Articles and Reviews by Jennifer Beam

As a photography app for enhancing, customizing and sharing photos, InstaCollage Pro is one of the stronger options available in the App Store.

Fans of one of the most popular sandbox games of all time can now enjoy the building experience on the go. Minecraft – Pocket Edition is the iOS version of the game that first won creative kudos on the computer, then jumped to iOS and Xbox. While not nearly as extensive as the PC version, [...]

Are you the shadowy assassin or the white knight? Choose your guy and test your ability to fulfill difficult missions with Spy vs. Spy, the iOS revival of the popular Commodore 64 title from oh so long ago. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to navigate various embassies and locate the hidden [...]

The month of August celebrates the birthday of an American icon. On August 15 Julia Child would have been 100 years old and to pay homage to the woman whose love of the culinary arts has transcended generations, Random House Digital has released Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Selected Recipes. This iPad app is [...]

Anyone having trouble keeping their household bills and online accounts organized may find help with Manilla’s Bills & Accounts Manager – the mobile app supported by Manilla.com. Manilla is owned by the Hearst company and was created to be a sensible, secure means of managing online accounts and bills. The Manilla Bills & Accounts Manager [...]

The buzz that surrounded the release of Rovio’s newest title may have been a bit over-dramatic, but in the world of marketing, buzz is all you need. Rovio of course built a name for itself with the Angry Birds franchise and since lightening rarely strikes twice, it seems this go round was all about business. [...]

You don’t have to be a photography expert to appreciate the idea of an app designed to take better pictures with your iPhone in low-light or night time settings. Night Vision Eyes is labeled as the “Spy camera for iPhone and iPad” and attempts to deliver the capability of inconspicuously taking low-light photos. This is [...]

Need more than a red Solo cup to have a party? How about a collection of mostly random events that offers an obscure reason for celebration every day of the year? If you’re one of those people that looks for any reason to have a party, then the Let’s Celebrate app will give you multiple [...]

If you’re the parent of a toddler or preschooler who likes to hijack your iPad for fun, then why not make the most of their attention span with an all-in-one game app. Playground HD is a parent-friendly and kid-approved collection of games appropriate for young children.

True brainiacs that appreciate and enjoy applying inferential logic to those deductive reasoning puzzles that are known as zebra puzzles or Einstein puzzles will get a gray matter kick out of Logical Conclusion, the iPhone app that challenges players to solve a variety of these riddle-style puzzles.

RealPinocchio is an interactive version of the classic fairy tale about the original little liar and features familiar characters.

In the world of iOS gaming sequels, all are not created equal. That said, Squids Wild West, the successor to the original Squids game for iPhone, iPad and touch, is a model for the rest. Squids Wild West continues the story of the squid pack as they explore the unique landscape of the underwater untamed west [...]

Jellyflug, a side-scrolling platformer that looks at the world from a different perspective, will easily appeal to fans of the genre.

Plague Inc is an infectious iOS strategy game that tests a player's ability to evolve a virus into a plague and destroy the human population.

As far as photo editing apps go, there are some that are strong and complicated, some that are weak and simple, and some that are somewhere in between – leaving the average user and iPhone photo hobbiest with several camera, photo editing and framing apps. If you’re looking for a user-friendly app with the ability [...]