Are you an app aficionado? Do you use an app that everyone needs to hear about? Let us know. Here at iFans we are constantly looking for ways to feature our forum members on the front page! The iFans Community App Bonanza is a new seasonal feature where we ask you, the members of the iFans community, what apps have been entertaining, useful or downright impressive lately. If you had to recommend one app, what would it be? If you present your ideas well and the community likes what you have to say, you might have a chance at appearing in the Summer App Round-up coming later this month. Be sure to read the guidelines outlined in the forums and share your thoughts. We are excited to hear about your app, and hope everyone gets a fair chance to share their opinion. Form a single paragraph outlining the following: 1) What the app is called 2) Explanation of why it's so amazing 3) iPad compatible? Android compatible? 4) How much is it? For example: The criteria for determining if your post will be featured in the 2012 Summer App Round-up are as follows: following the guidelines, legible use of English, creativity, app uniqueness, and number of likes on your post from iFans community members. Good luck and have fun!
My favourite app is a game called Jet Car Stunts. It is a physics based racing game, drawing inspiration from other well known racing games like Track Mania. The main focus of the game is to simply finish the track, using ramps, and jet fuel speed boost to race around. There are 36 levels to begin with, plus an additional 26 available via DLC. The game is extremely polished, the graphic look amazing on a retina screen, the color scheme although simple (green, red, white and black) is nice. The physics that the game employes for drifting and jumping is amazing, the car has the right feel of gravity and momentum. It is available on all major mobile OS' like iOS ($1.99 or Lite), Android ($2.06 or Lite), and Windows Phone 7.5 ($2.99)
If you have an iPad, get Alienblue (reddit client) and Ice Rage (hockey game). I wasted much of my free time on both apps and I highly reccomend them. Two of the dopest apps ever homie.
Believe it or not, one of my all time favorite games at the moment is World of Goo. I've been talking about this game for a while now, and for good reason. You can pick it up for $4.99 in the Google Play store, and you have a choice between two versions in the App Store; the HD version will set you back the same $4.99, or if you want to go cheaper and sacrifice the graphics quality, you can get the standard definition version for only $2.99. Either way, you get your money's worth. The app is a puzzle-based wonder that has great graphics and a stunning soundtrack (available on Spotify, as well as iTunes). You must construct towers, bridges and ladders out of goo balls to reach your goal on each level. Once this is done, you are awarded for each extra goo ball collected. There are several obstacles along the way, such as gears, spikes and bottomless pits. As you progress, you will also discover several types of goo that possess different properties that make the game a bit more challenging and interesting. Like most puzzle games, there is a lack of an actual plot. But it does a good job of keeping you interested as you progress each level. I highly reccomend this game to anyone who enjoys great music, a fun time waster, and best of all replay value. I have played through this game countless times, and it hardly gets old each time I pick it up again.
Opera Mini. It's a fast web browser. Faster than Safari, by far. It can load other pages quickly as you look at other ones, and you won't have to wait for it to reload them when you come back. Fast. Efficient. It's now my main browser App. And it's free too! Just get it from the App Store!
Headspace It's an old app that is great for laying out complex situations graphically. Say you have three radio control cars, which all need parts. Some of the parts come from different vendors, and another site has parts needed for all three cars. Plus your order list has entries for parts needed now, parts for regular maintenance, and upgrade parts that are not needed right now, but you want to order them still. And say your wife who hasn't a clue about rc cars is going to do the ordering. Headspace is great to lay out and oganize lists, ideas, even keep track of business, and do it graphically with the ability to link any entries to any other entries! So you have 3 teams of employees, all with individual goals, yet some parts of seperate teams will interact to complete tasks?? Headspace!
Thank you to all who have participated thus far! There's still time! The app round-up will be posted this Saturday, and all posts made up to 11:59:59PM pacific time Thursday night will be considered.
