Archive for November, 2009

Update: Amazing Hangman (with Bluetooth multiplayer) (games)


Amazing Hangman (with Bluetooth multiplayer) 1.0.2

Category: Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)
Version: 1.0.1 -> 1.0.2

Description:

Amazing Hangman is a very popular word guessing game. It is also an educational application where you can improve your vocabulary.
Play alone or with a friend via bluetooth.

Features of this application:

- A large numbers of words in its database, divided in many categories like "SAT words", "movies", "celebrities", etc…
- Multiplayer mode via Bluetooth
- Animation effects
- Sound effects
- The man follows the gravity
- No ads or banners
- More than 5.000 SAT words in the database

Just tap "Start" and start tapping the letters to try to discover the selected word. But be careful. If you make too many mistakes the man will be hanged!

Write a review! Your comments and reviews will be considered for future updates.

Enjoy!

IMPORTANT:
Few people has comment they got a message saying it could not be installed in their device because it is not compatible. In this case, just delete the application in iTunes and download it again (Apple will NOT charge you twice by the same app!)

What’s New

- compatibility problem fixed
Amazing Hangman (with Bluetooth multiplayer)

Update: Interval Timer (healthcare & fitness)


Interval Timer 2.3

Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)
Version: 2.2 -> 2.3

Description:

- Review -

"This seems like an amazing piece of software. Has the ability to edit round times, rest times, high intensity and low intensity sessions. It's exactly what I have been looking for, I can use it for running, free weights, mma, boxing or any type of interval training. Even CROSSFIT."
- by mmafightlab.blogspot.com

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- Description -

The Interval Timer is a fully functional interval training timer. It allows you to specify an overall workout time as well as a Low/High intensity interval and rest time between sets. During the set, it will alternate between the high and low intensity intervals helping to increase stamina. This is perfect for cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA, martial arts, circuit training, Crossfit, HIIT / HIT, etc.

The sound themes let you tailor the sounds to your desired activity. Don't like any of the preinstalled sounds? Don't worry! You can record your own sounds.

Asymmetrical intervals are easy to set up so it is easy to workout with Tabata intervals ("High Intensity" = work, "Low Intensity" = rest). You can set the intervals to the same duration for symmetrical intervals.

Working out to music is not a problem. Start you music playing in the iPod app, then start IntervalTimer. The sounds will play over top of your music without interrupting it.

If you have any request for a new sound theme or feature, or have problems with this App, please email support@plainandsimplesoftware.com. We listen.

Interested in sparring? Check out our "RoundTimer" App. Want more control? Check out "UltraTimer".

Version 2.1 fixes the bugs mentioned in the reviews.

What’s New

Added back in support for OS 3.0. Fixed volume slider.
Interval Timer

Update: MyNetDiary – Online Calorie Counter (healthcare & fitness)


MyNetDiary – Online Calorie Counter 1.24

Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Price: Free (iTunes)
Version: 1.23 -> 1.24

Description:

Free add-on for MyNetDiary.com – PAID online weight loss program.

Serious weight loss comes to the iPhone.

This free iPhone app complements MyNetDiary.com web site – the premier online food diary, with 91,000 foods, providing diet analysis and planning tools, advanced charts, reports, export to Excel, and the comfort of a large screen and keyboard.

Both the iPhone app and the web site are always in perfect sync.

Highlights:
* Wonderfully easy and fast food entry. No other iPhone, web site, BlackBerry, or desktop application is even close.
* Huge 91,000 foods database covering US, UK, and Canada – accurate, up-to-date, and without duplicates. We continuously update the database – let us know if something is missing!
* Two-way, instantaneous sync to the MyNetDiary web site.
* Rock-solid, professional implementation, no crushes.
* Nice and clean, ad-free web site.
* Customer support to answer your e-mails quickly and knowledgeably.
* Community Forum is supported by a registered dietitian.

You get what you pay for.

NEW: Twitter integration! Let MyNetDiary tweet your foods, exercise, and weight loss progress! Configure your Twitter account on the MyNetDiary Account/Twitter page, choose what you want to send, and MyNetDiary will send the tweets from the iPhone app and from web site. Your updates are delayed by five minutes to consolidate and avoid excessive noise. What are you doing for your health and diet? No more hiding!

NEW, now available on the iPhone – our online Community area – with support groups, teams, and forums for extra help, advice, and motivation in your journey to better health.

You can participate in Community groups and forums, check on your friends, write blog entries, or ask for support directly from your iPhone.

Change your lifestyle and achieve permanent weight loss with MyNetDiary.com

Access your online diary with the iPhone on the go, or with any browser online, at MyNetDiary.com. All information is safely stored on MyNetDiary.com servers available 24×7.

Notes:
* Internet connection is required to enter and save data in this version.
* Paid membership is required.
* Free test drive of full functionality of MyNetDiary iPhone app is provided, try and see everything in action. No e-mail or registration is needed.
* Supports English and metric units.

FEATURED IN:
* NPR Morning Edition
* USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge
* Health Magazine
* Chicago Tribune

What’s New

* Improved food and exercise entry organization (the old, "one-screen" entry way, could be selected in the Settings).
* Several defect fixes.

MyNetDiary – Online Calorie Counter

Update: iFitness (healthcare & fitness)


iFitness 9.48

Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Price: $1.99 (iTunes)
Version: 9.47 -> 9.48

Description:

**ON SALE** RAVED ABOUT BY ABC NEWS, THE WASHINGTON POST AND THOUSANDS OF HAPPY CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE. FIND OUT HOW THE WORLD IS GETTING IN SHAPE WITH iFITNESS!

iFitness is a comprehensive exercise database that provides clear pictures, videos and instructions – all within the palm of your hand.

Regular exercise is essential for becoming and staying fit. Experts recommend changing your workout routine regularly to keep your body from growing accustomed to the same old routine and to keep things interesting and enjoyable.

Personal trainers can be costly though, and attempting a new exercise without assistance can lead to strain or an ineffective workout. iFitness is the solution to both problems.

iFitness provides images of people performing over 230 exercises, sorted by body region or the exact muscle it targets. Simply choose a target, tap on an exercise, and you are presented with a picture of the exercise. Double tap to flip the image and reveal clearly worded instructions on the back – directing you step-by-step. For more difficult exercises, a single tap on the video icon brings up video instruction!

You can even add exercises to your custom workout list, and make several workouts for different days of the week. Are we missing an exercise? You can add your own custom exercise to ensure your complete workout is there.

Want to track your progress? Tap the log icon and easily record your progress. Your data is saved and presented to you in an easy to understand form, and can be sent to your email with just one finger tap. Why waste money on all of those separate "logging apps" that litter iTunes?

Want routines you can perform? Our registered fitness experts have included 12 routines that target everything from weight loss to strength building. For those who travel, there is even an equipment-free routine for you.

Beautifully designed, iFitness looks and functions as a real iphone/ipod application should. Don't be fooled by our competitors – there is a reason we are #1. Exercises range from using free weights, cables, machines, exercise balls to even no equipment!

FEATURES

• over 230 unique exercises (more than any other application)
• clear images of people doing every exercise & full text instructions
• 100 (and quickly growing) number of video instructions for each exercise
• cleverly designed logging feature to record and track your progress
• ability to add your own exercise and track it
• exercises ordered by body region they target (abs, arms, back, etc), exact muscle they workout or the equipment they use
• ability to create MULTIPLE customized workouts
• 12 routines with varying goals (weight loss, strength, ab definition, golf program, etc)
• ability to email workout logs to yourself in csv and pdf format
• add custom photo for exercises from iPhone's camera or photo library
• graph your workout results to give yourself the encouraging boost you need
• stop-watch timer to keep track of your resting time between sets
• weight monitor/bmi calculator/measurements recorder to keep track of your progress and graph the results
• FREE unlimited backup & restore to iFitness server to keep all your iFitness data secure

DIFFERENCE FROM OTHER APPS

• lowest price around
• images/videos of real people (not confusing illustrations/animations)
• usable interface and design that can actually be used in a gym
• comprehensive list of features not found elsewhere
• detailed exercise guide, routines, & tracking – all other apps only offer one of the three!
• built in weight tracker app
• built in BMI calculator/tracker
• built in body measurements tracker
• built in backup & restore option

What’s New

For personal trainers, or those people who workout with friends who are too cheap to purchase an iPhone of their own :) , we have added the ability to create user profiles. Profiles allow you to log exercises for several different people, but the list of exercises and routines is common across all profiles.

Additionally, we have fixed a few bugs, including one which involved the rest timers.
iFitness

Update: Downstairs (games)


Downstairs 1.0.7

Category: Games
Price: $1.99 (iTunes)
Version: 1.0.1 -> 1.0.7

Description:

DownStairs – The classic game on Desktop Computer, now with squirrel!

A nice choice for you when waiting or queuing. The goal of this game is trying not to let the squirrel out of your screen. There are different kind of woods with different effect.

Downstairs is simple enough that everyone can play! Just move your finger left or right in any place of the screen to control the squirrel.

Stages will coming in next version, and more features are coming soon!

Have fun with Downstairs!

What’s New

Refined game background.
Downstairs

Update: Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense (games)


Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense 1.2.5

Category: Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)
Version: 1.2 -> 1.2.5

Description:

**Chapter IV: The Last Stand**

What's New:
*Openfeint Integration (leaderboards,Live Chats, friends and more)
*New Map "Avalon Island" with 3 Spawning Locations
*Video Tutorials

THE PRESS LOVES NPCD TOO!

**CNET.com:(V1.1)"This naval-themed, open-path TD exercise offers some of the most in-depth and challenging gameplay I've found."

**ApplicationiPhone.com:(V.1.1): 4.75/5

**IGN.com:(V1.1) 8/10
"The power-ups add so much to Navy Patrol, turning a basic genre entry into so much more. The balance is also quite good.The current download is a lot of fun and it looks like more chapters are on the way, making Navy Patrol a solid value."

**Appvee: (V1.1) 4.4/5 "I would definitely recommend it for any tower defense fans"

**Gamersdailynews:8/10 "You will find yourself coming back for more, or at least to beat your friends’ scores."

**AppVeristity: (V1.0) "It has enormous depth and great integration of RTS and RPG like-elements all warpped into a TD game. It’s a well thought out game with tons of abilities and powerups to keep things interesting for days to come."

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Featured in "What's Hot"!
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…"The Navy Patrol Saga Continues…Thousands are currently battling the seas to reach the rank of Supreme Admiral! Join the Journey with The Most Intense Tower Defense App Yet!….Will you survive all Chapters? "

Upcoming Updates:
√ Openfeint (Achievements,Friends,Chat)
√ Chapter IV: The Last Stand
√ New Turrets

FEATURES:

** Introducing ICS Mobile's Breakthrough AWS™ Realtime 3D Fluid Simulation Engine

** Fully Integrated iPod Controls

** 3Warfare Styles:
√ Sea Level
√ Undersea
√ Aerial

**15 Unique Specials Incl:
√ Touch-Controlled Satellite Laser Attack
√ Accelerometer-Enabled "Storm" Special
√ Long Range Missile Barrage
√ Tsunami Wave Special
√ Bomber delivered Nuclear Strike Special

**Dynamic AI Pathfinding System
√ Enemy Ships dynamically adjust their path based on your turret placement adjustments

** 6 Unique Upgradable Offensive Turrets
√ Fighter Jets Equipped Airfield
√ Large Cruisers
√ Mines
√ Machine Gun Turrets
√ Missile Turrets
√ Attack Submarines

** 8 Enemy Forces Including:
√ Submarines
√ Fighter jets Equipped Aircraft carriers
√ Dreadnoughts
√ FAS

**Turret Targeting System
√ Ability to order specific turrets to direct fire at the fastest, weakest or strongest enemy ships.

**Embedded “Skills Tree System”
√ Experience points awarded at specific wave cycles. Points can be allocated among “Defensive”, “Offensive” or “Technology” categories which unlocks a variety of unique specials.

** 3 Difficulty Levels
√ Seaman, √ Lieutenant, √ Admiral

** 2 Fingers Pinch Zoom & Turret Rotation
** Global Leaderboard
** Facebook Connect
** New Maps added during game update cycles on a regular basis.
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Support,News,Forums and Tips at www.NAVYPATROLCD.com
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What’s New

- Chapter IV: The Last Stand
- New Map: "Avalon Island" with 3 Spawning Locations
-Openfeint (Leaderboard, Live Chat and more..)
- Video Tutorials
- Bugs and Stability Fixes

Chapter IV: The Last Stand

The enemy forces scored a major diplomatic victory by securing a major
Alliance with a northern African state. Our satellites detected
several fleets from the newly formed alliance which appears to be
heading towards our Mediterranean bases.

Our intelligence agency informed us that the Alliance's new ploy
involves the disruption of our oil supply line which would cripple our
entire naval fleet. Incidentally, the Avalon Island located in the
Mediterranean Sea is host to our largest oil refinery plant
and all of our installations in the region are destined to be soon under siege.

Since our military planners failed to anticipate such a catastrophic
scenario, an airfield was never built on Avalon which means that the
upcoming conflict will be conducted without air support.

All indicators points towards a brutal offensive, our toughest challenge
to date! A victory by the alliance on Avalon will precipitate the end
of the war and lead to our demise. Avalon must be protected at all
cost ! And always remember…..

…..Be Smart, Be Strong, Defend!
Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense

Update: ITIL V3 Foundation Exam Prep (education)


ITIL V3 Foundation Exam Prep 1.1

Category: Education
Price: $4.99 (iTunes)
Version: 1.0 -> 1.1

Description:

Carefully crafted by ITIL certified project managers, this application contains 100 questions and detailed answers to help you achieve this valuable certification.

While other products out there are cut-and-paste out of project management definitions, each answer in our module is paired with a Key Takeaway to bridge the gap between conceptual knowledge and practical application.

Our focus is to provide actionable advice that will allow you to deliver more value to your company and your customers, make more money and have a more fulfilling career.

Key Topics

The ITIL foundational exam covers the five core volumes of ITIL:

Service Strategy
Service Design
Service Transition
Service Operation
Continual Service Improvement

What is ITIL?

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and policies for managing the Information Technology (IT) services (ITSM), developments and operations.

ITIL is a registered trademark of the OGC, which had no role in the creation of this product and does not endorse it.

What’s New

This version contains some minor fixes.
ITIL V3 Foundation Exam Prep

Update: Polar Bear Fishing (games)


Polar Bear Fishing 1.2

Category: Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)
Version: 1.1 -> 1.2

Description:

Jump on an ice flow and catch them fishies!

You are a hungry Polar Bear who likes nothing more than sitting on an ice flow catching fish as they drift by. Catch as many fish as you can – but don't miss too many!
Avoid the nasty poisonous fish too.

Control your Polar Bear through each level by dragging his ice flow around, or by tilting your iPhone/iPod touch.

What’s New

Fixed a bug where selecting continue caused the game to crash
Polar Bear Fishing

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