Fly through Umoove Experience, an addictive iOS game that uses face and eye...
This is very, very cool. Umoove Experience is a free, universal iOS game that lets you fly through a 3D environment and control your motions by moving your head and eyes. The game is more a technology...
View ArticleLouvre HD: Tour the world's great art from your iOS device
Louvre HD (US$1.99) is a beautifully done app that takes you on a virtual tour of one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world. The app provides access to 2,300 paintings from the Louvre...
View ArticleDonna for iOS is a brainy personal assistant
Donna entered the App Store in the spring of last year. Since then, the app that lets you manage your day has added many new features, fixed a few bugs along the way and done a nice re-design for iOS...
View ArticleMaps With Me Pro: Offline maps for anywhere
The most popular mapping programs, like Google Maps and Apple Maps, are great as long as you have a data connection on your iOS device. But if you are a traveler and get off the beaten path, you can be...
View ArticleReview: Presentics makes nice-looking presentations on iPad
Presentics (free, but a full version is available for US$9.99) is a fascinating presentation app for the iPad. Once you get the hang of it (more about that later), you can spin up some very nice...
View ArticleReview: Polamatic brings back memories of photos past
I'm old enough to remember my dad playing with a Polaroid camera. It was a big, clunky thing that turned out fuzzy black-and-white photos, and you had to treat the photos with a smelly spray to keep...
View ArticleThe Phoenix Photo Editor is a quick and powerful app for iPhone
The Phoenix Photo Editor joins a crowded field of photo editors for iOS, but it's free and has a wide selection of features. Of course the app has the usual filters and tools for cropping and...
View ArticleGoing to Sochi? Here's the free app you need to explore the area
Sochi is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games next month, and for most visitors, it will be their first time in the Russian coastal city. Sochi is a free app that gives you places to see superimposed...
View ArticleWerYoo is a new social photography app with some appealing features
WerYoo ("where you," get it?) is a new free social network and app that lets you add photos to maps, share your photos with friends and get real-time updates on new photos and experiences near you. To...
View ArticleTextkraft: Powerful text processor for the iPad
I've looked at quite a few text word/text processors for the iPad and most of them come up pretty short. Pages, as an example, seems more of a "create pretty documents" app than a heavy-duty text...
View ArticleCountdown for iOS keeps track of everything important to you
Countdown (free) is one of those "I should thought of that" apps. It's simple in concept, but useful all the time. Countdown has an attractive UI for adding upcoming events that are important for you...
View ArticleINKredible for iPad is an excellent note-taking app
I wasn't sure exactly what INKredible was all about when I first sat down to use it. It turns out that this free app (with in-app purchases) is a really useful note-taker for writing directly on your...
View ArticlePrettify makes your photos prettier with a couple of clicks
There are two types of iOS photo editors: the type that lets you fiddle and adjust images in very precise increments, and the other type that provides a way to enhance your photos with a minimum of...
View ArticleAudio Memos for iOS: Like Apple's Voice Memo, only much better
Apple's Voice Memos has been around since iOS 3, and in iOS 7 it got a new look and a new icon, but no new features. You can record a voice memo, trim it, and email or text it and Voice Memos also...
View ArticleAlmighty Photo is a slick photo album and editor for iOS
I originally thought Almighty Photo (US$2.99) was another me-too photo editor, but quickly saw that the app was much more than that. It's an innovative and powerful approach to photo management and...
View ArticlePDF Scanner will get you clear scans of pages and create PDFs
iPads and iPhones do so many things. Scanning documents is another task iOS has taken on, and an app called PDF Scanner (US$2.99, universal) does the job quite well. To get started, just point your...
View ArticleLensFX for iOS 'Hollywoods' your photos
We've seen a few apps that add Hollywood-type FX to your videos, but here's an app that does the same for your photos. LensFX (free with some in-app purchase options) will let you take a photo, or load...
View ArticleFuzel updates its collage maker with animation and music
I looked at the Fuzel app last year and found it a nice way to make some striking collages on iOS. A new update puts your images in motion with tasteful zooms, and lets you add music from your iTunes...
View ArticleVideoBite from Adobe is a quick and simple video editor
VideoBite is a free iOS app from Adobe that lets you edit video or create slideshows with titles, transitions and music. The app is hardly alone in the video-editing space, but an Adobe app is always...
View ArticleAltitude - View & Share for iOS reports your current altitude
Altitude - View & Share for iPhone (free) is an interesting little app that reports on your current altitude. Once launched, the app displays your altitude in meters or feet over a landscape photo...
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