September 2009
48 posts
Free Codes: Rising Sign Ascendant Part II →
If you missed out on the first round of Rising Sign Ascendant codes, here’s another chance!
iTunes Link – Rising Sign Ascendant
Free Codes: Find Free Parking →
This one presents something of a conundrum. Find Free Parking’s job is to find you free parking spots… IN LONDON! But as far as I know, Apple is still restricting promo code…
Free Codes: Cosmic Chess →
I’ve reviewed a few chess apps already so I’m gonna pass on reviewing this one but, if you’re a chess geek looking for yet another variety of the game, this is your big chance to…
Free Codes: Find Free Parking, Part II →
10 more codes for this app just in case the first group goes flying off the shelves! Again, this app is for finding parking in LONDON but you must have a U.S. iTunes account to redeem…
Free Codes: Rising Sign Ascendant – Horoscope and... →
Rising Sign Ascendant lets you calculate the sun sign and ascendant for all your friends! I have no idea what that means, but people who are into astrology probably do. Even if you’re…
Free Codes: Elemenis →
Matthew Laird describes his Elemenis game as a “mix between Sudoku and Rock, Paper, Scissors”. Grab a code and give it a try! And of course Matthew would appreciate a user review in…
Q&F: Crime Spot →
It’s crime day! Today is all about crime-related apps because it’s about damn time we rise up with our iPhones and take back our streets in a flurry of righteous social media! That, and…
Be on the lookout for more free promo codes! →
It recently occurred to me that there are a LOT of promo codes that come through IAR’s inbox but never see the light of day. I know developers want to get reviewed, and we want to review them, but…
Q&F: Most Wanted →
My fellow Americans, if you see Osama Bin Laden please do your patriotic duty and whip out your iPhone so you can report his whereabouts to the FBI immediately!
Sounds funny, but that’s…
Offender Locator vs. WatchOut! For Offenders →
Don’t you just love App Store icons? Here we have two apps that do the same exact thing, and one of them is all serious and a little creepy while the other is satanic and kind of funny….
App Sale: Pocket Cocktails →
I reviewed Pocket Cocktails in October of last year and to this day I still have it installed on my iPhone. It’s a very good drink mixing guide that comes complete with photos and…
Breakspin →
I generally like to review apps made by smallish, independent developers cuz I figure corporate mega-giants don’t really need any help getting publicity, but some apps just look too damn…
Free codes: Silly Songz, Part II →
Whether you love it or hate it, developers always appreciate honest feedback in your App Store user reviews! That’s how they make stuff better.
This is the second and final round of…
Q&F: Album Shuffle →
You know that thing your iPhone does when you’re running the iPod and you turn it sideways and it changes from a list of songs to a nice row of album art that you can flick your way…
Double Feature: Let’Em Ride Pro and Baccarat Pro →
Allow me to quote myself:
“[21 Pro] is still one of the best casino games I’ve ever played on the iPhone… and I’ve played a few. Maybe it would be more accurate to say it’s the…
AlwaysOnPC →
There are more than a few remote access apps in the iTunes store. These apps let you easily control your computer via your iPhone. By creating the app AlwaysOnPC, Xform Computing has taken…
Free codes: Silly Songz →
This week has gotten off to a very slow start… I didn’t have time to review anything on Monday and Chris J. reviewed AlwaysOnPC yesterday, but once again I couldn’t manage to get…
Tight Apps Code-O-Rama, Part III →
Last chance to score some stuff from TightApps!
Wooo! You is fun if you like to scream WOOO, and Booty Gong is a way of celebrating successful booty calls when your pals are outside…
IAR’s 6 Random Freebies →
Hey it’s finally Friday and today’s round of untested free crap is all GAMES! Screw productivity, let’s have some fun.
Fling! by CandyCane: I think a lot of developers like to announce fake…
HOYLE Video Poker →
If you have a deck of cards in the house there’s a good chance the box says “Hoyle” on it, so it seems somewhat fitting that their legendary name is now stamped on an iPhone video poker…
Convert →
Unit converters aren’t even close to sexy which is why it’s been over a year since the last one I reviewed, but some are definitely better than others. Polar Bear Farm’s very creatively…
Crasher Squirrel →
When I spotted Crasher Squirrel my first instinct was to put it under the WTF category because I thought it was just gonna be stupid, but as it turns out it’s stupid and well done
C@rds Master →
Let’s see… I’ve gushed about Halloween C@rds, Christmas C@rds, Love C@rds, and Frame C@rds. Can you tell that I like this series of greeting card apps?
Hot Chili Apps was kind of…
WTF: Me & My Grandparent GOLD →
First of all, lemme just say that I’m not laughing at old people here! Parents and grandparents and other wrinkled folk are A-OK in my book and I mean that in all sincerity. In the past 18…
WTF: Pretty Poo →
Pretty Poo is the exact reason there’s a WTF category on iPhone App Reviews!
Digital Mint has created a cartoon piece of poo that doesn’t like flies, but flies like poo, so it’s your job…
TightApps Code-O-Rama →
The fine folks at TightApps are about to release new versions of Wooo! You and Booty Gong, so they’ve sent over a truckload of codes for each! They literally backed a truck into my…
POV: MonsterABC →
* “POV” (Point of View) is a new feature that we’re testing out *
MediaBrand’s rating: 8.0
IAR’s rating: 7.0
Women tend to run away screaming when I approach and that makes it hard…
Tight Apps Code-O-Rama, Part II →
The second installment in the TightApps giveaway!
Wooo! You is for screaming Wooo at your friends (they also need to have Wooo! You or Wooo Button installed), and Booty Gong is for…
Holochess →
I like when developers get all inventive and crazy with their game ideas! There are already plenty of entries in the match 3 and shmup genres, so when MeYuMe came up with…
Q&F: MyAppIdea →
Everyone and their mother has an idea for an iPhone app… trust me, I get plenty of emails from people asking how to find a developer to make their nutty ideas a reality! I may someday try…
IAR’s 6 Random Freebies →
Normally this bunch of apps is untested free stuff, but I’ve actually tried a couple in this round! I have three fantasy football leagues on Yahoo (I know, you’re sick of hearing about them) so that…
WTF: Zombie Weatherman →
Apple’s default weather app is sooooooo lame! No blood, no zombies, nothing.
Clockrocket Games gets goofy here with their version of the weather, complete with a not-quite-dead guy…
Quick Picks Fantasy GM →
I heart gambling and I heart football even more, so naturally I gravitated towards Quick Picks Fantasy GM the second it hit my inbox! It’s a weekly salary cap game where you re-draft…
WTF: Frog Box →
Well… you gotta give FAYJU credit for thinking “outside the box” on their strategy for marketing their other less ridiculous app, Fayju Ball.
There are two main things you can do with Frog…
iPsychedelic →
Feeling the need for some mindless release? Stress of the day getting you down? Can’t promise iPsychedelic from Ubik will set you right but it’s such a passive experience you just…
Double Feature: 3 Card & 4 Card Pro →
364 days ago I reviewed Avalinx’s masterpiece 21 Pro: Blackjack and even now, a year later, it’s still one of the best casino games I’ve ever played on the iPhone… and I’ve played a few…
Q&F: Space Shooter →
Invasion of the Upside Down Batteries!
Off to a slow start here after a long weekend so, while I’m finishing up a couple of other reviews, go and amuse yourself with Space…
IAR’s 6 Random Freebies →
This used to be called “Eric’s 6 Random Freebies” but it’s become something of a team effort so now our weekly collection of random free junk has a slightly different moniker.
The name may be…
Luigi’s Adventure →
I featured Luigi’s Adventure in a recent newsletter [subscribe] because I have a certain admiration for small developers who try to dive into the 3D shooter market. Plenty of these…
Fanball.com Fantasy Draft, Player & Injury News... →
If you’re a fantasy football geek you already know who Fanball.com is… they’re one of just a handful of credible fantasy news sources not named ESPN. A few weeks ago I did a three-app …
POV: Bomb Shot Recipes →
* “POV” (Point of View) is a new feature that we’re testing out *
Zenux Lab’s rating: 9.0
IAR’s rating: 5.0
Bomb Shot Recipes from Zenux Lab is a fun little app…
WTF: ManWax →
This guy isn’t crying because the wax hurts, he’s crying because this app is so incredibly dumb!
A direct quote from RustyCroc’s app review request:
“OUR APP MIGHT SUCK BALLS…
WTF: Dude Deluxe →
Dude! Duuuuuude! Duuuude.
That’s basically all this app does… it says DUDE, over and over and over again. It says Dude like you just spilled a beer, it says Dude like you just nailed your…
RunKeeper Pro →
If you enjoy running and have an iPhone, than you likely have heard of RunKeeper from FitnessKeeper, the GPS assisted training app for runners. It tracks and uploads training runs to the…
AllSport GPS →
AllSport GPS is a GPS tracking fitness training app that can track a wide variety of activities including running, hiking, cycling and skiing. It does so with an impressive amount of…
Q&F: Pandora Radio →
I know, I know, Pandora’s far from “new” but it recently occurred to me that there are a lot of truly clueless (and truly new) iPhone users out there! Despite Pandora’s perennial Top 25…
SwipeQ Interview →
Need to sound intelligent at job interviews even though you’re a total buffoon? There’s an app for that!
I have to confess that I haven’t actually used this to prep for an interview,…
Q&F: Outlast Football →
Call me a commie but I don’t give a crap about baseball… (American) football is the only sport that matters! And now that football season is finally here I’m on the lookout for apps that…
August 2009
54 posts
POV: Mr. Dumb – Go Down →
* “POV” (Point of View) is a new feature that we’re testing out *
Zenux Lab’s rating: 9.0
IAR’s rating: 7.0
Mr. Dumb – Go Down from Zenux Lab is actually Epsiode 1 of…
Lingopal in Portuguese and German →
If you’re cruising this website at 11:45 pm on a Friday night, you must be as much of a loser as I am! Here, fill your otherwise empty life with some foreign language phrasebooks,…
