app review
Square Enix Gives Canada First Dibs to ‘Hitman: Sniper’ for iOS [Review]
While looking for my mark I saw a guard stand by the hot tub. So I zoomed in close, lined up the headshot, fired and watched the bullet drop him into the tub. Body disposed. That is until a women noticed, alerted my mark and forced me to franticly try and shoot him as he...
Polamatic: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture [Review]
Pictures taken in Polamatic ooze nostalgia as they mimic the look of ones taken on a Polaroid camera. When I saw my pictures "develop" I was reminded of all those times I watched a real Polaroid picture slowly appear in my hand. There are a lot of borders and filters to choose from Polamatic is...
Deezer: Streaming Music That’s Free, But Mobile Comes at a Cost [Review]
Deezer is a music streaming app that also lets you sync music to your phone so you can listen to it offline (if you subscribe for $9.99/month). You can also discover a lot of great music, because of Deezer's intuitive design and vast library. The free version offers up themed channels on mobile, while users on...
AMA: Read Reddit AMAs on Your iPhone [Review]
Reddit AMAs (Ask Me Anything) have been growing in popularity since they started in May 2009. The AMA app allows you to follow an AMA or read thru a previous one on your iPhone. Every AMA is available Every AMA is available for you to read and also participate in the ongoing ones. However, you need...
Checking out Instagram’s HyperLapse to Make Time-Lapse Videos
Have you ever filmed something and while watching the video playback said "this isn't going by fast enough"? Well with Hyperlapse you'll be able to speed up your videos. Film, set speed, then share Hyperlapse is a time-lapse video maker developed by Instagram. You have to take the video using Hyperlapse and then you can...
Curious: Learn Anything by Watching Videos and Taking Courses [Review]
I really enjoy learning new things and the app Curious gives me access to many courses, on a huge range of topics. They go from learning how to use MS Excel to brewing beer and everywhere in between. The app is beautiful and the content is plentiful Curious is the iOS app for Curious.com and comes...
Hanx Writer iPad App by Tom Hanks: Nostalgic and Fun [Review]
When I first saw Hanx Writer, a word processing app that looks and sounds like a typewriter, I thought it was a nostalgic gimmick. After much use, I still think it's a nostalgic gimmick, albeit a fun and useful one. As you may have already read, Tom Hanks, a typewriter aficionado, collaborated with Hitcents to...
Overcast: A Great Alternative to the Podcasts iOS App [Review]
If you love listening to podcasts on your iPhone, but have grown tired and frustrated (like myself) over Apple's Podcasts iOS app, then Overcast may be the podcast player you're looking for. It's free to download and works great. Like Apple's Podcasts, Overcast has a simple interface You can start subscribing to podcasts or adding individual...
Withings Health Mate: Track Your Steps and Measure Your Heart Rate [Review]
Though Health Mate is designed to integrate with Withings health products, it's still useful on its own. It works well as both a pedometer and a heart rate measuring device. Health Mate looks great, works well as a pedometer and measures heart rate accurately Using just the Health Mate app you can automatically keep track...
Monty Python’s The Ministry of Silly Walks [Review]
Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks is a silly endless runner with nothing exceptional to make it standout from the crowd, not even a Spanish Inquisition. Although, one thing it is does have is challenge, because as the speed of the silly walk ramps up to a silly sprint, dodging obstacles takes impeccable timing....
Chaticle : Chat About Interesting Articles with Friends [Review]
Chaticle is a social medium and news aggregator that's designed to let friends chat about articles. But with a Facebook account being required to start chatting, this question must be asked - does Chaticle make chatting about articles easier than Facebook does? Articles look good, but the app itself, not so much First, a brief...
Reuters Sports Reel: Live Sports Highlights In Pictures [Review]
Reuters Sports Reel sends you photos as they are taken from some of the biggest sporting events captured by some of the world's most impressive photographers. This also makes it an excellent tool for keeping up with the latest scores and more, especially when it comes to the World Cup. Only 4 events are covered, but every...