Apps

Recent recipient of an Apple Design Award, Ridiculous FIshing is, well, a ridiculous but really fun version of a physics-based fishing game.

This Twitter app is so bonkers, I don't even know where to begin. *deep breath* Ok, so it has MONSTERS and like POKEMON, your monsters ATTACK your followers' monsters and...oh god, I miss the days of Twitter SMS. The app itself is a free download, but you can pay for monster eggs inside the game for a buck each. It's your duty to raise your egg, nurturing it by tapping on it or tweeting. Once the monster pops out of the egg, it starts attacking areas within your location (via Google Maps, naturally),...

With work, stress or Netflix binges, achieving the perfect amount of shut-eye can be difficult. Here are 10 smartphone apps to help you turn off your brain.

Readdle’s awesome Calendars+ app, which is normally priced at $6.99, is now free for 48 hours. It’s one of the best Google Calendar apps for iOS, packed with useful features and a great user interface, and it won’t cost you a penny if you download it now. But hurry!

Your iPhone knowing your every move without your knowledge and without function: bad thing. Your phone knowing your every move so that you can share it with friends, receive geotagged reminders, and keep track of travels: very, very cool. Geoloqi, which desperately needs a better looking app icon, crams almost every conceivable location service into one tidy package. Trying to meet up with a friend and don't feel like explaining your coordinates over the dive bar din? Send a link to your spot via...

Social media, weather and other apps are eating up our phone's battery faster than we like. We've compiled a list of seven free versions of our favorite apps to help you save battery.

It sure doesn’t seem like many people have bought Lytro’s crazy light-field camera (the one that lets you focus your photos after you take them) — but if you’re one of those who did: go plug it in. Lytro has just released an update that enables the camera’s dormant WiFi chip, along with an iOS app that lets you wirelessly access and share your photos. Oh, and it makes super trippy animated…

Cows vs. Aliens: The premise is simple: herd your cows into your barn without letting any pesky extraterrestrials in. You can get by using two thumbs, scooting the cows and aliens along in various directions, but as their numbers start to increase, you're probably gonna wanna try out more fingers. $2. Tiny Wings: Tiny Wings is a lovely one-button touch game for iOS, featuring a tiny bird who dreams of flying. With each tap, you tuck in the little guy's feathers to slide up and down the hills, gaining...

Ever since it arrived on our computers all the way back in 2000, the makers of The Sims have always been great at providing plenty of expansion packs designs to grow your Sim universe out in a variety of different directions. That…

For all you gamers out there looking for a real challenge, look no further: There's a free, newly updated puzzle game ready to test your skills (and patience). Can You Escape, the brainchild of MobiGrow, coaxes iPhone, iPad and Android users to employ a trial-and-error solving method to scrounge for clues, as well as sleuth out ways to escape a series of rooms. The set-ups in the game are fully functional and interactive, with every drawer, chair and fixture serving as a possible point of detection.

Speakeasy Cocktails: It's a cocktails recipe book app that will transform the way you see, judge and drink cocktails. And because it's one of those book/app blends, the info is on par with the best cocktail books. There's a consistent narrative to the app, the chapters are set up to teach you the basics first and then branch out to show you each alcohol's different recipes. And even though there's a boatload of information (hundreds of recipes, videos and graphics) that covers every little detail (the...

Microsoft is no stranger to iPhone apps, but its latest Snipp3t app is a surprise addition. Released over the weekend, Snipp3t lets you subscribe to follow and track your favorite celebrities. Each celebrity has a profile page created by Microsoft which includes a timeline of news and imagery from around the web, alongside options to like and comment on each piece of content. It’s almost like a miniature social network, and appears to be one of Microsoft’s latest experiments for using Bing data....

Minicore Studios’ $3 Tumblewords—which is sort of a mix between Scramble/Boggle and Scrabble—is probably the most attractive word game I’ve ever seen for iOS. There are currently five different themes to choose from, each of which features beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations. There’s even a “Snakespeare” theme by web comic artist KC Green, and the developers assure me that they plan to introduce more themes in the future. But beyond the lovely design is a game with a lot of potential, yet it isn’t...

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Safe Gmail (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now 99¢. Safe Gmail for iOS manages multiple Gmail accounts easily with the option to secure the app with a passcode without having to log into or out of any of your accounts. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

More than two months after its acquisition of Beats, Apple on Friday officially added the Beats Music streaming audio app to the App Store's featured "Made by Apple" list.

Vine, Twitter’s six-second looping video-sharing app, has just launched some new features to the app, including a redesigned camera, categories for various vine genres, and the ability to revine people’s existing Vines. The update brings some much-asked-for features to the social network, and also improves users’ abilities to gain and following and get noticed within the app.

Email is an inescapable part of all our lives now, and as such, email apps are one of the most important aspects of any connected devices we have. They may not be the most exciting, but a good experience is absolutely essential. The iPhone hasn't always had amazing email experiences, especially when it comes to Gmail. Now Sparrow is on the iPhone and it doesn't disappoint. The biggest beneficiaries of Sparrow will be iPhone owners who use Gmail. Like Google's own "app," Sparrow brings support for...

Anonymous social networking app Secret on Friday announced a number of changes to be introduced in its next update, including photo upload limitations and more aggressive restrictions on using real names in posts.

Being the Best Man or Maid of Honor comes with a lot of responsibility. Here's our guide of digital tools to keep you on your feet when it's time to shine.

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Trackmaster (Android Market) Previously $9.99, now $4.99. Trackmaster for Android is a statistical tracking app for motorsports lovers of cars, karts, and motorcycles. Record your track video and data to include: position, speed, acceleration, split times, lap times, and more. Get it for $4.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS Android iOS Android Windows

Reddit's AMA (Ask Me Anything) section is one of the most popular areas of the site, but the Q&As themselves can be a little difficult to read — not every question gets answered, other users jump in with their own thoughts, and threads can quickly balloon out of control. Now Reddit has addressed the issue by releasing a free mobile app that streamlines the reading process and makes for a much better experience overall....

MLB is known as the pro sports league that understood the power of mobile way before its peers. But can it repeat that success in mobile games in order to build its brand among non-baseball fans?

I love the holidays because people get cheery, weather gets crispy and food gets delicious. Luckily, I don't cook anything! If you do cook, however, it's probably a good idea to have some recipes and a plan. FOOD52 Holiday Recipe and Survival Guide is an ace iPad cookbook that'll take care of everything for you. The FOOD52 iPad cookbook was made by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, former New York Times food writers, and it's a serious survival guide for holiday cooking. From Thanksgiving recipes to...

Not even Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus support super-sharp 4K video recording out of the box, but they do have the necessary hardware to support it. Vizzywig 4K, a new iOS app that was just approved by…

Can’t be bothered to type something you want to search for? Snaplay is a reverse image search app that lets you snap a photo of a piece of media to retrieve associated music and videos which can then be viewed within the app. Its creators, London developer D&A, describe it as a ‘Shazam for images’.