Today's Best Apps: VidLab, Xaggle And Routes
Xaggle by Icogno Ltd (Free, 6.5 MB): This deceptively easy puzzle-type word game offers a uniquely great way to challenge yourself and others. With its somewhat snowflake shaped hexagon-based board, the experience may be reminiscent as WordsWorth. However, unlike the aforementioned hit mobile title, the board begins blank, which you must fill the with a tray, bank, or pool of randomly provided letter tiles, much like Scrabble. Ultimately, the combination creates a far more difficult version, because not only may words intersect one another, they can also wrap around. As for the actual competition, there's a solo play leaderboard, plus local pass-and-play and online two person multiplayer modes that support numerous simultaneous matches via Game Center integration.
VidLab - Video Editor by Roberto Nickson (Free, 89.5 MB): Add some movie magic to those moments before you share them socially with this Instagram-optimized video editing studio from the creators of PicLab. Your miniature filmmaking begins by capturing an up to 15-second scene using the now popular long tap to record method, which also features a convenient delete button to quickly undo clip-by-clip. Once complete, it's time to decide on enhancements. Using the track separated timeline and preview provided in-app gallery, you can easily overlay and critique a border, text, visual effects, as well as sound effects, music, and other audio for nearly any point and duration you desire. There are more than 140 total elements included, over 40 completely free, plus access to your iPod music library. Separate package upgrades cost $0.99, although, you can unlock everything for $2.99. As for sharing your cinematic short film, the app offers direct output to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Mail, Messages, and the iOS camera roll at a resolution of 720-by-720 pixels with a small watermark, removable via in-app purchase.
Routes: Multiple Destination Optimization and Navigation by Neil Hershman (Free, 34.3 MB): Keep things on track during those multistep routes by accepting the assistance of this intelligent navigation tool. The minimalistic design gets right down to business, beginning with a bland looking form-style input of your travel details, which includes the address for every stop, how long you intend to be at each location, and the desired or required arrival time. Indeed, not all of these are required, however, the more data, the better the results. For example, if you're carpooling, then entering the final destination arrival time and the duration required at every stop would be the most prudent. In contrast, a vacation route may involve necessary arrival times at the waypoints as well as the final destination. No matter what the scenario, the Routes app takes every element into consideration, creating a completely optimized plan, and provides an in-depth overview before taking you turn-by-turn, step-by-step, and so on through your journey, complete with voice assisted guidance. Optionally, you can enable a five minute alert for each departure time plus share the itinerary. After the first seven days, the up to 10-point ability will drop to a three point capacity, although, the premium feature may be reactivated via an in-app purchase.
