App Reviews for iPhone and iPad Devices

Do you crave the best iPhone apps? Check out these reviews for insight before you download. Leave a comment for apps you've tried and let us know what you think!

Face Melter: Pliable Fun for Photos


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Contact list beware... I'm going to pinch your faces! Face Melter is so much fun, I just can't stop. I've already moved on from faces to dogs and inanimate objects. The premise is this — if you can shoot it, you can melt it. You start by snapping a photo or importing one from your library. [...]

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Carrie's Dots


The idea for Carrie's Dots from Chris Hanson ("Why don't you have a seat over there...") is good. Just complete the square. You know, like the virtual girlfriend programmed into Bill Gates famous digital home. You say, “what about his wife?” Well, let me tell you, they are doing amazing things with holograms these days. [...]

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reMovem - Bejeweled Revisited


Think “Bejeweled” on Ritalin. reMovem is just kind the same sort of thing as bejeweled with less action, graphics, motion and fun. The goal of reMovem is to tap on dots that are of the same color and touching. After you tap on the dots, they are removed from the board and points are earned. [...]

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Ambiance: Soothe the Savage Beast With Sound


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I'm working from home today, but rather than the "peace, quiet and pajamas" I was expecting, there is a construction crew working upstairs. I really need to set the mood... what I need is a bit of Ambiance. Dubbed an "environment enhancer" by developer Matt Coneybeare, Ambiance is a sound machine for iPhone. It works [...]

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Tangrams Invites You to be a Puzzle-Solving Rock Star


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I've always been fascinated by tessellations -- the images created by grouping geometric figures into larger patterns. So, I was excited to for a chance to test out Tangrams which is a Chinese puzzle game based on the same idea. Ported to the iPhone by Brian Wurster, Tangrams is a modern version of the game [...]

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Koi Pond 2.0 Out


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Friend of AppCraver Bill Trost of dev shop The Blimp Pilots checked in to let us know that Koi Pond 2.0 has been released. Koi Pond is always the first application I show friends when I want to give them a feel for the graphics and touch-screen capabilities of the iPhone - it always gets [...]

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