Name of App:

Price:

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch:

Your own personal description of this App:

Pros:

Cons:

Personal User Rating: /10

Conclusion:



This post has been edited by davidgary73: May 6 2009, 07:42 PM

hi guys, as the title suggests. this thread is predominantly catered to those of you who use or intend to use the apps from the iTunes store. Therefore, please do not include anything gathered from Cydia or Installer.


in order to be as systematic as possible, kindly use the template in the first post as a guide when giving your comments. pictures of the app functionality are also definitely most welcomed.


i will start this thread off with a comment using the provided template about my review of a downloaded app of mine as an example.
while comments are most welcomed, do try to keep them as constructive as possible

i acknowledge that these facts and figures are easily obtainable from the iTunes review section, but i have been misled numerous times into purchasing them and find them highly inaccurate. therefore, the next time, if i saw a fellow LYN user who had downloaded an app which i am contemplating to get, i will be sure to PM him/her first for further information before purchasing the app.

thanks a lot for reading my post!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 28 2008, 08:37 PM

Name of App: DianHua Dictionary

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: A Chinese-English (and vice versa) dictionary.

Pros:
1. it is free
2. simple interface
3. provides pinyin translation as well
4. provides both simplified and traditional characters
5. works both direction; chinese-english and english-chinese.


Cons:
1. some of the searches can take ages
2. i know that i'm no chinese expert, but shouldn't the traditional and simplified characters be the other way round? (as shown in the last picture below)

Personal User Rating: 6 /10

Conclusion: i would definitely recommend this app. hopefully the search will be faster in the next update.


standalone icon on the springboard




searching for "forever" can literally take forever (no pun intended)


simplified and traditional characters mixed up

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 28 2008, 08:23 PM

Name of App: Asphalt 4

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: YES

Your own personal description of this App: rempit application, for all the young ones who have the rempit soul in them

Pros: fun game to kill time and have people around you staring at you, trying to figure out what you are up to (this only applies when you are using accelerometer)

Cons: too easy, must make some leet levels for people to beat

Personal User Rating: 10/10

Conclusion: RAWKS

screenies






i'm the underground racing king!

Name of App: BeeJiveIM

iTunes Link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore...=291720439&mt=8

Price: $15.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Yes

Your own personal description of this App: Very good IM thought it might me slight expensive for our pockets.

Pros: All contacts and groups are as per how it was assigned in msn. Googletalk works. All contacts are asign with a little logo as which IM the contacts are from.

Cons: Yahoo contacts added in msn are not listed. Can't send pictures or files.

Personal User Rating:8+ /10

Conclusion: Worth buying if you do chat alot online and it does not crash as much as MobileChat. iTunes reviewers credit it as the best IM and rating given are 4-5 stars.

Name of App: Dynolicious

Price: USD12.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Personal Dyno machine to find out your horsepower and 0-100km time. as well as G-Force if that is needed to know.

Pros: Could say it performs. Compare to real dyno machine, the reading might differs 5-10 horsepower.. but for time, its quite accurate

Cons: you need a 100-150m clear, straight, flat, non-bumpy road. not easy to find one. and you must know how to make a proper start/burn out..

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: if you want to show off that you have a personal dyno meter, or you wanna check out the differences each time you add mods to your car or even wanna do timing 0-100kmh, this thing is for you. but remember, drive safe and be safe!

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Added on September 29, 2008, 8:22 pmName of App: WeDict

Price: Free

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Personal english + chinese-> english<-chinese dictionary. best of all. its free...

Pros: Very useful dictionary and offers both english and chinese

Cons: cant find any in the moment

Personal User Rating: 9/10

Conclusion: Free stuff, who dont like? but the best part it really helps... no kidding..


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Name of App: Texas Holdem

Price: USD9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Very nice Texas Holdem game

Pros: Awesome graphic with videos of AI players. support both landscape and potrait. support multi player..

Cons: Predictable AI. Multiplayer unable to work during my try with iphone owners.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: I pay good money for a good game of pokers! and it is worth it for poker fans...

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Added on September 29, 2008, 8:22 pmdang.. i have alot of apps.. someone better start contributing...

This post has been edited by Seaedge: Sep 29 2008, 08:22 PM

Name of App: Budget

iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore...=283281224&mt=8

Price: $1.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Yes

Your own personal description of this App: Simple budget tracker for daily usage. Input your total income minus total expenses and it shows the difference.

Pros: Comparison on what i spent against my total income. Save as csv and view with Excel.

Cons: Currency is in USD as there's no settings to change to Ringgit. No easy to use but will get the hang of it after a while. Wish they have weekly and monthly expenses.

Personal User Rating:7 /10

Conclusion: Overall use if you're into budgeting and checking on what you spend.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 30 2008, 12:30 AM

Name of App: Bomberman Touch - The Legend of Mystic Bomb

Price: $7.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: YES

Your own personal description of this App: Great game for iphone, a pretty good game to kill time

Pros: A fun game especially to those who's a bomberman fan!

Cons: you always bomb yourself because the controls aren't that sensitive

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: worth the money

Name of App: Photobucket

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: iPhone

Your own personal description of this App: Upload pictures into your photobucket account directly!

Pros:
1. upload your pictures to obtain the IMG, HTML codes without the need of emailing/using the USB cable and then re-upload again.
2. they used to charge, but it is free now

Cons:
1. the third (or last) feature to view your pictures online isn't very helpful as it causes the iphone to freeze. requires holding both power and home buttons for re-initiate.
2. the wheel of circle might sometimes indicates that the picture is still being uploaded, but the fact is , it may be already on their server. hence, if you might end up finding two identical pictures if you try again
3. failure rates are pretty high (see attached picture below)

Personal User Rating: 4/10

Conclusion: Unless the bugs are fixed quickly, i don't think they will be very popular.










the third (or last) feature isn't very helpful as it causes the iphone to freeze. requires holding both power and home buttons for re-initiate


FAILED AGAIN???!!!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 29 2008, 11:13 PM

Name of App: Super Monkey Ball

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: An adventure game where you guide the monkey ball to its goal !

Pros:

One of the amazing game which has the most beautiful and stunning graphics. By comparing to Crash Kart, Asphalt, Cro-Mag Rally and many other games' graphics, this game's graphics is way better. As Sega had said they actually had to scale up the graphics in order to match the iPhone's graphics capability.

It looks very simple to manage the Monkey Ball but its actually very challenging. It takes some time for users to cope up with its sensitivity which cannot be configured according to users' preferences. Having 110 stages in the it,iIt is good when you find that a $9.99 game wont be so easy to be completed in a short time but you'll get annoyed when you find the last level very difficult to complete.

Cons:

A challenging game but doesnt last long. After completing the game, you will find it meaningless to play all the way back from the beginning.

It saves your game only when you complete one mode(easy/hard mode of 5 worlds) which consists of 10 stages. As if you reach the 9th stage and failed to proceed to the last stage in that mode, you need to play all the way back from the 1st stage of that particular mode when you play next time.

Lack of playing iPod while running Super Monkey Ball, but I personally think that this isnt a big deal.

Personal User Rating: 8.5/10

Conclusion:

I would like to say that this game is worth the $9.99. Super Monkey Ball is indeed a great game to kill time, while it also has amazing graphics to entertain you as well. Undoubtedly it is a game which I highly recommend. As I mention above, although it isnt a perfect game that matches everyone's needs, it is still a wonderful game that will bring joy to everyone. I hope those who have purchased and those who will purchase enjoy Super Monkey Ball.

Screenshots:









The last two images is the last level of Super Monkey Ball. When you reach this level, it is believed that you have already get used to the game's controls. But there is still some difficulty for you to complete this stage, as there are narrow slopes as well as funny curves for you to get to the opposite side.

Good luck to everyone who purchase Super Monkey Ball

This post has been edited by fuiyo: Sep 29 2008, 11:11 PM

Name of App: Critter Crunch

Price: $7.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: A beautiful puzzle game for all iPhone users ! Xp

Pros:

It is said as one of the best launch games in the App Store. It is actually a game which is very similar to Tetris and Bejeweled 2. It comprises of 4 playing modes, which are the Adventure Mode, Puzzle Mode, Time Trial Mode and Survival Mode, which is a tremendous amount of content for all iPhone users to enjoy ! You'll get addicted to it once you start playing this game. With its beautiful graphics (better than Crash Kart, less zig zag pixels) and a super easy gaming way, it is definitely a must buy game for everyone.

It has 40 levels in the adventure mode and you'll get to unlock the other 3 later on. This is a game where you feed smaller critters into larger ones and watch them pop. The longer your chain and the greater your bonus, the larger jewel you get. It is an extremely amazing game with intuitive controls with cute critters !

It consists of 4 modes, which has a long lasting game for iPhone users to enjoy. In addition to that, the puzzle mode is pretty challenging, and also helps users in training their mind as well ! You can go back and play over and over again even after you finish completing it. Worth it right ?

Cons:

The inability to play iPod while running the game. No big deal tho.

It used to be a little unstable in its initial version, as it crashes once you have a long time playing it. But this has been fixed in latest version of Critter Crunch. No longer a con ehhh ?

Personal User Rating: 9/10

Conclusion:

A must buy game for every iPhone users ! LOL
Go and grab it fast and you cant stop playing ! Wuuuuuuuhah

Screenshots:













Cool and cute isnt it ? Hahaha

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Added on September 29, 2008, 11:57 pmHm, why dont you register for a Malaysian iTunes Store Account ?

You dont need to purchase iTunes gift card then.

Which app are you referring to ?

This post has been edited by fuiyo: Sep 30 2008, 12:42 AM

Name of App: Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: An animation racing game for everyone !

Pros:

A game which has been released a long time ago on the Nintendo platform. There are story mode and cup mode for you to enjoy. While racing, you can get items to shoot your leading opponents and beat them. The game is pretty easy and can be completed in hours.

Cons:

Crash Kart is regarded as a wonderful game before many other nice games were released. Its graphics are pretty amazing, but it no longer looks outstanding if compared to other better quality games such as Monkey Ball, Critter Crunch, Spore, Texas Hold'em, etc. I can say that the screenshots looks slightly better than the real graphics displayed on the iPhone. It is quite obvious that there are many zig zags hence the graphics cannot be rated as one the game that has the best graphics in the App Store.

Although it is pretty good in releasing memory, I personally think that this game is kinda unstable, as in-game crashes always occur. Otherwise, it lags a little and the player's movement and controls dont seem to be as responsive as usual. Hopefully this doesnt not happen to every user who purchases Crash Kart, or Vivendi really need to fix this issue in the distant future.

Personal User Rating: 6/10

Conclusion:

Crash Kart s one of the many options among the few racing games. It is also a fun game for users to enjoy but it is not a game that could last long. After completing it, you wont go back to play it again. At least I personally, think so. Hopefully those who love this game dont feel offended.

Screenshots:

Haha thx ! Xp

You lahh.

Open such thread making me to post post post here everyday. LOL

I'll post many more reviews soon,

as long as I find any nice apps or games.

Lets hope iPhone gets better and better !

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Added on September 30, 2008, 1:18 amName of App: Things

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: A simple and amazing to do app.

Pros:

A very useful app in managing your to do list. With its simple and easy to use interface, you will find it extremely easy to jot down all of your upcoming tasks in this app. As you can see in the screenshot, there are several categories in organizing your to do lists. In your new to do list, you will be able to write down some notes and set a due date as a reminder as well. Apart from that, you can also move your task to different categories according to your preferences on the fly. It is just as easy as jotting down some stuff in your notes application.

The latest version gives you the ability to enable icon badge. You can still go back and recall your tasks which has already been completed in your logbook. This may not be necessary and may not be useful for everyone, but it is a good thing if you really cant recall something that you want to. Once you task is completed, it will automatically move the completed task to your logbook.

Cons:

Although you can set due dates for your task, alarm feature is not implemented in the app as it mentioned in their homepage that this feature is not currently existing in Apple SDK.

It turns out to be a little laggy for that <1 second when you have too many details in the particular task.
No big deal, isnt it ?

Slightly high price, but I think its worth since its a forever app to be used.
Moreover, updates will get this app better and better.


Personal User Rating: 9/10

Conclusion:

Always forgetting your upcoming task ? Need an app to help you in organizing your to-do lists in life?
Get your hands on this app asap !

Screenshots:









This post has been edited by fuiyo: Sep 30 2008, 01:19 AM

My take on beejive

Name of App: Beejive

Price: usd 15.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: iphone yes/ipod touch im not sure

Your own personal description of this App: Magical.....

Pros: Seems that this is the only application available on appstore that allows the app to somehow work background. Under settings you are able to set how long you want the user to be log in. Any new messages you received will be notified by email. It works best with push email such as mobile me and microsoft exchange.

It enables users of AIM and Yahoo to send SMS as well, AIM can only send to US and Canada numbers, Yahoo is able to do international. So far no success on Yahoo sms yet though, will try it later.

Cons: So far everything is to my liking and preference

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: I have been searchin hi and lo for something like this, though its quite pricey, but to me its worth every penny. Somehow after purchasing the beejive I dun feel the regrettable unlike the time when i bought spores, crash bandicoot and cromag (on offer still ok).

Hopefully there maybe a drop in pricing soon, so most of you guys can enjoy this app

Name of App: Zen Pinball : Roller Coaster

Price: $4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Cool Pinball

Pros:
It has 2 modes... one is still mode, while another is 'adjustable' table mode. Great graphics.

Cons:
Only 1 table available, slightly lag a bit sometimes when you hit too fast or often.
Graphics design may look too complex, which makes you hard to see cleary


Personal User Rating: 7/10

Conclusion:
I think so far this is the only one Pinball games available at AppStore. Hope there will be more coming soon.
Also, hope the developer will add in more table for us to choose.
This game looks easy, indeed it is not.... However, I'm sure you will enjoy Pinball whenever you start playing it.
It is definitely worth buying if you love Pinball games.... it's awesome.




This post has been edited by friends: Sep 30 2008, 12:02 PM

Name of App: iProcrastinate Mobile

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Amazing To-Do-List/Task similar App

Pros:
Awesome To-Do-List/Task App, it has due date, note, steps, involve TeamMember (from contacts) etc.

Cons:
No Alarm feature, no Due notification shows on Icon (Home Screen)


Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion:
I always use it to record down those matters/issues that take time to get done, cos i'm quite a forgetful person though
I highly recommended this to anyone who needs this as a 'personal secretary' 24-7 side by side with you

Name of App: Koi Pond

Price: USD$0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: My first ever purchase-able app; serves pure novelty purpose.

Pros:
1. cheap (initially...)
2. extremely responsive
3. has never lagged or hung on me before
4. improves the zen around you??? calms you down? or whatever that floats your boat!
5. customisable (see attached picture)

Cons:
1. come on? 99cents for something which is not useful? no naked chicks?
2. might be fun for the first few days, but my interest on it wore out gradually

Personal User Rating: 5/10

Conclusion: Decent and flawless app but pure total waste of money. Honestly!




my likey green algae water...


see... you need some sort of instructions to guide through this difficult to maneuver app.


change my look, baby!


sigh... what was i thinking when i purchased this app

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Oct 1 2008, 12:01 AM

Ok i don't know how to make these interesting, I've just purchased kroll yesterday I haven't really spend much time on it so cannot give you guys an in-depth review bout it.

It's $7.99 on iTunes, after playing it for 30 mins i find the graphics is amazing!
Kroll is quite straight forward so it's really suitable for people like me not much complications. What you gotta do is walk and hit but it's abit different in a boss fight.
Sorry i cant post any screenshots because i don't know how to take 1

My overall rating for kroll 7/10

Name of App: Built-in Maps

Price: Pre-included

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Useful in a way (in finding a general area), but useless in a way (you cannot find specific road names)

Pros:
1. ability to enter precise GPS coordinates (the main point which i'm gonna highlight below)
2. a hybrid of satellite and schematic drawings (can be viewed individually or both)
3. Global Positioning System (GPS) and position drawing from nearby cell tower or wifi provider service centre for iphone 3g and just position drawing for iphone 2g and ipod touch.
4. the best way to impress a non-iphone believer.

Cons:
1. since iphone has not been launched officially in malaysia, the ability to search for a specific road locally is not feasible. however, its precision in a nearby neighbour, singapore is remarkably impressive.
2. the ability to view the driving/walking directions from a first-person-view; maps only provide users with an eagle eye view.
3. extremely power consuming with the GPS turned on working hand by hand with 3G/edge to load the maps.


Personal User Rating: 6/10

Conclusion: we can only be wishful that google will extend their services to malaysia. other than that, i like this app.







HOW TO ENTER A GIVEN GPS COORDINATE TO POINT OUT ITS DESIRED LOCATION (THIS HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED ON AN IPHONE 3G)

1. let me quote an example from a friend who needed to attend a civic TT session this friday but he has no idea of the location (despite being well versed with the KL area)

a print shot of the forum, revealing a set of coordinate


2. it says <3º 6' 21", 101º 43' 56"> and enter them with a space in between each number in the search box (ignoring all the symbols) i.e. 3 6 21 101 43 56 like this:



3. give the app a couple of secs to work its magic and a precise position is revealed.


4. compare it with the given map from the forum.


5. now with my friend roughly knowing the exact location of the TT venue, he can decide on the best road/highway to embark on.

thank you for reading my laborious post!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Oct 2 2008, 02:30 PM

reserved for my take for budget app
and nokia2003, u dem good at review
next time i wanna buy apps, i ask u buy 1st then review for me

Name of App: Budget

Price: usd 1.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Yes

Your own personal description of this App: So far so good

Pros: It aint free but its just 1.99, cost less than my pack of ciggy.
The ability to add and delete Category, sweet. Total up your whole expenditure. You can even assign it to send the report to your email.
Helps you to keep track where all ur $$ gone to

Cons: Needs some getting use to on tap and longer taps. Takes some time to fully master it

Personal User Rating: 7/10

Conclusion: Somehow i see iphone users aint the thrifty type, but heck doesnt spend stupidly as well, guess its good to have this app to keep track of ur purchases/spending

* must add new Category later, Apps


This post has been edited by rx330: Oct 2 2008, 09:06 PM

haven get my itune gift card yet.... wait till i get some apps 1st ><

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Added on October 2, 2008, 7:44 pmName of App:LightSaber

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both?


Your own personal description of this App: PhoneSaber that make Star War Lightsaber "wung" sound. It play dramatic Star War OST as well when you click on music button.




Pros: Good for Star War fans, it is enjoyable to swing here n there listen the lightsaber sound. Can exercise ur arms during those swing XD

Cons: I dunno yet, coz i kinda star war fans. like the swing sound~ but they shud have a blue lightsaber.... 3 red light saber is kinda boring =/

Personal User Rating: 7/10 (it's free n i dun expect it to do much better )

Conclusion: i like the "wung" sound. I duno bout ur guys, but it entertain me time to time. when i was boring alone and nothing to do, i will unleash my "Force" . i hope to "battle" ur guys one day with the Phone Saber

This post has been edited by CooLeRthings: Oct 2 2008, 07:45 PM

Name of App: WinRemote

Price: USD$1.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Turn your device into a remote by just entering your IP address!

Pros:
1. eliminates the need of having a wireless mouse and keyboard (and also those so-called dodgy infrared hoax etc)
2. doesn't require any messy setting up or installation. you can simply activate it without the need of going to the PC
3. contains both mouse and keyboard
4. the speed of the mouse cursor can be adjusted

Cons:
1. highly dependent on wifi router strength
2. the movement might be impended if the traffic is heavy (for example, if you are downloading a heavy load)
3. unless you have bionic eyes, you might have troubles looking for the mouse cursor and seeing what you have just typed on the monitor.
4. the genuine apple's remote app works slightly better than this (but of course that only works for itunes)
5. only for windows users. macs can opt this out (though there are other apps available catered to both mac and windows. however i purchased this because it has the highest review ratings at the time of acquisition)


Personal User Rating: 8.5/10

Conclusion: i would definitely recommend this app if you love watching movies from the bed (like i do)






initial set up by adjusting the acceleration and entering the IP address on your device.


the mouse...


the cat???

Name of App: oneConnect

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Your all in one solution for yahoo messenger users and bonus for facebook, myspace etc users!

Pros:
1. incorporates a full feature of Y! messenger which includes sending sms, smileys, website links etc and most impressively SEND AND RECEIVES PICTURES in real time!
2. free of course
3. track previous conversation in landscape mode and with capability to customise avatars directly from your unit (see attached picture)
4. 360 degrees view rotation (see attached picture)
5. social networking integrated (which in my case, an overview summary of your facebook friends within one page without having the need to login to another app)
6. keeps an entire conversation history
7. informs you of online users, including those are idle.
8. neat, simple and organised

Cons:
1. laggy at times.
2. and as usual, cannot run in the backgroud (beejive will fix this at a hefty cost)
3. initial login can take quite time. i mean literally quite some time if the network is bad.
4. only available to yahoo users, i believe.

Personal User Rating: 8.8/10

Conclusion: this is a must for all yahoo messenger users! msn or live! users can just dream on i guess!


obligatory screen shot of the app icon on the springboard


hmmm... let's see how are my facebook peeps doing today... a lot of caucasian girls eh?


chat chat and more chatting with an attractive female acquaintance


wow! a landscape mode to view your chat history complete with complementing avatars? nice!


i have to admit that it's pretty weird to type with the home button on top!


need a link? no problem! oneconnect will sort that out nicely!


send and receive pictures in real time! wo hoo!




This post has been edited by nokia2003: Oct 9 2008, 07:33 PM

Name of App: Real Soccer 09

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Graphics - Overall this game has to be one of the best on the iphone and the ipod touch.

Teams - Wow! There are well over 75 teams to choose from including world teams, British cup teams, and American league teams. You can change the teams colors and uniforms and there are legendary teams as well, including a game loft team.

Controls - Very simple and easy to control. Much like the gba emulator you have a arrow pad that you can use (this one works a lot better), you have an a button and a b button and that is it. You tap be for a light pass or hold it to do a long, lob of a pass. You hold A to shoot long and hard and you tap it to lightly shoot. On defense you tap b to steal the ball and press a to do a slide tackle (careful though, yellow cards and red cards are given out if you hit the player XD). You can also twirl your finger on the screen to do a spin move. There are other combination's as well. For penalty kicks and corner kicks you tap b and point which direction you want it to go. On throw in's you select who you want to pass to and you thrust the ipod forward to throw it in.

Game Modes - There are several game modes you can do. First is exhibition where you just choose your team and choose the team you want to play against. There is cup where you play for the cup. League where you play 30 games and try to come out first, penalty kicks where you practice, well, penalty kicks, training for training and their is a trophies room.

Sound - the sound for this game is great. When you score a goal it is yelled out "GGOAAAALLLLL!!!!." I prefer to play with out the music because it takes a couple more milliseconds to load. You can listen to your own music as you play. "Prayer of a refugee" by Rise Against while playing soccer = amazing.

Loading - Fast. It takes no more then 2 seconds at a time to load. Thats all I will say.

Fun Factor - Fun, fun, fun, fun. I have had it for a while now and still play it when I'm bored. It is a lot of fun.

Over all - 9/10. My favorite game so far. A must "buy" for soccer fans and non-soccer fans a like.





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Name of App: a2z Pro



Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: A tool that do all the conversion especially currency conversion.

Pros:
1. It's FREE.
2. User-friendly interface.
2. 154 currencies rate and live update of the rates from Yahoo (thru Wifi I supposed).
3. Able to download categories which is not included in the application.
4. Create your OWN categories for units that are not available in the database.
5. Upload and share your newly created category with other user.

Cons:
Hmm, I didn't manage to find any cons yet. LOL

Personal User Rating: 10/10

Conclusion: A very impressive FREE app.

Okey guy.. This my little review..

Name of App: Space Monkey
Link: Space Monkey in Itunes
Price: $0.99 only

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both Require Firmware 2.1

Your own personal description of this App: Spin The Monkey!

Pros:
1. Easy to control the monkey.
2. Graphic suberb, the monkey too cute maa.
3. This type of game, will make sure u wanna go to the next level and challenging also..
4. Woot.. cheap too.
5. Caution, u will be addict to this game. Im not responsible to ur pocket.. haha..
6. Fun.

Cons:
1. Sometime there are too many things to catch.. haha..
2. No lahh..

Personal User Rating: 10/10

Conclusion: SPIN THE MONKEY!

Picture:
Tada..


Here the menu


Introducing The Monkey Boy


Overspin Mode.. Vomit.. haha.. Luv this one


When U touch the battery.. Ouchh..


Ur Modus Operandi: Try To Collect things as many u can


That all folks..
Thanks for viewing
Will be updating next app...

Hi guys,

My first review. Hope to do more in the near future.


Name of App: TanZen

Price: USD $0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: iPhone & iPod Touch

Your own personal description of this App: Great puzzle game where you juggle pieces into a predefined shape

Pros:
+ If you like puzzles you'll like this
+ Really tests your creativity to arrange the available blocks into pre-defined shapes
+ Pleasant interface with attractive colours
+ Short and easy learning curve
+ Many puzzles! Currently 315 an they frequently update

Cons:
- Spinning the pieces is sometimes difficult
- Once complete your "solution" can be seen thus its difficult to replay the map cause you can effectively see the answer
- Not much sound effects/ minimal sounds

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: If you like puzzles I would highly recommend this game. Its really cheap for the number of puzzles and its easy to pickup the game if you have a limited time.











This post has been edited by MangO: Oct 25 2008, 02:59 AM

I thought everyone should know about this game. It is basically a tower defence game in which u need to destroy all the fieldrunners from passing through the gate at the other side. You have a few towers to choose from and also u r recommended to do a maze in order to make use the towers. The graphic is excellent, but unfortunately no sound yet, it will be available soon via updates.

These are screenshots taken from the game by me:

Name of App: Field runners

Price: $4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Yes

This is by far my favorite game for Iphone. Not because of sheer fun and gameplay but because it is so addictive. It is so simplistic and yet so much fun.

The basic point of the game is to buy weapons and upgrade then to get to the highest wave. The waves of attackers come in several shapes and sizes ranging from little grunt soldiers to tanks, robots and planes.

The only downside that i can think of is that there's no gameplay music to create more intensity to this game. All in all this is great game and great value for money.

BUT BEWARE GUYS IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!!!


Personal User Rating: 9/10



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Name of App: QwasiPad






Price: USD 2.99 now ( when i bought that time, it was USD0.99 only )

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: both iphone/ipod touch

Your own personal description of this App: A remote keyboard/mouse via wifi for ur PC/laptop/Workstation. PC/ Laptop/Workstation need to install their client software to run






Mouse in vertical mode (the mouse button can be enable or disable)



in horizon mode





Keyboard in vertical










in horizon










Pros: no lag, the mouse and keyboard responce as in real time. good for those that always do presentation, u not got a nice n smooth remote mouse.

Cons: only via wifi. sometime some button not working really well. need client on the remote PC

Personal User Rating: 7/10

Conclusion: the price when i bought tat time is consider cheap, so i feel kinda worth it to have this to play around.
now with the price USD 2.99, i not sure is it worth for ur guys any more =/


This post has been edited by CooLeRthings: Nov 4 2008, 04:19 PM

now that my exams are done, i can resume my pet project again

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Added on November 10, 2008, 6:26 pmName of App:Cameraman

Price: FREE

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: An equivalent of WeSpot retrieved from the old installer or those dodgy spot the difference in the arcade centres

Pros:
1. free
2. tricky
3. professionally done
4. comes with a description of the picture
5. very responsive

Cons:
1. more levels are needed

Personal User Rating: 9.2/10

Conclusion: I personally adore this app as it has kept me entertained on numerous occasions. Hence I do recommend that you try this out whilst it is still free (or perhaps it will remain so)



an obligatory app icon shot


start up screen


my humble achievement


ooo... look at those white knickers moves; there is always something extra for all iPhone users


a short description to accompany the picture (as mentioned above)

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Nov 10 2008, 07:08 PM

Loot Wars

Loot Wars
Golgi
Category: Games
Price: $1.99
Released: Sep 29, 2008
Size: 4.9 MB
Seller: AARON ABEYTA



Application description Loot Wars is a multiplayer online item collection game. Players can scavenge, trade, or fight each other to win possession of a host of interesting items. Loot ranges from the fantastic Elven Dagger, fanciful Reading Glasses, awesome Stealth Fighter, everyday Laptop, to delicious Fish and Chips.

Loot Wars combines several simple systems together in a framework that rewards strategic thinking as well as bold risk taking.

The player progresses through the game via scavenging the land for useful items. Once a useful inventory is obtained, the player may choose to trade with others for items of interest or the more aggressive can use their items to wage combat against another and forcibly take items they desire.

Loot Wars is a lightweight homage to role-playing (RPG) and loot collection games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Pokémon. Your addiction level is guaranteed to rise the more you play, and the social nature of the game strongly encourages interaction with friends.

Loot Wars is designed for the casual player and can be played in the free time between normal daily activities. However, hardcore players will find a deep system of interaction complete with leaderboards and stat tracking. Whenever you have time to kill – whether waiting in line for a movie, commuting to work, in the restroom, or simply need a quick break during school or work – Loot Wars is the perfect app!

Features
* Over 1,000 unique items available (more added regularly).
* Research over 40 unique configurations of each item.
* In-game interaction with other players.
* Community forum for game discussion.
* Uniquely tailored sounds and effects.
* Dozens of awards for your awesome achievements (more added regularly).
* Richly detailed breakdown of game statistics.
New in this version ★ Each player now has a duffel bag. The duffel bag allows you to hold items that you don't want other users to see or steal. You can access your duffel bag from the Home screen.

This post has been edited by emirzn: Nov 13 2008, 10:50 PM

NOTE: Before I start, this thread is just PERSONAL OPINION on games and applications I've tried. It's to help people who is yet to decide to pay for the game/application.

Reviews are only based on using my iPhone 2G firmware 2.1. If it doesn't work on your iTouch, don't blame me.

All screenshots are taken by myself.

I will try my best to give it the most detailed reviews regarding the game/application that I'm gonna review.

Let's keep the reviews going.

Infomation
Name : Guitar Rock Tour
Version : 1.0.1
Developer : Gameloft
Categorie : Music Game
Price : USD$ 7.99
Size : 167MB
Compatibility : Not compatible with iTouch
Requirements : FirmWare 2.0 and above
Languages : English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Mandrin

Screenshots
Starting screen


Quick play menu


Loading screen


Guitar mode while in game


Drums mode while in game


Award screen


Option screen



Pros : Both guitar and drums gameplay in one, superb graphic and sound quality, well known songs, many languages to choose from even chinese, keeps you entertain for hours because you'll go on and on to unlock new songs.
Cons : Price, takes quite long to load (From main menu to game it takes about 20 seconds, from selecting songs to game takes about 10 seconds), stability (Crash twice on me. According to Apple, you'll need to reboot your phone before playing to avoid crashes), can't download new songs.

Songs avaliable
Rock you like a hurricane by Scorpions
You really got me by Kinks
Heart shaped box by Nirvana
Message in a bottle by Police
Walk idiot walk by The Hives
The river by Good Charlotte
What's my age again? by Blink128
Smoke on the water by DeepPurple
Beat it - Micheal Jackson
The great escape by Boys like Girls
In the shadow by The Rasmus
If everyone cared by Nickleback
Who knew by Pink
Under class hero by Sum41
Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
Honest mistake by The Bravery
Banquet by Bloc Party

Ratings
Graphics : 4/5
Sound Quality : 4/5
Gameplay : 4/5
Value for money : 3/5
Overall ratings : 4/5

Personal thoughts : If you really like playing music games like TapTap Revenge/NIN, this game is for you. Even though the price is quite heavy compare to other similar games, what made me purchase this game is because of the song choice avaliable for the game itself. Unlike TapTap or other similar games, Guitar Rock Tour chooses hits that you hear time to time on the radio. Who doesn't knows Micheal Jackson's Beat it? Or YouTube most viewed video in history Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend? I bet everyone does! Superb graphics with really good sound quality makes the game even more interesting. Feels even better if you put your earphones on. Might be abit laggy after leaving your phone on for days but it can be easily solved after rebooting your phone. Personally, I do not have any regrets playing USD7.99 for this game.

Link to purchase : CLICK

Infomation
Name : Midnight Pool
Version : 1.0.0
Developer : Gameloft
Categorie : Pool game
Price : USD$ 4.99
Size : 72.1MB
Compatibility : Both iPhone and iPod Touch
Requirements : FirmWare 2.0 and above
Languages : English only

Screenshots
Game play menu


Type of rules


Gameplay (Challenger screen)


Gameplay (Changing area to pot ball)


Gameplay (Changing hight of cue to pot ball)


Gameplay (Challenge mode)


Option screen


Pros : Good graphics and sound quality, very costomizable in the term of looks (from players outfit to the looks of the cue), adjustable angle and hight of potting makes you feel like you're in control of everything on the table, 2 players option avaliable so you can play with your friends.
Cons : Price, gameplay too short (About 15 person to beat before winning the whole game)

Rules
8 ball US - Pot either strips or solid color balls till there is no choice of pick on the table. Lastly, pot black to wrap up the game.
8 ball UK - Same concept with 8 ball US except instead of strip and solid, its either red or yellow.
9 ball - Pot ball 1 to 9 according to the numbers.
Challenge - In other words, its called trick shot.

Ratings
Graphics : 4/5
Sound Quality : 3.5/5
Gameplay : 3.5/5
Value for money : 2/5
Overall ratings : 3.5/5

Personal thoughts : Personally, i think this is 1 of the best pool game ever laid my hands on. Graphics and sound quality is solid, very costomizable and I have full control of the game. 1 thing that I'm really not sattisfied about is the short gameplay in the arcade mode. It just kept me entertained for 2 hours before I realize I've finished the game and there goes my USD$4.99. It would be wonderful of they make the game longer. Or even better if they make it multiplayer where you can challenge your friends via bluetooth. With that, I guess it's worth every cent.

But if you're a huge fan of pool, do check this game out if you have an extra buck as it's quite pricy.

Link to purchase : CLICK

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This post has been edited by Baronic: Nov 15 2008, 03:37 PM

First time share, coz this game rocks

Name of App: TouchSports Tennis '09

Price:Usd $4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both fw2.1

Your own personal description of this App:
1) First high 3D graphic impact touch screen tennis game.
2) Easy to control compare to other tiltz game
3) Best sports game so far (my opinion)

Pros: Easy pick n play game..visually attractive...price also reasonable...

Cons: Very short game and less character to choose..

Conclusion: Worth to buy, worth to try....for preview go to youtube ^^

Name of App: Fake Calls

Price: USD0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both (but why would one need this app for an iPod touch???!!!)

Your own personal description of this App: Fake your way to a better excuse?

Pros:
1. self explanatory
2. it was free when i got it

Cons:
1. no ring tone selections
2. boring interface
3. expensive for a redundant app; there are better ones out in the app store
4. no picture/avatar selections
5. only available as "unknown"
6. can get pretty unresponsive as times

Personal User Rating: 1/10 (only because i got it free)

Conclusion: unless you do find extreme difficulties to excuse yourself from a tight situation, this app is a complete waste of time synchronisation/space (you know the drill)


an obligatory app icon shot


start up screen


standby...


and go!

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Added on November 16, 2008, 3:07 pmFYI, 10% of the proceeds from this app purchase, will be donated a charity organisation...

so make your own decision!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Nov 16 2008, 03:07 PM

Name of App: iXpenseIt (Ver 2.0.1 at the time of review)

Price: US$4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:

I went and tried all the expense management softwares on the iTunes Store and found this to be the best in my opinion. I wanted an application that I could easily log down my daily expenses and have a simple summary of what I had spent so far in a given month according to a set budget. iXpenseIt does this and more which I'll go through using the screen shots below.



1. This is how the daily summary looks like. It tells you what you've spent in any given day and it also shows how you're doing in relation to your budget provided you actually have a budget. We will get to that in a bit.



2. The amount of information that you can key in to describe your expenditure is more than sufficient as you can see. The application also lets you take a photo of presumably a receipt to attach to this record via the camera icon in the top left hand corner. You can if you like add custom categories + sub categories to suit your lifestyle. For example I added Vice>Cigarettes.



3. Back to budget, iXpenseIt has 2 options to choose from which is the Simple Budget where you have a lump sum figure for all your expenses and the Detail Budget where you can do your budgeting according to the different areas of expenditure.



4. There are also very nicely done summary features where you can view reports of your expenses in bar charts, pie charts or just in simple text category view. This information can of course be exported in CSV or HTML format via email which is integrated directly into the app. There are future plans to include a companion program on Windows/Mac with Sync features and so on which I think will be a very useful tool.


Pros:

> Basically all the features I've listed above.
> Clean, tasteful, simple design yet sophisticated in features.
> Easy to use.
> Customizable to suit your liking in terms of expense categories, display options and default entry options.
> The development team is fantastic as I can see. They are active, respond to problems and fix them in new releases.
> Support is also seemingly good as most of the bugs or suggestions for the app are responded to promptly as you can see bby going to their website forum.


Cons:

> No password feature yet.
> Not able to fully calculate multiple currencies yet. For example if your default currency is Ringgit (MYR) key in an expense in USD while traveling, it is possible to do so but the USD recorded will not show up in your reports.
> Currently can only track single accounts. Multiple accounts seem quite a far bit away.
> Still a lot of bugs to be ironed out.


Personal User Rating: 9/10


Conclusion:

There's still a lot of bugs to be worked out here and there but these are pretty small bugs in general. You can actually track all these problems at iXpenseIt's website forum if you are interested. As I am quite a basic user without the need to have complicated spreadsheets and what not, I have not run into any problems at all except for the currency bug I mentioned earlier.

I would have given this app 8/10 but because the development team seems to be making significant improvements along the way, I am giving a 9/10 rating as I know this will become a superb app if it is not already. You can give the app a test run first by trying the iXpenseIt Lite version.

Highly recommended for those looking to keep track of their basic expenses/budget. Thumbs Up


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Additional Info:



My iPhone gets molested a lot by friends so I need to lock up my financial information. You can apply password protection to the iXpenseIt app (or any other app you want) by using the Lockdown app which you can find on Cydia if you have JB applied.

This post has been edited by wilsoncvt: Nov 19 2008, 02:02 AM

Name of App: Ocarina
Price:

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: require iphone 2.1 update

Your own personal description of this App: it's a digital carina!

Pros: it's fun! it's good for those with music talent and total noob!
maybe after u learn some nice song; can mpress ur love 1!



Cons: not that easy to be expert but pretty easy to learn !

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: fun to play with ! learn abit music! it's cheap! and u can listen to other user!

Name of App: Strategic Assault

Price: US$1.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:

This is probably the only playable real-time strategy (RTS) game available at the moment on the iTunes Store. A Google search does turn up with Agile Forces being another RTS on this platform but I can't seem to be able to find it.

Now I mentioned Strategic Assault to be a 'playable' RTS but it is by no means enjoying. This game will remind you of the pixelated warfare adventures of your yesteryears such as the original Dune and Command & Conquer but think of it as an even more stripped down version of both the latter legendary games.



In Strategic Assault, you only get to play against only one enemy opponent. Resources are collected by capturing strategic buildings. Basically you only have 3 varieties of building markers (separated by 3 colours) which are your base, the enemy's base and the strategic buildings. There are basic buildings and military units such as tanks that you can build throughout the game. Military units can be grouped together via one of the 3 menu view options; the other 2 being the Radar view and Build view as you can see in the screen shots below.



The game itself plays pretty smoothly and a somewhat effective 2 finger slide motion is used for navigating the terrain. There's even a catchy classic sounding midi music playing in the background but unfortunately thats pretty much all it has going for it.


Pros:

> Non buggy application. Game play is pretty smooth.
> Sticks to the basics of RTS which works 'basically' well for what it is.
> Catchy background music?


Cons:

> Old skool pixelated graphics. Hardly a good use of our beautiful screens.
> Lack of challenging game play.
> No multi-player capabilities.
> Uninspiring game play experience.
> Nothing new.


Personal User Rating: 2/10


Conclusion:

There are a lot of improvements that can be made to make Strategic Assault a fantastic game but for the moment RTS fans will be sorely disappointed with the lack of challenge, lack of visual stimuli, lack of multi-player capability and pretty much lack of everything. As Strategic Assault is an old game originally found on the Windows Mobile pre-iPhone era, we shouldn't expect much improvements anytime soon.

The iPhone version of Warfare Incorporated will be coming out soon as the next RTS but whether that will be anything to shout for is yet to be seen. As it is though, Strategic Assault is just not worth spending money on.

1 thumb up for being one of the only (probably the only) RTS available. 2 thumbs down for everything else.

This post has been edited by wilsoncvt: Nov 19 2008, 04:59 AM

Name of App: Live Poker

Price: FREE



Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:



If you liked Texas Hold'Em, you're going to love this one from the same game developer. As opposed to Texas Hold'Em, Live Poker is essentially an online based game because you can only play when you are connected to the Internet. They dub themselves the largest casino in the world as you are connected to other poker players around the world from various existing platforms namely Facebook and Myspace. If you notice the screen shot above, it says 75,763 players online. It went up to around 85,000 while writing this review.

For those familiar with Texas Hold'Em, Live Poker has a very similar horizontal view but with a few extra buttons for online interaction. Of course, the vertical view is absolutely non-existent here though it would be VERY impressive if it did.

The game is beautifully done and laid out in a very intuitive manner. Game play is smooth as well. I will explain more of the features with the following screen shots:



Oh look! What a lucky first hand.



Chat features which draws up the keyboard when tapped on.



If you see a hottie, you can actually buy her a drink! You can also add another player into your poker buddy list. Live Poker gives you the option to use your Facebook account on the application so you can actually add poker buddies through Facebook too.



Now I know this game can be addictive but if you run out of chips, let's hope your gambling bug doesn't bite and you end up actually paying for extra chips. Just so you know, for everyday you connect to this game they give you 1000 in chips. You even get extra chips for inviting poker buddies. More than enough for your daily poker fix, wouldn't you agree?


Pros:

> Sophisticated and beautiful game design.
> Intuitive layout.
> Easy to use.
> Great interactivity features should you choose to use them.
> Great for both quick pick up games as well as long drawn out games.
> Long game interest lifespan. How do you get bored of this?
> Feckin hell...It's Free!


Cons:

> Must be connected to the Internet to play. No offline mode.
> Can be a very slight bit sluggish in very rare instances during game play. Might be an Internet connection problem more than anything though.


Personal User Rating: 10/10 Where else do you get a great app like this for free?


Conclusion:

What else can I say? If you haven't started downloading the game into your iPhone, I'm not quite sure what's wrong with you hehe... It's a great app and you don't have to pay for it. There is a paid version of this game retailing for US$9.99 which starts you off with 40k in chips but heck, you don't really need it with the daily 1000 chips allocation.

Name of App:
Armado Lite

Price:
Free

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch:
Compatible to iphone & ipod

Your own personal description of this App:
Very interesting games
Easy control with simple task to be completed
Clear graphics

Pros:
-

Cons:
-

Personal User Rating:
8.5/10

Conclusion:
Worth to download, its free



This post has been edited by gengstapo: Nov 25 2008, 08:48 PM

Name of App: Ace Tennis Online

Price: USD0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App: Tennis game which allows you to chat/play online with players all over the world

Pros:
1. play with players all over the world (and there is an option to select your desired country origin players)
2. and at the same time chat as well (haven for meeting girls online? )
3. entertaining
4. maximises your accelerometer by curling the ball left/right, long/short ball et cetera
5. cheap

Cons:
1. running for the ball can be sometimes be interrupted by confusing between hitting the ball and running
2. doesn't look very 3D to me, despite being claimed that way
3. names of the computer player names are clearly a rip off from the famous players
4. multiplayer with other users can be laggy (hence playing over the telecommunication network provider is not recommended)

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: this should be able to keep one entertained without regretting the purchase



start up screen


self-explanatory (it may take longer if you are connecting via the telecommunication network provider)


configure your profile and country (but no malaysia? i'm kinda used to this already)


i will not scold your mother/father/profanities here... but can i please play with girls only?


within seconds of signing in, a player has already approached me for a game


let's have a chat...


a multiplayer screen shot


singe player mode

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Nov 30 2008, 03:33 PM

Name of App: iVault (free version limited to 10 cards)

Price: Free

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both fully compatible, although it's been made for iPhone in mind

Your own personal description of this App: Great for storing minor or major details about your purchased item (original stuff) like UPC code, purchased date, model, serial number. Those info are stored in someplace called 'Cards' and it does offers a lot of categories to choose from.

Pros:
- Simple and clean user interface.
- Offers a great variety of categories to create your cards, just to list a few: Contacts, Electronics, Clothes, Software serial number, etc... Never forget your password anymore!
- You can show off your collectibles with your friends!
- Ability to create custom categories for your cards, eg: Books, Robots, Portable Device, you name it.
- Backup your cards online. You'll need to purchase an account though. I don't think this is crucial. Well, it's quite rare for iPod to malfunction.

Cons:
- Some lag time (miliseconds) when tapping the button. It is a very minor issue though.
- In order to create more than 10 cards, it requires you to purchase the pro version, which is kinda expensive.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion:
Definitely a nice app for storing details about your purchased collectibles, either for future references or showing others about them. Like your newly purchased iPod Touch.

Name of App: APP SNIPER

Price: $0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:
- Its a brilliant app.
- It will scan the App Store and list down Apps that are free or those that have undergone a price cut!
- Some Apps will have 'limited time price cuts' or 'limited time for free', and this app finds em out.
- I was able to purchase many apps that had to be paid for free!
- Also, if you like an app but its too expensive, u can "TAG" it and if the price comes down, the App Sniper will inform you.


Pros:
> Very useful! Good interface and simple to use. Just need WiFi or Edge Connection.
> Allows for some good buys.
> Example: Dr Awesome, a cool game, is initially $1.99. The app store informed me that it was $0.99. So i bought it!
> Example: ACTSudoku from $1.99 is now FREE!
> Can save you money

Cons:
> Can give a false sense of savings
> The prices are still in U$ Dollars
> Can be addictive

Personal User Rating: 9/10 (not perfect due to the hidden addiction it may cause) Lol

Conclusion:
I would strongly recommend this app to avid App Store users.
For $0.99, its a good investment




This post has been edited by dan2020: Dec 16 2008, 12:51 PM

Name of App: TV Show King

Price: $4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:
> Its a Quiz Game!
> Can be played online or offline
> Lots of questions
> Nice graphics

Pros:
> Its fun!
> Can be played with friends and anyone and it'll keep you occupied for a long time
> Many many questions! (Creators claim 3000+) so far no repetitive questions encountered

Cons:
> Tendency to lag. But very little
> You can lose
> Online game doesnt seem to have many people :S
> Pricey!


Personal User Rating: 8.5/10 (Price stops me from giving it a 9)

Conclusion:
Despite its price, this game is worth it. I was looking for a quiz game that was both fun and could occupy me. And im very happy with this buy.
Quality game all round.






This post has been edited by dan2020: Dec 16 2008, 01:21 PM

Name of App: Million Dollar Password 2009 Edition

Price: $0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:
> A quiz game to test your thinking ability.
> Its like charades
> A 'celebrity' guest will give you hints, and you will have to scramble a given set of words that are associated to the hints.
> For example: Celebrity guest will say "Greece" . Scrambled words will be: "SHTEAN" . Answer will be "ATHENS".
> There are 6 episodes
> Each episode increases in difficulty
> You win 'cash' for in every episode ala Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Pros:
> Fun!
> Nice pace when it comes to increasing difficulty.
> Nice graphics.
> Has long term value.

Cons:
> Its about rescrambling words based on hints. Can be monotonous for some people.
> Can be very difficult at certain stages.


Personal User Rating: 7.5/10

Conclusion:
All in all it is a fun game and its price is reasonable. Recommended for those who like word based games with flashy graphics

Name of App: Woord Book
Price: $1.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Yes

Your own personal description of this App: Its a dictionary.

Pros: 1.Its really easy to use.
2.Got three different voices.
3.Give a brief meaning of the word that you want to know.lets say if you dont know certain words that they tell you, just tap on that word and the meaning will come out.
4. Also have crossword and Anagram


Cons: Its include a pronunciation but 2 of it have to use a wifi. The one that didn't have to use a wifi is not very clear the pronunciation. I think my WeDict version 1.1.4 which include a pronunciation is better than this one.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: Very good for a people to find a meaning of certain word. No need to bring ur dictionary book.



This post has been edited by bonzaimy: Dec 25 2008, 02:21 AM

name of app : hero of sparta

price:USD5.99

compatibility: iphone 2.2 / ipod = not sure

personal description:
its 3d game, responsive touch joystick,just like sparta in '300 movie' gear heroes

cons: addictive

personal rating : 9.5/10 (worth buying)

name of app : chronicles of inotia ( legend of feanor )

price : USD7.99

compatibility : iphone ( yes ) ipod ( not sure )

personal description :

- it's 2d game
- the gameplay almost like diablo
- can be addictive
- easy to control your character by using touch screen
- a nice role playing game that u MUST have.
- u can play this game to kill your bored.
- remind me of diablo and ragnarok online =) for those diablo and ragnarok lovers, this game is worth to buy.. no regret

personal rating : 9.5/10

Time Crisis

Game - Shooting

$5.99

Review - NOT WORKING ! =.= .. getting my refund

Name of App: iDracula

Price: 0.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Absolutely

Your own personal description of this App: This is a cool game. The graphic is nice and its quite addictive too

Pros: Cool graphic and lots of weapons to choose from

Cons: They only have two type of fighting. But they already said that they will update soon..

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: I think for 0.99, its worth it. A best way to kill ur time

Name of App: Need For Speed Undercover

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: All Generations

Your own personal description of this App: One of the best racers out there. Fluid 3d graphics, no lag. Lots of missions with cool cinematic cutscene. Not to mention, many licensed cars to choose from.

Car crashes are realistic, and police chases makes up all the fun. Not to mention, car is fully customizable with an interface similar to the PC version. Whats not present is the free roam mode in the pc, which is not something unusual for a mobile platform.

All in all, good racer if you are fans of the racing genre. This and 2XL motocross is a definite grab for all racing fans.

Pros: Realistic Graphics, sound effects. Cinematic cutscene.

Cons: Noisy game music. No multiplayer.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: A must buy for racing fans.

Name of App: GunApp

Price: FREE.

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: iPhone yes. iTouch Not Sure.

Great Apps if u r a Gun Freak. It Got M-16, Granade, Knife,
Anaconda, Shotgun, Boozoka.

Pros: Its Great to play wif u fren, haha. remind me when i was a
young boy.

Cons: cant find it yet.

Personal User Rating: In The Scale Of 1 - 10,

1 For Not So Extreme, 10 For Extremely Extreme!

I Give 9.5!



Conclusion: Great App For Gun Freak. ITS FREE.

Name of App: BeeJiveIM

Price: $9.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Workable

Your own personal description of this App: Ts it just me,BeejiveIM very lag!!


Pros: Graphic, and away status upon exit

Cons: very lag

Personal User Rating: 5/10

Conclusion: any ideas what to disable to make it smoother?

This post has been edited by shinchan^^: Jun 9 2009, 09:44 AM

Can i give more simpler version of games that i've tested. Too long if i want to explained in details
FYI, i HAVE TESTED and CURRENTLY INSTALLED all these games in my iPhone.

But i'm too lazy to write my own description of these games, standard description from the seller itself should be sufficiant.


1. Name of Game: MONOPOLY Here & Now : The World Edition
Price: $4.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both

Your own personal description of this App:
- Give your iPhone/iPod touch a shake to roll the dice or animate the movers
- Use your touch screen to flick and drag property cards and simulate real-life game experiences
- Listen to your own music while playing the game
- Touch the icons at the bottom of the screen to Buy, Trade and Manage your properties
- Pull-down menu recaps last 5 game moves
- 3D view of the board and movers
- Select full-board view or zoom in for a close-up
- Graphic indicator shows which properties you own
- Discover fun facts about exotic destinations with “Did You Know?” Chance and Community Chest cards
- Play solo against the computer or Pass n’ play for 4
- Wi-Fi Multiplayer Mode:
- Allows 4 players to connect via the same router on a Local Area Network
- Save and resume games
- In-game chat with other players
- Automatically replaces players who leave with AI

Personal User Rating: 9/10
Conclusion: Can play up to 4 players (using 1 iphone or via wifi)


2.Name of Game: Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
Price: $4.99


Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both with OS 2.1 or later

Your own personal description of this App:
- Race against your friends in the exclusive Wi-Fi multiplayer mode.
- 28 licensed rides from the world's most prestigious car manufacturers: Ferrari, Bugatti, Aston Martin, Chevrolet Corvette, and more.
- Use your phone as a steering wheel thanks to the accelerometer controls!
- Hours of high-speed driving entertainment: 5 racing modes, 12 cities such as New York, Shanghai, Dubai, and Paris.

Personal User Rating: 9/10
Conclusion: As good as Need for speed undercover.


3.Name of GAME: Fast & Furious The Gamer
Price: $5.99


Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both with OS 2.1 or later

Your own personal description of this App:
www.FastAndFurious-Game.com

Personal User Rating: 7/10
Conclusion: Need for speed beat this game.



More to come. I have more than 30games to review. just wait when i have the time to do so ..

Name of App: CineApps

Price: Free

iTune Link : CineApps

App support Url : here

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both compatible

Your own personal description of this App:

I have tried Maxis ticket booking app and find it very terribly done. The app is very stupid. It allows the users to book ticket from TGV only and worst of all, you must be using Maxis line to book. No doubt Maxis is the only telco in Malaysia that sells Apple iPhone but they cannot assume all the iPhone users in Malaysia are using Maxis only. The user interface for the app is also very bad. Too plain and not nice.

I have recently downloaded this CineApps and find it very nice to use. The interface is very user friendly and it has showtimes for TGV, GSC, Cathay, Big Cinema, Lotus, Iswaria and Star. They have the trailers for "Now Showing" and "Coming Soon" movies. They do put dates on the coming soon movies therefore i will be able to know when the movie will be released. There are also a list of other movie trailers available in the database. The apps is even faster and more stable compared to Maxis apps.

Pros: Stable, Nice interface, Fast to load, Has the showtimes and movie trailers for all the cinemas in Malaysia. Even my friend in Sabah and Sarawak also use the app to check for movie showtimes and watch trailers.

Cons: Has some minor bugs such as the first cinema in the favorite list cannot be clicked. Hopefully the bugs will be fixed in the next coming update.

Personal User Rating: 10/10

Conclusion: Will be looking for more features from the app in the near future. It is good to see Malaysia local freelance made app can be so much better than giant company made app like Maxis. Way to go !

Screenshots from their support website :

Name of App: Awesome note +

Price: USD 3.99

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch:
iPhone OS3.0 and above. iPod Touch/iPhone compatible.

Your own personal description of this App:
At first I downloaded the lite version which is free and after using it for few hours straight away bought it.

Pros:
1) I like the feature where you can put a due date on certain task. Some people would use calendar but For those months ahead I prefer to put in note instead. If you have a due date/reminder it will have a badge on top of the application in red. I put the app on my first page so I won't miss it. Otherwise you would have overlook it.
2) It has a function of like stickies memo where you can just quickly jot down in there.
3) Can sort notes by priorities, last modified date etc.
4) Can upload to Google Docs but see the cons as well
5) The lite is limited to up to certain amount of folders you can create plus the icons, the folder color, background picture are limited. I can live with the folder color, icon etc limitation but I can't like with numbers of folders created etc hence I bought the full version.

Cons:
1) The same password used to protect the startup (when try to access the note) are being use for protected folders as well. In sense it would be wise to either lock the whole application or only selected folder and not apps and folder.
2) If they have options to sync via webdav somehow would be great as I can use my own webserver to upload to.
3) If they can personalise how to create a badge count would be nice. Now they only have 3 option which are Overdue, Over due + today and Overdue+Tomorrow. If it can have say to have the badge appear 1hr before overdue would be great since we have the option to put a due date along with the time.

Personal User Rating: 9.5/10

Conclusion:
Great app for writing and jotting down notes. At times you just need it to write it all down then maybe take a photograph from the whiteboard and just stick it in the notes.

Name of App:
Cooking Mama

Price:usd 6.99


Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch:
Compatible to iphone & ipod also available on nintendo ds

Your own personal description of this App:


Pros:
-
-Touch-
Chop vegetables, cut meat, and stir ingredients!

-Shake the iPhone/iPod touch-
Knead and shape hamburger meat with both hands!

-Tilt the iPhone/iPod touch-
Melt butter and spread it across a skillet, fry meat and vegetables!

Cons:
-sometimes does not respond to touch
-way too short
-crashes constantly

Personal User Rating:
8.0/10

Conclusion:
Worth getting but don't expect it to last long .



This post has been edited by interminate: Feb 23 2010, 11:56 AM

Name:Eliminate: Gun Range
Developer: Ngmoco
Price:$0.99/£0.59 Gyroscope game!
Compatibility: Iphone4

One of the few games in the App Store already taking advantage of the iPhone 4’s gyroscope is Eliminate: Gun Range from ngmoco.

It’s a very simple gun range game, where you pick off various targets with an increasing array of firepower at your disposal. Aiming the gun is done by tilting the handset and physically moving it around you to look to either side; it’s really impressive. You don’t have to faff about with any complicated swiping and this keeps your screen fully visible at all times too; you simply tap anywhere to shoot.

It’s very accurate; even the slightest movement registers onscreen. The action is very smooth and the brilliant display on the handset makes even the fairly simple graphics quite striking.

It’s very basic, so there’s not much more to say about it. We’re sure that app developers are beavering away day and night to get the most out of the iPhone 4’s gyroscope now that the hardware is available. But as a first example of the gyroscope’s abilities, Eliminate: Gun Range is worth a go.

i think is a must have apps!
PERSONAL RATING 9.5/10

Name of App: Deck of Cards

Price: Free (Updated to from 99c to Free)

iTunes Link : http://itunes.apple.com/my/app/deck-of-car...d463199678?mt=8

App support Url : http://www.facebook.com/pages/L-ish-Entert...190481241020611

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: Both compatible

Your own personal description of this App:
Didnt know that swiping the cards were so addicting. I even compared my scores with my friends comparing at each other's score.
It actually trained my flexibility in swiping the cards to the target.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: Will be looking for more features from this app in the near future. Good to see Malaysia local freelance made app

Screenshots from their support website :




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Name of App: Files-Finder Edition

Price: $5.99

App link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/files-finde...d733259837?mt=8

Compatibility to iPhone/iPod Touch: No (Available only for iPad)

Your own personal description of this App:

Though this is a paid app but I found that features this app was offering to users was justifying it's price quite well. I was looking for such a file manager for my ipad on which I can manage my files in a complete manner like within the same application I can read docs, edit my files, manage them. Moreover search, sort, filter and tag them. I can sync my files on cloud using Dropbox, Googledrive and Sugarsync. I can lock my folders to make them confidential. I do have Air Print Support to take print out of my files through Wifi Attached Printer. Most Importantly, I am getting an built-in browser with a download manager that is supposed to support background downloads as well. Now I don't need to install any PDF reader separately as this app supports a wide variety of supported file formats. You can create voice notes and much more.

Pros:
Have a Built-In Browser with Background supported download manager
Wide variety of file formats are supported
Air Print Support
Interface is much like "Finder" of Mac and "Explorer" of Windows and will be beneficial for such users who switch on ipad from their Mac or Windows.
Password Protected WIFI File Transfer

Cons: Should be some more cloud networks to give the user a selection flexibility.

Personal User Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: I will recommend it definitely, not for the rating I have given to it. In-fact for the awesome features this app has actually.



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