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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 09/28/2017

September 28, 2017 by RSS Feed

Taps , Blox 3D City Creator , Sleep Sounds: relaxing sounds for sleep and more

Universal:

Taps ( $1.99 → Free ) Russell King The beauty of Taps is in its simplicity. It features four different playing styles, all of which follow the same basic rule of tapping tiles to recreate a grid of numbers. Tap once to increase the value of a tile and its adjacent tiles. Tap again to decrease. That’s really all there is to it. The game includes four playing styles, 400 levels, and an infinite number of custom games.

Blox 3D City Creator ( $2.99 → Free ) Arjun Gupte Based on the bestselling Blox 3D apps, this latest iteration opens a whole new world of creativity. Your child is able to start off with a blank canvas or they can choose from a variety of pre-built cities. Designing new structures and adding animated objects is as simple as tapping on an open spot within the world. Blox 3D City Creator includes everything from basic building blocks to animated vehicles. Your child can also change the time of day within their little world.

Sleep Sounds: relaxing sounds for sleep ( $0.99 → Free ) Dmitriy Pushkarev Sleep Sounds allows you to browse through its collection of more than 50 looped sounds with a swipe. To save on storage space, the sounds need to be downloaded one by one. You can mark your favorites with a tap for quick access later on. The app also includes a sleep timer and an alarm.

Drop Flip Seasons ( $2.99 → Free ) BorderLeap, LLC Drop Flip is back and better than ever. Like the original, Drop Flip Seasons requires you to get a single white ball into the bucket below by moving, flipping, and generally manipulating obstacles of all kinds of shapes and sizes. But don’t let the minimalist visuals fool you. The levels range from quite easy to maddeningly impossible.

FlightReady E6B Flight Computer ( $0.99 → Free ) Aeroapps Technology FlightReady is the perfect copilot. It offers more than 80 aviation functions, conversions, and utilities. You’ll be able to calculate leg time, distance, fuel required, total air temperature, and more. Convert everything from pressure and fuel to weight and distance. FlightReady offers additional utilities as well like a flight log calculator and a countdown timer. It truly has everything you need to prepare for flight and land safely.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 09/27/2017

September 27, 2017 by RSS Feed

Blocko. , Recipes Cook Book - Your recipes in your device , Tiggly Doctor: Spell Verbs and Perform Actions Like a Real Doctor and more

Universal:

Blocko. ( $1.99 → Free ) GalacticThumb Blocko is pure minimalist fun. All you need to do is get the red block to the blue block with swipes. Along the way you’ll have to utilize other blocks in order to remain on the screen. Any swipe that takes you off the screen will require you to start over. The game includes 90 hand crafted levels.

Recipes Cook Book - Your recipes in your device ( $0.99 → Free ) Karim Hammache Recipes is focused on simplicity. You’re able to add your own recipes, and organize them within categories. Each recipe can contain a header photo, a list of ingredients, and step-by-step directions. The ingredients from any recipe can be added to your shopping list with a tap, and recipes can be shared via email. The app also includes a handy temperature and weight converter.

Tiggly Doctor: Spell Verbs and Perform Actions Like a Real Doctor ( $2.99 → Free ) Tiggly Your child gets to be a doctor for the day. The waiting room is full of patients with unique ailments who require your child’s attention. They’ll get to perform a series of operations like putting bones back in place, pulling dancing worms out of wounds, and much more all while building more than 200 verbs.

Pinball Breaker Forever ( $1.99 → Free ) XperimentalZ Games Pinball Breaker Forever successfully combines pinball and brick breaking mechanics to bring you one intense arcade experience. As the vibrant, neon blocks descend upon the city, it’s up to you to bash them to bits by tapping to fling the ball with your paddles. If the blocks reach the city’s skyline, it’s game over. The game features endless randomly generated levels, loads of power-ups, 15 types of mini-games, MFi support, and the ability to unlock all kinds of cosmetic upgrades.

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Line Up and Flank Your Foes in Terra Battle 2

September 26, 2017 by RSS Feed

Terra Battle 2 (Free) by Mistwalker is the sequel to the original Terra Battle that came out several years ago. If you're a fan of the first game, or just enjoy anything that Mistwalker comes out with, then Terra Battle 2 is one you may want to check out.

During my high school years, I often found myself with plenty of time to spare for lengthy RPGs. The Final Fantasy games were some of my favorites (especially the portable ones), and I've grown to like most things released from those guys. When I first heard of the original Terra Battle, I knew it would be something I'd like because the original creator of Final Fantasy was behind it. I played Terra Battle for over a year before I finally slowed down and stopped on it (it became more complex than I'd liked). Then I heard about Terra Battle 2 coming out, and I knew I had to get my hands on it.

Free

Terra Battle

MISTWALKER CORPORATION

Visually, Terra Battle 2 is similar to the first game in terms of art style. The art is anime-like with simple to fairly complex character designs and outfits. Everything is rendered in 2D, and animations are smooth and fluid. Terra Battle 2 features an extensive color palette that is full of rich hues and mesmerizing effects. The game also has an adventurous soundtrack to go along with everything, and the sound effects are fun to listen to during battles. The only annoying thing about the visual interface is the fact that the menus feel a bit cluttered with so much going on (typical of social RPGs).

Terra Battle 2 is structured a bit differently than its predecessor. So if you played the original game a lot, this one will take some getting used to. The main focus in Terra Battle 2 is the story, which features four main characters who you'll have to control in a world map.

The over-world map is more like a battlefield, where you move your main character's tile around, and collect ally tiles like magnets. Enemies will also be on the map, and you can move enemy tiles by moving your own units into them. This allows players to strategically set up the grid when they engage in battle with those enemy units, which is a new feature that was not in the first game. The terrain also matters, as your units can get separated due to obstacles like mountains and hills.

In the story, players must help the main characters navigate various terrain to reach their destination and move on to the next chapter. While it sounds easy enough, the levels of enemies increases as you get further along, so don't get too cocky.

The other part of the game are Quests, which seem more like special events that players can take part in. These are only available for a limited time and rotate frequently, so you should take advantage of them while you can. However, they're usually tougher than normal battles, so you should also make sure you're prepared. These cost stamina to play.

The battle system in Terra Battle 2 is just like the first game. To attack, you need at least two of your party members to be next to an enemy (or a line of them) on both sides (aka flank). You can also shift the position of other team members (and even enemies) by pushing a character tile into them, unless the enemy has a purple outline (can't be moved). The more characters you have lined up adjacent to each other or are in the same column or row on the grid, then the stronger your attack and skills become.

With the new map system, players can choose to take on a large group of enemies at once. While this may sound a bit scary and overwhelming, it's more beneficial to fight large clusters rather than single enemies. Due to your character's skills and positioning on the grid, it can be easy to get rid of multiple enemies at once. And when you defeat multiple foes, the experience you earn is increased by percentile. This means faster leveling and higher chances of having treasure drop.

The biggest difference (aside from the map) in Terra Battle 2 are the characters. In the original game, characters were pretty simple — they're single characters that you can level up and evolve into their stronger forms. Now, you have the four main characters in the story, and the previous characters are now "guardians" that you assign to the main team, like partners. When attacks occur, you'll now see the character and their assigned partner, which is rather cluttered and confusing for Terra Battle veterans.

Additionally, characters can now equip gear, which affects their stats and abilities. It's best to equip gear that the character is proficient in, of course, to fully maximize their efficiency. These weapons and items also gain experience after battles, so they level up and become stronger over time.

Terra Battle 2 features beautifully designed characters and an amazing soundtrack. Gameplay is unique, unlike other strategy RPGs you've played before.

The Good

Terra Battle 2 is beautiful, just like the first game. The music and sounds are icing on the cake. There's a lot of differences from the first game, and I think the map system is interesting and different. It gives players more freedom in how to set up their battles, and the customization with characters and their partners and equipment keeps things fresh.

The Bad

While the first Terra Battle started out simple, it got a bit complicated over time as they added more features in the updates. Terra Battle 2 basically takes Terra Battle in it's later stages (around when I stopped playing) and builds on top of it. The game feels needlessly convoluted at times, and I am not too fond of the guardian system — I prefer just having a variety of characters to work with and level up.

Other players have reported that the game also feels unfinished right now because there's only four main chapters, which you can go through in several hours. The controls on the map are also a bit too sensitive for my taste, as I had a hard time being precise with my movements.

And finally, the load times are pretty bad. When I started, I had to sit through a few minutes of "downloading" game data, which is annoying. My boyfriend hasn't been able to get into the game at all, because the game gets stuck on "loading" on his iPhone 6S.

The verdict

As a big fan of the original Terra Battle, I'm a bit let down by this release. The first game was super simple to learn in the beginning, but this follow-up seems less newbie-friendly. I can see why the map is good, but the controls are just too sensitive for me right now. I often can't get the exact formation I want because I either move too fast or I just run out of time to move as I'm trying to be accurate. I also prefer having the characters you get available as main party members, rather than guardians, because the previous system worked fine.

I don't remember the original game having too many issues with load time either, which plague this sequel. Hopefully those get ironed out soon.

At the moment, I don't think I can fully recommend Terra Battle 2 as it is. However, once the kinks get worked out and hopefully things become more streamlined, then I'd say that this would be worth checking out.

Terra Battle 2 is on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for free. There are in-app purchases.

8.5

OVERALL

Graphics 10

Sound/Music 9

Replayability 8

Gameplay 8

Game Controls 7.5

FREE

Terra Battle 2

MISTWALKER CORPORATION

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 09/26/2017

September 26, 2017 by RSS Feed

Loop2Learn - Loop YouTube Videos , Open Bar! , Tiggly Submarine: Preschool ABC Game and more

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Loop2Learn - Loop YouTube Videos ( $1.99 → Free ) Loop To Learn Loop2Learn makes learning something more efficient. You’re able to load a video from YouTube or from your own device. Then tap play and mark the beginning and end of the loop. The loop can be shifted in five second increments if need be. You’re also able to speed up and slow down the loop, and determine how many times you want it repeated.

Universal:

Open Bar! ( $2.99 → Free ) Gingear Studio Inc Open Bar will provide you with instant gratification. The moment you launch the app you’ll begin to appreciate its slick design and animations. The basic idea of the game is to drag and drop bars onto the board in order to create completed lines of the same color. The bars can be rotated with a tap, and merged when crossed over one another. Each puzzle can be completed in three moves or less, and you’re able to use a hint at any time in case you get stuck.

Tiggly Submarine: Preschool ABC Game ( $2.99 → Free ) Tiggly Your child is able to explore the sea by tapping and dragging Tiggly and his submarine around. When they come across a character, they can latch on to an anchor point and start creating short words. There’s no wrong way to play. Just explore and create.

Tiggly Story Maker: Make Words and Capture Your Stories About Them ( $2.99 → Free ) Tiggly Your child is presented with two consonants that sit at the bottom of the screen with a space in the middle. They get to pick any vowel they wish from the top of the screen to create a word. If the word is valid, an object, person, or animal will appear. If it’s invalid, it will be ejected from the screen. When they’re done generating words, they can use any or all of them to create an animated story.If your child has an endless imagination, you need to download Tiggly Story Maker for them.

What's the Flick ( $3.99 → Free ) Firecracker Software What’s the Flick is for the movie fan in you. In each level you’re presented with a hand-drawn set of clues, and it’s up to you to guess the title of the movie using the provided letters. If you find yourself stuck, you can always get a hint, but it will cost you some tickets. The game includes more than 200 levels spanning every movie category including animation, comes, romance, and science fiction.

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Solve Puzzles in Paradise in The Witness

September 25, 2017 by RSS Feed

The Witness ($9.99) by Thekla is the official mobile port of the critically acclaimed video game that came out in 2016. If you're a fan of puzzle games, then The Witness is a must have. It's inspired by Myst, and definitely a game that encourages critical thinking.

With the ever increasing power of the iPhone and iPad, they're perfect for mobile gaming. If there's any solid proof of this, it's all of the ports of previously console and PC-only games that are making their way to mobile. Some popular ones we've had recently include The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Danmaku Unlimited 3, Injustice 2, and more. And now we have The Witness, an open world puzzle game that has captured the hearts of many with it's creativity. If you've never played The Witness before (like me), then there's no better time to jump in than now.

$4.99

Myst

Cyan Worlds, Inc

$14.99

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Nicalis, Inc.

$4.99

Danmaku Unlimited 3

Sunny Tam

Free

Injustice 2

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Visually, The Witness is gorgeous. The graphics are fully rendered in 3D, and the environments are lush and realistic. The colors range from bright and vibrant hues to muted earth tones to soft pastels and even dark and gloomy shades. The combination of this wide range of colors results in an incredible world that is truly eye candy and rather immersive. Animations are buttery smooth on my iPhone 8 Plus, and I experienced no lag whatsoever during play.

Usually, video games have soundtracks that add to the overall feel of the game that they're in. With The Witness, it's different. In fact, there is almost no music in the game at all. This is done on purpose, according to the developers. The Witness is a game about being perceptive, so you want to pay attention to the subtleties in puzzles as well as details in the game world. However, the sound effects in The Witness are important, because it fully immerses the player in the island, adding depth and texture.

In The Witness, players will find themselves waking up on a remote island, and that's pretty much it. The island itself is full of puzzles (over 500), and there are many different types of puzzles to solve. Some are simple enough to solve, but things do get tricky as you progress. Solving the puzzles are a critical part of the game, as they will help you discover your identity (it's unknown in the beginning) and how you got on the island in the first place.

Controls in The Witness are simple and intuitive, with the game teaching you the ropes as you go in the start. To move, just tap on where you want to go, and you'll walk over there. Swiping horizontally on the screen lets you move the camera around so you can check what's surrounding you. Tapping on puzzle screens takes you into the puzzle. If you double-tap where you want to go, it makes your character run instead of walk. A tap with two fingers stops you in your tracks.

As mentioned earlier, there's a large variety of puzzles to be found in The Witness, and the controls may not always be the same. In the beginning, at least, the puzzles involve finding the right path from the large circle area to the end point, which is indicated by a pulsating circle. Players must drag their finger from the starting circle to the end, but they'll have to navigate a labyrinth, and can't cross over their own path.

Sometimes you'll even need to separate the white and black squares before getting to the end. The game introduces new puzzle mechanics at a gradual pace, and one can pretty much figure it out after a few attempts. Fortunately, The Witness is fairly relaxing, as there aren't any penalties nailed on players for being wrong, nor are there any move restrictions or time limits.

A beautiful 3D puzzle adventure awaits you.

The Good

The Witness is an amazing port for mobile. The game retains the same beautiful graphics from the original versions, but it's been optimized for iPhones and iPads. The lack of music is an interesting choice but works out well, plus the sound effects are realistic and engaging. Controls are easy enough for anyone to pick up and play, and the puzzles are quite stimulating. The entire game is great as a whole, since it encourages free exploration and problem solving.

The Bad

While The Witness is a fantastic game, it may not be for everyone. If you're seeking something that's more action-packed or just want some mindless arcade fun, then The Witness is not for you. If you prefer some hand-holding when it comes to your games, then you won't really find that here either. Players must discover things on their own in The Witness, and that's part of the charm. Plus, it means more freedom in terms of exploration, which is always nice.

The verdict

I never played The Witness before, nor did I know much about it, so I'm glad that it's now available on iOS. The game is packed with stunning visuals, and everything runs smoothly. The lack of music was a bit strange to me at first, but after reading the reason behind it, I completely understand. The lack of a soundtrack only adds to the experience, oddly enough. Sound effects were spot on and immersive. Controls are easy to learn and feel natural on a touch screen. I'm a big puzzle game fan, so I love the variety of puzzles in The Witness, and with over 500 to find and solve, you do get some bang for your buck.

I highly recommend grabbing The Witness if you're a fan of open world puzzle games, or enjoyed classics like Myst. The Witness is on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for $9.99. You can also get The Witness on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 for $39.99.

9.5

OVERALL

Game Controls 10

Gameplay 10

Replayability 9

Graphics 9.5

Sound/Music 9

$9.99

The Witness

Thekla, inc.

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