"If there is an app for that"

Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/07/2016

August 07, 2016 by macjeff

hocus. , Gravity App , CleanUp Suite – Quickly and easily clean duplicates from your address book and more

iPhone:

Videomator couldn’t possibly be any easier to use. All of its filters and color option categories run across the bottom of the screen. Tap on a category to bring up a secondary menu that will allow you to choose a specific filter or color option. Everything is done in real-time, so just point your camera at your subject and start recording. Videomator includes a total of 317 different presets to choose from.

Universal:

Not everything is as it appears in Hocus. Each puzzle is an illusion. You must move the cube by swiping in an available direction and get it into its target area. A circle at the top of the screen indicates which direction the cube can move. Hocus includes 85 hand-crafted puzzles and the ability to create and share your own.

It starts off by presenting you with our own solar system to help you get familiar with how to navigate space. Use common gestures to move around empty space, zoom in, and manipulate the velocity and mass of bodies. The app includes five presets, the ability to save and load your own planetary systems, and an insane amount of customization options.

CleanUp Suite is able to analyze your entire address book in order to hunt down duplicate contacts automatically. You’re able to merge information or delete contacts in bulk. After your first passthrough, you can go back through and edit contacts manually to ensure everything is nice and tidy. The app also includes the ability to filter and sorts contacts, and backup and restore contact databases.

You’re able to choose from US and UK variations of 8-ball or a game of 9-ball. Then decide if you want to take on an AI-controlled opponent or a friend locally. Aiming is as simple as dragging your finger across the screen. Once the shot is lined up you can adjust the power and put some english on the ball before giving it a smack. The game also includes three levels of difficulty, multiple table styles to choose from, and stat tracking.

Each puzzle provides you with a limited set of tiles that can be placed in the open holes on grid. The tiles are able to redirect the ball once it gets rolling, so think it over before you release it. The game comes with over 60 puzzles to complete. You’re also able to create your own and tweet them for the world to enjoy.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/06/2016

August 06, 2016 by macjeff

ProCam 3 - Manual Camera and Photo / Video Editor , Wardwell House , Tesla Wars - II and more

Universal:

With ProCam 3, the best just keep on getting better. It’s packed with all kinds of brand new features that will surely make it the go-to camera app on your iPhone. It sports a fully orientation adaptive user interface, so no matter which way you hold your iPhone you’ll be able to access its many features. Buttons across the left side of the screen provide you with control over focus and exposure, while pop-up menus around the shutter button allow you to apply live effects and lenses, adjust contrast and white balance, and choose different shooting modes.

Lost at sea with no hope, you somehow drift onto the shores of a mysterious island. Exhausted and a bit unhinged from your travels, you stumble your way into the forest. Only now do you realize the situation you’re in, and it becomes more and more horrifying with each step you take. Explore the dark and mysterious environments simply by moving your iDevice through the air and uncover the secret of Wardwell House.

Just like the original, your job is to keep the faceless invaders from reaching your Tesla tower. This time, however, bigger and more powerful weapons are at your disposal including six auxiliary turrets. The main tower still is the most powerful, allowing you to strike down your opponents by tapping and holding your finger on them to send off an electric charge. By completing various goals and ensuring no invader reaches your tower, you’ll be rewarded with cash. The cash can be spent on upgrades and special attacks. The game includes a total of 80 levels, and a survival mode.

Who Was? Adventure has a rather unique mechanic for a trivia game. The heads of famous figures will drop down into the screen. It’s up to you to tap on the person described at the bottom as quickly as possible. Each correct selection will remove the head from the screen, freeing up valuable space. If you guess incorrectly, the head you tapped on will remain and more and more will fill the screen. Power-ups and other objects will also populate the screen. The game includes 85 levels, an arcade mode, and more than 4,500 questions.

You can never have enough white noise apps, and Sleep Better is yet another solid addition to your collection. Sleep Better provides you with a simple and streamlined interface. It offers four different wave options, three of which vary in speed. Tap on the one you want and slide your finger across the bottom of the screen to set the sleep timer. That’s it. That’s all you have to do to lull yourself into a relaxed state of mind.

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SketchPlus, Foresee, VOX Free Music, and other apps to check out this weekend

August 06, 2016 by macjeff

In this week’s edition of iDB’s Apps of the Week roundup, we have selected some great apps for you to check out this weekend. We have a new photo editor with some great sketch filters, a weather app that can help you schedule outdoor activities, an app for discovering music, and two great new games you won’t want to miss.

SketchPlus

Sure there are a lot of photo editing apps out there, but SketchPlus focuses on a single specific filter: analog. The app offers a handful of effects you can use to make your photos look hand-drawn. You can choose from one of 12 different pen styles, choose from black, white or other colors (unlocked via IAP or watching ads), and then of course you can easily share your drawings. The initial reviews in the App Store aren’t very good, but I found the app easy to use and it creates some neat effects. SketchPlus is available for free.

Foresee

What do you get when you cross a weather app with an activity planner? Foresee. The app was developed to answer questions like “What time is best to go to the pool today?”, “When should I mow the lawn this week?”, and “should I have a cookout this weekend?” Create personalized one-time or recurring events—each with weather preferences important to you—and Foresee will do the rest. So if you tell it you’re going camping this weekend, it can alert you if last-minute rain pops up. This app is available for $1.99.

VOX Free Music

Love music? VOX Free Music offers access to millions of songs, DJ sets and live concerts. There’s trending music, top charts, and curated playlists for things like working out, dinner parties and more. There’s even a search feature that allows you to find almost any song and play it…for free. As best as I can tell, VOX gets its library from SoundCloud and Worldwide Radio. I’m not sure if this violates their TOS’es, but this is a sharp-looking app with great features that is worth checking out. VOX is available for free.

Crooked Path

Find your path in this unique & beautiful one touch puzzle runner, that has within it, a transformative message: “The path to your destiny, will not always be a straight one.” This addictive puzzle runner features a beautiful design, simple-yet-challenging one-touch gameplay, and an atmospheric soundtrack that will keep you coming back for more. There weren’t any iTunes ratings at the time of writing, but several industry reviewers have given the game high praise. Crooked Path is available for $1.99.

Tap Hero

Tap Hero is a pixel art, adventure arcade game that tasks players with staying alive for as long as they can. To aid you on your quest, your Hero will perform a Powerful Special attack when your Super Bar is full. Upgrade your armor, weapons, and fight for glory in Pixel Kingdom. Gameplay is both easy and addictive, the battle music is fast-paced and the pixel animations are superb. You’ll fight in 4 different seasons, against 5 different opponents as you attempt to reach the top of the leaderboard. This game is available for free.

More apps to check out

• How to watch the 2016 Summer Olympics on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
• How to add photos and videos from your camera roll to your Instagram story
• Apple gives away Brushstroke painting effects app
• Apple’s free app of the week: hocus
• Telegram for iOS gains personal storage, group previews and trending/archived stickers
• Dropbox Paper enters public beta, iPhone and iPad app now available

Apps updated this week

• Google Photos gains 3D Touch shortcuts and storage optimization feature
• Apple Store app updated with new design and ‘For You’ recommendations
• Google’s iOS keyboard gains dark theme, GIF suggestions & expanded language support
• Snapseed update adds Text filter, image resizing when exporting and sharing & more
• Snapchat rolls out city-specific stickers that mock local trends and highlight landmarks
• Astropad graphics tablet app for iPhone and iPad is now a lot faster and uses less battery
• Twitter for iOS adds iPad keyboard shortcuts
• Instagram is rolling out Stories—Snapchat-like auto-dissapearing slideshows

Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 08/05/2016

August 05, 2016 by macjeff

TABATACH - Interval Workout Timer for High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) : TABATA & any Circuit Training , WikiLinks — Smart Wikipedia Reader , Preset and more

iPhone:

Tabatch is not only designed for HIIT, it’s also great for yoga, running, Tabata, Kettlebell, and Crossfit. The app allows you to define intervals for working out, rest, and cycles in a snap. The various whistle sounds and screen flashes provide unmistakable cues, ensuring that you’ll always be performing the correct portion of your workout. The app also includes the ability to pause workouts, text to speech for workout names, and the ability to jump between intervals.

Universal:

WikiLinks allows you to start off with an idea and branch out from there with its exclusive mind-map navigation system. Each search suggests different paths to take and allows you to retrace your steps at any time. Instead of jumping back and forth between searches and articles, tap and hold your finger on any link to get a quick preview. WikiLinks is loaded with other great features as well, including fullscreen image browsing, suggested YouTube videos, offline viewing, and iCloud support.

Preset allows your photos to stand out from the crowd. It provides you with a set of 27 filters, which can be mixed and matched however you wish. Common gestures allow you to quickly swap, delete, and temporarily disable filters within their layer chain. Your favorite combination of filters can be saved and reused over and over again.

Various amounts of cards will appear on the screen face down. Your child can tap on them to reveal what’s on the flip side. They must then find all of the matching pairs of shapes and colors to complete each game. When tapped on, your child is able to hear the object or color pronounced. The app also includes a Show Me mode where the cards are all face up, making it easier to play.

At the beginning of each level you're presented with colored blocks with numbers on them, which indicates their length. Drag them around the screen to fill the entire grid while wiping out their numbers. The game includes two modes, more than 400 levels, a level editor, and the ability to send and receive levels.

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Apple’s free app of the week: hocus

August 04, 2016 by macjeff

Apple on Thursday updated its App of the Week promotion with the game hocus. This means from now through next Thursday, you’ll be able to pick up the minimal puzzler for both iPhone and iPad for free—saving you $1.

Hocus is described as a perspective illusion puzzle game. Players are tasked with moving a red cube through a maze of gray beams—very similar to Monument Valley. There are 85+ levels, and you can even design your own.

From the App Store Editors’ Notes:

At a glance, hocus doesn’t look very complicated. You swipe to move a red cube along a latticework of plain gray beams. But don’t let the minimalist visuals fool you—the game’s intelligent, abstract puzzles force you to look at things in a new way, like a cubist translation of Monument Valley. As you progress, the levels quickly get complex. But the peaceful music and crisp design make spending time in its world a richly rewarding experience.

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

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Hocus is available in the App Store for free.