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Apple’s free app of the week: Tsuro

August 17, 2017 by RSS Feed

Apple on Thursday updated its App of the Week promotion with the game Tsuro. For the next 7 days, you can pick up the beautiful tabletop port for free on both iPhone and iPad—a nice little savings of $3.

From the App Store Editors’ Notes:

This gorgeous digital board game couldn’t be any simpler to learn, but true mastery lies at the end of a long and winding path. As fans of Tsuro’s tabletop incarnation, we love how faithfully—and beautifully—the experience is re-created here. App-exclusive ways to play add new layers of depth, letting us get lost for hours among these tricky, twisty trails.

And here’s a clip of the game in action:

Tsuro is available in the App Store for free.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/17/2017

August 17, 2017 by RSS Feed

AnyRate Pro - Exchange Rates, Currency Converter , Stopwatch+: Accurate Mechanical Analog Timepiece , Solve - A colorful graphing calculator and more

iPhone:

PepDash - Celebrity Guessing ( $1.99 → Free ) Exampli PepDash will be a load of fun for everyone. It’s a party game that can be played with any size of group. Simply split your group into two teams or have everyone play on the same team. Pick a category and have one person provide the clues. It’s up to your team to guess the most correct answers in 60 seconds. Categories include everything from movies and music to sports and super heroes. The app also includes the ability to record and share video of your team guessing.

Universal:

AnyRate Pro - Exchange Rates, Currency Converter ( $4.99 → Free ) Feng Mi AnyRate’s minimalist design allows you to do quick currency conversions with little fuss. It’s able to detect your local base currency, and then displays all of its conversions in a running list. You’re able to reorder the currency list, add to it, and refresh it with a downward swipe. Swipe right to left across a currency to view historical data or remote it. The app offers more than 160 currencies and a variety of themes.

Stopwatch+: Accurate Mechanical Analog Timepiece ( $2.99 → Free ) Diesel Puppet Stopwatch features a realistic timer, complete with clicking sounds. Tap the button in the lower left corner to start the timer and tap again to record a lap. You’re able to record as many laps as you’d like and view them in a scrollable list. Your list can also be shared via email.

Solve - A colorful graphing calculator ( $1.99 → Free ) Pomegranate Apps LLC Solve is not only the best graphing calculator around, it’s also the best overall calculator thanks to its unique colorful interface. The colors aren’t there just to pretty things up. They also serve as separate calculators that can interact with each other. For example, if you store an answer within one calculator, you can swipe across the color bar to recall and use it in another calculator. Whenever you have an equation with variables that can be plotted a “Touch to Plot” button will appear, allowing you to quickly turn it into a graph. The app is loaded with other great features, and thankfully in-depth tutorials are available to help you take full advantage of all of them.

Sushi Stickers for iMessage ( $0.99 → Free ) HYPER! Interactive, LLC Sushi Stickers will brighten your day. This sticker pack is filled with 20 lovingly crafted sushi stickers. The majority of stickers are sushi puns while the rest offer ways to express your emotions. Your friends and family will no doubt appreciate how you roll.

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Save Cities from Glitches in the Puzzling Cityglitch

August 16, 2017 by RSS Feed

Cityglitch ($2.99) by Peter Rockwell is a tricky turn-based puzzle game with a bit of a spooky theme going on. If you enjoyed titles like Puzzlepops! Trick or Treat or Slayaway Camp, then you will enjoy what Cityglitch has to offer.

Life gets pretty stressful for me, especially recently, so I always like to kick back and unwind with video games of some kind. While I like all kinds of game genres, the one that always helps me relax (even a little) are puzzles. There's something about using my brain to critically solve problems that I find incredibly satisfying. And while it feels like I've gone through all of the puzzles on the App Store, I'm always keeping an eye out for new ones. When I saw Cityglitch on the App Store this week, I became intrigued by the concept and, of course, the pixel art. Needless to say, it's one that doesn't disappoint.

App Feels Like

App Feels Like

Free

Puzzlepops! Trick or Treat

Layton Hawkes

$2.99

Slayaway Camp

Blue Wizard Digital Inc

The visuals in Cityglitch are unique and distinctive, as the game carries a retro, pixelated art style that is rather nostalgic. The pixels are rather large compared to other pixel art titles, so it reminds me of my old CRT monitors with MS-DOS. While the graphics feel more like 8-bit than anything else, I still found the various characters and objects to be pretty identifiable once you get start playing. Cityglitch is full of bright and vibrant neon colors, so it's definitely eye candy. Animations are smooth and fluid, with no lag on my iPhone 7. Cityglitch also features an eerie chiptune soundtrack that is delightful to listen to and adds to the overall mood of the game.

Like many other puzzle games, Cityglitch is level-based. Players must go through each puzzle one-by-one in a linear fashion. However, once a puzzle's solved, then several stages get unlocked at a time. So you can play them slightly out of order since they branch off, but you still need to clear the present ones to gain access to more. It's an endless cycle, and the game has 95 levels spread out across seven cities. There's also three boss puzzles you'll need to face, which only add to the challenge.

So what is Cityglitch? There's a bit of a basic plot going on, in which virtual cities appear to be glitching out. You take control of the city witch, who must save the cities from these weird glitches. The goal in each puzzle is to light up the runes in order to complete a ritual, and then the glitch gets released. While it sounds easy enough, things get tricky as you'll encounter cats, dangerous arrows, creepy city critters, and other obstacles that get in your way.

Controls in Cityglitch are simple and intuitive. Just tap on any tile to move to it, as long as the path is not blocked. The city witch can move horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. You can choose to move one space at a time, or just go a few tiles at once. However, once you make your move, then other hazards, such as arrows or ghosts, can also move. You should time your moves correctly so that you avoid getting killed, because one touch of such dangers will kill you, and then you have to start over. If you make a mistake, you can tap on the Undo button to go back one move at a time, or tap Restart to start the level from the beginning.

Cityglitch is a spooky puzzle game that's full of charm.

The Good

Cityglitch is a challenging turn-based puzzle that will appeal to fans of the genre. The game features an awesome aesthetic design with matching music and sound effects. The puzzles start off simple, but progressively become more difficult as you go on. Controls are easy and unrestrictive, but timing is everything, so planning ahead is required. Plus, there's plenty of content for the price, so it's a good value. Cityglitch also doesn't have ads, in-app purchases, or requires an internet connection.

The Bad

While Cityglitch is a pretty good game, it isn't without flaws. The biggest downside is the fact that the game doesn't explain anything to you. It took me a few taps in the beginning to understand how to play the game, and after that I caught on pretty quickly. But if you prefer being told or shown what to do, then this game doesn't offer that. There's no hand-holding — you're just thrown into the glitchy cities without much explanation of what's happening. Otherwise, it's a pretty solid release.

The verdict

I've only just started Cityglitch today, but I'm finding it to be an excellent way to pass the time. I'm a huge puzzle fan and these levels make me use my head, which I love. Plus, the old-school graphics take me back to my childhood days, and the haunting tunes are great. I was a bit confused at first, but once you understand the basics, the rest is straightforward, though a bit tricky. If you're a fan of spooky but fun puzzles, then Cityglitch is a must.

Cityglitch can be found on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for just $2.99.

9.1

OVERALL

Game Controls 10

Sound/Music 10

Graphics 9

Replayability 8

Gameplay 8.5

$2.99

cityglitch

Peter Rockwell

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/16/2017

August 16, 2017 by RSS Feed

OrgChart - Organization Chart & Contact Management , Riptide GP2 , Tsuro - The Game of the Path and more

iPhone:

OrgChart - Organization Chart & Contact Management ( $0.99 → Free ) Hao Li OrgChart simplifies the process of organizing large teams or personal databases. It allows you to create tree structures in a snap without the need to draw the connections. All the work is done for you. All you need to worry about is the details like unit names, sizes, layouts, colors, and properties. The app includes a ton of customization options and the ability to create an unlimited number of tree structures, so it can be used for just about anything. It also allows you to export your charts and share them in a variety of ways.

Universal:

Riptide GP2 ( $1.99 → Free ) Vector Unit We’re recommending Riptide GP2 for all gamers today thanks to its console-quality graphics and gameplay. Tilt to carve your hydro jet through the water and fire your boosters to race into first place. If you have a compatible gamepad, link it up for even tighter and more accurate controls. You're able to fill your boost meter by performing crazy tricks off of the ramps that are scattered about the tracks. Riptide GP2 includes a career mode, four-way online multiplayer, nine hydro jets to unlock, 25 stunts to perform, and iCloud integration.

Tsuro - The Game of the Path ( $2.99 → Free ) Thunderbox Entertainment Tsuro is easy to learn yet difficult to master. First, place your stone on a starting point. You’ll then be dealt a hand of tiles. Tiles can be rotated in order to create the best path before being placed on the board. Stones will always follow the path in front of them. The object of the game is to keep your stone on the board for as long as possible. Tsuro includes an in-game tutorial, three modes, and local and online multiplayer.

Eggplant Stickers ( $0.99 → Free ) HYPER! Interactive, LLC Eggplant Stickers will brighten your day. Send them to friends and family to express your feelings through a lovable eggplant character. The 24 poses will help you show love, anger, and excitement in ways you never thought possible.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/15/2017

August 15, 2017 by RSS Feed

Noteworthy Notes , Textkraft Pocket , Toast - Photo Editor & Create stylish photos! and more

iPhone:

Textkraft Pocket ( $2.99 → Free ) Infovole Textkraft is both a professional writing app and document reader wrapped into one neat package. While writing you have access to all of the tools you could possibly need across the top of your keyboard, and intuitive gesture controls allow you to select text and edit in a snap. If you have an Apple Watch on your write, simply speak into it and your voice will be transcribed to text. Files can be stored locally, organized within folders, sent off to the cloud, shared via Messages or email, or sent directly to other apps.

Legend - Animate Text in Video & GIF ( $1.99 → Free ) Stupeflix Legend will make your words legendary. You start off by coming up with a short blurb of text. Then choose from one of six animation styles. Depending on what your blurb is about, you can choose to leave it stand on its own with a colorful background, or choose a photo or video from your library or Flickr. You must then decide how you want to share or save your creation, whether that’s as a regular video or animated GIF. The app supports text up to 100 characters, and videos up to six seconds in duration.

Universal:

Noteworthy Notes ( $0.99 → Free ) Thomas Tsopanakis Noteworthy Notes puts all of your thoughts and ideas in one place. It can be used for everything from shopping lists and tasks to projects and ideas. Each note can take on different alignments, sizes, fonts, and one of 20 different colors. You’re able to set the priority level of each note and attach a reminder if necessary. A widget on the lock screen provides quick access to your most important notes. The app also includes iCloud sync, search, word counts, sorting, and password protection.

Toast - Photo Editor & Create stylish photos! ( $0.99 → Free ) Junghyeon Kim Toast truly has it all. It allows you to apply over 100 effects, 120 textures, 90 borders, 300 stickers, and text with various speech balloons and fonts. It also includes tools that will help you retouch skin, color splash, rotate and crop, apply vignettes, and adjust photo properties. The power is in your hands.

Videocraft - Best Video Editor Photo Slideshow ( $0.99 → Free ) Gamelarious Videocraft can turn your random collections of videos and photos into something you want to share. You’re able to import as many videos and photos from your library as you like, and you can create new content from within the app. Videos and photos can be arranged and clipped with simple gestures. You’re also able to add voiceovers, music, and custom text. Your final creations can be uploaded directly to YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram.

PirTie ( $0.99 → Free ) Complexity Visions PirTie is a color explosion mapped onto a sphere. You’re able to swipe to move the sphere and pinch to zoom in and out. A single tap will change the colors. A double tap will change the pattern. A triple tap will capture a photo. PirTie also supports TV-out.

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