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Test Your Knowledge to the Max in DaVinci 2: Renaissance

June 14th, 2013

Sarah Hanlon

Price: Free
Rating:
DaVinci 2: Renaissance
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Reviewed by Sarah Hanlon

It’s easy to go to the gym and get a great workout for your body, but what about the important organ called your brain? Like muscles, your brain will weaken over time if you don’t use it on a regular basis. How do you exercise your brain properly? By playing games that test your knowledge and make you think!

DaVinci 2: Renaissance, developed by Planemo Studio, is a new game for iPhone and iPad. Can you unlock the secrets of the time period by solving tricky riddles?

Concept and Gameplay:

If you’re a fan of riddles and difficult questions to solve, DaVinci 2: Renaissance is the perfect game for you. With hundreds of questions to answer and problems to solve, it’s tough to imagine ever completing the game. Questions are separated into categories, including jokes, questions about pirates, and even literature. Your knowledge will definitely be put to the test, so be prepared to answer all kinds of different questions.

At first I thought the board layout for each category felt a lot like a game of Jeopardy. However, it’s more like a progression. As you solve questions in each category, more are unlocked. Personally I found questions in DaVinci 2: Renaissance to be fairly difficult, but hints and auto answers are available if you need them. One thing I found strange, though, was that hints weren’t always available on questions. Instead I was greeted with, “There are no hints on tricky questions.” Read more »

Sort Those Veggies in PostHarvest

June 14th, 2013

MarilynChau

Price: $0.99
Rating:
PostHarvest
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Reviewed by Marilyn Chau

Lightheaded Entertainment Pty Ltd’s PostHarvest app tests iOS users’ hand-eye coordination skills by requiring them to quickly sort various vegetables. PostHarvest players act as the overseeing farmer in order to separate the crops from random junk in order to earn points/cash in the game.

Features:

PostHarvest features bright, fun graphics and cheerful background music to keep players entertained while sorting out conveyor belts of crops and random chunks of junk. However, to keep things interesting, there is usually more than one type of desirable bit of the harvest coming down the conveyor belt at once, and this constant action definitely keeps PostHarvest players on their toes. “Sorting” the items on the belt is done through tapping the screen; PostHarvest is a horizontally oriented iOS app game. Accurately sorting the crops results in players earning more in-game “cash” that they can then spend on extra vegetables or power-ups in order to better increase their chances of success in the game. As an added challenge, some PostHarvest conveyor belts even feature bombs; obviously, tapping on any of these bombs is a quick way to destroy all that you’ve worked for in a round of PostHarvest!

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PostHarvest iPhone App Review

Appearance and Layout:

The graphics of PostHarvest don’t really leave any room for complaints. While the cartoonish graphics are certainly somewhat simplistic, they are perfectly fitting for the concept of the app, and contain more than adequate details for players to be able to readily distinguish between different crops. PostHarvest is also laid out in a logical manner, allowing first-time players to easily navigate through it in order to quickly set up their own personal player preferences/settings. While it may take a first-time player a bit of time to get used to the general idea of playing PostHarvest, neither the layout nor the graphics of the app would be to blame for any such learning curve difficulties.

Value:

PostHarvest currently costs $0.99 through the iTunes store. Overall, this price seems to be appropriately set for the features of the app. PostHarvest is a decently entertaining app that should keep players amused for a good amount of time; this game will particularly appeal to consumers who enjoy quick finger-eye coordination techniques to master. However, even though PostHarvest is definitely a fun game, it is still arguable that there are other similar sorting-based games currently available for free. Therefore, some users might find it difficult to decide to purchase PostHarvest instead of installing any of these comparable but free options.

PostHarvest iPhone app requires iOS 4.3 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.

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Weigh Small Objects On the Go with Diamond Scale

June 13th, 2013

Sarah Hanlon

Price: $2.99
Rating:
Diamond Scale
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Reviewed by Sarah Hanlon

Your iDevice is capable of so many things that it’s hard to imagine life without it. From exercise to work, iPhones, iPads, and iPods are used for almost everything imaginable. Once in awhile something completely new comes along that allows your device to do something completely different.

Diamond Scale, developed by Leviteo sp. z o.o., is a brand-new app that allows you to weigh objects on your iPhone and iPad. Just when you thought your device could do it all already, right?

Concept and Functionality:

While Diamond Scale might seem like just another gimmick app that’s more of a novel concept than something that might be useful, it definitely has its practical uses. Whether you need to weigh jewelry, coins, or something else that’s fairly lightweight, this app claims to allow you to do so quickly and easily.

To use Diamond Scale properly, first you’ll need to use an iDevice with a decent gyroscope and an inflatable bag. Chips, a ziplock bag, or perhaps even a small pillow should work just fine. Place your device on top of the bag and press the Calibrate button. After you’ve completed these steps, you should be able to place an object on your device and see its weight on the scale. Read more »

My Photo Framer iPhone Video App Review

June 13th, 2013

Sarah Hanlon

Price: Free
Rating:
My Photo Framer
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My Photo Framer, from John McKinnon, is a cool photography app for iPhone that allows you to quickly and easily order professionally framed photos for yourself and others.

My Photo Framer requires iOS 6.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. A small expedite fee was paid to speed up the publication of this review.

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Listen Up with homesickFM

June 12th, 2013

MarilynChau

Price: Free
Rating:
homesickFM
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Reviewed by Marilyn Chau

homesickFM, a music app by Nico Schmidt, brings iOS users the radio stations of their home cities at the touch of their fingertips. homesickFM can be used for free for one city, but adding additional cities can only be done for a minor fee ($0.99).

Features:

This app’s features are really exactly what its name indicates; homesickFM allows iOS users to access the local radio stations of a major city, even without an iOS user being in that city. The cities featured on homesickFM are worldwide, with just about every major city between Amberstam and Seattle available.

The latest version of homesickFM even includes even more city options than the original version did. However, since this app features only major cities, anyone from a small town probably will not be able to really enjoy this app to the same extent that those from any of the represented areas can.

Finding stations in your chosen city can be done by either skipping from station to station or by doing “old school” scrolling with the virtual radio dial. homesickFM’s features also include the ability to personalize the radio dial, similar to how one would program a car stereo system. If users want to enjoy the radio stations of more than one city, purchasing the “all cities” package is an option for less than a dollar (plus tax).

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homesickFM iPhone App Review

Appearance and Layout:

The appearance and layout of this app can best be described as “minimalist.” Its user interface is extremely simple, in an apparent attempt to mimic the appearance of an actual radio dial. Overall, this attempt successfully does just that, and this minimalist style makes it extremely easy to use the first time.

While homesickFM certainly doesn’t have extremely impressive graphics, such graphics really are not needed at all. homesickFM’s layout makes perfect sense for serving its intended purpose.

Value:

homesickFM is a great app for the homesick radio lover. However, there are definitely a limited number of radio station cities to choose from, and anyone not from one of these major cities might be a bit disappointed. Nonetheless, homesickFM is still an app that is well-designed and will appeal to anyone looking for an easy-to-use radio-focused app.

homesickFM iPhone app requires iOS 5.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.

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Unleash Your Photographic Creativity with inStatus

June 12th, 2013

Sarah Hanlon

Price: Free
Rating:
inStatus – A creative editor making your photos gorgeous
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Reviewed by Sarah Hanlon

inStatus, developed by Thang Dinh, is a brand-new photo app that allows you to push your creativity to the max and easily share the results with the rest of your social world.

Concept and Functionality:

If you love to get creative with photos on your iPhone, inStatus is just the app you’re looking for. Forget about boring status updates and generic text on mushy and blah backgrounds. You’ll be the envy of your friends when you post photos made with this app because they’ll look just that good. The best part? They were extremely easy to create!

There are a ton of things you can do using inStatus. To start, you need to add text to the photo. You can choose to insert your own words or choose from a wide variety of available quotes that are generated randomly. You can even add your own signature for when you write something that’s truly unique to you. Once your text is on the screen, you can choose from a bunch of great template styles and backgrounds.

The editing possibilities built into inStatus don’t end there, though! For an added touch of creative goodness, you can choose to add color to highlight words in your status or quote. The best part is that this is done with the simple tap of your finger. This color punch helps emphasize important words in text, making your photo even more meaningful and expressive. Read more »