Articles and Reviews by Jennifer Beam

Featured in the App Store as a current top paid app and receiving rave reviews, Foodies is worthy of its “sweet” accolades. A unique game taking a different approach to touch screen control, Foodies features “Snacky Sam,” an adorable orange blob engaging in the deadly sin of gluttony. While he’s clearly in danger of heart disease [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games

Remember wacky wall-walkers? Telling as this question is, it is the first thing that came to mind when playing Squibble – a relatively new 2D platformer built with handheld intuitiveness for easy play. My age may be showing here, but “squibble” is quite reminiscent of those gooey stretchy toys. This adorable green blob makes his [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games

Collecting goes virtual with Stamp Art Fever, the first stamp collecting game that recreates specific aspects of stamp collecting while embedding elements of a good game. Players try to build their virtual stamp collection by buying, trading, and bidding on any of over 100 different stamps. The Open Feint feature allows players to connect with friends to [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Games

Cheesy pirate puns aside, Pirate Strike is a dodgy little game that is both simple and deceptively frustrating. The concept is simple – keep your pirate from being blown up by cannon fire. Cannons pop up along the edge of the screen and fire at random intervals, signaled by blinking red. Using the touch screen [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games

One of the beautiful things about the iPhone is the endless utility apps that allow you to customize how you use your phone and improve ease of use. One such option specifically designed for people who actually use their phone to call people is Speed Dial Images. Based on the idea that the brain processes the [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Utilities

As evidenced by the number of views of many viral videos, checking out user-created videos on YouTube is a favorite pastime of millions of people. If you don’t have a lot of time to invest in browsing YouTube videos, there are apps for that. In fact, checking out apps that help users find interesting and [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Entertainment

Mogul (n.) – Entrepreneur, industrialist, tycoon, iPhone user with Movie Mogul installed. Movie Mogul for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad is branded as a game, but is more like a choose-your-own-ending book than a game, that pits your movie production knowledge against an imaginary movie making process. Choose your script, hire a writer, choose your [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Entertainment

If you’re convinced text messaging is the best way to communicate with friends, family, and even co-workers, then having a utility app that manages your messages may be useful. SMS management is the purpose behind Top Utility SMS for iPhone, a messaging app that incorporates groups, favorites, and GPS location into the iPhone’s messaging capabilities. [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.0/5 | Category: Utilities

For busy people, their phone may be a source of stress perpetuating the “always on” way of life, but with the right app, can’t it also be a source of inspiration? Maybe. Given that there are a few different schools of thought when it comes to the power of meditation and mental preparation for life [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.0/5 | Category: Business, Lifestyle

GPS based social networking is not really a new thing (think 4 Square and Facebook check-ins), but it’s a growing trend that existing and future social networking platforms alike will evolve in their own ways. An example of a new app built on GPS-based social networking is Shy Breaker. Born out of the developer’s self-described [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Social Networking

Want free apps with no strings attached? Heck, who wouldn’t want to discover freebies in the App Store? With Monster Free Apps and their mantra “So good it’s scary,” you have the opportunity to download paid apps for free. Monster Free Apps is a free app finder that sends users push notifications to notify users [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Entertainment

What’s worse than an angry rhino? An angry rhino on a rampage of course – and there are many worse ways to spend .99 and a few minutes’ time than playing Angry Rhino Rampage for iPhone. A quick, simple side-scrolling action game with several delightful undertones, Angry Rhino Rampage is a solid game debut from [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games

Ever wonder what your kids would look like with dad’s beard or grandpa’s bald head? How about wondering what you’d look like with short hair or someone else’s eyes? A true fun-with-photos experience, MugMash! is an app you may have missed that essentially lets you do all these things. MugMash! provides users with the chance [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Entertainment

Anyone who enjoys simple but strategic board games should have the foresight to download this game while the price is right. An intelligent mix of tic-tac-toe, connect four and chess, Foursight is an enjoyable board game available for iPhone and iPad. Playing on a board comprised of a 4 x 4 grid, your objective is [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games

Following up the success of the first Where’s Waldo? app, Ludio has released the sequel, Where’s Waldo in Hollywood. Seekers of the famous spectacled guy in the striped sweater will find familiar picture puzzles laden with hidden objects that put the eyes to the test. The follow up version features search scenes that are renderings of [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games
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