iOS Apps
New – Pocket God Episode 42: Bone Soup
Thank you Bolt Creative, how could we survive Christmas without another Episode of Pocket God? Well not too well. So, thankfully they’ve stepped up and brough us Episode 42: Bone Soup – awesome. In the new Coral Reef, the ruins of an ancient temple provide new danger for the pygmies. On the pyramid are hieroglyphics that you can light up by tapping them. Toggle the symbols in specific configurations (see the help, or our blog for a guide to the configurations) to activate underwater finger powers, heat, cold, acid, oil and air. Then you can drag your finger in the water to create hot spots, cold spots, oil slicks, acid…
Assassin’s Creed-Altaïr’s Chronicles HD – Now Only $0.99/£0.69
Jerusalem, 1191 A.D. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are Altaïr, a Master Assassin sent by the Order of the Assassins on a quest to find the "Chalice”, an object of such power that, in the right hands, can end the Crusades. Steal the Chalice from the Templars before someone offers them the right price for it. The fate of the Holy Land depends on you… Plunge into this direct prequel to the critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed™, full of rich gameplay and a well-balanced mix of stealth, chaotic action, and riddle-solving exploration in the midst of a 3D world set in the historical Middle East. This…
CHAOS RINGS Ω for iPad/iPhone – Huge Price Drop
Chaos Rings Omega is the latest installment in the globally successful Chaos Rings RPG series. Players can enjoy gorgeous 3D graphics, smooth animations, classic RPG game play, a refined user interface and a rich story linked with the previously released Chaos Rings on their iPad. The story is based on the Arc Arena life-or-death tournament. This fight to the death takes places on Earth, 10,000 years before the events of the previous game. As the youthful and daring Veig, the player experiences first-hand battles connected to the previous game, the tragedies that arose because of them and a wondrous story that spans 10,000 years. The content will appeal both to…
iPhoneography – Hipstamatic Disposable – Updated
The new Hipstamatic Disposable-series camera makes it a snap to create and share a camera with your friends. From the first click to the last, everyone shoots to one camera roll, and at the end photos are magically exchanged to all of the camera’s contributors. You’ll never have to swap doubles or email from your friend’s phone again. You can shoot alone but sharing a roll of film has never been this much fun. This app has just been updated and now includes unlimited cameras available in HipstaMart, high quality mode is supported on all cameras and they’re a few bug fixes and performance improvements. You can pick this free…
ArtStudio for iPad – draw, paint and edit photo – Now With 66% Off
ArtStudio is a professional drawing / painting application. It uses advanced mathematics to attain the highest level of quality, at the same time offering incredible performance achieved through numerous code optimizations. It still remains a fantastic tool for beginners – it contains drawing lessons showing step-by-step instruction on drawing various types of images. This great app is currently on sale for only $0.99/£0.69 instead of $2.99/£1.99 until December 21. You can pick it up here.
Shutterstock for iPad – Updated
Shutterstock presents an elegant way to search, browse and organize millions of beautiful stock photos, illustrations, and vectors from the world’s largest subscription-based image library. Shutterstock for iPad’s unique Mosaic view instantly interlocks images of different sizes and aspect ratios. Users will see a breathtaking, seamless grid of pictures, making it easy and enjoyable to quickly flip through thousands of images. This is a free app that’s just been updated allowing you to tap an artist’s name from image details to all of their work, as well as the iOS 5 split keyboard working more efficiently. It’s worth checking out – just click here to download
Rangefinder Magazine – New For iOS
If you’re into rangefinder photography and I have to admit that’s an area that I particularly enjoy, then you might want to try this new photography magazine. Called Rangefinder Photography, obviously the title’s a bit of a giveaway but from what I can tell, so far, it looks quite interesting. We’re currently putting together our Top 10 Photography Magazine Apps of 2011, so check back for that post. In the meantime, why now download this app and let us know what you think. Download here/Free.
iOS – The Photographer’s Ephemeris – Updated
The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan your outdoor photography shoots, particularly landscape and urban scenes. It is a map-centric sun and moon calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, be it day or night, for any location on earth. This update includes: – iOS version requirement corrected to 4.2+ – Missing azimuth lines when geodetics are set under iOS5 – Typos in Help It’s a free update but if you haven’t already downloaded this app you can do so here. It retails for $9.99/£5.99/download
iPhoneography – Snappr – Updated
The Snappr Fisheye app instantly shoots strikingly original, dynamic fisheye photos. No ponderous swapping between the front and back of your camera – simply select your lens and snapp away immediately. You won’t be wasting your money on hardly distinguishable add-on filter effects you end up never using anyway either. Snappr comes equipped with five quirky, unique fish eye lenses you won’t find in any other app. These lenses feature some of the most dynamic lens effects you’ll come across in the App Store; so two Snappr shots are hardly the same! This app has just been updated making it possible to export to Instagram and Camera+ as well as…
iPhoneography – 8mm Vintage Camera App – Temporary Price Drop
One from a selection of Apple’s App Store Rewind 2011 Top Sellers, 8mm Vintage Camera brings your iPhone and iPod Touch back in time to capture the beauty and magic of old school vintage movies. By mixing and matching films and lenses, you can recreate the atmosphere of those bygone eras with 42 timeless retro looks. Dust & scratches, retro colors, flickering, light leaks, frame jitters – all can be instantly added with a single tap or swipe. This app has temporarily dropped in price to $0.99/£0.69 instead of $1.99/£1.49 – you can pick it up here. Features • Record movies with retro effects in real time • Supports…
