This Week’s Best Apps #20


Fill up your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad with these brand new apps, released just this week.

Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night

for iPad
Price: $4.99
Interactive storybook for kids that teaches all about bats.

Blot

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
Clever side-scroller where you help a blot of ink get across a page.

Disneyland Explorer

for iPad
Price: FREE
Terrific interactive simulation of Disneyland, which you scroll to explore and tap objects and characters to view photos, watch videos, or play minigames.

Doodlecast Pro

for iPad
Price: $3.99
Easily create PowerPoint-style presentations.

Dream PetHouse

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Yet another time management game along the lines of Farmville and Cityville.

Fly With Me

for iPhone
Price: $.99
Simple arcade game from EA.

Game Your Video

for iPhone
Price: $99
Changes the process of editing and adding fun effects to videos into something akin to playing a video game.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE ($9.99 to unlock full game)
Bestselling Nintendo DS adventure game comes to iOS.

Gorilla Gondola

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $1.99
Colorful, attractive side-scroller game that looks like a lot of fun.

Guess Who?

for iPad
Price: $2.99
Children’s book where you try to guess who’s on the next page by seeing just a small part of their face. Also includes songs, games, and the ability to create your own story with your own pictures. By illustrator Kyoung Kook.

Hamlet! HD

for iPad
Price: FREE ($2.99 to unlock full game)
Tongue-in-cheek game about the famous play. The game’s subtitle is, “Or, the last game without MMORPG features, shaders, and product placement.” That probably tells you all you need to know about its tone.

Hotels by Orbitz

for iPhone
Price: FREE
Book hotels easily with this intuitive app.

JetBlue

for iPhone
Price: FREE
Book a flight, check in, and get real-time updates on your itinerary.

Jigsaw Mansion 2

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
Explore a mysterious mansion where the paintings come to life and must be pieced together like puzzles.

LED Ticker Pro

for iPad
Price: $.99
Program your own rolling marquee messages. Great for street-level marketing.

Longform

for iPad
Price: $4.99
Sort of like Flipbook, but entirely curated with hand-picked quality content that’s presented in complete form — not excerpted.

Reckless Racing 2

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $4.99
Sequel to the bestselling top-down racing game.

Remarks

for iPad
Price: $4.99
Take notes, draw, and even annotate PDF files.

Robokill 2: Leviathan Five

for iPad
Price: $.99
Top-down arcade fighter with RPG elements.

Rogue Racing

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE (w/ in-app purchases)
Great-looking car racing game with customizable vehicles.

Sir Benfro’s Brilliant Balloon

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
Use a balloon to fly the main character through various dangers in this side-scrolling adventure.

Spice Invaders

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Very well made tower defense game with multiplayer.

Sticky Bees

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99 & $1.99
Slide through waves of bugs while forming chains to increase your score.

Student Muscle System

for iPad
Price: $5.99
Reference tool and study aid for anatomy students. Swipe to peel away seven layers of muscle and change your point of view.

Super Bowl XLVI Commemorative App

for iPad
Price: $2.99
The ultimate accessory for Super Bowl fans. Before the game it details both teams’ road to the game. Post-game, it will provide recaps and video highlights.

Super Bowl XLVI Official NFL Game Program

for iPad
Price: FREE
The official game program for Super Bowl XLVI, infused with tons of multimedia content.

Terra Noctis: Free Dreaming

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Retro platformer with lovely 8-bit graphics.

Wunderkit

for iPhone
Price: FREE
Organize your life with this attractive list-maker.


Kokou Adzo

Kokou Adzo is a stalwart in the tech journalism community, has been chronicling the ever-evolving world of Apple products and innovations for over a decade. As a Senior Author at Apple Gazette, Kokou combines a deep passion for technology with an innate ability to translate complex tech jargon into relatable insights for everyday users.

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