Articles and Reviews by Jennifer Beam

As an interactive storybook on the iPad, Amelia and Terror of the Night comes out on top for superb animation and more extensive interactions than most.

Perfect Pic imports videos, slows them down and captures individual frames. The result is a quick, easy way to turn iPhone video clips into the ideal photograph.

Leo's Pad is appisode 1 in a new series from Kidaptive and Stanford University. This imaginative iPad app makes history fun for preschoolers.

An interactive book featuring a small collection of the super sleuth's adventures, Sherlock Holmes for iPad delivers classic Doyle with a modern touch.

Snow Brawlin’ is a solid arcade-style game with a nice combination of elements to keep the game entertaining, but simple and fun for everyone.

A genuinely unique game, LETZ: The Story of ZED features a smart combination of word building, match-3 puzzle style and a clever storyline.

Snappet is a simple photo app for iPhone that turns pictures of pets into framed and captioned images made comically amusing with cartoon accessories.

Nighty Night HD - Winter Special is an interactive bedtime story for young children featuring the soothing sounds and images of animals being put to bed.

Juice is a quick and easy energy tracker app that shows the correlation between sleep, nutrition, exercise and energy levels.

Oahu Revealed is a comprehensive travel guide for iPhone that provides easy to navigate information and an interactive map to help travelers discover O'ahu.

Word Winder HD is a word puzzle collection that offers unique word finds to challenge yourself or play with up to two friends.

A unique social gaming app, Humm Together is a blend of Draw Something and Humm Bug, challenging players to hum popular songs for friends to guess.

An interactive story book app for iPad, Tooth Monster HD aims to promote good oral hygeine and brushing habits for young kids.

Learn Chinese by Loquella is a language education app that provides instruction in Mandarin Chinese and uses repetition to master pronunciation.

Ringya efficiently builds group contacts by importing, scanning or manual entry and organizes them for easy access and communication.