SEGA has recently updated its Total War Battles iOS app, adding a bunch of new features including a new game mode, new Game Center achievements, social network integration and much, much more.

Carat (free) is a clever, new app that promises to provide users with the information required to potentially vastly improve the battery life of their iPhone handset.

Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy ($4.99) has recently received an update, adding extended gameplay, Facebook integration and a number of brand-new planes.

If you're brave enough to hand your beloved iPhone or iPad over to a youngster - or perhaps, on the other hand, if said youngster owns an iDevice of his or her own - consider downloading WATCH Disney Channel (free). This new, universal application allows Disney Channel fans to watch shows from the network on an iDevice, on-the-go.

Cult of Mac recently had the pleasure of meeting with Vito Technology - the makers of Star Walk ($1.99) and Solar Walk ($0.99) - at WWDC '12, and heard about the developer's plans for its popular astronomy iOS applications.

Prepare yourself - realMyst has arrived in the iPad App Store, and is available to download for $6.99.

As the App Store hits 500,000 apps, some developers worry Apple doesn't care about app promotion.

WarGames: WOPR ($0.99) - the officially licensed iOS game based on the 1983 motion picture - is now available to download in the App Store.

If you're a fan of Diner Dash, Hotel Dash and other similar service-with-a-smile style iOS apps, consider downloading Jane's Hotel 2: Family Hero HD.

Apple's iOS 6 makes updating and re-downloading App Store apps much easier than before.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 has received an update, read on to find out what's new!

There's a new "With Friends" iOS app on the block.

The App Star contest is over for another year and here are the top three winners.

Has Apple completely lost it? Take a look at iTunes to decide for yourself.

Google has just launched a brand-new iOS app: Schemer - a service that makes activity recommendations based on users' locations, according to The Verge.

The App Store is teeming with fraudulent apps. Temple Hunt! is just one more on a list that shouldn't exist in the first place.

If you're a fan of side-scrolling iOS games, consider downloading Gene Effect - a brand-new iOS app that puts players in control of a small spacecraft, which must be navigated through the distant alien ore mines of the planet Kratoss (and beyond).

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series is finally coming to an end - we've read the last book, we've seen the last film and, while some Potter-mad fans are enjoying exploring additional content via Pottermore, it's now possible to play through the last LEGO Harry Potter game on our beloved iOS devices.

After being charged twice for a song he downloaded in the iTunes Store, Robert Herskowitz is taking Apple to court. Claiming Apple "double-bills" with “troubling regularity,” the man is suing the Cupertino, California-based company for $5 million.

It looks like Facebook is planning on launching an iPad version of its standalone IM app, Facebook Messenger.

Here's a terrific example of why Apple must improve their app approval process, and do it soon.

A growing number of AppAdvice readers are telling us they are currently experiencing a problem in the App Store when trying to redeem gift cards and/or codes for apps.

If you secretly wish you could enter a bus-racing derby and compete against other HGVs in a Burnout-style fight to the death, consider downloading Bus Turbo Racing for iPad.

What do the wild wild west, Rush Limbaugh, and Liquidmetal have in common? They were all featured in some of the more interesting iOS stories in the last week. Enjoy!