Daily App Digest – 11/23/09

Virginia-based Hunter Research and Technology has announced Cover Match 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Cover Match is a mesmerizing new match game that uses album art from a user’s music library. Using a classic arcade format, Cover Match starts off slow with just a few album covers to match, then heats up with unlimited levels of randomly sorted cover art. Cover Match offers billions of memory-testing game possibilities.

Graphically mastered and engineered, Cover Match is no ordinary match game. Crisp OpenGL graphics and special effects accompany each level, enhanced by the beauty and exquisite detail of album art. Using a classic arcade format, Cover Match starts off slow with just a few album covers to match, then heats up with unlimited levels of randomly sorted cover art. Cover Match offers billions of memory-testing game possibilities.

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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MobilEaZe, LLC has announced PayItForward 1.3 for iPhone and iPod Touch. PayItForward is a one of kind application helping to spread some kindness in our world. The application utilizes the Apple Push Notification System to provide users with weekly random acts of kindness designed to be simple, fun, and sure to brighten a strangers day. Users can track their progress directly from within the application by marking tasks as completed.

PayItForward was designed with one simple goal in mind; provide its users with the ideas to make a strangers day. Once a week, users will be notified via the push notification system with a weekly random act of kindness. In return for good deeds spread, MobilEaZe LLC is committed to donating 10% of profits to a charity for children with autism in Phoenix, AZ.

Tony Farag, the company’s founder and lead Software Architect said “We are very excited about PayItForward. Not only about the potential that can be reached with strong committed user base to making a difference, but as well as our contribution to helping children in need.”

Device Requirements:
* PayItForward is fully compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, and the new iPhone 3GS

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Embraceware Software has announced Awaken 1.2, an update to their popular digital alarm clock, sleep timer, fullscreen clock and flashlight for for iPhone and iPod touch. Wake up to music on your iPhone or iPod touch or any of the dozen built in sounds. Set the volume and screen brightness to slowly fade in to ease you out of sleep. Choose from a selection of 6 fullscreen clock styles. Works great as a night table or desk clock. Supports both portrait and landscape modes.

New features introduced in version 1.2:
* 2 new clock styles “8-bit” and “Classic LCD”
* 3 new flashlight display options
* Updated launch imagery
* Double tap clock to toggle menubar on/off
* New stop music on quit preference
* New snooze settings
* More intuitive alarm creation
* Support added for chained alarms
* Landscape support for alarms and sleep timer
* Sleep timer now does not prevent alarm
* Dim control more intuitive
* Screen brightness improved

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Maidenhead, UK – Byte Squared has announced its file manager application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The product, named “Files2″ (pronounced Files Squared), enables its users to transfer files between their iPhone and a desktop computer and view them directly from within the Files2 app. Files2 supports viewing of many different formats including most Office-based files, such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Keynote, Numbers and Pages. It also supports other popular formats, such as PDF and MP4 video files.

Users may create local folders and organize their files by copying them or moving them between folders. Files and folders may be transferred between the iPhone and a desktop computer over the local wifi network. Files2 supports viewing of the following file types:

Word Documents (.doc, .docs)
Excel Documents (.xls, .xlsx)
PowerPoint Documents (.ppt, .pptx)
Pages Documents (.pages)
Keynote Documents (.keynote)
Numbers Documents (.numbers)
PDF Documents (.pdf)
Image Files (.bmp, .png, .jpg, .gif)
Text Files (.txt, .m, .c, .cpp, .h, .xml)
Web Files (.htm, .html, .webarchive)

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Penpower Inc. has announced WorldCard Mobile 1.0 their new business card reader for iPhone devices. WorldCard Mobile is a business card recognition system and contact management tool for the iPhone 3GS. It instantly recognizes the captured data from business cards and sorts it into organized fields. The new technology also allows for higher quality images than previously possible, thanks to the auto-focus and high resolution camera that is currently available only in the iPhone 3GS.

WorldCard Mobile has the following advantages over it’s competitors:
* Superior recognition quality
* Much faster recognition speeds
* Allows for data export to any desired contact group
* Automatically sorts the contact data into appropriate categories
* Image rotation in the event image scans sideways

Device Requirements:
* iPhone OS 3.0 or later and 3GS

Pricing and Availability: $3.99 (USD)

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TapMode has announced Battery Gauge 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Battery Gauge takes into account all of a user’s normal iPhone or iPod Touch activities. Each task uses a different amount of charge and Battery Gauge intuitively figures it out. Battery Gauge knows how long an individual needs for each task and gives accurate estimates on whether or not the user has enough charge left to complete them.

Battery Gauge differs from other apps that are similar in nature. While the others can only give you an estimate of how much time is remaining in your battery for a single activity, McMorris’ app is all encompassing, taking into account all of a user’s normal iPhone or iPod Touch activities. Each task uses a different amount of charge and Battery Gauge intuitively figures it out. As most people use their handheld devices for a number of different things, this program is likely to become indispensible to the masses.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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WebIS has announced DeepFish 1.5, a unique email search application for the iPhone. DeepFish has one simple purpose; search your IMAP-based email accounts easily and quickly. DeepFish is fast, memory efficient, and is designed to behave properly in high latency EDGE and 3G networks. DeepFish provides a very simple interface, yet offers options that let you customize its behavior to your needs. Reply, Forward, Flag emails. See all your flagged emails in one search.

Using DeepFish an IMAP user can search the contents of their email across folders using a simple iPhone search interface. Setup multiple IMAP accounts and search for email individually, across folders, or through sub-folders. Search for flagged emails with its unique Flagged Search Interface. Forward, Reply, Delete found emails.

Leveraging the deep and wide iPhone OS with a Cocoa Touch interface on top of our time-tested and robust email engine designed for use on mobile devices, DeepFish is fast, memory efficient, and is designed to behave properly in high latency EDGE and 3G networks. Now using iPhone OS 3.0 CoreData technology DeepFish is far more reliable and faster than ever before.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch
* iPhone OS 3.1 or higher

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Sunstorm Interactive has announced Rescue Razzle 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Rescue Razzle is a perfect brainteaser to twist player’s mind for hours on end. Players are challenged to rescue the helpless Rat named Razzle that has found himself locked in a cage at the top of a stack of wooden crates. The mission is simple, break the wooden crates one after another, lowering Razzle safely to the ground.

Rescue Razzle is an ideal game to stretch the mind and test your logic and knowledge of the basic laws of physics. In a matter of seconds, the player is absorbed by the puzzle and will spend hours twisting the brain to insure that the next touch will topple the crates into the right direction.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Toughturtle LLC recently released FirePlace 3.0, an update to their hit utility app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and was selected by Apple as an iTunes Staff Favorite. FirePlace is the go-to App for an instant romantic setting on that special date, to relax on a cold fall/winter night, or whenever. FirePlace is a virtual fire for your iPhone or iPod touch, but with a whole host of new features to give users a more customized and relaxing experience.

“This version of FirePlace is a complete re-write of the previous versions of the App.”, said Todd Barnes. “I wanted to give the 24,000 users a more customizable and friendly experience to what the previous versions offered. I understand that FirePlace is known as a ‘Gimmick App’. But from what users have told me over the past year, the FirePlace App experience, or App life span, lasts much longer than the traditional ‘Gimmick App’. Some users are using FirePlace to fall asleep at night and in their cubicles during work hours for the relaxing ambiance.”

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Vitaliy Pronkin has announced FingerDancer 1.3 for iPhone and iPod Touch. FingerDancer is very simple yet addictive fast paced game. The goal of the game is to touch colored circles continuously appearing and disappearing on the screen. Different types of circles require touching them differently to score points. And the faster player reacts and more objects touches at the same time, the more points he gets.

The goal of the game is to touch colored circles continuously appearing and disappearing on the screen. Some of them will stay for a long time while some will disappear soon. Different types of circles require touching them differently to score points. And the faster player reacts and more objects touches at the same time, the more points he gets. But be careful! Touching incorrectly or missing three times will end the game.

FingerDancer integrates ScoreLoop social services. This allows players to challenge their friends and compete with the best players all over the world. You wish you had more than five fingers in one hand! FingerDancer will prove this right now.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Adamcode today releases Christmas Gifts List 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. The Gifts app allows consumers to input the wish lists for everyone on their holiday shopping list, and each person can be assigned a target budget amount as well. As gifts are purchased and prices stored in the application, the easy to use interface lets you see how much money is left in the budget for each individual. Turn on the locking feature and your lists are kept secure behind a unique PIN number.

“Money management is extremely important to consumers right now” said Adam Williams, President of Adamcode and creator of the “Christmas Gifts List” application – a unique holiday shopping list application with a built in budgeting feature. “The iPhone, when used with the right applications is the ultimate personal organizer, and can help keep shoppers from spending more than they intended”.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99

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Irvine, California, StuckPixel, Inc. today is proud to introduce Monster Bash 1.0, their new arcade game for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique abilities and interface, Monster Bash is a fun, challenging, and addicting game based on the classic whack-a-mole genre but adds a fresh new twist. Go crazy into a finger frenzy and discover new ways to eliminate enemies. Compete with friends for the highest score too.

Monster Bash features both Arcade and Freeplay gaming modes, and sure to keep children and adults alike entertained for hours on end. In Arcade Mode there are ten levels with a new enemy introduced in each level. Players collect gold to purchase weapon upgrades and items with the ability to tap and swipe up to five enemies simultaneously. Gamers face a challenging boss on the tenth level to achieve victory. Alternatively, in Freeplay Mode players have 60 seconds to achieve the highest score possible. There are four basic enemy types to battle, and players must keep their streak alive to extend game time.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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goWare today released Grandma’s Remedies from Italy 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The app is favored by people looking for a cheaper, more natural way of doing everyday things. Each home remedy offers a time-honored solution to a problem, using ingredients and items that most people have on hand. Although Grandma’s Remedies may be Old World, every one of them can still be easily and successfully used today.

As these are tried and true home remedies, passed down from mother to daughter over generations from time long past, Grandma’s Remedies from Italy are environmentally friendly, too. There are no chemicals or synthetics necessary to benefit from this app’s huge list of suggestions.

There are four different categories of remedies: Wellbeing, Home, Love and Food. They call up all the sage grandmotherly advice that serves to keep users healthy, happy, well fed and well romanced. The tips are practical and include topics like mind, body and soul, natural beauty, cleaning, marriage and food prep.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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iPhoneMofo has released Lulla 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch. Lulla – Prenatal Lullabies provides you that prenatal sonic stimulation yield positive results to fetal development during pregnancy. The benefits include enhanced attention spans, improved sleep patterns, increased cognitive development, and sharper language skills. Listening to prenatal tunes has proved to be the best way for a baby to know the outside world.

Listening to prenatal tunes has proved to be the best way for a baby to know the outside world. But not all tunes are good for a fetus, for instance, noises and ear-piercing voices. Although some music is gentle and soothing, they have no positive effects on fetus’ mental and physical development. Prenatal Lullabies, on the other hand, provide music and tunes that are specially designed and recommended by obstetricians and researchers for unborn babies.

The period from conception to birth is a critical period for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental development of every baby. Formal experiments, parental observations, clinical records, and first person reports have all revealed prenatal sonic stimulation yield positive results to fetal development during pregnancy. The benefits include enhanced attention spans, improved sleep patterns, increased cognitive development, and sharper language skills.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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KranX Productions has released Tasty Way 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Yumsters are back in new and brilliant Tasty Way game for the whole family! KranX Productions, the award-winning studio announced today that Tasty Way, new game for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on App Store. An endless race for fruits and bonuses is waiting for you. Unique controls and constantly increasing game speed will never get you bored.

The game offers intuitive controls for touch-screens: touch Yumster and draw his path through the fruits of the same color. If you accidentally eat the fruit not of his color, Yumster will not be able to digest it and leave a poop that must be avoided at the next round. Change your color to eat fruits of a different color when you’re ready. The longer you play, the faster Yumster crawls!

Features:
* Unique controls: drawing a path on screen
* Endless gameplay
* Great music
* Different kinds of bonuses

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free

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Balloons!, the new iPhone app that lets you launch virtual helium balloons and track their progress around the world has seen more than 20,000 launches in its’ first 10 days. People in 50 countries across 6 continents have been sending and catching balloons with special messages and photos attached. As balloons travel around the globe they are bringing people together in a fascinating new experiment in social networking.

How Balloons! Works:
Users choose a balloon, attach a photo and message to it, then launch it into the sky. It then drifts around the world to be caught by others with the Balloons! app. They add their own photo and message and send it on its way again. Where will it go? Who will it meet? How far will it travel?

The Balloon tracker allows users to see the progress of their balloons as they travel around the world. It allows them to read the tags of the people who have caught a balloon and see how far it manages to get.

Device Requirements:
* Any iPhone running OS3.0 or above
* Note: Does not run on iPod Touch

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (Normal price:$2.99)

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Zirak s.r.l. has announced EasyTrails GPS 2.5 for iPhone devices. Considering that the iPhone GPS has shown some difficulties hooking up the GPS signal, with the new Easy Trails 2.5 this problem won’t bother you anymore. With the version 2.5 when the GPS is low instant live messages will be sent to your iPhone. Furthermore the new version 2.5 will show you some tips and tricks to help you make better use of the GPS tracker.

You made a promise to yourself to walk a certain number of miles per day or week. There’s a sign located at the beginning of your favorite trail with the distance noted but you’ve gone beyond that. How far are you hiking? Evenings and weekends see you training hard. Running and skiing are your passions and you’re always trying to beat your personal best. You want to accurately know how far, how fast and how long you’ve been at it. Tracking your distance and elevation stats is important to you.

Easy Trails GPS is the perfect iPhone app for those who want to track their outdoor experiences. With its built in Google Maps and Google Earth, you’ll have a visual record of the distance you’ve travelled and the locations you’ve been to. You can get a general overview of the area or zoom in for a street view. Store your results so you can measure your progress over time.

Supported Languages:
* US English, Italian, French and Portuguese

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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JEG Entertainment is delighted to announce that Irene’s Spirit 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch is now featured on the App Store’s What’s Hot list. Irene’s Spirit gives your friends the illusion that you can communicate with the beyond. Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch Irene’s Spirit will fool your friends and co-workers into thinking you can communicate with the spirit world.

Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch Irene’s Spirit will fool your friends and co-workers into thinking you can communicate with the spirit world. Irene’s Spirit has a beautiful interface, a built-in step-by-step tutorial, and the option for the user to bypass the tutorial and go straight to the illusion.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or 2nd Generation iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Independent iPhone developer Francis Dierick today announces Reject for iPhone and iPod touch. Reject helps to stop dead-end meetings in their tracks. By violently shaking the application the user can make his opinion abundantly clear and crack up any meeting. Reject uses the power of irony to help the user make a statement. The App is mostly intended to be used in high-pressure team environments whenever the mood needs a little lightening up.

Device Requirements:
iPhone and iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Paris based Coladia today announces Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1 for iPhone and iPod touch. Secret of the Lost Cavern is an episodic adventure game that plunges the player into an inspiring journey that takes place during the Paleolithic period in prehistoric time, 15,000 years B.C. The gameplay and each puzzle were redesigned to take unique advantage of the touch capabilities of the iPhone. 3D graphics and videos were also optimized for an unparalleled visual quality on mobile devices.

15,000 B.C. Strange symbols found while hunting remind Arok of an encounter with a charismatic traveler a long time ago. In order for him to find his long-forgotten friend, the most brilliant painter of Prehistoric times, Arok begins a long and perilous journey.Play as Arok and enter a fascinating and bewitching Stone Age adventure.

Learn about Prehistoric life, follow the path of your mentor and work with him to recreate the paintings of the renowned Lascaux Cave.Venture through a wild time and decipher the symbols left by our ancestors. Hunt, fish, cut stones, paint animated frescoes and take part in mysterious shamanist ceremonies to win your place among the Lascaux Cave artist tribe. Will you be able to come through our ancestors’ secrets and survive in this wild and harsh world?

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 but it’s offered at $0.99 cents for a few days.

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BroadbentApps has released Battery Infocenter + Alarm 1.2, an update to their battery utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Version 1.2 of Battery Infocenter + Alarm adds the ability to customize the Charge Alarm, which allows the user to get notified when their devices battery has reached a desired charge-level. The added options include the ability to set at what charge-level the alarm should be played and unique to any battery application currently available on the App Store.

Jacksonville, Florida – BroadbentApps has released Battery Infocenter + Alarm 1.2, an update to their battery utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Version 1.2 of Battery Infocenter + Alarm adds the ability to customize the Charge Alarm, which allows the user to get notified when their devices battery has reached a desired charge-level. The added options include the ability to set at what charge-level the alarm should be played and unique to any Battery Application currently available on the App Store, the option to select the Charge-Alarm sound from the iPod Music Library on the device.

The Alarm customization also includes the option to preview the Alarm and set its volume to the desired level. These new features only add to an already feature rich application. “Battery Infocenter Alarm” includes options to select the Batteries Health-Level, allowing for more accurate time estimates, together with the ability to add own categories to the list of time estimates. The Application is highly customizable and features an user friendly interface with a modern look.

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Syndicated Puzzles today announced Puzzle Dice, a unique competitive game for iPhone and iPod Touch. This challenging sequential thriller has built in light bulbs automatically informing players when they are solving the puzzle correctly. If the puzzle doesn’t start to light up like a Christmas tree, players need to rethink their strategies. With over 800 puzzles of increasing difficulty, and a single solution to each puzzle, you are guaranteed endless hours of enjoyment.

With over 800 puzzles of increasing difficulty, and a single solution to each puzzle, you are guaranteed endless hours of enjoyment. If you have been waiting for the next puzzle craze, you will have to try out Puzzle Dice. Arranging invisible die in sequential order will challenge even the seasoned puzzle fan. Competing against the rest of the world for the fastest time while using the least amount of moves really makes this puzzle an instant classic.

Feature Highlights:
* Simple rules and no math skills required
* Pleasing graphics with simple and logical controls
* Picture rules explaining the game

Minimum Requirements:
* Compatible with iPod Touch and iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD

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DealCatcher today announce TGI Black Friday for iPhone and iPod touch. Consumers now have a new mobile tool to save time and money while holiday shopping this Black Friday. The app allows users to browse over 8,000 deals from all the major retail store’s Black Friday ads. Users can create a personal shopping list within the app to map out their Black Friday shopping. They can also use the app to compare prices with online stores and purchase select items online avoiding the crowds.

Users can create a personal shopping list within the app to map out their Black Friday shopping. They can also use the app to compare prices with online stores and purchase select items online avoiding the crowds.
iPhone App Features:
* View Black Friday ads for all major retail stores
* Search thousands of Black Friday deals across stores and categories
* Create a personal shopping list to check off items as you purchase them on Black Friday
* Email your shopping list or individual deals to yourself or others
* Get exclusive online deals and coupons
* Compare prices for items to confirm you are getting the best deal on Black Friday
* Shop online for items that may be available before Black Friday

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free

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Gee Logic Software Co., LTD has released Video Poker: Jacks or Better 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Video Poker is a simulation of video poker machines featured in casinos. It is based on Jacks or Better variant. Video Poker is a casino card game based on Five-card draw poker first appeared in the mid-70s, and has been popular among casinos throughout the world since. If you’re a Video Poker fan, this will be a perfect companion for your iPhone and iPod touch.

Hong Kong – Gee Logic Software Co., LTD has released Video Poker: Jacks or Better 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Video Poker is a casino card game based on Five-card draw poker first appeared in the mid-70s, and has been popular among casinos throughout the world since. This game is a simulation of video poker machines featured in casinos. It is based on Jacks or Better variant. If you just started playing poker, this will also serve as a perfect tool for your to learn about poker hands.

There are already a list of features planned and being developed. We’ll keep updating it regularly, and aim to make it the only Video Poker game you’ll ever want to keep on your iPhone / iPod touch.

Feature Highlights:
* Shuffle Engine (our sophisticated, proprietary Random Number Generation engine)
* Card Animation

Device Requirements:
iPhone and iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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WiTechno LLC has announced SolarStrike 1.0, their new arcade game for iPhone and iPod Touch. SolarStrike is space-shooter arcade game with RPG elements. You are a pilot of a spaceship on a rescue mission and you are forced to fight an unknown force in asteroid fields, space platforms, unknown alien bases. No game overs! Infinite continues and level restarts, but the levels are not so easy and would be interesting even for very skilled players.

Game Features:
* Detailed game plot. Introduction slides, story slides before each level
* Ship upgrades system: 9 different weapon types, 2 ability types, different ship structure types, armor upgrades
* 13 enemy types
* Different fighting scenarios and situations
* 5 bosses
* 7 challenging levels
* Epic music tracks for each level
* Easy and convenient control system

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone or iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Independent software developer, Emir F Samsuddin, has announced iTravelzPal 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Created exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iTravelzPal is a 6-in-1 survivor tool crafted specifically as a back-up distress calling/signalling in case of emergency. Included in this utility is a guidebook containing the details of how to signal for distress effectively, when all you have is your iPhone/iPod Touch with fully charged battery.

iTravelzPal is created with “survivor conditions” in mind. It works when there are no GPS and phone line signals. There are no fancy gestures or movements controls, therefore the operation will not be easily disturbed when you are signalling for help while climbing rocks, navigating a canoe, or stuck in a pile of earthquake debris.

The user interface is cleverly designed for ease of operation. The graphics design is beautifully crafted and original to this app. The main display of the app boasts bright color coded buttons with easily recognized icons. Included in this utility is a guidebook containing the details of how to signal for distress effectively, when all you have is your iPhone/iPod Touch with fully charged battery.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

iTravelzPal 1.0

Seacloud Software today released Baby Connect 1.4 for iPhone. Baby Connect is a complete solution which allows parents, baby-sitters, nannies, day cares and au pairs to track and share with each other daily information about their children. Baby Connect features automatic and immediate synchronization of updates on each caregiver devices, and available as both a native iPhone application and as a web application.

Caregivers and parents can post updates about feedings, naps, diapers, milestones, but also about the baby’s mood, temperature, what kind of game he’s playing or its gps location. Pictures are easily attached, and updates can be easily sent via email, push notifications and even to a twitter account. Baby Connect is accessible with Baby Connect iPhone application, or directly by logging in with a browser.

With Baby Connect, parents know at anytime what their baby is doing. It allows better care for kids by ensuring continuity of care between parents and others caregivers. For nannies, day cares and sitters, Baby Connect improve parent satisfaction by giving them detailed information and peace of mind. It provides better accuracy of record, easier communication with the parents and with staff in between caregiver changes.

Pricing and Availability: $2.99 (USD)

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Unemployment rates have shockingly hit 12.5% in California. Interviewing is getting more competitive. Business professionals seeking a job are gravitating towards Rexi Media’s iPhone app, Presenter Pro, to perfect their interviewing and presentation skills. And they are getting results.

“Just go in there and be yourself” is the advice that you typically hear from others who know you are about to get interviewed. Being yourself is not enough. You have to be your “best self”. Each time you go to an interview, consider yourself a presenter – and the subject of the presentation is you.

Presenter Pro has recently been updated with a new feature, called Rate Me. Using this feature, you can ask others to rate you during a practice presentation for your interview. Or you can rate other friends’ presentations or interview preparations, save their scores, and email them later. The app also features a comprehensive quiz, which helps you test your knowledge of presentation skills.

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California based Widgetize today announces FantasyLens 2.3, an update to their fun and unique portrait generation app for iPhone/iPod touch. With innovative features like one-touch automatic color matching, FantasyLens makes it easy for anyone to create composite portraits using photos of friends, family alike. Turn anyone into an astronaut, the Mona Lisa, a gigantic jumbotron ad, a sunflower and more – all without any prior image editing or Photoshop skills.

FantasyLens ships with 39 fun-to-use templates to choose from. To get started, browse through the photo template gallery and pick one for the occasion. Next, take a photo with the iPhone’s camera (or use a photo from the iPhone or iPod library). To position the photo so it aligns properly to the template, tap the hand button, then move the photo by dragging. Pinch to zoom in or out. The application uses the accelerometer to perform photo rotations. Just hold the iPhone or iPod vertically (like taking a picture), tap the rotate button, then rotate the device.

FantasyLens distinguishes itself from similar apps with its ability to blend colors and match skin tones automatically, activated by touching the magic wand button. This feature is a real time saver and also very fun to watch. For image editing pros who may want greater control, FantasyLens also offers fast and responsive sliders to precisely adjust brightness, contrast, color balance, saturation and hue.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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North Carolina based SchroederDev LLC is proud to introduce Slango 1.0, their new Urban Dictionary app for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, Slango is a mobile front end to Urban Dictionary, the popular web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases. Slango features access to over 4,000,000 words and features such as Word of the Day, search, share, and bookmarks with offline-viewing support.

Extremely easy-to-use, Slango provides quick access to over 4 million definitions of the latest in urban culture. Culture warriors can easily search for any word or phrase and receive a list of matching terms, grab the latest “Word of the Day” or catch up on the past week’s words. Users can bookmark their favorite words for offline viewing at any time. Additionally, Slango’s sharing support allows users to share any word they find over Facebook, or email them to friends and family.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 USD

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Funky Visions today is proud to announce Jiggle Balls: Spikes! 1.0, the follow-up game to their Top 100 App “Jiggle Balls” for iPhone and iPod touch. In Jiggle Balls: Spikes!, you control SPIKEY the big purple ball. Smash the JIGGLE BALLS before time expires. With 25 levels to challenge you, each level has new puzzles and obstacles to overcome. Continue from the last level completed or retry any level. Challenge your friends to start from the first level and see how far they can get.

Westerville, Ohio – Funky Visions is proud to announce the follow-up game to their Top 100 App “Jiggle Balls”. The balls are back in town! Jiggle Balls: Spikes! is a new game by the makers of Jiggle Balls. You control SPIKEY the big purple ball. Your goal? Smash the JIGGLE BALLS before time expires. Your weapon of choice? Gravity! Rotate your iPhone or iPod Touch to control the direction of the balls. Pin them in a corner and squash ‘em!

But there are obstacles that are bent on making your job more difficult – BLOCKERS, FADERS, and SLIDERS. Blockers look a lot like Spikey and get in your way. Faders come and go. They can work to your advantage, as a shortcut, but they may also drop the balls out of sight as you approach. Sliders move with the gravity too. You will have to be fast to navigate around them. 25 levels to challenge you. Each level has new puzzles and obstacles to overcome. Continue from the last level completed or retry any level. Challenge your friends to start from the first level and see how far they can get?

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Illinois based Creative Algorithms today announces Serving Sizer Recipe Converter 1.0 for iPhone/iPod Touch. Serving Sizer Recipe Converter easily scales recipes by serving size. Enter the recipe’s serving size & the new number of servings and this cooking calculator will handle all the fraction math. Resize ingredients for family of five, holiday dinner for 14, catering to a crowd of 100, or scale down for two. Translate recipes from metric to imperial; all results are displayed in both units.

How it works: Enter each ingredient, the recipe’s servings, and the desired number of servings. Serving Sizer accurately converts the measurement, automatically optimizing to the minimum number of steps, such as one cup and one tablespoon, instead of 17 tablespoons.

Device Requirements:
iPhone and iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: 99 cents.

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Independent software developer Steve Glinberg today announces KidCalc 1.7, an update to his popular animated math flash cards and learning game for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s peerless interface, KidCalc helps teach math to children, ages 3-8 years, using Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa themed graphics, engaging animations and voice-overs by a child. Notably KidCalc becomes the only Kwanzaa application available for iPhone and iPod touch.

KidCalc is now five apps in one, including:
* Counting puzzle
* Addition and subtraction math drills
* Animated calculator
* Animated math flash cards
* Animated counting flash cards

Device Requirements:
iPhone / iPod Touch with the 3.0 software update applied

Pricing and Availability: $.99 (USD)

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Previously announced detective game has finally become available to the excitement of fans all over the world eager to become famous detectives! In Jacques & Stella’s Mystery Files Club it is your mission to assist a pair of young detectives in solving randomly generated mystery cases. Your mission, as an assisting, aspiring detective, is to examine objects, locate potential murder weapons and interrogate characters you come across on your adventure. As you examine items and interact with the games characters, you gather enough information and clues about the murderer’s whereabouts, and eventually enough evidence to determine who killed the victim!

Jacques & Stella’s Mystery Files Club features a number of mini-games that will unveil new clues and objects helping you on your quest. Mini-games are action based, memory based or observation based. The initial release of Jacques & Stella’s Mystery Files Club features nine mini-games, three from each category. No detective is ever successful without the newest technology and thankfully you have at your disposal a PDA that will help you clue together information through a number of applications that help you keep organized and keep track of your progress.

Price: $2.99 (USD)
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Based on the worldwide digital television hit of the same name, String ‘em In is what happens when you mix word games such as Scrabble and Boggle with the block-puzzler genre to create something incredibly addictive. Developed by Manchester-based game studio Connect2Media, the game is available on iTunes from today.

Watch as your iPhone’s screen springs to life, filling with brightly coloured letter blocks. The more words you make out of the random letters, the higher you score! Facebook scoring connectivity lets you share your total with the world and challenge friends to do better. Go for broke and try to clear the entire screen before the timer runs out and use iTunes soundtrack compatibility to help you get into the zone.

Available now on iTunes for $2.99/£1.79/¤2.36 and as a free lite version,

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Alawar Entertainment, one of the world’s leading publishers of casual games, today announced that The Treasures of Montezuma® 2, the sequel to its popular gem of a game, is now available to iPhone and iPod Touch.

Return to the jungle in The Treasures of Montezuma® 2, an all-new match-three game with more levels, more challenges and more fun! Power up totems and unleash special powers by making multiple matches of the same colored token. Then, rack up a high score by activating Score Frenzy with a series of insanely fast matches. Don’t forget to unlock trophies for performing amazing feats as you try to collect all of the gems on each level before time runs out! As players progress thorough the game levels, they will construct the ancient capital of the Aztecs, collect precious crystals and learn the secrets of their magic.

Key features include:
120 Adventure Mode levels for massive game play value, culminating in the reconstruction of the ancient capital of the Aztecs!
An Endless Mode where players are challenged by increasingly intense game play, seeking out riches to their hearts’ content
Three difficulty levels to engage everyone, from beginners to master treasure hunters
Five hidden-object bonus levels to scour for secret caches and reveal the next challenge
Fabulous 3D shading effects as a special bonus to iPhone 3GS & iPod Touch third generation owners!

Pricing & Availability: $1.99 (USD)
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Legendo Entertainment and Innogiant today announced that Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, an original falling-block puzzle game wrapped up in the adventures of wacky spirit wardens Becky and Tim, is now available on the iTunes App Store.

Developed by the handheld specialists at newly founded Innogiant, Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, will have players traveling the world, capturing runaway spirits in various fun and exciting game modes designed for puzzle fanatics and casual players alike. Having fallen asleep on their watch and lost the Spookies, Becky and Tim are banished and risk losing their spirit warden jobs unless they manage to recapture these pesky ghosts. The unfortunate duo must search haunted locations on Earth to track down the Spookies including the Sphinx of Egypt, a Haunted House in England and an abandoned crypt in Finland featuring none other than Dead Santa himself.

Three Game Modes:
•In the Panic Mode, players must clear each level by catching an appropriate amount of Spookies before the screen overfills.
•Puzzle Mode is a relaxed mode with no stress – players must outsmart the Spookies’ clever puzzles and beat them in their own game using only a limited number of blocks.
•Eternity Mode is a Tetris-inspired exhaust mode that just keeps going for as long as players can keep it at or reach the max-score of 9,999,999 points (that’s A LOT of Spookies to catch!).

Touch Controls:
•Swipe the screen to control the game, left and right selects blocks, up swaps them and down drops them!

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Pricing & Availability: $1.99 in the US, £1.19 in the UK and ¤1.59 for the rest of Europe