Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Fishington Studios has announced Map Draw 1.0, the company’s latest iPad application in a series of health, fitness and productivity apps. The US$1.99 app allows users to create their own routes and maps directly on the Apple tablet. Users can track and save distances, routes and plans. All maps can be drawn in freehand and then exported.
Hindsight Labs has released Convert Gold 1.0, a voice activated unit converter for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The $2.99 app offers a way to convert any unit. No more fiddling with dials or number pads. Just tap the microphone, speak your conversion, and it will recognize your speech and perform the conversion for you.
Internet Design Zone has launched Dress Up For Girls 1.0, a dress up game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. In the free game you dress a virtual girl with a number of dresses, accessories, hairstyles, and more in one of the five themes: Party, Office, Princess, Mermaid and Fairy.
25dev has unveiled Nanosec: Advanced Alarm 1.0.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The $0.99 provides not only an alarm but also a multi-reminder tool. Users are able to: set multiple alarms at once; set daily, weekly, or monthly reminders; and wake using fade-in mode, music, vibration or a user’s own MP3 music. The app allows for the customization of settings and includes the ability to set watch times by rotating the hands with a finger.
Holmade Games and Luke Zbihlyj have introduced Pixel Whirled 1.0, a etro-styled game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. The $0.99 app includes global leaderboards via Game Center, achievements, power-ups and more.
Rickey Nguyen has rolled out Badminton Sport Game, a $0.99 sports game for iOS devices. This badminton game using finger flickering and a smash button to put extra speed at your bird. Players can pick their own racket and shuttlecock color. It features three different playing modes as well as Game Center support.
Beansprites has developed ABC Owl Spanish 1.0 for iOS, an interactive alphabet game for the entire family. The $1.99 app is designed to help teach you the entire Spanish alphabet, along with words, and annunciations.
UnnyhogEntertainment has created iCube HD 1.0, a three dimensional puzzle game developed exclusively for the iPad. The $1.99 app offers a three dimensional maze where the task is to get the ball out of the glass cube labyrinth as fast as you can. In this full 3D maze, there are 72 mazes of different sizes and complexity.
Cellophan is offering iFlorescence 1.0, a free entertainment app for iOS devices. You can customize the appearance and make background images for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Users can modify the parameters of three basic forms: an rounded octagon, a blurred circle or a polygon, and change their appearance.
Watee HD 1.0 is a new $1.99 puzzle game for the iPad. It’s based on the physics of liquid and vapor where the task of the game is to pour water into the aquarium of a little monster pet, Watee. Watee just loves bathing and you‚re the one to help him with that. During numerous levels you must find a way to fill Watee’s aquarium to make him happy. The player must control the water, steam and bubbles.
Apptouch Studios has announced Blocks Up for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.This $0.99 game challenges players to guide various quickly appearing shapes past obstacles, strategically arranging them at the top of each level as quickly as they can.
Webrich Software has released ESL LaunchPad 1.0, a language learning solution developed for the iPad. The $4.99 app has over 700 illustrated flash cards in 20 different categories to help learners commit words to memory. The app includes explanations of 25 different grammar structures, including hundreds of examples of the structures in use.
App Sandwich has launched Muud.io a new music utility for the iPhone and iPod touch. The $2.99 social music app can recommend playlists based on a given mood. Tell Muud.io what mood of music you’d like to hear, and a community of music-lovers will build a playlist for you, using the music in your library.
167Games has unveiled Jet Pack Laser Cat 1.0, a puzzle/arcade game for the iPad. In the $0.99 app, the player moves the cat by using the iPad’s touch sensitive surface to travel through a series of mazes and build a jetpack. The cat must move through the mazes without touching the walls or obstacles.
RowZone.net has debuted Row Zone, a free rowing app for iOS devices. It comes with two multi-lane stopwatches, a seat arrangement menu and a “tip of the day.” Row Zone is designed for those who row, coach, coxswain or love regattas. The Seat Assignment lets the user create a seating assignment for their crew. The user can choose the type of boat they will be using.
PsiMedia Publishers has published APA Style 101 for iOS, an education app that consists of a 20-lesson video course on the rules of APA style. Recognized as the standard for scholarly publishing, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association provides writers in all disciplines with authoritative answers to questions about style, format, grammar, and usage. The app does not format manuscripts, but rather prepares the writer to exercise the informed judgment necessary. APA Style 101 version 1.0.1 is available for a limited time at the introductory price of only $0.99.
Anyone who has a child studying for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah knows how difficult it is to not only learn to read Hebrew but also to learn to pronounce the blessings properly. The Shabbat Blessings app ($1.99) was created to help anyone studying for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Not only can you listen and learn the correct enunciation you can read the Hebrew along with it. Prayers are written in English and Hebrew, section on when and how to use prayers, and more.