There are thousands of apps new is published daily in the moment, although when you filter them down to them, is really interesting, it is more like dozens. Here are this week's crop of reviews.
iPhone, iPad, free
Gamelofts two earlier Let's Golf games have been playable and polished, though clearly inspired by Sony's everybody's Golf Playstation franchise. For third in the series, the Publisher has adopted a new pricing model: freemium. The game is free to download and play, but when you run out of energy points, you must wait for them to recharge to play another hole, or buy some more by using the in-app payments. It has been used for other games, but it doesn't work well for golf – where you want to play a series of holes one after the other. It is a pity, because the game is very good. It would probably be better suited as a one-price paid download, though.
Android, free
Mobage is a hugely popular mobile social gaming community in Japan, but the company behind it – DeNA – takes the worldwide this year. Android owners is to first test the global version of the service in beta. The nearest comparison is existing communities like Apple's Game Center and the independent OpenFeint: you create a profile, and then Mobage tracks your scores and friends across a range of other Android games including Pocket frogs, we usually and paper shed. If it sounds familiar, it is because they have been ported from the iPhone. Mobage is interesting, but it feels like a beta with odd crashes and slow loading times. It has the potential, however.
iPhone/iPad, free
There have been a gallon of hype around the Ashantis new album-app to iOS, but live to expectations? So far, Yes. App, which is seen best on an iPad, will eventually offer 10 mini-apps, one for each song on the Ashantis new album Biophilia. At the time of writing are two available: crystalline and Viruses, both of which make interactivity with music their sales argument. And Yes, both are sold: £ 1.49 each via-app payment. Crystalline is a tunnel-racing game with a hint of Katamari Damacy in the way you pick up crystals from the walls, while the Virus is more musical toys, built around a virus life cycle. They are very different, which augurs well for the eight tracks have yet to be launched. If Ashanti is not your thing musically, you are unlikely to be attracted, but fans and outsiders, Biophilia is an innovative and important app. but it is essential, also a fun one.
Android, free
NASA'S new Android app connects to existing versions of iOS, and is a real treat for space buffs and novice stargazers alike. It draws on the space agency comprehensive archives, including videos and images. It also pulls in various NASA Twitter feeds (while also letting you Tweet from within the app), and offers information on current missions and launches, as well as live streaming NASA tv channel. It is one you can really lose yourself in the app, such is the depth of content.
iPad, free
You can by the Crayola Crayons, as your toddler use for their artistic masterpieces (on paper or white walls, depending on how well trained they are). Now the company gets in apps with the release of this free iPad app and a companion stylus peripheral from Griffin Technology, costing £ 24.99 and is shaped like a large colored pencil. Idea: children use the pen to draw on the screen in ColorStudio HD app, although it can also be used in finger-reservation guarantee mode. App has clearly been put together with lots of thought with animated images, a selection of virtual pens, crayons, pens and paint brushes and the ability to create your own images from a library of items, and then share or print the finished results. It is a pity that the app keeps kids go over the edges of the lines — not what they are supposed to teach itself? I also wonder why Crayola and Griffin felt the necessary peripheral, rather than go with the direct finger/screen interface that makes tablets devices exciting for children. Even so, brings this app much pleasure for children and their parents.
iPad, free
"Chances are you sometimes take a look at Cosmo in an attempt to find out what women really want," begins the App Store description of this new spin-off app from cosmopolitan magazine. What feels like a bit of a view from another age, since in 2011, there is no shortage of tips on "what a woman craves sexually and emotionally" of a number of magazines and Web sites for men. Background, you can argue that there is an urgent need for a male-focused Cosmo separate directive. Even then the CFG app slick and interesting, making good use of connectivity options in the way it pulls in the data and maps to illustrate its lifestyle features. There are plenty of interactivity also – much of it comes in mini-surveys to answer. The promised "fantastic 3D sex positions" but is a bit vague: virtual crash test dummies, which you can rotate, rather than Avatar-style off-screen raunch.
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