Daily App Digest – 12/17/09

SnakeHead Software has announced iBop Image Packs, add-ons to their iBop application for the iPhone and iPod touch which were previously removed due to rejection by Apple "[because it contains content that ridicules public figures]". The Image Packs contain caricatures of public figures such as President Obama, President Bush, Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton and several other "public figures".

Pricing and Availability:

While the images packs are completely free and available by download from snakeheadsoftware.com, iBop is available now for just $0.99 from the App Store.

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WebbForce Mobz is offering a early xmas gift to all iPhone and iPod touch users. ElfVoice, the Xmas party voice fun app, is now Free for a limited period. Record your voice and the app will transform it to a funny santa voice or a elf voice. Then play it back to impress your friends, family and colleagues. The santa and elf voices are jolly and warm, charming and engaging and funny. You can almost see the twinkle in the eyes, smell the evergreen tree, taste the cookies and milk.

* Ever wish you could transform your voice to Santa or one of his Elves? Now this is possible with SantaVoice and Elfvoice!
* Use this app to Impress! Now get all the Attention at work, during Xmas gatherings and your family Xmas occasions.
* Be the Funny guy or girl that beefs up that Dull and Boring Xmas party.
* Become the Child’s Friend at your family Xmas meeting
* Let your kid or grandchild believe they’ve got a message from Santa’s Elf. Who is naughty and who is nice?
* Or just Enjoy it yourself, try all kinds of Fun Phrases and let Santa or his ELF amaze you!

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iPhoneMOFO has released Mandala 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Mandala is your Brain Activator. Activate your brain, only with five minutes exercise a day. Playing Mandala game takes a lot of focus and can help with meditation and concentration. It also makes you read fast, more focused, and more energetic. You need to explore the numerous benefits of Mandala by yourself. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape.

Benefits of Playing the Mandala Game:
* Activate your right-side brain
* Enhance your memory
* Increase your vision sharpness
* Enhance your imagination and creativity

Playing Mandala game takes a lot of focus and can help with meditation and concentration. It also makes you read fast, more focused, and more energetic. You need to explore the numerous benefits of Mandala by yourself. Persistent training is key! You will notice subtle changes in your memory, creativity, and imagination day by day.

Device Requirements:
iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Mandala 1.0 is $0.99 (USD)

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DP Stuff today released 80s Scramble 1.0, an addictive word game for the iPhone and iPod touch. 80s Scramble uses song titles from all the greatest 80s hits. The player picks a year from the 80s. A song title then appears with all letters missing except for the first letter of each word. The missing letters are scrambled at the bottom of the screen. Once the title is complete, the user can click a link to preview or purchase the song on iTunes.

First, the player picks a year from the 80s. A song title then appears with all letters missing except for the first letter of each word. The missing letters are scrambled at the bottom of the screen. The player taps or flicks the letters to fill in the missing letters of the song titles. Once the title is complete, the user can click a link to preview or purchase the song on iTunes. The player’s progress through the songs for each year is tracked separately. The game includes sound effects and music that can be muted individually.

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

Pricing and Availability:
80’s Scramble 1.0 is $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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DataSupply Inc. today introduces Fitness Pro 1.0, their new fitness trainer and exercise reference utility for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and touch interface, Fitness Pro features a unique library of over 350 clear and understandable exercise routines. Featuring a natural user interface, Fitness Pro embraces a scheme metaphor where each routine is categorized for the specific exercise allowing anyone to easily stay in shape.

The application offers a smart startup screen containing categories like Ab, or Shoulder exercises and many more. After selecting an exercise, users simply touch the picture that shows how it’s done, with clear instructions to the exercise in more detail. The anatomy tab offers a lot of information and exercise examples for a particular muscle, and helps keep reps and weight schemes clear and understandable.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Fitness Pro 1.0 is completely free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Healthcare & Fitness category. Fitness Pro is also available in a banner free version for only $0.99 (USD).
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TapFactory Apps today announced Stick It 2.2, a new version of their highly successful lockscreen reminder for iPhone and iPod Touch. Stick It is a utility that allows you to quickly and easily take notes, customize their look, and create wallpapers for your lockscreen to use as quick reminders. Take notes on the fly with Stick It’s quick loading, visually appealing, and easy to use interface. Use Stick It to create personal reminders, shopping lists, and more.

New to this version is a "quick note" feature, which allows you to add a note with a single tap if you are in a hurry and need to quickly jot something down, the ability to put calendars on your lockscreen, invisible notes to add text directly over your background, the addition of Emoji icons, a redesigned interface, and new note styles.

When asked what new feature TapFactory is most excited about, they said, "We think the most useful addition to Stick It is the ability to add a calendar to your lockscreen. Since Stick It is intended to help fill in the void that Apple has left by not implementing lockscreen reminders, we anticipate the ability to add a quick glance calendar will excite and satisfy a lot of users."

Stick It has held a strong position in the App Store Top 100 Utility apps since its June 2009 release in over 40 regions.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Coyote Games today released Roll Xmas Ball 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The 2D and 3D roller ball app challenges players to travel through a labyrinth of moving black holes and shifting objects in order to light all the Christmas balls. Controlling play is a matter of tilting the iPhone or iPod Touch. Roll Xmas Ball has nineteen levels, over and above the three training levels and which range from easy to difficult.

To get users started, Roll Xmas Ball offers three training levels. These stages are easy, meant for players to learn the game and get used to both the 2D and 3D play format. Controlling play is a matter of tilting the iPhone or iPod Touch. The app has a built-in accelerometer, so users know that the gaming experience will be smooth and they can choose to play in portrait or landscape layout.

Roll Xmas Ball has nineteen levels, over and above the three training ones, which range from easy to difficult. There is no level restriction, so users can choose where they want to play at random. The app does have a timer, which only adds to the heightened sense of excitement. Users will want to work on their speed if they wish to win the game.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Roll Xmas Ball 1.0 is $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games-Arcade and Games-Kids categories.
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Waretown, NJ – Announcing that Emerald City Coaching Ltd., the developers of LifeCheck 1.0, has released an invaluable life tool for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The app is a portable life coach dedicated to improving people’s life happiness level. Users just answer a few questions, read the analysis and consult the rotating wheel to see where they need to take action. Progress is charted in the history over time to provide encouragement and continuing movement forward.

A user can discover where they are on the happiness scale by answering a few questions and rating the importance level of each concern. The LifeCheck app then analyzes the responses and presents results in representative colors on a rotating wheel. Each color is indicative of the current status in different areas of a user’s life. For example, red means that more action is needed; green means all is well. In this way, LifeCheck guides a user to focus their attention where it is most needed.

This app is not only very easy to use but also provides motivation and checks. Users can chart their progress over time, thanks to the LifeCheck saved history. It’s encouraging to see some improvement in a life area that needed work and helpful to know where a user may have sidetracked along the way.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
LifeCheck 1.0 is $3.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

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Thomas Brown today released AstroZapper 2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Zap dangerous, oncoming asteroids in space. Users have a choice of three different ships to use, all of which have weapons to blast away the danger and avoid getting hit. The incorporation of real Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Telescope, and other NASA source images into the app adds a heightened sense of realism and fun. The developers have combined the best of classic arcade with authentic space technology.

The game is played by zapping dangerous, oncoming asteroids in space. Users have a choice of three different ships to use, all of which have weapons to blast away the danger and avoid getting hit. Players can find power ups along the way and the app lets users listen to music from their iTunes libraries while enjoying the game.

This latest 2.0 version of AstroZapper has improved playing controls for gamers to choose from. Some like to stick with push button playing, while others prefer the enhanced experience of the accelerometer.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
AstroZapper 2.0 is $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Bowers Technologies, Inc. has released Crime Stats 1.0, their new crime statistics inquiry application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique abilities, Crime Stats serves to empower people by providing them detailed crime information about more than 8,700 cities within the United States. More importantly, the crime statistics are ranked in relation to the rest of the nation so it allows you to compare cities to the national average.

Imagine driving down the highway at night and you notice the gas gauge is very low. You are on vacation and have never been in this part of the state before. Looking at a passing sign you see that there are only two cities nearby. Your spouse pulls out the iPhone and launches Crime Stats. Within a few seconds you are able to pull up a side by side comparison of the crime statistics for the two cities. Smiling to each other, you drive past the nearest city and exit a few miles up the road to get fuel and snacks.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Crime Stats 1.0 is $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

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Cambridge based Skewsoft has announced Sums 1.1, an update to their popular ledger and tally sheet utility for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities, Sums provides an intuitive, paper-like interface that lets users enter, edit, rearrange, and delete figures quickly and easily. Write a budget, track expenses, balance the checkbook, tally game points, log mileage, or manage any other list of numbers.

Featuring an intuitive, paper-like interface, Sum makes it easy to write a budget, track expenses, balance the checkbook, tally game points, log mileage, or manage any other list of numbers. With just a few quick taps, record, edit, and keep a running total of the amounts, tallies, scores, and figures that matter. The total is calculated automatically and always stays up-to-date.

New in version 1.1:
* Numeric keypad with large buttons for entering/editing numbers
* Scroll position is saved and restored for all sheets
* Scroll to end of sheet by tapping total bar
* Ability to duplicate sheets (allows an existing sheet to be used as the template for a new one)
* Ability to copy sheet total (for pasting into other sheets or other apps)
* Sharper entry text
* Minor bug fixes

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Sums 1.1 is $4.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Finance category.

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New Jersey based 288 Vroom LLC has released 301+ Short Stories Lite, the free version of their top-selling eBook reader for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed for iPhone and iTouch devices, 301+ Short Stories Lite is quick, easy, and entertaining reading for on-the-go or anytime. The app features continuous and page by page scrolling modes, automatically bookmarks each story as needed, and more. Sit back and unwind to a taste of over 300 of some of the greatest short stories of all time.

301+ Short Stories Lite features a multi-genre library, including Adventure, Humor, Ghost Stories, Horrors, Mystery, and, Love. Easy-to-use and sporting an eye-catching interface, 301+ Short Stories Lite offers 2 scrolling modes (Continuous and Page by Page) and adjustable story text size for easy reading. And stories are automatically bookmarked as necessary too, making it easy for readers to come back where they left off at any time.

Feature Highlights:
* Extensive and expanding library – currently 307 stories by 89 authors (Full Version)
* Multi-Genre library Adventure, Humor, Ghost Stories, Horrors, Mystery, Westerns, Fantasy, Love, Sketches of Life, and more
* Easy to use and eye-pleasing interface
* Adjustable story text size
* 2 scrolling modes – Continuous and Page by Page
* Automatically bookmarks each story as needed

System Requirements:
*iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
301+ Short Stories Lite 1.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.

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FutureTap has announced Where To? 2.5, the popular points of interest finder for iPhone and the several times awarded NAVIGON MobileNavigator work together seamlessly. The MobileNavigator is able to be started via the AppInteract-Interface directly out of the Where To? application and users will be guided to searched points of interest. Location Based Services and real Turn-by-Turn navigation never have been so close before.

On top of Navigon support, Where To? 2.5 adds a variety of new features such as free search, more customization options and full VoiceOver support for visually impaired users.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Where To? has sold over 190,000 copies and has received numerous accolades including an Apple staff pick.
Price: $2.99
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PhatWare Corporation has announced PhatNotes for iPhone 1.0 and PhatNotes Desktop 5.5, their award-winning professional strength notes organizer for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. PhatNotes delivers the most advanced and simple-to-use notes synchronization. It offers both handwriting recognition input and keyboard entry as well as advanced note editing features such as shorthand, customizable auto-corrector and user dictionary, and spell checker.

PhatNotes for iPhone features include:
* The ability to easily manage thousands of notes stored in multiple folders and grouped by specified attributes
* Advanced text search and notes filtering
* User reminders and hyperlinks between notes
* Advanced text editor features handwriting recognition input in addition to the iPhone keyboard
* Full notes synchronization with PhatNotes Desktop software

The new PhatNotes Desktop software features synchronization software for iPhone and has passed Microsoft Windows 7 compatibility testing.

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

PhatNotes Availability and Pricing:
PhatNotes for iPhone is sold exclusively in the iTunes App Store and is priced at $9.99 (USD).

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Carnation Software has released Say it & Mail it Lite 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch and it is free. ‘Say it & Mail it Lite’ is a quick, easy way to email a voice memo from your iPhone or iPod Touch to yourself or to others. No typing required – a fast and easy way to send a detailed email without using the keyboard. Email address and subject line are autofilled. Emailed voice memos are compatible with Mac, PC and any other computer.

‘Say it & Mail it Lite’ voice recordings work with all computer operating systems, so there’s never a concern about incompatibility. And since the audio files are not stored on the handheld device, there’s no need to clear out files.

What’s in the full version of ‘Say it & Mail it’ that’s not in ‘Say it & Mail it Lite’?
* Ability to easily email to Groups
* Integrated method to include a picture or movie in the email
* Integrated method to include map location in the email
* Elapsed time counter for voice recordings
* Option to remove ‘Say it & Mail it’ link from the email

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:

Say it & Mail it Lite 1.0 is free (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Business category.

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