interval timing. Its interface has been reduced to include only necessary functions:
* Clean, basic, easy to use interface
* Get fit in only 4 minutes a day!
* Interval timer is based on Tabata Protocol method of working out
* Offers increased aerobic and anaerobic benefits, as well as fat burning
* Gives maximum results in minimal time
* Perfect for fitness pros or those passionately committed to fitness

Although a person needs to use Tabata-Timer for only four minutes each day, the speed of results far exceeds those achieved using conventional workout methods.

Device Requirements:
* 3G iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later
* 0.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Tabata-Timer 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Announcing ec-europe, the developer of Miniatlas Anatomy, has released their latest update for iPhone,iPod touch, and iPad users. The application is a comprehensive resource, providing a huge database of anatomy images with explanatory texts that help doctors effectively communicate with patients and peers. Miniatlas Anatomy covers every part of the human body, making it a physician’s perfect pocket tool.

Miniatlas Anatomy is an incredibly detailed resource for doctors, students or anyone interested in anatomy. Primarily though, it is a doctor’s best friend and perfect pocket tool, helping them to explain anatomy, physiology or pathology to patients and peers. The app contains an enormous database of detailed and labeled images, accompanied by explanatory text. There are twelve chapters or categories, covering everything from skin to the endocrine system. Users can browse or type in what they’re looking for to quickly and easily find a specific part of the anatomy.

With Miniatlas Anatomy, doctors are able to present diagnosis and solutions to health issues via illustrations, which helps to provide clarity. They are also able to pinch-zoom in on focus areas and email an entire image or any part of one. Medical students will also find Miniatlas Anatomy a great resource, mainly due to the comprehensive coverage of the human anatomy and the great detail provided for each illustration.

Miniatlas Anatomy offers a number of incredible features:
* A huge database of detailed and labeled anatomy images
* Each illustration has an explanation text beneath it
* Pinch-zoom to any section of the picture
* Twelve different categories of anatomy offered for browsing
* Easy search – just type part of anatomy required
* Email any image or section of an image needed
* Helps physicians to effectively and more easily communicate with their patients
* Perfect resource for med students
* Available in English or Spanish localization
* Works in portrait or landscape mode

Device Requirements:
* iPhone,iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
* 192 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Miniatlas Anatomy 1.2 is only $5.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Medical category
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Blue Hole, one of the hottest iPhone game apps currently on the App Store, has arrived on Apple’s What’s Hot category after only a week and half!

Leaders Association, Inc., the developer of Blue Hole, and other apps such as "Swine Flu", "Trap Master", and "Urban Ducklings", has announced that Blue Hole version 1.1 is now available for immediate download. This version adds a few new features including the expansion of iOS compatibility from 4.0 and above to 3.0 and above. The app’s loading time has been considerably shortened and the app’s icon image has been updated.

The Blue Hole App delivers non-stop action in a game that you won’t put down for hours! The scene of the deep blue ocean, the sensation of descending deeper and deeper with amazing underwater sounds while dodging marine mines, deadly fish, and other obstacles on your quest to set a new record will keep you playing this new iPhone game for hours! Combined with amazing graphics and constant thrills Blue Hole is a ‘must have app’ for anyone who enjoys games and is looking for the next big game for the iPhone.

Learn How to Play in Seconds:
* Navigate your submarine around obstacles by tilting your phone to the left and right
* Tap the screen repeatedly to brake and slow down your submarine through treacherous spots
* Earn bonus points by hitting objects along your path. Earn extras point after collecting 10 bonus items. You can earn as many as 9 times the normal points by collecting the bonus items
* Earn the right to use additional submarines when you reach certain score thresholds
* Scoring for health points, brake gauge, bonus counter, and total score displayed at the top of your screen
* Full 3D graphic design, sound, and special effects
* Ocean environment continuously changes as you reach deeper into the bottom of the trench
* New sea monsters appear as you go deeper into the ocean
* Special items including turbo booster and the shield are obtained as you descend deeper and deeper
* Clear over 30 missions to earn OpenFeint achievement rewards

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 17.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Blue Hole App 1.1 is available for worldwide immediate download for the iPhone and iPod touch at the Apple App Store for an introductory price of $.99.
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Announcing Advanced Global Solution AGS SpA, the developer of Fly Effect Real 3D 1.0, has released a unique product for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application is a brand new launch, bringing a rare concept to the marketplace. Fly Effect Real 3D is one of the few existing games in the world that offers users not only two dimensional play but also 3D. Users who wear 3D glasses while enjoying the game get to experience a real feel of racing through a Superpunk universe, as they steer around obstacles and try not to run out of fuel as they rack up points.

Fly Effect Real 3D is truly unique and at this point, rare. The app does allow users to play in regular two dimensional but it is among the first few games in the world that requires the use of 3D glasses with red and cyan lenses to enjoy three dimensional effects.

Naturally, the game download does not supply the glasses, players must use their own. When they do, they are rewarded with an amazing, realistic game venue, complete with speed, action and plenty of challenge. Two dimensional play offers the same fun but the graphics and the feel of the game do not have the same impact.

The game’s setting is a fantasy Superpunk universe. Players are raced through tunnels, trying to steer around obstacles, pick up bonus objects and use as little fuel as possible. Speed, which can be selected as slow, normal, fast or extreme, is not controlled by the player. The app operates the gas pedal and there is no brake.

Players can adjust the control settings to match their driving style, though. All moves are made with the accelerometer, so a steady hand can be a big help for serious players.

Of course, the object is to get the highest score possible. It will take practice for some players, as this is a challenging game. Once they feel confident though, users will want to take advantage of the app’s OpenFeint support to compare their scores with other players around the world, as well as their friends on Facebook.

These are some of the features in Fly Effect Real 3D:
* Play in 2D or amazing stereoscopic Real 3D mode
* Spacecraft completely controllable by accelerometer
* 10 different challenging levels
* Each level playable with 4 different speeds: slow, normal, fast, extreme
* Edit control settings to match driving style
* OpenFeint enabled
* Facebook sharing
* Version 1.0 contains Earth World
* Coming soon – Air World and Water World, each with 10 exciting levels

Currently, Fly Effect Real 3D comes with Earth World, which contains ten levels. AGS plans on adding Air World and Water World in the app’s next update.

Device Requirements:
* 3G, 4 iPhone and iPod touch, iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 37.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Fly Effect Real 3D 1.0 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category
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Announcing Allapps, the developer of iBaby (Perfect Parent), is proud to release their latest update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application is a unique offering that allows users to select the gender and ethnicity of a child then are presented with a virtual newborn to care for. iBaby provides a life-like parenting experience, which is not only educational but as entertaining as life with any baby can be. The iBaby cries when it needs something and the virtual parents must tend to the problem, just like in real life.

iBaby (Perfect Parent) is a unique application for iDevice owners who want a true to life experience of what it’s like to care for an infant.

With iBaby, users start out by selecting whether they want their adorably cute baby to be a boy or a girl, and choose which ethnic group they want their baby from. After that, the real parenting begins.

Just as in any household that has a new baby, the iBaby cries whenever it needs comforting, feeding, a diaper change or isn’t feeling well. Parents must tend to their baby’s needs, whether that means rocking, patting the back in a soothing way, taking it to the doctor or giving it medicine. The app provides all the tools necessary for complete care.

These are some of the features that come with iBaby (Perfect Parent):
* Adorable interface and newborn babies to choose from
* Select which gender the baby will be
* Select which ethnic group the baby will be from
* Life-like and sometimes challenging parenting experience
* iBaby details can be mailed to others

People trying to decide whether or not to start a family can learn a lot about baby care here, while at the same time, have a lot of fun. When baby is happy, healthy and comfortable, it rewards mommy and daddy with a heartwarming smile. Again, just like in real life and almost every bit as satisfying.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch, iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 11.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
iBaby (Perfect Parent) 1.05 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.
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Go Forth Apps today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of I Am Vampire 1.2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. I Am Vampire allows users to transform themselves into a realistic "Twilight-style" Vampire using the iPhone camera or photos from their albums. In celebration of 100,000 downloads, new features have been added to this version including rotatable fangs, fang lighten/darken effects to match photo, and an undo button for removing misplaced sparkle.

New 1.2 Features:
* Rotatable fangs
* Lighten/darken fangs
* Undo button for misplaced sparkle

Original app highlights:
* Works with photos taken with your iPhone camera or from your photo library
* Add eye color (topaz, crimson or black)
* Add impressive "vampire glow" effect
* Add fangs and skin sparkle (both optional)
* Save results to photo library or share via email, Facebook or Twitter

Device requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (in compatibility mode)
* iOS 3.0 or higher (iOS 4.0 Tested)
* 3.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
I Am Vampire 1.2 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.

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A young and passionate iPhone developer company, ivoxBytes has launched a health and fitness product in the market called StepMeter PRO version 1.0. This product utilizes the famous build-in accelerometer. Users are able to measure and set steps target to be taken daily and conveniently know their accomplishments on calarie burnt immediately. The app promotes health, fitness and effortless counting on steps and enjoyable for everyone.

The StepMeter PRO is very effective app where it is capable to track down the calorie burnt by walking, running or doing your treadmill as this app can works in any direction. The app will smartly show users the amount of progress that has been done for the day. It will also show the counts of steps, the distance or miles that the user has gone, the workout time and the calorie that was being burned, which mostly what everybody would love to know! Functions are just simply easy to use where you just need to click the Go button and you can start to measure your steps and calorie burnt. Clicking Reset button would come back to Zero where you can start your counters all over again.

Most often, people will start to be discouraged after certain of time when doing an activity or exercise alone. The amazing thing about this app is it allows users to share or publish their accomplishment to all their friends in Facebook by one click on the Facebook Share button. This would introduce a healthy fun challenge and inspire user’s friend to join and giving support to each other regardless of where the friends are.

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