Readers’ App Reviews – May 2015
Check out some apps made by fellow readers in May 2015, including some brand new Apple Watch apps! By Ryan Poolos.
Monster Trucks for Babies
Monster Trucks is perfect for the iPad’s youngest fans. Perfectly suited for 1-4 year olds, Monster Trucks is advertisement and in app purchase free so kids are free to play.
There are twelve awesome monster trucks to choose from and seven color race tracks. There are ramps, tire stacks, traffic cones, and of course cars to run over. Controls are super easy to get your monster truck roaring down the track. And just to make sure you have plenty of fun, there are rockets attached so your truck can do more than roar.
- Author: Fabio Bassan
- Most useful tutorial: Sprite Kit Tutorial: Space Shooter
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Born 2 Bike
Born 2 Bike is purpose built for anyone taking advantage of bike rental services. If you’ve got a bike rental service in your city, Born 2 Bike might be for you.
Born 2 Bike is in more than ten countries and fifty cities. Born 2 Bike will show you the nearest stations so you can pick up a bike fast. Stations will show you the number of available bikes and open parking slots. You can favorite your frequent stations or share them with friends. Then you can use Born 2 Bike to keep track of time and avoid late fees. You can also see bike stations along a map so you can find a drop-off zone on your way.
- Author: Josep Gonzalez @j_gonfer
- Most useful tutorial: Custom View Controller Presentation Transitions with Swift
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Simply Smoothies
Simply Smoothies is perfect for keeping track of your favorite and in progress smoothie recipes. Simple Smoothies has more than 100 greens, fruits, veggies, nuts, proteins, sweeteners, and other ingredients to build your smoothies from.
Simply Smoothies will help guide you to appropriate amounts for each ingredient to ensure a balanced, delicious smoothie. Simply Smoothies will even calculate Nutrition Facts for your smooth recipe.
To top it off, Simply Smoothies has an Apple Watch extension so you can access your smoothie recipes write from your wrist.
- Author: Nathan Hodge @smoothiesapp
- Most useful tutorial: What’s New in Swift 1.2
- App Store Link: Check it out!
AnyTrail
AnyTrail is an easy to use trail recorder sitting right in your pocket.
AnyTrail will plot and save your path as you go. Its easy to see your past expeditions, retrace your steps, or share favorite trails with friends. You can add photos and videos to your trails. Take notes based on location to avoid any pitfalls the next time.
AnyTrail also has all the essential trail recorder information such as trail length, trek duration, start time, average speed. If you enjoy hiking this is a worthwhile app to have in your pocket.
- Author: Victor Gao @AnyTrailApp
- Most useful tutorial: How To Make an App Like RunKeeper: Part 1
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Honorable Mentions
Each and every month I get more submissions than I have time to review. I download every app and see what its about, but I can’t write about them all. I love seeing all the apps submitted by readers like you. Its no a popularity contest or even a favorite picking contest. I just try to get a glimpse of what the community is working on through your submissions. Take a moment and checkout these other great apps I didn’t have time to showcase properly.
Division Z
Car Parking free
Line Duel
Space Troubles
Weasel&Bird
Tenorshare Card Data Recovery
Battery Adviser
MosaicImage
Hexaplay
Snappy Word
Dodging Asteroids
Make Your Song
Custom Conga
QuickSchedule
Brainess
Todoly Reminders
Rhyming Words Target Shooting
Periodic Table Investigator
Bubble Pop Letters Numbers Colors and Shapes
BlastRPG
Bouncing Bird: The Bird’s Adventure
Read To Me World
hooploopn
Hexiz FREE
RGB 9
Chess Meister
Walk Me Alarm Clock
Run2Earth
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Where To Go From Here?
Each month, I really enjoy seeing what our community of readers comes up with. The apps you build are the reason we keep writing tutorials. Make sure you tell me about your next one, submit here!
If you saw an app your liked, hop to the App Store and leave a review! A good review always makes a dev’s day. And make sure you tell them you’re from raywenderlich.com; this is a community of makers!
If you’ve never made an app, this is the month! Check out our free tutorials to become an iOS star. What are you waiting for – I want to see your app next month!