Readers’ App Reviews – April 2012
This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Checkout his latest game, Cyborg Livestock. Checkout his latest website, iHelp. You guys must have liked the first Reader’s App Reviews because I’m back for April! The response was overwhelming, we had over 35 apps submitted […] By Ryan Poolos.
Sonic Recall
Sonic Recall is a twist on the classic memory board games. Except this time its using your most powerful sense for memory to play, sound! You lesson to a block of sound then try to find the matching sound. You can play with up to 4 players, on 4 different grid sizes, with 6 different sets of sounds ranging from animals to random sound FX. This app is packed with over 300 sound clips so its bound to keep you guessing for awhile.
- Author: Andrew Sinn @delicioustoys
- Most useful tutorial: How to make a simple iPhone game with Cocos2d
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Yatzymate
Yatzymate is for you Yatzy addicts on the move. Yatzymate allows you to play up to 30 simultaneous Yatzy games over the internet with friends, family, or random opponents. It also has an offline pass-and-play mode. The game is equipped with high score leaderboards and achievements. It comes fully equipped with push notifications to let you know when its your turn.
- Author: Stein Ove Helset @steinovehelset
- Most useful tutorial: Beginning Turn Based Gaming with iOS 5 Part 1
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Cow vs Fly
Cow vs Fly is a pinnacle of imagination. Mutant Survivor Flies are angry at farmers for years of insecticides and decide to fight back. Just when all hope is lost, the B.I.A (Bovine Investigation Agency) sends their best Cow in an attack chopper to fight off the evil flies and save humanity! The game is very fun with multitouch, tap controls to fire Fly-seeking missiles. With 5 different types of flies, 3 different weapons, and 63 levels you won’t run out of flies to kill anytime soon.
- Author: Gino Preti
- Most useful tutorial: How To Implement A* Pathfinding with Cocos2D
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Killer Whales
This is an very original game using the sound of your voice to control a killer whale sent back in time to stop the construction of the horrible Killer-Whale-Hybrid-Transformation-Laser-Ray. Seriously, you steer your whale to victory by humming into the microphone! In the not so distant future the world is dominated by the evil Stochastic Trouble in Society organization. An organization that in the early 21st century laid waste to most of the human race using the most horrible Killer-Whale-Hybrid-Transformation-Laser-Ray. Its your job to gobble up fish, destroy ships, and avoid obstacles.
- Author: Filip Trönnberg
- Most useful tutorial: How To Make a Space Shooter iPhone Game
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Tap Times Tables Arithmetic
Tap Times Table is a cute app that makes learning multiplication fun and easy for kids. Using Vicki’s artwork and some of the tutorials here Peter was able to theme multiplication into several fun games including slingshotting acorns at the right answers floating in bubbles. The music is also excellent. Its great to see apps like this letting children take advantage of the new technology we have today. Peter has also made another math teaching app and he’s given us a promo for it! It will only work once so you better hurry! (If you don’t have a small child that can benefit from the app please leave the code for someone else that might.)
Math Plus Minus – P74XXFEKPA47 – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-plus-minus/id477104659?mt=8
- Author: Peter Easdown @pkclsoft
- Most useful tutorial: Introducing VickiWenderlich.com: Free Art and Artist Tutorials
- App Store Link: Check it out!
uPark!
uPark is an awesome top down driving game where you, wait for it, park! Park like a boss in fact. Rather than silly racing like most driving games, your mission is to park as fast as possible while avoiding obstacles along the way. Each time you park you earn money. You can also pick up some money just driving around. Money unlocks new cars for even faster parking! You can even drift into your parking space! What are you waiting for? Ready… Set… PARK!
- Author: Joao Henrique Neves
- Most useful tutorial: How to make a simple iPhone game with Cocos2d
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Paper Telephone
Paper Telephone is a twist on the classic whisper game telephone. You can pass your iDevice or play over the network. The first player writes a prompt and the second player draws a picture of that prompt. This is where it gets fun, the next player writes a prompt about what he “thinks” the picture is. This goes on every other player drawing or writing. When the game is over you can look through a transcript of all the pictures and prompts for some hilarious results.
- Author: Jonathan Brown
- Most useful tutorial: Beginning Turn-Based Gaming with iOS 5 Part 1
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Honorable Mentions
Here are the apps that didn’t get reviewed. Remember it wasn’t a popularity contest or even a rating contest. Forum members got priority among other factors. Your apps were great and I’m sorry we didn’t have time to review them all!
Where To Go From Here?
Thats it for April! Looking forward to the apps you make next month! Since we’re getting so many responses to better your odds, please make sure you include all the requested information.
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This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Checkout his latest game, Cyborg Livestock. Checkout his latest website, iHelp.