Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 11/04/2017
November 04, 2017 by RSS Feed
Beep Me - Reminders , The big Lunar Calendar , Olli by Tinrocket and more
iPhone:
The big Lunar Calendar ( $1.99 → Free ) David Dengg The Lunar Calendar has something for everyone. Launch the app every day to see the different phases of the moon and related activities. Each phase includes little icons that help you quickly identify activities. Tap on the icons to retrieve more in-depth information. The app includes more than 120 activities, bookmarks, and the ability to schedule events.
Olli by Tinrocket ( $1.99 → Free ) Tinrocket, LLC Olli’s patented technology mimics an artist’s eye and touch. The eight pre-set styles can be previewed live. Tap to take a photo or hold the capture button to record short clips. Olli allows you to import your own photos and videos and apply the styles after the fact as well. The app supports Apple’s Live Photos, and includes a variety of customization options.Universal:
Beep Me - Reminders ( $3.99 → Free ) Yaniv Kalsky Beep Me functions as both a calendar and a reminders app, helping you streamline your day. Creating beeps is as easy as jotting down a short description and setting a time. When your deadline comes around, you’ll receive a nagging beep that can be accepted, extended, or snoozed. The app also includes the ability to import calendar events, multiple themes to choose from, beep sharing, 45 different sounds, Apple Watch support, and much more.
Voice Record - Memos ( $3.99 → Free ) Li Wei Qiong Voice Record features a fresh, minimalist design and is yet somehow packed with features. Tap record and watch as the waveform dances to whatever it hears. Tapping the tag icon will place a bookmark in the recording, allowing you to easily jump to different points later on. Recordings can be played back at various speeds, and you’re able to repeat sections and even set a timer to stop playback after a specified duration. The app also allows you to share recordings or save them directly to your library.
Division Flashcard Match Games for Kids in 2nd, 3rd and 4th Grade Learning Flash Cards Free ( $2.99 → Free ) Eggroll Games LLC Division Flashcard Match Games is loaded with positive reinforcement. It will help your child learn to divide by having them play a variety of memory matching games. You’re able to choose the best number range for your child’s skill level, but no matter which you choose your child will be able to hear the numbers and equations as they are touched. After each round, they’ll receive positive feedback and balloon popping rewards. Hints are available along the way, and “Show Me” and “Peek” features make it even easier for young learners to enjoy.Source link: http://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free
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Agora, Shortly, RNI Films, and other apps to check out this weekend
November 04, 2017 by RSS Feed
This week’s edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a new podcast player with a sharp interface and solid feature set, an app for discovering and reading short stories, and a photo editor with 35mm-like filters. And as always, we’ve picked two great new games for you to check out.
Agora
Agora is a podcast player that allows you to manage your content easily and expand your catalogue by discovering new content. I know, there are already tons of podcast apps out there—including one from Apple—but this one has an interface and feature set that make it worth checking out. Some of those features include sleep timer, playback speed control, iCloud sync support, custom themes, rich notifications, 3D Touch support and more. Agora is available for free.
Shortly
Would you like to read more, but feel like you never have the time to dig into a lengthy novel? Check out Shortly. Just tell the app how long you want to read and it will give you a top-rated, gripping short story plucked from the halls of the popular subreddit r/writingprompts. There, writers create short works of fiction based on a given prompt, and other redditors upvote their favorites. Then, this app picks popular stories from the subreddit based on how much time you have, and voila! Shortly is available for free.
RNI Films
RNI Films is the ideal mobile companion for any photographer looking to bring the authentic character and colour of 35mm film stock to their digital photos. Yes, I’ve selected another photo app. What sets RNI apart from the rest of the pack is its photo-like filters—they’re born from real film stocks and split into categories that include negative, slide, instant, black & white and vintage. The developers say the filters are more true-to-film than those of its competitors. Unfortunately, most of those filters are hidden behind in-app purchases. But I still think this app is worth checking out. RNI Films is available for free (with some IAPs).
Sky Gamblers – Infinite Jets
Sky Gamblers – Infinite Jets is the latest entry in the hit pilot simulation franchise. In it, you must untangle the story of great bravery and despicable treason in the all-new single player campaign. You’ll get the opportunity to unlock, upgrade and customize more than 100 planes, experience huge open world areas, and take the skies to fight off heavily armed enemy jet fighters and battleships. Game requires devices capable of running Metal. Sky Gamblers – Infinite Jets is available for free (with some IAPs).
Crashbots
Run, side, shoot and setback your way through dangerous terrains in Crashbots. This endless runner from Appsolute Games tasks players with making their way through challenging levels to unlock new content and get high score on the leaderboard. There are 2 different game modes, 3 worlds and over 75 levels to play, as well as 5 robots to unlock. If you’re looking for a fun (and free) new game to check out this weekend, this is a good one. Crashbots is available for free (with some IAPs).
More apps to check out
- Patch allows you to create a Portrait Mode effect on any iPhone
- YouTube Kids gets new parental controls, profiles & adaptive UI
- Darkroom photo editor now supports wide color, HEIF, Metal 2, metadata, iPhone X & more
- 1Password 7 for iOS: iPhone X/Face ID support, iPad keyboard shortcuts, Quick Copy & more
- Use the “golden hours” to improve your iPhone photography
- Amazon updates iOS app with augmented reality shopping experience
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Million Onion Hotel is a Weird and Wacky Action Puzzle Game
November 03, 2017 by RSS Feed
Million Onion Hotel ($3.99) by ONION GAMES is a unique action puzzle game that's truly unlike anything you've played before. Yes, we know that this is a claim made by many, but this is one game that will really make you go "WTF?" after your first round. It's weird, wacky, and special, kind of like Grapple Gum.
Ever since I've been here at AppAdvice covering mobile games, I feel like I've gone through everything (at least most) that the App Store could offer me. While I love finding new games in my favorite genres, I can't help but feel that everything's been done twice over. So when there are games out there that strive to be completely unique and never done before, I'm definitely interested. When I came across Million Onion Hotel, I knew that this was something special.
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Ali Mehrez
Visually, Million Onion Hotel has a retro pixel art style that is absolutely lovely. As someone who grew up in the golden age of gaming with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics, I appreciate any game that pulls it off well. Everything in Million Onion Hotel is rendered in 2D, but there's a bit of depth to everything thanks to the dynamic lighting effects that take place. Despite the pixel art, Million Onion Hotel still has fairly detailed textures in the environments and character sprites. The colors in the game are a nice mix of dark and gloomy shades with bright, earthy tones, which contrast nicely. Animations are smooth and fluid with no lag on my iPhone 8 Plus. The soundtrack is a quirky jazz track, and the sound effects are delightful. For their first release on the App Store, the developers did an excellent job with the game's visual and audio design.
There's only one game mode in Million Onion Hotel, but there's a lot of content to unlock in the form of cards. These cards dictate what show up during your game, and each one of these unique characters are worth a different amount of points, which affect your final score.
In the Million Onion Hotel, the specialty is a "magical onion soup," though no one who's had it can describe its flavor to anyone else. The soup has a hidden power, obviously, which makes it magical. But one night, some highly-esteemed hotel guests having the soup find themselves sucked away into a far-off galaxy. Is it a result of drinking too much of that magical onion soup? No one knows, but one thing's for sure: you need more magic onions to make more magical soup.
The gameplay in Million Onion Hotel is fast-paced and challenging. Players get a 5x5 grid, and there are onions sprouting up from the ground in the board. You'll have to get as many onions as you can before time runs out.
As soon as the onions are ripe and ready to be picked, they'll come up from the ground. Some onions give you more time. To collect them, just tap on them — the space they occupied becomes red after to make it more clear. Once you make a line vertically, horizontally, or even diagonally, you'll advance a level. You can make single or even double lines, which are worth more points. When you move on to the next level, things pop up faster, and more character cards get introduced as well. These other characters include bells, paintbrushes, and more, and they require more than one tap to get rid of.
At some point, you'll get the cutscene that shows the hotel guests whisked away to a completely different dimension. After this point, you'll eventually reach boss fights, which can be rather difficult and a welcome challenge. The boss fights show their health bar at the top, and you'll have to quickly collect onions and other characters to dish out damage. If you can't defeat the boss in the remaining time, then it's game over.
An action puzzle game mixed with a strange storyline.
The Good
Million Onion Hotel is definitely a game that's unlike any other action puzzle that you've played before. It gets high marks for its uniqueness, and the gameplay is downright fun and addictive, even though the boss fights are fairly challenging. The pixel art graphics are top notch, and the music and sound is done incredibly well. This game is packed full of charm and even though it may have you going "what the heck is going on?" after the first round, it's hard to put down once you get going.
The Bad
While Million Onion Hotel has a lot of good stuff going for it, there's a flaw as well. The game can get a bit repetitive, at least until you unlock the other character cards. Still, it can be a bit repetitive since you're just tapping quickly on the screen to collect onions and other things before facing off against a boss. But this is standard with high score chasers, so you should know what you're getting yourself into ahead of time.
The verdict
When I first saw Million Onion Hotel, I was intrigued by the screenshots, but didn't know what to expect from it in terms of gameplay. Now that I've spent my morning playing the game, I have to say that I'm impressed. As someone who grew up with classic pixel art games, the visuals bring back a sense of nostalgia with me, and the sounds are rather satisfying. After my first round in the game, I seriously said "what is going on in this game?" out loud. Not many games make me say that, so kudos. But I still find myself returning, because it's just fun. This is one of those games that I'll be returning to time and time again, for sure.
I recommend giving Million Onion Hotel a try if you are looking for a bizarre but fun and challenging action puzzle game. Million Onion Hotel is available on the App Store as a universal download for $3.99. There are no in-app purchases.
9.2
OVERALL
Replayability 9.5
Game Controls 9
Graphics 9.5
Sound/Music 9
Gameplay 9
Million Onion Hotel
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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 11/03/2017
November 03, 2017 by RSS Feed
Learn Italian - MosaLingua , Coloring Farm Animal Coloring Book For Kids Games , SYS Pro - A Network Monitor and more
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Vekt ( $0.99 → Free ) Hidde van der Ploeg Vekt keeps things simple. Start off by entering your target weight. Then return daily to track your weight. As the data accumulates, you’ll be able to view your progress via a chart on the main screen. The app also includes metric and imperial units, dark and light themes, HealthKit integration, and Apple Watch support.Universal:
Learn Italian - MosaLingua ( $4.99 → Free ) MosaCrea Limited MosaLingua will help you memorize thousands of Italian vocabulary words, key phrases, and conjugations in no time. All it takes is five minutes each day for two months and you will have memorized 600 words and key phrases. Nothing to it, right? The app utilizes a flashcard system with audio pronunciations by native Italian speakers. MosaLingua includes more than 3,000 flash cards, 14 categories, more than 100 subcategories, and the ability to unlock fun bonus content.
Coloring Farm Animal Coloring Book For Kids Games ( $2.99 → Free ) Eggroll Games LLC Your child can fill in more than 10 different scenes just by tapping on the colorless canvases. As your child works their way through each scene, new interactive creatures and items will appear. The app also includes helpful hints, so even young children can join in on the fun.
SYS Pro - A Network Monitor ( $0.99 → Free ) DuShu Ou SYS Pro is one of the most comprehensive and accurate apps in the genre. It allows you to keep a close eye on your data usage, battery performance, memory usage, storage space, and network information. It also provides critical device information including boot time, system version, and screen brightness percentage. You’re able to activate a widget which can display network information along with quick links to your device’s settings.
Afterlight ( $0.99 → Free ) Afterlight Collective, Inc Afterlight is an intuitive and powerful photo editor. It takes you step-by-step through the editing process via a toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Afterlight allows you to adjust the parameters of your photos, transform and crop them, and apply a wide variety of textures, filters, frames, and light leaks. You’ll find more than 100 editing and filter options built-in with more available via in-app purchase.Source link: http://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free
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New Adventures Await You in Final Fantasy Dimensions II
November 02, 2017 by RSS Feed
Final Fantasy Dimensions II ($14.99) by Square Enix is a brand new chapter in the Final Fantasy universe. If you're a fan of the franchise or just seeking a great adventure, then FFDII is a worthy addition.
While the Final Fantasy franchise has been around for a long time (30 years this December), I joined the party a bit late. I didn't get really into the series until I was in high school, when I got more invested into video games in general. My first Final Fantasy game was the Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls bundle on the Game Boy Advance, and from that moment forward, I knew I fell in love. Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) became a big part of my life since then, as I was intrigued by plenty of new titles and poured dozens to hundreds of hours into them when I could.
While many of the older Final Fantasy games have been ported to iOS in the past few years, I didn't feel the need to get them since I had most of them on other consoles. But I was excited for FFDII, as it's a game that hasn't been released before. I had to get my hands on it.
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FINAL FANTASY VII
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Visually, FFDII is gorgeous and a faithful rendition of what you'd expect from a Final Fantasy game on iOS. Those who have played older titles will feel right at home with the 16-bit pixelated character sprites and lush environments. Character portraits for dialogue boxes is beautifully drawn, and the blue text boxes are familiar. The colors in FFDII are a nice range of bold and vibrant hues to dark and muted tones. Animations are smooth and fluid on my iPhone 8 Plus, with no lag or choppiness whatsoever. The game also has the typical Final Fantasy music and retro sound effects, so old-school gamers get a sense of nostalgia when playing this.
Unlike traditional Final Fantasy games with an over-world map, you're not able to freely walk around and explore in FFDII. I was disappointed when I discovered this, but I suppose that's to be expected from a Final Fantasy game designed for mobile devices. Instead, players get a world map with points of interest marked as destinations, and multiple stages in each. These levels consist of waves of enemies, where players engage in turn-based battles with them. You'll earn rewards and experience points for your party members for successfully completing these stages. And with no towns and inns to rest in, all party members' HP and MP are restored after every level.
The combat system is turn-based like the old-school Final Fantasy games. On the left side of the screen is a gauge that shows you the turn order between your party members and enemies. On the right, you'll see the menu of actions that your currently selected party member can do. This consists of the basic "Attack" with their equipped weapon, "Ability," and "Summon."
The abilities that each party member has varies, and they can learn new ones as they level up with their Signet Stones. These stones are earned by defeating Eidolons, who are bosses that you must face off against in trials that test whether you're worthy. Using abilities costs MP to use, with more potent skills costing more. However, they can do much more damage than a regular physical attack, so make sure to take advantage of them when you can, especially since your HP and MP get refilled after battle.
Summon allows party members to summon powerful creatures onto the battlefield to help you out. But like previous Final Fantasy titles, you must find and earn these summons by defeating the creatures in battle first. They'll be tough foes to face, but owning their power to use at your command is well worth it.
The cast of characters in FFDII are completely new and span across different races and eras. Eventually, you'll find items to equip, and can spend the gil you earn to buy more gear for battle. The storyline is your standard Final Fantasy fare, where a great disaster is caused by human error and destroys everything as we know it. Then it's up to you, as a young boy who seeks adventure, to save the world by traveling back and forth between the past, present, future, and even beyond.
The latest Final Fantasy addition to the App Store.
The Good
FFDII is a nice, streamlined Final Fantasy adventure for mobile devices. The art style is true to the older games with the pixel art sprites and settings. The music and sound is a fantastic throwback to the classic games too, and gave me a bit of nostalgia when I hear it. The turn-based combat is simple and intuitive, so even Final Fantasy newbies won't have issues with it, especially with the tutorial in the beginning. The game has plenty of content to go through, so this is one that will take up some time.
The Bad
Even though it can be quite a lengthy adventure, this is still a watered-down version of Final Fantasy. There are no towns to check out, you can't interact with other NPCs, and you can't explore the world freely. If you're used to this from older Final Fantasy games and come in expecting this, you'll be disappointed.
I also think that the price for FFDII is a bit high, considering it doesn't play like a true Final Fantasy game. For almost the same price (give or take a few bucks), you can get other classic Final Fantasy titles like FFV, FFVII, FFIX, and more. Personally, for this kind of money, the real games are a better pick.
The verdict
Overall, I'm liking Final Fantasy Dimensions II, but not sure if it's worth the high price tag compared to other Final Fantasy games on iOS. The art style is lovely, the music and sound brings back memories, and the turn-based battle system is easy to follow. I'm a bit annoyed that it takes away the free-roaming exploration aspect of the long-established franchise, as that was one of my favorite elements. The game itself is good, but I'm not sure if it's worth $15. Perhaps if this was a bit lower, considering that it's a watered-down Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy Dimensions II is available on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for $14.99. There are no in-app purchases.
8.6
OVERALL
Game Controls 9
Graphics 9
Replayability 8.5
Sound/Music 8.5
Gameplay 8
FINAL FANTASY DIMENSIONS II
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