Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’

Talking Harry the Hedgehog iPhone app Review

Description:

In the Talking Harry the Hedgehog iPhone app you will be able to interact with a very bored and tired little hedgehog that doesn’t have much interest in what you are saying.  If you decide to give him an energy drink though you will see him spruce right up and either become a trained karate master or a sci-fi dodger of bullets.  Harry will actually say back everything that you say to him.  He will do it in a bored voice unless he has had an energy drink first and then he becomes very talkative.

Features:

• This game is all about getting a reaction out of your little groundhog friend.  You will be able to talk to Harry the Hedgehog and then have him repeat everything back to you in the most bored voice you can think of
• If you want to really get Harry going then all you need to do is just give him one of the energy drinks that is on the screen.  If you give him the blue energy drink then you will be able to see him turn into a karate master who can’t be touched!
• If you decide to opt for the other energy drink and you end up giving him the red one then you will see that he will get a little edgy and go into the bullet dodge mode
• Once he turns into either one of these characters from drinking the red and blue energy drinks then you should see what happens when you try to talk to him or when you try to touch him on the screen
• One of the cool things that you can do with this app is that if you have  a really funny session with Harry then you can take a video of it and record it to watch it later.  You can save these videos in your library and then send them to friends as an MMS or you can even upload them to Facebook or onto Youtube.  If nothing else you can at least email them to the people you know

Conclusion:

Who doesn’t like a talking Hedgehog?  This is a pretty fun app because you will be able to manipulate the hedgehog depending on what you give to him.  He’s naturally pretty bored and uninviting until you give him an energy drink and then he transforms into something completely different!  You can record the funny videos once you capture them and then share them with friends and family.

This app has been given pretty good ratings and is currently sitting at a rating of 4 out of 5 stars by multiple reviewers.   You can also download this app onto your phone for the price of $0.99.

WTF with Marc Maron iPhone app Review

Description:

If you love watching Marc Maron, then all you need to do is just download the WTF with Marc Maron iPhone app so that you can get access to all of the latest episodes right from your phone!  One of the cool things this app allows you to do is to download the episodes so that you can watch them offline wherever you may be at the time.  There are a ton of features including the favorites, resume playback, and much more!

Features:

• This app is loaded with extra features.  One of the coolest features on the app is that you will be able to take your smart phone and get streaming access to any one of the episodes so that you can play it literally anywhere
• The app is frequently updated so you won’t have to worry about missing an episode because all of the latest ones will always be on there
• The app is easy to use, you simply download the episodes and then even when you are offline you will be able to view them anywhere you are
• You also have the option of using the playback resume feature which works especially well if you get interrupted by a call or there is some other distraction that you come across
• There is also a favorites section on the app that allows you to make a mark on the episodes that you want to go back to so that you can watch them over and over again at your leisure
• You also will get really quick access to all of the different contact methods for the actual show so you can stay updated
• If you upgrade the app then you can also get access to things like the exclusive bonus content as well as the back catalog from WTF
• You can get the downloadable wallpaper as well as the push notifications that let you know ever time a new episode has been updated

Conclusion:

If you are a big fan of WTF with Marc Maron then this app is a must have.  It keeps you up to date on the latest episodes and information so that you will never miss a thing.

This app has been given a rating of 4 out of 5 stars by iPhone app users that have downloaded it and used it quite a bit.  The price of this app is $0.99 off of the Apple store.

ToonCamera iPhone app Review

Description:

In the ToonCamera iPhone app you will be able to take all sorts of different pictures and then turn them into a real live cartoon.  Once you have molded and changed up your pictures you can then save them in a photo album or share them with everyone you know over social networking sites or over email.  There are a variety of different art and cartoon effects for you to choose from.

Give your life a toon up with ToonCamera, a fun camera and photography app that turns your world into a live cartoon. Snap pictures and save them to your photo album, email them, or share them with others on Twitter and Facebook all from within ToonCamera.

Cartoon and other art style effects are applied to your device’s live camera feed through a form of automatic rotoscoping, a technique used in animated films that involves tracing over frames of live-action video with artistic strokes.

Features:

• This app allows you to create a variety of different effects with all of your pictures.  You will notice that there are 9 different art and cartoon affects that you can access on your camera
• In this app you will be able to do all kinds of things with your photos.  Try different combinations of sketching, stipple, and cartoon styles on all of your pictures til you find the right look
• You can also create a variety of different lines on your pictures.  Choose between the solid lines, the thin lines, and also the really thick lines
• You can take pictures in either the landscape mode or you can do it in the normal portrait mode.  It’s up to you and what parts of the picture that you want to capture
• Once you have taken your pictures and edited them you can then save them into a photo album or you can share them with your friends and family through either facebook and twitter or through email
• If you own an iPod 4 or an iPod Touch 4 then you can rotate between the front and back cameras to get your desire effect with the pictures
• The last feature that you can toggle on and off is the LED flash that is located on the iPhone 4 to make sure that you get everything lit up properly

Conclusion:

One of the fun parts about this app is the ability that it gives you to turn normal pictures into cool art effects on your camera.  The most exciting effect (hence the reason that the app is named after it) is that of the ability to turn things into cartoons.  You will be able to mesh a variety of styles and options to create fun little pieces of art with all of your pictures.  Also, it’s nice to have the front and back facing cameras with the iPhone 4.

This app has been given a rating of 3 1/2 out of 5 stars by iPhone app users and currently can be downloaded onto your iPhone for a price of $1.99.

Good Food – Bad Food iPhone app Review

Description:

So you have finally made the decision to start losing weight and now you are out on the market looking for a great app to help you keep track of your weight loss.  Look no further than the Good Food – Bad Food iPhone app!  This has a lot of different food items and restaurants that you can search through in order to find out what is healthy.  You can also see the amount of calories you are consuming and burning each day.

Features:

• This app has a huge amount of different brand names to choose from.  There are over 1800 different brands as well as 700 different restaurants that all have their full menus on nutrition
• You can also get full descriptions of the characteristics of all of the food items that you are looking at purchasing.  You will get positives and negatives as well as grades on all of the food
• Aside from the written details, you can also get graphic comparisons of a variety of different food items.  You can get up to four different graphic comparisons at a time
• You can also check out the display of how many carbs, calories, protein, and fat you will be getting by consuming each of the food items that you have chosen
• You can also search for a lot of different restaurants as well as food brands. That way you can know ahead of time what to avoid and what to look for
• There is a great tracking ability the app has to count up all of the calories and activities that you have done so far
• You can also customize the app by adding your own activities as well as the amount of calories you have consumed versus the amount of calories you have burned
• There is also a daily measurement feature where you can track how big your waist, thighs, chest, and arms are each day

Conclusion:

The great thing about this app is that it has over 300,000 food items that you can get advice on before you actually purchase them.  This good food bad food app can help you to shop smarter and start realizing those weight loss goals that you have had for years and years.  Download this app today and start getting back into shape!

This app has been given a rating of 5 out of 5 stars by multiple people that have downloaded the current version.  The app can be purchased off of the Apple store for a price of $2.99.

Take Five iPhone app Review

Description:

Don’t you hate it when you forget to put your music back on after you take an interruption?  With the Take Five iPhone app you can have your music automatically restart after five minutes.

Features:

• All you have to do to get started is just install the app and then launch it and then your music will start pausing your tune for five minutes for you to answer your call or to accomplish whatever your distraction is
• One of the other features that you can control on this app is to change the pause time from seconds all they way up to a half an hour.  This just depends on your own personal preferences
• You can just tap the app in order to pause your music throughout the day.  You can do this at any time, whenever you feel like it
• In order to restart your music again manually you can just slide the the time back over to zero.  It is incredibly simple to use and to manage
• When your audio restarts after the designated period of pause time then you will hear the music begin to slowly fade back into hearing range
• You can also use this application to view any of the album art of the music that you are currently listening to.  All you have to do is single tap it in order to access all of your playlists
• The playback controls that come with the app are also incredibly easy to use and you will just have to swipe in order to navigate around your playlists
• Last of all, you can use this app with a remote clicker that is on a standard earbud system.  This makes listening that much easier.

Conclusion:

This is a very simple app that has a very simple purpose.  It is solely for convenience and doesn’t have a million different options, but that is also why it only costs a dollar to download.  Pretty much the developers are trying to reach a market of people that hate having to go back into their music player to restart their music after taking a call or being interrupted for some reason.  The app pretty much will just start playing music again after about five minutes or so in order to let you constantly be listening to all of your music.

This app has been given a rating of 3 1/2 our of 5 stars by a variety of different users that have tried the app out.  The app can also be downloaded and purchased for a price of $0.99.

I Am Vampire iPhone app Review

Description:

Vampires are all the rage these days.  Every girl between the ages of 16 and 50 has read the Twilight series, and even more people have jumped on the True Blood bandwagon from HBO.  No matter how you look at it, vampires are popular and they are here to stay.  If you are a true fan of either of those series, or if you just want to get into the Halloween spirit then the I Am Vampire iPhone app is just what you are looking for.  You will be able to take any picture of yourself and magically turn yourself into your vampire self.  You will be able to include all kinds of features including the colored eyes, the ability to give yourself some fangs, and also perfect that vampire glow in all of its sparkly goodness.  Your eyes can be given the color or black, crimson, or even topaz, it all depends on your style and your likes.  You will be able to transform pictures of your friends, or even of groups and then you can take your pictures and share them with other people while using the email feature.  Or you can upload them onto social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Features:

• This app works with all kinds of different pictures that you have taken.  You can either use the ones that you have taken right from your camera on your phone, or you can take them from your photo library and use them
• One of the really cool parts of the app is how you can add all kinds of color to your eyes to make them look mysterious and sexy.   You will be able to add black color, crimson color, or even topaz color to them
• The other standout feature of the app is the way that you can make your skin sparkle and shine on the app.  You can add the precarious Vampire glow to your skin and have it really stand out
• Another option that is available to you if you choose to use it is that of the fangs.  Add fangs to your teeth to show how your Halloween self can suck the blood of your victims
• Last of all, you can save all of your different pictures and edits right to your photo library or you can choose to share them with friends and family over email or social networking avenues.

Conclusion:

This little entertainment app has been given a rating of 3 out of 5 start by iPhone app users and you can currently use it on your iPhone by purchasing it off of the Apple store for only $0.99.

Carve It! Pumpkin Carving iPhone app Review

Description:

It’s that time of year again where Halloween characters are coming out on everyone’s doorstep. Soon there will be little kids running around of all ages dressed up like witches, lions, the Joker, and Jack Sparrow.  One of the staples of Halloween, however, is that of pumpkin carving.  In order to show your holiday spirit, you have to come up with a creative idea and then carve it onto your pumpkin to show your individuality and also you attention to detail.  In the Carve It! Pumpkin Carving iPhone app your children ages 3 and up will be able to use this little app to do all kinds of pumpkin carving. They will love how they can just use their fingers to carve out a face and then they just touch the candle inside the pumpkin in order to light it.  Once your child has created a pumpkin you can then save it for them to go back and look at, at a later time.  You can also send the pumpkin picture to grandma or anyone else that might like to see it.

Features:

• Depending on how many kids you have, you will love the ability to have different player profiles on the app.  You can have up to 5 different player profiles when you are using the app so you can save all of the pumpkins separately.  You can also have different bungee pumpkin scores
• As your children are deciding what characters they want to use, you will realize that there are over 8 different characters to choose from as your profile so they will have a lot of different options
• Your child can also decide how big of a pumpkin that they would like to carve out.  There are actually 3 different sizes of pumpkins that are available for you, and you will love how easy it is to carve them
• Once you have created your pumpkins you can then save them right onto the phone so that with the click of a button you can share all of these saved pumpkins with your friends and family through email
• The graphics in this little entertainment app are really nice and have been optimized for the iPhone 4 and also the retina display on the iPod touch
• The graphics are very colorful and you will love the sounds that go along with the app to help entertain the younger kids that will be playing it

Conclusion:

This app has been given fairly decent ratings and currently is sitting at a 3 1/2 star rating out of 5 stars by iPhone app critics.  You can download this app onto your iPhone for a price of $0.99.

Create a Car iPhone app Review

Description:

The Create a Car iPhone app is a little educational app that has been modeled after an activity that you could do on the ABCya.com website.  If you want to see the original version you can also visit the site and see what all of the hubbub is about.  This game has taken everything that was good about the web version and has just added to it.  This game is extremely simple and pretty much just involves you having to click and then drag the activities.  This game is meant for elementary school kids to help stimulate learning.  You will be able to pick from six different bodies of cars and then you can use over 50 different parts that you find in order to style the car to meet your personality.  You can save the cars that have been created and then send them over to friends so that they can see them and enjoy them too.  Once you have created your car you will also be able to turn it on and see a lot of the different parts start moving.

Features:

• In the create a car iPhone app you will love that it only costs a dollar to play on your iPhone or iPad.  This has been taken from the popular kids game on the ABCya.com website
• You can actually play this game in a really high resolution as well.  You will be able to use the retina display on the iPhone 4 to be able to view the amazing graphics and make the most of them
• Another nice thing about the game is how many different people can play it at the same time.  You will be able to have five different player profiles saved right onto the game
• The vehicle parts are also a lot of fun to mess with.  You will find that there is a huge variety of parts to play with and attach to your car.  There are over 65 different parts that are all really custom
• The car styles are also a lot of fun to choose from.  You will pick the vehicle body style very first and there are actually 6 different models to be able to choose from
• Once you have created a car you can then save the vehicle and then edit it at any time.  You can just pull the cars out from the garage and then mess with them
• There is also an area where you can create all kinds of custom information for each of the cars that have been created

Conclusion:

This app has been given kind of crappy reviews and it currently is only sitting at a 2 1/2 out of 5 star rating after being played by multiple iPhone app users.  The app can also be downloaded onto your iPhone for only $0.99.

Spawn Illuminati HD iPhone app Review

Description:

The Spawn Illuminati HD iPhone app is a great way for you to be able to make some dazzling light shows on your little mobile phone whenever you get bored.

Features:

• In the Spawn Illuminati HD iPhone app you will be able to see some pretty awesome light creations and fireworks all by simply pressing you fingers down on the screen
• The way you use the app is very simple.  All you need to do is just select either a play mode or a pinch and spread mode from the initial options that are presented to you on the app
• Once you decide which one you want you only have to press the ok button which will be located at the very center of the screen and menu
• Once you have gotten rid of the menu that was formerly on the screen then all you have to do is just go and spread your fingers our across the screen and it will affect the light show that comes up.  Depending on how far away your fingers are from each other you will see different effects
• You can also mess with the mic input on the app and go in there and enable it.  Once you do the particles that you have will actually move a lot slower and the screen will begin to pulsate
• You can manage this pulsing and toggle it on and off and that will make the little particles on the screen start to move very quickly.  The particles on the screen will also start to react to different sounds and make them move differently
• If you have messed with the settings so much that you want to just get back to normal then all you need to do is just reset them by tapping on the circle that has the x that is inside of it.  Then press the ok button
• If you have a really cool light show going on and you want to take a snapshot then all you need to do is just click on the button for home as well as the button for lock at the exact same time
• If you want to make the particles actually explode into fireworks then all you need to do is just double tap on them at the same time and they will start to burst into all kinds of explosions
• You can use your HD creations and upload them onto social networking sites like Facebook and let your friends see them

Conclusion:

This app has been given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars by iPhone app users and can currently be downloaded onto your iPhone for a price of $0.99.

Wig It iPhone app Review

Description:

In the Wig It iPhone app you will be able to take any pictures that you like and then you can try on over 100 different wigs and see which ones look best on the pictures of the people that you have put up.  This allows you to have endless hours of fun as you put wigs on all of your friends and family that you have pictures of.  Some of the wigs are pink, while others might be bright orange and spiky.  You will love the variety that this app has to offer and you will find that it is hard to break away from it.  Enjoy this picture editing and play whenever you get a few minutes of spare time inbetween class or work.

Features:

• The main feature of this app is that you can pick from a ton of different wigs and hairstyles to be able to dress up your victims in your pictures.  There are over 100 different styles to choose from
• You will find that there are styles on the app that are for men, for women, and also unisex hair styles.  This way you have quite the arsenal at your disposal to really dress people up
• You can either take a picture with your camera phone right on the spot and then start adding wigs or you can use a picture that has already been downloaded onto your photo album
• While you are editing the picture you can also adjust the size of the picture and the rotation of it as well.  There are a few different customization options that you can mess with
• You can also customize and personalize how big you want the wigs to be.  You can make them larger or smaller depending on how large the image is that you are trying to dress up
• Once you have created a few different pictures you can then share them with your friends and family by emailing them the completed pictures so that they can get a laugh off of it
• You can also save the pictures so that they are always on your photo album and you can go back through all of them every time that you need a good laugh
• You can also upload your photos right onto Facebook for the whole world to see what you have created

Conclusion:

This app has been given a rating of 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars by a few different users and critics that have downloaded the app and actually played it and tried it out for a little while.  This app can also be downloaded onto your mobile device for only $0.99.