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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 11/09/2016

November 09, 2016 by macjeff

Cardinal Land , Hipster Style stickers by Tuğba for iMessage , RadioApp - A simple radio for iPhone and iPod touch and more

iPhone:

RadioApp - A simple radio for iPhone and iPod touch ( $1.99 → 1 ) Tal Shrestha RadioApp operates like a classic radio, analog tuner and all. Just swipe across the tuner to change stations. RadioApp will display the name of the station and song as long as they’re available. You’re also able to favorite stations, search for something specific, and set a sleep timer. The app includes an AM tuner and international stations as well.

Universal:

Cardinal Land ( $0.99 → 1 ) Petro Shmigelskyi Cardinal Land is not only fun, it’s informative. Your job is to fill in the animal silhouette using colorful pieces. Just drag and drop to place, and tap to rotate. If a piece is in its correct position, it will snap into place. Move quickly in order to earn a perfect rating. After each puzzle has been completed, you’ll receive a surprising fact about the animal. The game includes more than 80 puzzles.

Hipster Style stickers by Tuğba for iMessage ( $0.99 → 1 ) MojiLaLa You’ll find everything hipster related, from mustaches to coffee, in the Hipster Style sticker pack. Some stickers use words to get the message across while others simply show off your great taste. Just peel and stick.

4th of July US History Quiz Independence Day ( $0.99 → 1 ) Always Icecream & Clever Dragons Each round consists of four multiple choice questions regarding U.S. history. Students are provided 30 seconds to answer each question. An incorrect answer will restart the round. If they’re able to complete all four questions without a mistake, they’ll move up a level. The game also includes a variety of medals to earn.

SketchMee 2 - The Animated Sketch Filter ( → 0 ) Studio Mee Anyone can make a high quality sketch with SketchMee. You’re able to import any photo from your library and crop it down to size. Then browse through the 160 different presets and choose your favorite. Your final creations can be saved or shared via your favorite social networks.

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WhatsApp for iPhone gains GIF search feature

November 09, 2016 by macjeff

Facebook-owned WhatsApp two days ago gained support for sending and receiving animated GIFs, as well as sending short videos or Live Photos as GIF attachments. Today the team issued a small update to WhatsApp’s iPhone application in the App Store, bumping version number to 2.16.16 and adding another handy feature: a built-in option that lets you find animated GIFs to attach to your messages from within the app.

Begin by tapping a conversation in the list or create a new chat, then tap the plus button next to the text field at the bottom and select Photos & Videos Library. Hit a new GIF search button on the bottom left to get to the dedicated GIF search screen.

From there, search for the perfect animated GIF by typing one or more keywords in the search field. Tap the Starred tab at the bottom to browse only GIF animations you favorited. When you find the animated GIF you like, tap it.

WhatsApp’s built-in editor pops up letting you optionally trim the animation, type some text on it, crop or annotate it and more. When satisfied with the edits, type your message and hit the blue Send button.

Your contact shall see the attached GIF animate inline.

WhatsApp for iPhone is available for free on the App Store.

Source link: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/11/09/whatsapp-for-iphone-gains-gif-search-feature/

Viber launches Public Accounts for brands, overhauls media menus in iPhone app

November 09, 2016 by macjeff

Popular messaging app Viber today launched a new account format, called Public Accounts, which allows businesses and brands to interact with users. More than a thousand Public Accounts from such brands as BBC, Mashable, The Washington Post, The Weather Channel and more were available at launch, with many more to follow in the coming days and weeks. Subscribing to Public Accounts allows users to get updates from brands they love and post messages that other followers will see.

Public Accounts marks the first time users and businesses will be able to interact with each other without having each other as a contact on Viber. The company has no plans to charge for Public Accounts at this stage.

To find Public Accounts from your favorite brands and businesses, tap the Public tab in Viber for iPhone, then hit the magnifying glass in the upper left corner to browse featured Public Accounts and those that are relevant to your current location.

Viber’s iPhone application on the App Store was bumped to version 6.5 this morning with support for the newly launched Public Account and a simplified media menu that lets you send photos, videos and voice messages with fewer taps than before.

Left: Dedicated gallery, camera and sticker icons let you express yourself faster Right: tap and hold the mic icon to record, release to send or slide left to cancel.

In addition, Public Accounts will open the door to Viber hosting bots, too.

Public Accounts should not be confused with Public Chats, a feature Viber rolled out in 2014 that lets one or more users send public messages that everyone can see.

According to TechCrunch, Viber’s API will soon be integrated with popular CRM packages to let businesses send/read customer support messages via Viber and see them alongside all of their other social media, email and messaging interactions.

Viber claims 800 million users and is owned by Japan’s Rakuten.

The 69.9-megabyte Viber app is available free on the App Store.

Source link: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/11/09/viber-launches-public-accounts-for-brands-overhauls-media-menus-in-iphone-app/

Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 11/08/2016

November 08, 2016 by macjeff

Lost in Harmony , YoWindow Weather , Mooncast - The Phases of the Moon and more

Universal:

Lost in Harmony ( $3.99 → 1 ) Digixart Entertainment Lost in Harmony allows you to experience music in a whole new way. Guide Kaito and Aya on their adventure through 30 painted environments with taps and swipes. Stars will appear on the screen to the beat of the music, and you must tap at just the right moment to earn a perfect rating while dodging obstacles with swipes. The game also includes the ability to create and share your own levels, and all kinds of character customization options.

YoWindow Weather ( $2.99 → 1 ) Pavel Repkin YoWindow is all about watching the weather. You’re presented with a quick look at the current time, temperature, and conditions. Slide your finger from left to right across the screen to scroll time forward and watch as the scene changes to reflect what it’ll be like later on in the day. YoWindow also includes a seven-day forecast and six scenes to choose from.

Mooncast - The Phases of the Moon ( → 0 ) Mathieu Routhier Mooncast does only a few things, but it does them extremely all well. You can swipe through each screen to see the moon illumination for that day, or you can jump to a specific day by activating the calendar view and spinning the wheels. Mooncast can remind you when a full moon is approaching, and even display phases of the moon on the lock screen.

Windy ~ Sleep Relax Meditate with natural white noise sounds to calm your mind and focus ( → 0 ) Franz Bruckhoff Windy combines natural wind recordings with stunning artwork to help you sleep, relax, study, or meditate. It utilizes stereoscopic 3-D audio that’s optimized for headphones, so you can drift off into your own little world. The six natural wind recordings can be mixed with rain, river sounds, birds, and crickets. There’s also a whimsical story embedded within the app, allowing you to follow Windy on her journey to breathtaking locations.

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Blyss is Pure Puzzle Bliss

November 08, 2016 by macjeff

Blyss ($1.99) by Dropout Games is a new relaxing puzzler that has hit the market. If recent releases like Dots & Co, Quell Zen, and klocki weren’t enough to whet your appetite, then Blyss is a fine addition to any puzzle game collection. It’s truly a game that will give you some bliss.

I love games on any platform, but since I have my iPhone with me everywhere, I definitely prefer that to the other systems I have, simply out of convenience. Of course, mobile isn’t the best platform for some types of games, but I think it is one of the best for the puzzle genre (also one of my favorites), so naturally, I have a ton of puzzlers on my device that I keep around for those times when I have a few moments to spare. I managed to get a demo of Blyss while I was at GDC this year, and I walked away thoroughly impressed with it and eager to get my hands on the final release. It’s finally arrived on the App Store, and I couldn’t be happier.

Blyss features a minimalistic aesthetic that is both beautiful and soothing. The game itself is done in 2-D, but it features 3—D blocks and sometimes an angled perspective, so it has the psuedo 3-D look and feel. The colors are rich and vibrant, depending on the theme that you use (need coins), but they’re all nice eye candy. Plus, the themes affect what you see in the backgrounds, which also feature subtle animations. Overall, the animations in Blyss are buttery smooth and fluid, with no lag or choppiness on my iPhone 6s Plus. On top of the nice visuals, Blyss has an ambient, atmospheric soundtrack that will melt your troubles away. Each theme has its own track, so you’d better save up those coins to unlock them all — it’s well worth it.

There are three modes in Blyss, though only one is available from the start: Endless Mode, Time Attack, and Playground. In order to unlock Time Attack and Playground, you will have to solve a certain number of puzzles first, though I found the amount required to be rather overwhelming (I believe over 300) — it’s entirely possible for one to lose interest in the game before unlocking the other two modes, so I hope that the developer can change that in a future update.

Endless Mode is just that — an endless stream of puzzles for you to solve. Time Attack involves racing against the clock, and Playground, well, I’m not sure what that one is just yet since I haven’t unlocked it. Each stage is also procedurally generated, so it will never be the same string of puzzles, and there are unlimited options. The main objective is simple enough: clear out all of the blips (dots) by connecting them in lines of three or four blocks. However, they can only be connected horizontally or vertically, never diagonally. So while it seems super easy at first, you’ll get puzzles that are increasingly more complex, like large grids of tiles with two or three sets of blips on them, so some thinking and strategy is involved.

So how are the controls in Blyss? It’s incredibly intuitive and straightforward, and even possible to play with one hand if you can manage it. To connect the blips, just slide your finger or thumb over the tiles you want to connect, either horizontally or vertically only. Remember, to clear them out, they must be at least three blocks long, but no more than four blocks at most. If the tiles have more than one blip on them, then only one dot goes away after you make a match with them, but they’ll remain on the board until all blips are cleared out from the tile. If you make certain combinations of matches (a reference is in Options), then that means it’s a combo, which nets you more points. If there are single tiles left on the board, then that means you failed and that round is over, though you can spend coins to try again.

To keep things fresh and interesting, Blyss has some missions for players to strive for each time they play. These range from “complete 40 puzzles” to “get 10 combos” and the like. Completing these goals rewards you with more coins, so there is a good incentive to try and accomplish them.

If you consider yourself a perfectionist or are curious about your progress, the game does include stats and achievements, though they’re hidden away in the Options menu. It also includes a reference for the potential combos you can make, Game Center integration, and what your active challenges are, as well as various settings you can toggle.

I still have a ways to go in Blyss before I can get the Time Attack and Playground modes, but I am enjoying the Endless Mode a lot. The game has a simple gameplay mechanic that is much more challenging that it first appears, as you have to think about the connections you’re making so that you don’t leave tiles behind. Plus, the graphics are simple, clean, and gorgeous, the music for each theme is captivating and delightful, and there are zero in-app purchases for coins — they’re only earned, which is the way it should be. I just want to see a lower threshold requirement for unlocking Time Attack and Playground modes, because they seem a bit too high for most people at the moment, but this is just a suggestion.

I highly recommend grabbing Blyss if you’re a fan of puzzle games and need some zen this week. You can find Blyss on the App Store as a universal download for $1.99. There are no in-app purchases.

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