Readers’ App Reviews – November 2012
This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Check out his latest game, Cyborg Livestock. It’s that time again – we’ve got another great set of apps made by our readers to showcase! I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank all of […] By Ryan Poolos.
Rebound Revenge
Rebound is a sweet Pong tribute with a twist.
The paddles don’t simply follow a vertical path, but instead follow a 270 degree arc allowing you to actually rebound the ball to yourself when it nears the edge. It certainly makes for some impressive strategies and skill plays.
You can play same device multiplayer or against the computer. Or if you’re really good you can play by yourself ;]
- Author: Nicholas Thompson @nick_thompson
- Most useful tutorial: Intro to Box2D with Cocos2D Tutorial
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Word Mystic
Word Mystic is a down right brainteaser.
Word Mystic gives you a group of letters where each row used to be a word before it was scrambbled… mystically! To win you’ve got to figure out all 4 words at the same time.
This is perhaps the most challenging word game I’ve played on the iPhone!
- Author: Vikas Kaward
- Most useful tutorial: Introduction to CALayers Tutorial
- App Store Link: Check it out!
iSeeColors
iSeeColors can take a screenshot or a photo and allow you to pinpoint a color from it. The interface is dead simple, just touch the spot you want to identify. It also supports pinch to zoom.
Once you’ve got your color in the crosshairs, the app can tell you RGB, CMYK, and Hex values. And if available it will even throw in a name. Or if you’re almost there you can use that color as a starting point, tweak its RGB and give it a custom name.
You can save the colors for later and share them on Facebook, Twitter, or Email.
- Author: Gregory Ortiz @iAmGregoryOrtiz
- Most useful tutorial: iOS 5 by Tutorials
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Four Kings
Victory in the Four Kings card game relies on your luck.
You’re presented with a grid of cards and have to uncover the hidden secret behind the cards. The four cards on the right are your guides. If you can get all the rows uncovered with the right timing you get the hidden prize!
You get the option to reshuffle each time you solve an entire row of the puzzle. And this is the key to victory.
- Author: Gustavo Muñoz
- Most useful tutorial: iOS 5 by Tutorials
- App Store Link: Check it out!
iHitTheFly
No more passive aggresion towards those annoying buzzers. Its time to get smashing!
iHitTheFly brings out the best fly swatter in all of us. Try your hand at the different game modes including Darts, Streak Frenzy, and Time Attack. Do not be fooled by their small stature. These buggers can cut and juke like you’ve never seen.
GameCenter Leaderboards and Achievements bring it all together. Don’t go looking for my scores though. Apparently the flies are getting the better of me.
- Author: Petros Sfikakis @psfikakis
- Most useful tutorial: iOS 5 by Tutorials
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Blue Quadratic Solver
Blue Quadratic Solver is much more than a calculator.
Put in your Quadratic equation and it will of course solve it. But then it will give you all the information you need to understand the equation. It can give you the discrimiant, axis of symmetry, different forms, and more. It will even graph it for you.
I can’t begin to express how much I would have loved this in school. Kids have it easy in the App Store.
- Author: Douglas Merritt
- Most useful tutorial: The iOS Apprentice
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Gift Suggester
Gift Suggester is the perfect utility for the season.
Powered by Gifts.com, Gift Suggester lets your browse, search, and save gifts for friends and family from a constantly updating library of thousands.
Whether you’re searching for that special gift or browsing for ideas, Gift Suggester has some powerful filtering options to help you zero in on just what you need.
- Author: Stephen Hayes @shayesapps
- Most useful tutorial: Working with JSON in iOS 5
- 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?
That’s it for November! Keep up the awesome work everyone. And if you’re reading this thinking, “I wish I could build a great app/game”. You’re in luck! Check out our free Tutorials! What are you waiting for, I want to see your app or game next month!
For December we’re doing something special. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement that I’ll post about tomorrow – the raywenderlich.com 2012 Readers’ App Awards! :]
This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Check out his latest game, Cyborg Livestock.