iPad App Reviews

If you’re a fan of iPad apps, you’ve landed in the right place. Here we cover many of the best apps and games in the iPad App Store, and even some that are not so great, just so you’lll know which to avoid. We cover all the iPad app categories – from iPad editions of newspapers and magazines, to productivity apps, games, eBook apps, utilities, social networking apps, photography apps, and more.

Review – The Bard’s Tale for iPad

by Beth Elderkin April 13, 2012

The RPG, or role-playing game, has become one of the fastest-growing game genres on the iPad. Gone are the days when it was simply enough to hack and slash at fruit or jump doodles; nowadays, even mobile games can be expected to have a plot, character development and satisfying action. But the real question is: [...]

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Review – The Rebus Show for iPad

by Beth Elderkin April 8, 2012

Before sudokus, crosswords and Angry Birds became popular forms of puzzle-based entertainment, there was the Rebus. Dating back to the Middle Ages, rebuses are allusional devices that use pictures to represent words or parts of them. They were originally used to represent people’s surnames and tell stories during a time when a majority of the [...]

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Review – Lume HD for iPad

by Beth Elderkin March 30, 2012

In the world of iPad gaming, puzzle games still hold the spotlight. Oftentimes, more casual iPad users prefer puzzle games; because, unlike more involved games such as Sid Meyers Pirates! and Grand Theft Auto III, puzzle games are much easier to pick up, play and then ignore. It’s a more passive type of gameplay, which [...]

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Quick Look – HOPE Poster Photo Filter for iPad

by Patrick Jordan March 30, 2012

HOPE Poster Photo Filter is a fun little iPad app that lets you create striking poster-style images very easily. Here’s a slice of its App Store intro: HOPE Poster makes it easier than ever to turn your own photos into iconic posters featuring your own messages! Choose from nine different unique and fun styles. Just [...]

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Madonna Releases an iPad App

by Patrick Jordan March 26, 2012

Madonna has released a new iPad app this week, to go along with her new album and tour. The app is simply called Madonna and has a short, sweet (for Madonna fans) App Store description as well: The official Madonna app. Now everything you want to know about Madonna is available on your mobile device. [...]

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Review – The Sims Medieval For iPad

by Beth Elderkin March 22, 2012

I am a huge Renaissance Faire geek. Seriously. I’ve jousted, courted and costumed it up with the best of them. I even have a real sword. So I was very excited to find out that the latest addition to The Sims empire, The Sims Medieval, was coming to the iPad. Considering how much I loved [...]

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Great New Album Released as a Free iPad App – Tracey Browne, Everyone Is Ordinary

by Patrick Jordan March 19, 2012

I’m always on the lookout (or should that be listenout?) for great new music. This morning I’ve found some courtesy of a new album released as a free iPad app. It’s called Tracey Browne Everyone Is Ordinary, and it’s one of those very rare albums where there’s not a single track you want to skip [...]

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Review: Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days for iPad

by Patrick Jordan March 6, 2012

Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days for iPad is a wonderful, typically Python, journey back to the filming of Monty Python & the Holy Grail. The app was developed with the Pythons themselves and the short story here is that if you’re a Monty Python fan you’re going to enjoy the heck out of [...]

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Review: Football Manager Handheld 2012 for iPad

by Patrick Jordan March 5, 2012

Football Manager Handheld 2012 is this year’s iPad (and iPhone) version of the superb football management game from Sports Interactive. I’m a huge and long-time fan of the Football Manager series, after graduating to it following years of obsession with Championship Manager. I was over the moon when Football Manager first came to the iPad. [...]

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Review – EA Board Games for iPad

by Beth Elderkin February 25, 2012

EA Board Games: I love board games. I started playing Scrabble with my family when I was six. Since then, I’ve played just about every board game known to man, including the game of Law School — which everybody but me hated, but I fancied myself quite the legal jargonist back then. So when I wanted [...]

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iPad Books for Kids: Cinderella by Nosy Crow

by Patrick Jordan February 22, 2012

Cinderella – Nosy Crow animated picture book is one of many iPad versions of the classic story of Cinderella. In fact, a search for Cinderella in the iPad App Store yields 178 results. Nosy Crow’s version has won much critical acclaim and numerous awards – here’s its App Store page intro: Created in HD especially [...]

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