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How to spend a $25 iTunes gift card for July 25, 2014

How to spend a $25 iTunes gift card for July 25, 2014

July 25, 2014
This week's list features comic books, a photo editor, early works by J.D. Salinger, and more.

Matter, $1.99, Universal app

screen568x568 With Matter, you can add 3-D effects to your photos using real-time shadows and reflections. These creations can then be exported as photos or video loops.

Modern Combat 5: Blackout, $6.99, Universal game

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The latest installment in the Modern Combat series of first-person shooting games is finally here.

Modern Combat 5 features four customizable classes that you can level up across an “intense” solo campaign and a “high-powered” multiplayer mode:
Step into the action as the latest installment in the best FPS series raises the bar for shooters once more! Create a squad, add your friends and test your individual and team skills against other squads! Is single player your thing? Then step into a world on the brink of anarchy and shoot your way out of one dire situation after another to expose a lunatic who’s trying to tear the world to shreds.

ComicBook! 2: Creative Superpowers, $2.99, Universal app, Offers in-app purchases

screen480x480 The latest app in the ComicBook! series features 105 creative layouts, 374 hand-drawn comic stickers, and much more.

"Three Early Stories (Illustrated)," $9.99, E-Book

6726019 Before "Catcher in the Rye," J.D. Salinger published the three short stories presented here: "The Young Folks," "Go See Eddie," and "Once A Week Won't Kill You."

Tydlig - Calculator Reimagined, $2.99, Universal app

screen568x568 Looking for a calculator that is fresh and exciting? Look no further than Tydlig, which features a freeform canvas, responsive results, and linked numbers. This is not your father's calculator.

Freebies of the week

screen568x568 Dropu features a new twist on the puzzle genre. Your goal is to make sequences of five numbers to clear lines. As developer Ricardo Fonseca notes in iTunes, Dropu is what happens if "Tetris and Sudoku had a baby." screen568x568 First released in 2012, We Heart It provides a forum where people can connect and express themselves through images. We Heart It 5.0 features:
  • Higher-quality and larger photos, pictures, videos and gifs.
  • Double tap to heart! Connect with the images and people that inspire you more easily than ever.
  • Customizable canvas that lets you feature a collection, like your favorite tattoos, latest fashion, or whatever you love.
  • Clean, modern and beautiful design. We Heart It has never looked so good!
  • New and improved browser, so you can save, upload and post new images from the web or your favorite blogs.
Another edition of "How to spend a $25 iTunes gift card" will be published next week. If you'd like your app or game featured on a future list, contact us on Twitter or through Facebook.

Mentioned apps

$1.99
Matter
Matter
Pixite LLC
$6.99
Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Gameloft
$2.99
ComicBook! 2: Creative Superpowers
ComicBook! 2: Creative Superpowers
3DTOPO Inc.
$2.99
Tydlig - Calculator Reimagined
Tydlig - Calculator Reimagined
Andreas Karlsson
Free
Dropu
Dropu
Ricardo Fonseca
Free
We Heart It
We Heart It
We Heart it

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