Daily iOS App Updates

Daily App Digest – November 4, 2011

Latest apps and updates to hit the iTunes store today…

Mamba Nation Battle

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Leading smartphone games publisher, BulkyPix and talented development studio Mimesis Republic are proud to announce that Mamba Nation Battle isavailable on iPhone and iPad. Derived from Mamba Nation Universe, which already hosts more than 200,000 members, Mamba Nation Battle is an addictive, dynamic, funny battle concept game where you can duke it out with your friends and enemies and see who’s the best of all.
 
In Mamba Nation Battle, players create a unique and personalized avatar, take up arms, choose your strategy and battle an entire world of enemy combatants. Funny and addictive, Mamba Nation Battle is the ideal mobile game to help keep in touch with your friends and to make yourself new enemies to conquer. Connect via Facebook and battle friends and share your accolades with the masses you’ve conquered. This new title combines a simple and original gameplay concept and 3D graphics worthy of the greatest animation studios! And, you’ll love the comical aspects of the game as well.

Free/Download

Fantasy Safari

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Fantasy Safari allows players to create and customize their own unique Fantasy Safari Park full of magical creatures. Players can choose from 40 different types of fantasy creatures like fire breathing dragons, magical unicorns and mythical phoenixes.
 
By managing them well, Safari Parks can be grown and expanded, increasing the parks’ earning potentials. Players can personalize their parks by adding shops and decorating their land with a wide range of decorations. Players also have the opportunity to upgrade creatures and discover unique abilities, such as getting a dragon to breathe fire.
 
Free/Download

Fishing Mania

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‘Fishing Mania – New World’ is a highly playable and addictive iOS fishing game. The new update provides ultimate fishing game experience on iPhone/iTouch/iPad with three top fishing games in one, including ‘Net-Fishing’, ‘Spear-Fishing’ and building your own lovely ‘Fish Farm’.

In a changing beautiful water world, you will enjoy fishing with various net-guns, spears, laser guns, super-dynamite and etc… Your fishing adventure will continue in the daytime or the interesting night mode. The higher level net-guns, spear-guns and special fishing weapons give you more opportunities to catch the big fish and make more coins. Please try your best to catch ‘Lucky Fish’ for the opportunity to receive a special fishing weapon. The only fish you’d better not to catch is ‘Skelton Fish’. If you unfortunately catch a skelton fish, the fish ghost may tell you what the fun is. If you run out of the coins, ‘Lucky Draw’ gives you the opportunity to have some coins.

In addition, you can build your own lovely fish farm with the fish, water color and background items you like. The new fish world and features will be unlocked if you can make some coins on ‘Net-Fishing’ or ‘Spear-Fishing’.

Free/Download

Heroic Legends

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After the acclaim of its addictive puzzle game "Kiko: The Last Totem", Fabulapps is back in the market in an all new attire – Heroic Legends. With its amazing environments and immersive gameplay, this MMORPG is expected to become the cynosure for iPhone gamers for long time to come. Stunning graphics and thousands of players online, with their distinct and colorful looks, will compel both gamers and critics equally to contribute to its medieval wars.

"We have given special attention to the feature of creating characters", says Thomas Pagot, the Co-founder and the graphic designer for Fabulapps. He adds, "We really wanted to outperform what has been done before in terms of text-based mobile MMO. We succeeded by making the game accessible to everyone, when adding enough depth for the experimented players." Heroic Legends features different facial and body variations that allow players to create a number of unique and interesting characters. Gamers around the world may meet up with old acquaintances or make new friends in this immersive social game.

Heroic Legends is essentially an MMORPG where players earn money by completing different types of tasks. Players fight with other online opponents and gain experience and boost their level. There are many jobs to do and players earn money for each of their tasks. This money can be used to buy powerful weapons and new outfits to create a strong impact on the opponents. As players progress in levels, new gear becomes available to them. There are a good deal of items to unlock in the game.

Free/Download

TrafficVille HD

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Fan Studio today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of TrafficVille HD 1.0, their new gaming title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. TrafficVille HD is the first traffic controller game where cars are turning left/right. The application comes as an Universal app which will work on all iOS devices: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. The game is available starting today on the App Store at the price of $0.99.

In TrafficVille, you will have to control traffic lights and avoid huge car crashes. Do you think you can make it? Think again! As you progress through the levels the traffic lights become time controlled and do not stay red for more than 7 seconds. You also have to pay attention to the fire trucks and airplanes which will make you react real fast in order to avoid car crashes.

TrafficVille HD also supports HD graphics with Retina support for iPhone 4 & iPhone 4S and integrates OpenFeint which is the largest mobile social gaming network for iOS. You will also be able to share your high score on Facebook and challenge your friends. Show your support by rating this game on the App Store and visit our Facebook Fan Page.

$0.99/£0.69/Download

Pocket Tools

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Pocket Tools was developed with strong considerations to usability and convenience; by analyzing the application market and surveying users, these tools and utilities were specifically chosen to provide a compilation of the most usable features that are available, and to package them into one powerful application. How each tool maintains its synergy with the rest was also an important factor in its development, and many of these tools integrate well with each other in the tasks they complete, whether it is design, construction, homework, or repair.

Each tool is fully functional and has many features that are common in stand alone versions:
* The plumb bob maximizes accuracy by providing an integrated camera and movable target lines
* The surface level contains hold functions for easier movement between areas of measurement
* Advanced calibration programming is integrated into the application for increased accuracy in the plumb bob and surface level
* Angle measurements are available in radian and degrees for all related functions
* The ruler is extendable for measurements longer than the device
* The ruler’s measurements are available in both inches and centimeters
* The ruler can be flipped or reversed to enhance versatility
* The caliper uses a digital display that reads in inches and millimeters, and contains precise centimeter rulings in the graphics area
* Over 90 different unit conversions in 13 different categories are available

$0.99/£0.69/Download

Wager20

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The Kinematic Laboratory has announced the release of Wager20, their new game for iPhone and iPod touch. This release of Wager20 brings the popular card game Pazaak to the iPhone AppStore.

First introduced in the Knights of the Old Republic series (often abbreviated to KOTOR), pazaak is a card game from the Star Wars universe that has garnered a dedicated base of followers over the years. A simple gameplay premise, in some ways similar to Black Jack, makes pazaak an attractive pastime for fans and non-fans alike. Though versions of the game have been developed for the PC and Android devices, Wager20 is the first app to offer it on the iPhone and iPod touch devices.

Developed by The Kinematic Laboratory, Wager20 features both single and multi-player game modes with the multi-player lobby supporting up to ten simultaneous network games. Users can build their own deck of cards by advancing in single player mode. Integration with the OpenFeint system allows players to compete against and share their scores with a vast network of more than one and a half million fellow gamers worldwide. The app supports the Retina Display on the iPhone 4 and 4S.

$0.99/£0.69/Download

Comic Express

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Not A Basement Studio today introduces Comic Express 1.0, their new comic reader app for the iPhone and iPad. Comic Express provides comic lovers the whole reading experience from fast importing to beautiful interface and smooth viewer. It supports users with organizing feature and convenient reading modes. Simple and elegant, it’s designed to read. With support for .cbr, .cbz, .rar, and .zip files, users can easily Import hundreds of comics in seconds.

 

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Not A Basement Studio today is pleased to announce the launch of Comic Express, their new comic reader app for the iPhone and iPad. Comic Express provides comic lovers the whole reading experience from fast importing to beautiful interface and smooth viewer. It supports users with organizing feature and convenient reading modes. Simple and elegant, it’s designed to read.

"A great comic book is not judged by its cover, but also its story, its art, even the paper quality. Every little detail counts. Similarly, a great comic reading app is not judged by its icon, but also its speed, its interface, even the animations. Every little detail counts", Not A Basement Studio.

Promotional price $1.99 for the first launching week (usual $4.99)/download here

Say What You See: The Collection

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Say What You See: The Collection, sees players working their way through a virtual canvas of Pictionary- style visual puzzles, based on a particular genre, with several incarnations including Horror Films, Classic Arcade Games and Super Heroes, and has been described as "…one of the best visual puzzle games available for iOS devices" by MSN. The latest canvas "Blockbusters" is released today (Nov. 3rd). ‘Blockbusters’ features 50 of the highest grossing movies of the last 50 years, transformed into devious rebus puzzles, that will tax you movie trivia knowledge and hurt your cranium! But don’t worry if you get stuck – there’s always the handy hints system! "Blockbusters", painted by artist Amie Bolissian, is the 14th iCanvas available for the app.

Free/Download

Music Videos: Top 100

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Hitapp.com is pleased to announce the release of Music Videos: Top 100. This iPhone and iPad app enables users to watch popular music videos and to discover new ones, in a very user-friendly way.

The app is based on the YouTube 100 music chart, which tracks song popularity by measuring views across official videos and viral debuts. Since YouTube launched this chart in May 2011 it has ever been increasing in popularity. It has however been hard to access the chart on mobile devices. Music Videos: Top 100 provides iPhone and iPad users with a user-friendly way to view the chart and its videos.

Other notable features include the ability to watch old top 100s up till 6 months back, weekly push notifications when a new top 100 is available, the ability to share and buy songs, and a history of recently watched videos. This enables users to easily watch the songs they like again.

"Music Videos: Top 100 is set apart from other music chart apps by the fact that it just works. We have put a lot of effort into perfecting the user-experience. While other apps tend to only show short previews, or cover bands, Music Videos: Top 100 makes sure all music videos are what you expect them to be" – said Rob Appel, managing director of Hitapp.com

Free/Download

Trial Xtreme 2 HD

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For gamers who think that the best racing games are where you spend more time in the air pulling flips and somersaults than riding around the track in circles, the wait is over. Trial Xtreme 2 HD is the brand new sequel to Trial Xtreme, one of the biggest hits on the Android Market with over four million downloads to date. Updated with 32 new levels, new and improved HD graphics and realistic physics engine and intuitive tilt-based controls, Trial Xtreme 2 HD is all about balance, skill and control as you guide your rider across the ramps, jumps and obstacles in these brilliantly challenging new tracks.

Published by Deemedya, Trials Xtreme 2 is available from today on both iOS and Android. The game is priced at $1.99/1.49 on Android, iOS, and an iPad version created with HD graphics. There’s also a free version with 3 levels to give players new to Trial Xtreme a taste of the action.

Game Features:
* Much anticipated sequel to the blockbuster hit Trial Xtreme – downloaded 4 million times and counting!
* Available for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for the first time
* 32 brand new levels set across 5 challenging environments
* Negotiate hundreds of obstacles including ramps, jumbo tires, rocks, planks and more
* Super detailed new Unity-powered graphics engine brings your rider and the game world to life
* Intuitive tilt control system using the phone’s accelerometer. Use precision control like never before
* Ultra-realistic rider and bike physics built on the NVIDIA(R) PhysX(R) engine lets you feel it all as you  flip, jump, bump and crash your way to victory
* Max out your score and play the world through Apple’s GameCenter

$1.99/£1.49/Download

Abundantly

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To help people who sometimes feel too pressured by everyday life or are looking for more personal fulfillment, Just Nudge today introduces Abundantly, its first app for iPhone and iPad, designed to motivate users to "live life abundantly" through simple goals and reminders that help bring more meaning to daily life.

"Abundantly can help you live a more rewarding life overflowing with happiness, love, kindness and tranquility," said Michael Ransley, Director of Just Nudge, who created the app along with his wife Kylie. "You are given simple goals each day to enrich, enlarge and empower you to live a life of abundance."

Aside from helping users enrich their own lives, Abundantly also aids others through charities chosen by the app creators. 10% of all the app’s profits are donated to selected charities monthly. Some of the charities that Abundantly donates to include Kiva and charity: water.

Abundantly was inspired by the developers’ own experiences over the last four years. After a hectic six months which included moving to another country and having a child, husband-and-wife team Michael and Kylie Ransley found themselves pressured and unable to enjoy their days like they used to.

The couple found a way to remind themselves how to live a more fulfilling life through daily reminders and tasks. Slowly, they began to incorporate small goals to accomplish during the day to help them appreciate their new life. This led to a positive and welcome change in their home, their family and even themselves.

$0.99/£0.69/Download

Body Shop Fitness

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Jeffrey Beck Fitness has announced the release of our personal training app version 2.0 for the iPhone and iPad. Designed by an accredited fitness professional, these unique exercises will help you overcome workout plateaus and achieve new heights in muscle development. Learn how to:

* Increase lean muscle mass
* Shatter weak points
* Improve overall shape
* Add variety to your existing workout

Free/download

iBeatThat

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Spinisland’s new iBeatThat app combines live sporting with virtual competition. For the first time ever, people who enjoy participating in "real world" activities – skateboarding, surfing, Moto X, running, biking, snowboarding, weight lifting, etc. – will have a way to show the world their feats and have some good natured competition with anyone, anywhere, anytime.

The ideas creator Todd Smith says he conceived the idea when watching an online gaming commercial. "I never got into the online gaming phenomenon, but over the years have enjoyed participating in sprint triathlons and other amateur sporting events and thought it would be great if amateur enthusiasts had a way to demonstrate their accomplishments, show their stuff virtually, and have some fun the way online gamers could."  So Todd partnered with Spinisland’s David Herschfield and Barkan Saeed to bring the idea to reality.   

Now anyone who participates in a physical activity, be it running, biking, surfing, skateboarding, weightlifting, snow boarding, street biking, Moto X, BMX now has a way to show their stuff and put it up for a vote to see who is the best. Todd says he "hopes the app will continue to open new ways to think about using technologies to bring people together and diminish the restrictions of space and time…and have some fun as well!"

Free/download

SearchUsed.ca

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SearchUsed.ca Free allows you to quickly and easily search classified networks in Canada. With SearchUsed.ca Free, you no longer need to visit multiple websites to find what you’re looking for. Simply enter your keywords and cities and let us search Kijiji, Used Canada and Craigslist for you. We put all your results in one place so you can find what you’re looking for quickly and easily.

Features:
* Quickly and easily search Kijiji, UsedCanada and Craigslist.
* Automatically select cities based on your current location!
* Quickly see what ads are new when running a saved search
* Search multiple provinces and cities at once
* Save your searches so you can access them later
* Save ads that you are interested in
* Share searches and ads with friends and family through Facebook and email
* Call and email a seller right from the app
* iPhone 4 ready with retina display graphics
* And more!

Free/Download

Berokyo

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Think, Code, Release is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Berokyo 1.2, an update to their popular productivity app for iOS devices. Berokyo lets users organize all their favorite and frequently used contacts, bookmarks, documents, digital media and virtually any type of file into one or more customizable and eye-catching bookshelves, and once there, they can be quickly accessed, copied, shared, viewed, played, and so much more.

Using Berokyo is very easy and intuitive. Users just need to swipe left or right to quickly change bookshelves, pinch to adjust the thumbnails size, tap items to see related actions, or double tap to quickly open them. Furthermore, in editing mode users can rename or remove selected items, pinch individual ones to resize them and use drag and drop to change their order.

Main Features:
* Universal app that works on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
* Full Dropbox support, including offline content and uploading
* iTunes File Sharing support
* Easy to use items organizer and viewer
* Support for both synced and unsynced bookshelves
* Customizable bookshelf style
* Incremental find that reveals results while typing
* Detailed and smooth thumbnails
* Edit mode to easily reorder, resize, rename and remove items
* Share items as email attachments or copy them to the pasteboard
* Quick access to call, send SMS, email and edit contacts
* View images, read files and play digital media
* Email any contact in vCard format
* Add files from other apps, e.g., message attachments from Mail
* Take photos or capture videos directly from the app, e.g., to quickly upload them to Dropbox
* "Open In…" command to easily open any file in external and associated apps
* Open .webloc, .url and .webarchive files
* Share items on the most popular sharing services
* Extract content from ZIP packages
* Multitasking, Retina display, AirPrint and AirPlay support
* Available in English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages
$1.99/£1.49/Download

Battery Manager

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vigu360 today is pleased to announce Battery Manager 1.1 for iOS, their free Utility featuring an innovative Charge Calculator that computes the minutes of remaining battery power for eight different tasks. Users can customize Battery Manager’s control screen with a variety of Themes downloadable to the Photo Library. Two different audio alerts can also be customized to signal the completion of quick charge and maximum charge to maintain better battery health. Finally, the app displays the exact percentage of battery charge remaining, the percentage required for selected tasks, and Charge or Discharge modes.

Battery Manager is a full-function battery utility that makes it easy for the user to keep track of the amount of battery power remaining and how that translates into hours and minutes of usage. With the ability to accurately predict how much longer the user will be able to use a particular app, for example, Safari Web Browsing via WiFi, the app keeps the user informed about when they may need to recharge their iOS device.

The app provides remaining time in hours and minutes for the following four categories: iPod audio playback without EQ, iPod audio playback with EQ, 3G usage, WiFi usage, view streaming video, view video offline, 2D gameplay, and 3D gameplay. In addition, users can dial in the number of hours and minutes they plan to use their device and the time needed for each of the aforementioned four categories. The app will then provide one of three messages: You’re required to carry a charger with you; You need to increase the battery charge to x%; or You have sufficient battery power – you’re good to go.

Free/Download

Rhymulator

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Independent app developer Dante Varnado Moore of Paragoni Apps today is pleased to announce Rhymulator, a universal writing app and rhyming dictionary for the iPhone and iPad. Rhymulator uses advanced linguistics and technology to dynamically filter through over 1.5 million words to generate original never before heard rhymes. The app is designed for songwriters, rappers, freestylers, poets, and writers who need a robust tool for finding rhyming words says Moore, designer of the Rhymulator app.  

He continues: "Rhymulator is very easy to use. Just create a new document and start writing. Whenever you need a rhyming word tap ‘Get Ideas’ and start searching. Results can be shown as perfect, syllable, or near rhymes. As you browse, you can add words to your idea bank."

$1.99/£1.49/Download

Misu Misu Kaboom!

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Starsman Games LLC today is pleased to announce the launch of its first game, Misu Misu Kaboom. Misu Misu Kaboom draws heavy influence from classic NES games like Mega Man and Super Mario Bros mixing them with contemporary physics destruction based puzzle games like Angry Birds. The result: a chaotic, cute and casual platformer game for all ages designed be played go.

In a world controlled by the Bovine Empire, burgers are outlawed. But our hero; a big fat intergalactic bounty hunting, smuggler, bomb spitting cheeseburgers loving lolcat; does not play by the rules. Misu will do anything to get its paws in as many cheeseburgers as it can, and challenge all forces of the dreaded Dratz Moos, the Bovine Empire’s emperor that dare get on its way.

The game starts up with our hero crash landing on Earth after having Emperor Dratz Moos setting him up the bomb. Now it’s our hero’s turn to set them up the bomb back!

$0.99/Download

LandGrabbers

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Nevosoft, a top Russian casual game developer and distributor, announced the release of new, long-awaited update for LandGrabbers. LandGrabbers, an award-winning game, recognized as the Best Casual Game of the Year at the 2011 Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI 2011), became a bestseller on the AppStore reaching #1 on the US Top Free Chart. New update brings new great features to the beloved gameplay, that combines classic elements of strategy, simulator, and resource management.

Update brings new features that will make the process of conquering the world even more exciting. Now players will be able to upgrade their troops, improve the attacking and defence abilities of towers and buildings. In addition, this update includes the long-awaited level-pack in a new setting: the lava covered moon. And for those looking for a way an easier way to get through the game in General Mode, it will now be possible to use artifacts.

Key features:
* 9 new levels in a new stage on the lava covered moon
* New level map designs help experience new strategies
* The ability to upgrade your troops
* New possibilities when upgrading buildings and watchtowers.
* Now it’s possible to use arifacts in General Mode

Free/Download

Lead Wars

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DemonStudios today is pleased to announce the release of Lead Wars v1.3, the latest major update to its skill-based pencil and paper war game. This update adds asynchronous online play thanks to the new turn-based gaming features of Game Center and iOS 5. This means players can now battle online head-to-head making their moves whenever it suits and have up to 30 online games on the go all at once.

Lead Wars simulates the kind of games which were popular in the days before portable gaming devices. You control a fleet of planes, tanks and artillery units around a hand-drawn battlefield on a piece of paper, taking turns making long curve shots and strategic moves to try and outwit and out-skill your opponent.

This is not a simple path-drawing game – the mechanic works exactly like it does with a real pencil (try it!): Point a pencil straight down onto a piece of paper holding it with just your index finger on the top. Then, while pressing down firmly, slowly tilt the top of the pencil – beyond a critical angle threshold the tip will suddenly slip away leaving a line drawn on the paper. This line determines your move or shot on the battlefield.

$2.99/£1.99/Download

Sleep Calculator

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MOGRAFI announces the release of Sleep Calculator 1.0, a beautifully animated sleep resource for iOS devices. A good night’s sleep is often the best way to help you cope with stress, solve problems, or recover from illness. Sleep Calculator counts backwards in sleep cycles, helping you figure out the best time to get a deep sleep. Sleep Calculator is a universal app, taking advantage of unique iOS device features, and features two different calculators – "Wake up by…" and "Sleep now".

$0.99/Download

Navajo Toddler HD

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TinkrLabs today is pleased to announce the iPad version of the Navajo Toddler application. The educational app is developed exclusively for Apple’s iPad product. Navajo Toddler is an engaging interactive flash card system for children to become familiar with the Navajo language. This iPad app includes 5 categories that include food, numbers, body parts, animals and colors. Children will learn the basic words for each category and will hear the audio of the word in Navajo.

"As a Navajo, I have the vision of bridging the gap between modern technology and the Navajo language," said Isreal Shortman of TinkrLabs. "Also, I want to encourage technology innovation among my peers within the Navajo reservation".

$0.99/£0.69/Download

ToonPAINT

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Insatiable Genius today announced that their popular smart-painting application, ToonPAINT will be free from November 6th to November 12th. ToonPAINT allows you to easily create awesome looking cartoon-paintings with your own photos. Even if you have never drawn or painted before, ToonPAINT sets you up for quick success by providing a MagiSketch that you color-in. It’s as easy as "paint-by-numbers", but using your images. Unlike other photography apps, ToonPAINT is not an image filter — it’s a smart-painting application that enables you to express your creativity and obtain compelling results without years of Art classes.

$1.99/£1.49/Download

Pictonote

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Kilaan LLC is pleased to announce the release of its Pictonote application. Pictonote will assist iPhone users in organizing their photo album. Not only will it time/date stamp your pictures, but also utilizes your iPhone GPS to add the location as well. In addition, Pictonote allows you to SpeedShare your pics to your favorite people or groups by programming a one touch button option. Check out Pictonote, it does everything you wish your photo album already did, only more. Pictonote is available now in the App Store in free and paid versions.

Pictonote uses existing iPhone camera and gallery. It does not affect or change existing photo gallery, the app lets you to see your iPhone photo gallery and overlay it with your comments, mark as Favorite, display location. It does not create an additional gallery so it doesn’t take up additional space.

$0.99/Download

GlutenLess Dining

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GlutenLess Dining today is pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.2 of the GlutenLess Dining app for iPhone, now for sale in the Apple App Store, and the new release of its GlutenLess Dining Guide e-book available for Kindle on Amazon. The GlutenLess Dining App lists over 3,200 gluten free menu items offered by more than 150 top U.S. restaurant chains. The launch of this new version includes four new gluten free friendly restaurants: BabyCakes NYC, Company Cafe, In-N-Out Burgers and Wholesome Foods Bakery.

BabyCakes NYC, Company Cafe and Wholesome Foods Bakery are restaurants that focus on catering to those with food allergies, particularly those allergic to gluten. Both BabyCakes NYC and Wholesome Foods Bakery are locally run bakeries with a few nationwide, flagship locations that ship their baked goods and confections to any location in the United States. Dallas based Company Cafe can serve any of its "comfort food" menu items gluten free and they vow to use fresh, natural and organic ingredients. Together, these restaurants add a special, community-centered emphasis to the app.

"We already have three times the amount of restaurants compared to our competition and we will continue to grow," says Cate Hamilton, one of the app’s creators. There’s no word yet on which restaurants are next to be added, but users can be assured they will be gluten free friendly and an integral part of the celiac community. Cate states, "Every restaurant we add to the app brings greater value to the end user and we aim to make this the most valuable resource gluten intolerant Americans can get their hands on."

$4.99/£2.99/Download

The Advent calendar

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Swiss-based JustKidsApps today releases an interactive Advent Calendar for iPad with illustrations by Swiss illustrator Viviane Dommann. With Christmas short stories, poems, little games, recipes and ideas for handicraft behind each window, this calendar has something in store for everyone in the family to count down the days until Christmas. With over 100 pages, this calendar has something in store for every single member of the family.

$3.99/£2.99/Download

Heidi Part I, II and III

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Innovative mobile e-book developer JustKidsApps today is pleased to announce the price reduction of Heidi Part I, II and III. JustKidsApps has adapted Johanna Spyri’s classic children’s tale in a way that stays true to its essence with clear and simple language and vivid illustrations to engage and teach early readers. It’s a perfect solution for parents who want their children to experience the story’s timeless allure with all of the added benefits and interactive appeal.

Heidi Part 1/$0.99/£0.69
Heidi Part II/$0.99/£0.69
Heidi Part III/$0.99/£0.69

Russian Soup Recipes

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After the great success of Hungarian cookbook series (soups, pottages and desserts), Viki & Joe Software has announced that a new set of authentic Russian soup recipes is now available on the App Store. The brand new cookbook app contains the top selection of Russian soup recipes. The authors, Viki and Joe, wanted to make cooking as easy as possible, while keeping the rules of the traditional Russian cuisine.

"Our aim is to give people an easy to use tool to discover and prepare the great variety of Russian Soups."

"Soups have always played an important role in the Russian meal. The traditional staple of soups such as shchi, ukha, rassolnik, solyanka, botvinnik, okroshka and borscht of course was enlarged in the 18th to 20th centuries by both European and Central Asian staples like clear soups, pureed soups, stews, and many others."

The app contains the most delicious, easy to prepare authentic Russian soup recipes for you and your family to enjoy. A mouthwatering photo accompanies all of these carefully selected and tested recipes. The easy to follow instructions ensure that cooking will be a breeze. To make a modern recipe book handier, a lot of interactive functionality can be utilized. Naturally, the app is dedicated not only to US customers, as beside the US measurements all ingredients can be listed in the metric.

$0.99/£0.69/Download

Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: joanne@theappwhisperer.com