This Week’s Best Apps #21


Only the very best, latest and greatest apps, fresh to the App Store and ready for your iDevice.

Beat Hazard Ultra

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
A unique arcade shooter that’s powered by your iTunes music collection.

DishPal

for iPhone
Price: FREE
Social network for recipe lovers.

eChip

for iPad
Price: FREE
The Formica Corporation provides this laminate chip sampler.

Eufloria

 

for iPad
Price: $4.99
I’m finding this one hard to describe, so here’s what iTunes says: “…ambient strategy game of space exploration, strategy and conquest, plant growth and bio mechanical evolution.”

Farmkill

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Zombies attack farm. Farm animals fight back. Big, bloody slaughter ensues.

Fotopedia: Women of the World

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
A chronicle of women the world over, and their historical, cultural, and religious context.

A Frog Thing

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $1.99
Cute storybook for kids.

Color Illusion

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
Tricks your brain into seeing colors that aren’t there.

Dariusburst SP

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $10.99
Port of a popular PSP space shooter. High quality, but expensive.

Diggin’ Dogs

for iPhone
Price: $.99
Fun-looking platformer where you guide three dogs (who love to dig) on a treasure hunt. Shame there’s no iPad version.

DoDonPachi Blissful Death

for iPhone 4+ (not made for iPad, but can be played on iPad 2)
Price: $4.99
Popular arcade shooter ported to iOS.

End Night

for iPad
Price: $2.99
Dark, survival horror game where you loot and fight to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Grooh

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $1.99
Isometric puzzler with a cartoon aesthetic, starring a grey creature named Grooh who looks like he should be Pikachu’s dad.

The Life of Art

for iPad
Price: FREE
Take a look at 4 museum objects, examining them the way a museum curator would, to determine their histories.

Pinball Arcade

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE (w/ in-app levels to purchase)
Claims to be the most accurate, most realistic pinball simulator for iOS.

Ragdoll Blaster 3

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
Physics puzzler sequel, with over 100 levels and a high level of polish.

Raid Leader

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
Stylized RTS with loads of depth.

Star Wars: Pit Droids

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $1.99
Originally released as a PC game in 1999, this puzzle game features 75 levels. Intended for players age 9 and up.

Tick Bait’s Universe

for iPad
Price: $4.99
A fun educational app for kids 7-10, that teaches astronomy, biology, and more.

The Tiny Bang Story

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
A different kind of hidden object game, set in a unique world depicted with whimsical, detailed, and utterly sumptuous graphics.

Touch Your Toes in 10 Days

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
Yoga training with embedded instructional videos and diagrams.

Travelocity

for iPad
Price: FREE
iPhone users have had an official Travelocity app for a while; now iPad users do too.

Tweetbot

 

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
Powerful, attractive Twitter client that’s proving extremely popular.


Kokou Adzo

Kokou Adzo is a stalwart in the tech journalism community, has been chronicling the ever-evolving world of Apple products and innovations for over a decade. As a Senior Author at Apple Gazette, Kokou combines a deep passion for technology with an innate ability to translate complex tech jargon into relatable insights for everyday users.

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