This Week's Best iPhone Apps, All In One Place
by Joe White
July 2, 2011
The AppAdvice iPhone App Of The Week - Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($0.99), released June 28
Save The Universe In Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Official iOS Game
If you're a fan of the popular Transformers blockbuster movies, be sure to check out Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The app, which is available for the iPhone and iPod touch, puts players in control of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, and charges you with the task of defeating the Decepitcons and saving the planet. As mentioned, the app is available to download for $0.99.
New Releases
Save our Sheep ($2.99), released June 30
New Tower Defense Game Save Our Sheep Offers Crisp 3D Visuals
Another application to utilize Epic Games' Unreal Engine for iOS is Save our Sheep, a tower defense game in which players must save a group of sheep from a ravenous pack of wolves. Currently, the app is available to download for $2.99.
Street Fighter IV Volt ($2.99), released June 30
Street Fighter IV Volt Hits The App Store
Great news, Street Fighter fans: A new Street Fighter game is now available to download in the App Store, which mixes 2-D and 3-D graphics with great gameplay, a four button control system and a multiplayer mode (over Wi-Fi). As mentioned, the app is currently available to download for $2.99.
Alice in Labyrinth ($1.99), released June 29
Alice In Labyrinth Hits The App Store
A new Alice in Wonderland game is now available in the App Store, which offers stunning visuals and interesting, puzzle-solving gameplay. If you're a fan of the story, be sure to take a look at this app.
It's currently available for $1.99.
War Grimoire ($1.99), released June 28
Choose From 60 Weapons In This Medieval And Fantasy-Based Tower-Defense Game
If you enjoy tower-defense games with great 3D graphics, check out War Grimoire, and War Grimoire HD, for the iDevices. The game offers the ability to hire units and drag them onto the battlefield to repel enemies. You can even choose from 60 different weapons at your disposal and they can be upgraded later as well.
Currently, War Grimoire is available to download for $1.99.
Updates
Photosynth (free), updated on June 28
Microsoft's Photosynth App Updated, Includes Chance To Win XBox With Kinect
Microsoft's popular panoramic iPhone app has recently been updated. As outlined in the app's release notes, new features include:
Currently, Photosynth is available to download for free in the App Store. Movie Profiler ($1.99), updated on June 23 Giveaway: Chance To Win A Copy Of Movie Profiler For iPhone This week, we noticed Movie Profiler's most recent update, which adds the following new features:
- Best of Bing Maps – See the very best panoramas from around the world (and submit your own!)
- Summer Xbox Contest – The best panorama entry each week wins an Xbox with Kinect
- Email Sharing – Crop and send images of your panoramas via email
- Streamlined Sharing – Publish to Facebook and Bing Maps at the same time
- Camera Roll – Crop your panoramas inside the app and save them to the device
- Bug Fixes – Multiple fixes from v1.0 including Windows Live ID sign in issues
- Flexible Licensing – Change the third-party sharing rights of your panoramas
- More Places – Choose from a wider variety of places to associate with your panorama
Currently, the app is available to download for $1.99. The Best iPhone Apps Of The Week is published each weekend; a companion piece, The Best iPad Apps Of The Week, is published separately.
- During the search process also the related movies that you already own are shown below the founded ones, just to remember you what movie is already present in your collection!
- Now you can share, backup and eventually restore your collection directly from the Movie Profiler App.
- The iTunes File Sharing support is still present however.
- Added some "social" functionality.