2012-05-20

Top 10 Free iPhone Apps of the Week
The Smartphone App Review

Here is our countdown of the Top 10 Free iPhone Apps of the Week. Don’t let these gems pass you by. Save your money, and go free!

 

 

1. Wordsearch Deluxe



The ultimate word search puzzle game for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

★ Over 100 different categories

★ 4 different difficulty modes

★ Excellent graphics, with customizable background images

★ Game statistics

★ Openfeint achievements

★ Openfeint leaderboards. Compare your score with others around the world!

★ Great background music and sound effects

★ Faster gameplay with optional hint system

★ Available in English and Dutch

What’s new

Bug fixes



 

 

 

2. KitchenMaster

Do you have what it takes to manage your own kitchen?

Why not prove it in our new game Kitchen Master, a new and exciting game that will keep on, keeping you entertained.

Kitchen Master is a new approach to gaming through the use of real-life scenarios that take place in a day to day running of a kitchen.

Choose from two modes arcade or time attack and become the head chef supervising the juniors and making sure everything’s above board before they enter the kitchen.

Kitchen Master is a revolution in gaming. Through the use of simple game dynamics, casual gaming style and fun gameplay in a 3D environment makes Kitchen Master an accessible, traditional game for all ages.

What’s new

Do you have what it takes to manage your own kitchen?

Why not prove it in our new game Kitchen Master, a new and exciting game that will keep on, keeping you entertained.

Kitchen Master is a new approach to gaming through the use of real-life scenarios that take place in a day to day running of a kitchen.

Choose from two modes arcade or time attack and become the head chef supervising the juniors and making sure everything’s above board before they enter the kitchen.

Kitchen Master is a revolution in gaming. Through the use of simple game dynamics, casual gaming style and fun gameplay in a 3D environment makes Kitchen Master an accessible, traditional game for all ages.

 

 

 

3. Wrestling Belt Creator

★AppAdvice: Quirky App of the Day! ★

★Apps on Tapp – 4.5/5! ★

Finally! You can customize your dream wrestling belts!

Wrestling Belt Creator allows you to design just about every aspect!

Create it! And Show it off… Everywhere!

FEATURES

* Full Design Control!

* New iPad Retina Graphics!

* 100,000 Free Combinations!

* Personal Display Case!

* Multiple Share Options!

* Over 800 Billion Combinations Overall!

FULL DESIGN CONTROL

You have the chance to choose any strap colour, and you also get strap centres in loads of different designs – and again choose any colour! There are lots of different main plate styles to choose from and also unique side plates to mix and match with the main plates!

NEW IPAD RETINA GRAPHICS

Wrestling Belt Creator has been specifically made for the New iPad Retina! See your amazing creations in crystal clear resolutions! They’ve never looked so good!

100,000 FREE COMBINATIONS

Because we love our fans, Wrestling Belt Creator comes fully packed full with designs, colours and free stuff! We’re giving you guys 100,000 different combinations! Can you make them all? Show us then!

PERSONAL DISPLAY CASE

Love your new belt? Want to keep it forever? Go ahead and save it! Store it in your own personal display case. You have unlimited spaces – So make as many as possible! From here, you can also change them, delete them, or share them with the world!

MULTIPLE SHARE OPTIONS

Share your creations with the universe!

- Post to Facebook

- Tweet on Twitter

- Email to your friends

- Save to your photo album

OVER 800 BILLION COMBINATIONS OVERALL

With all the extra packs – You’ll have over 800 BILLION Different Combinations to choose from! You’ll have Mini Side Plates to choose from, Tips and Snaps will be unlocked – along with special detail for your belts.

You’ll also be able to change all the colours of the plates!

INSTRUCTIONS

Watch the video at:

- The Apptronics Website – www.apptronics.co.uk

- The ApptronicsLtd YouTube channel

- Inside Wrestling Belt Creator

Become a fan of Wrestling Belt Creator on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/WrestlingBeltCreator

Follow us on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/#!/WbcApp

(The screenshots here show the app with the extra packs installed)

 

 

 

4. Word Off

“Word Off Makes Spelling Into A Territorial Death Match” – Kotaku.com

★★★★★ – This is the combination of all the cool games you’ve played in the past! If you like competition, play this game!

★★★★★ – Not only is it extremely creative both artistically and creatively – but it is fun and addicting. 5 stars for this innovative delight!

Everyone is having a Word Off!

Experience the completely original, totally new word game sensation on mobile devices, Word Off!

Play with your friends in a turned based word game that will have you spelling your way to victory. Will you try and claim the most territory with long words or are you the sneaky type that will try and capture your friend’s base? What are you waiting for? Try Word Off! absolutely free!

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FEATURES

• Turned based gameplay

• Play multiple games at the same time

• In-depth profile tracking to see how much of a vocabulary virtuoso you are

• Use boosts to gain the upper hand

• Access your games across your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or the web!

• Earn coins to unlock exciting new boards

• Start a game with the tap of a finger

Don’t waste another minute. Try Word Off! today and start a game with any friend on a mobile device. Being literate is awesome with Word Off!

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Find us online: http://www.wordoff.com

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wordoffgame

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wordoffgame

 

 

 

5. Dimensions The Game – New Experience from The Makers of Inception The App

FROM THE MAKERS OF THE WORLDWIDE #1 HIT “INCEPTION THE APP”

#1 MUSIC GAME IN MANY COUNTRIES

Dimensions is a sonic adventure game starring YOU and played in your real life! It’s a unique sensory thrill you must experience at least once in your lifetime!

“You should totally try it!” Leigh Alexander, Kotaku.com

“The kind of immersion that few mobile games are capable of.” – Martin Bryant, The Next Web

“An amazing immersive Soundtrack for your life.”- Hans Zimmer

“It’s like legal drugs with no side effects!” – Pharrell Williams

Dimensions is a mind bending game that uses Augmented Sound to give you a completely new and unique immersive gaming experience. It comes from the team which brought you the amazing chart topping Inception The App.

JOIN THE DIMENSIONAUTS!

Become part of an exclusive group exploring the Multiverse. As a Dimensionaut you will lead an exciting double life. You will still be with your friends, but unknown to them you will also have adventures in the Multiverse.

SOLVE THE PUZZLE OF THE MULTIVERSE

Your mission is to unlock and infiltrate new Dimensions, collect Artifacts and defend yourself from the Nephilim.

THE REALTIME SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE FEATURING MUSIC FROM HANS ZIMMER

This is a augmented reality game which takes place in music and sound. Its the soundtrack to your new life – a life in the Multiverse.

PERSONALISED GAMING

Most games like Draw Something, Angry Birds or Infinity Blade require your full attention – Dimensions is different. You can live your life AND play the game at the same time by doing things in your real life. In Dimensions, you really are inside the game!

REALTIME MULTIPLAYER

Play together with your friends in realtime with the Collective Dimension.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME THE BEST DIMENSIONAUT IN THE MULTIVERSE?

Dimensions is an awesome game for all fans of Christopher Nolan, Inception, Hans Zimmer and the ultimate in sci-fi augmented reality sonic adventure!

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Follow us to find out new secrets about Dimensions and the Multiverse :

Facebook : RjDj.me

Twitter : @rjdj #dimensionsapp

Web : http://dimensions.rjdj.me

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REQUIREMENTS :

iPhone 3GS, 4 or 4S

iPod Touch 4G and above

iPad 1 and 2

iOS 4.2+

Good Internet Connection.

Location Services On.

What’s new

Greetings Dimensionauts and welcome to dreamers from Inception the App!

We at RjDj Mission Control are striving to optimise your Augmented Sound experience and bring you some cool new features and improvements:

* A cool new way to get Quantum Cells for free in the store! Check it out.

* Improvements to Ghost Dimension ( by Hans Zimmer ) detection – its scary in there!

* Enhancement if you run out of Quantum Cells during Artifact collection.

Go for it Dimensionauts!

 

6. Feed Me Oil

Featured as iPhone Game of the Week on iTunes and the number-one paid app in the US, as well as many other countries. Thanks to all of our amazing fans for the incredible support!

When hunger strikes, strike oil! Welcome to a weird and wonderful place where the land is literally alive — and it’s starving! Your job is to get the oil from the broken pipe to the mouths of the strange creatures. It won’t be easy though, as you’ll need to use all sorts of fun tools, as well as your brains, to solve the puzzles.

Press Quotes

“We can’t rave enough about how good the game looks and sounds.” — SlideToPlay, 4/4

“All of this makes Feed Me Oil one of the App Store’s best puzzle games.” — Modojo, 5/5 Stars

“…this game is definitely fun and it’s always satisfying to watch your black oil slurp its way into the mouth of a strange, big-eyed, oil-craving cartoon land-creature.” — TouchArcade

“Feed Me Oil is all about playing with physics, and having a lot of fun while you do it.” — PocketGamer

“Solving ecological disasters has never been so entertainingly surreal.” — 148Apps, 4.5 Stars

“…a wonderfully fun and challenging experience.” — AppSpy, 5/5

“This is the epitome of what an iPhone game should be.” — Maxim

“Feed Me Oil is another superb physics puzzle game” — Apple’n'Apps

“Feed Me Oil captures the best elements the best apps in its genre have to offer and adds a couple of nice touches to boot.” — AppPicker, 5/5 Stars

“…enjoyable for all ages and is great for those who like physics and logic puzzles.” — AppAdvice

“…this is a very well put together game, with many elements from other great games combined to make a fun experience” — Appolicious

“…a new masterpiece” — iAppstest

Feed Me Oil Highlights

• A huge variety of mind-bending levels will test your mental skills.

• Different ways to solve each puzzle for endless replayability.

• Intuitive touch controls that make the game a breeze to play.

• Incredibly slick and realistic physics create oil like you’ve never seen.

• Unique, surreal art design that looks amazing on your iPhone.

• Use fans, magnets, wind, and more to beat each level.

• Gift free levels to your friends and family and share your experience.

• Stunning musical soundtrack that features jazz, emotive piano tracks, and more.

For more information or support, please visit www.chillingo.com.

What’s new

The 1.2.1 update fixes the anti-gravity score recording issue introduced in the 1.2 update that contained:

• 15 New levels in all new ‘Upside Down’ level pack.

• New gravity flipping element.

• A little surprise for those of you who can’t get enough Feed Me Oil.

7. Consmr Barcode Scanner

Browse thousands of ratings and reviews to help you pick better grocery, health, beauty and baby products. Just point your iPhone at a barcode to instantly see product reviews and alternatives!

TechCrunch – “Yelp for the Supermarket”

As seen in Forbes, Ad Age, LifeHacker, PC Magazine, and more!

Features

★Scan barcodes of any grocery or drugstore product

★See user reviews and ratings covering quality, effectiveness, health, nutrition and more

★Share your own reviews instantly

★Filter by dozens of attributes like gluten free, curly hair, sensitive skin, non-gmo, etc

★See alternative products

★Connect Facebook to see friend recommendations

★Recall alerts if you scan a recalled product

*US Only

*Scan barcodes with iPhone 4, 4s, and 3Gs only. iPod cannot scan barcodes.

What’s new

*Support for iOS 4.0

*Bug Fixes

 

 

 

8. The Sandbox

The Sandbox is a unique powder game that provides you with your very own “physics sandbox” and gives you god-like powers, right on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad! Imagine creating your own universe (complete with amazing Pixel Art), composing your own music, and much, much more. The universe is yours to create or destroy, and the only limit is your imagination!

Start from scratch with basic building blocks like stone, water and soil. Once you discover mud and sand, you’re on your way!

Grow plants, build walls, and gain access to advanced tools for crafting more and more complex elements.

Before long, you’ll be able to access non-organic elements like metal and light bulbs, allowing you to populate your universe with creations both natural and technological.

MASTER THE ELEMENTS

● Assume the role of a god and master the elements in 24 challenging and entertaining missions

● Watch elements interact with each other and bring life to your universe: water evaporates, stones erode, and plants grow – just like the real world!

● Earn Mana from your actions and unlock tons of new elements and achievements

UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION

● Millions of possibilities. Infinite landscape designs. Countless different chemical reactions. Nothing is beyond your reach!

● Unleash your inner Pixel Artist to create or recreate amazing masterpieces

● Compose your very own chiptunes melodies within the game

SHARE YOUR CREATIONS WITH THE WORLD

● Create your universe and then share it in The Sandbox’s Online Gallery

● Browse the gallery to see what other players have created

● Rate other players’ worlds, and add elements too

An entire universe in the palm of your hand!

★ COMING SOON: ★

● In Game Localization

● Ability to comment on people’s creations

● Search function while browsing the Online Gallery

★ FOLLOW US ★

Twitter: http://twitter.com/thesandboxgame

Facebook: http://facebook.com/thesandboxgame

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What the press is saying

Pixowl is working on the next big thing since… well, I’ll just come out and say it… since Minecraft. 148Apps

What’s new

- Various fixes

- Better login management

- New sound effects

 

 

 

9. MotoHeroz

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★★★ #1 racing game in 76 countries ! ★★★

★★★★★ From RedLynx, creators of

★★★★★ DrawRace 2 and Trials HD!

MotoHeroz takes the fun, fast gameplay of a Trials style game, adds it to a frantic rally race, and delivers a fresh new kind of side-scrolling, platform racing game.

Players race, chase, and rally their way through a brightly colored world, competing against their friends for the fastest times, entering daily races, and hunting for secrets and coins.

✓ Inspired by the critically acclaimed WiiWare game MotoHeroz, named “Best WiiWare Game of the Year” by IGN and Nintendo Life!

★★★ COOL FEATURES ★★★

✓ Physics-based racing: fun gameplay with 6 vehicles in 30 exciting tracks

✓ Single player fun: Unlock tracks by beating opponents and different challenges

✓ Fun for many: Race against your friends in asynchronous multiplayer on each track

✓ Claim the top spot: Global and Friends Leader Boards let gamers compete against each other

✓ Fully optimized: File size under 20 Mb and blazing fast load times, instant restarts

✓ Upgrade your vehicle and acquire in-game goodies for super boosts

✓ Gather secrets: Find all of the hidden treasures to beat the game 100%

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“MotoHeroz is a remarkable achievement in track design and high score-chasing.” – Pocket Gamer

“It’s another downloadable delight from a developer that takes having fun very seriously indeed.” – Eurogamer

“MotoHeroz is another fantastic entry in a genre that RedLynx has taken command of.” — 148 Apps

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Keep in Touch!

twitter.com/redlynxgamer

redlynx.com/motoheroz

Get Help!

redlynxgame.com/forum/

What’s new

Fresh track pack with all-new car!

Support for 3 simultaneous friend leagues

 

 

 

10. Vocre Free Translator

Vocre is now FREE!

Have you ever wanted to have a conversation with someone who didn’t speak your language?

Vocre is a fun and easy way to have a conversation with someone who speaks a different language.

Vocre comes with TWO* in-person conversation modes:

• Hand-Held: Perfect for when you’re on the go, maybe while traveling, when you have a quick question or want to have a short back-and-forth conversation. [*iPhone & iPod Touch Only]

• Table-Top: Great for when you’re sitting at a table, possibly over lunch & ready to have a more lengthy conversation.

Today’s world is more connected than ever before; however, language still divides us. Vocre breaks down the language barrier, and brings us all closer – no matter where we are or what language we speak.

Vocre is your perfect travel companion, and works quickly, allowing you to understand — and be understood — almost anywhere on Earth.

Being able to communicate in-person with anyone, in their native language and dialect is just the beginning for Vocre. Soon, we will add new features that will allow you to make a phone call or have a quick chat with anyone, anywhere.

Vocre gives people the ability to talk to anyone in any language. Our world is full of people worth talking to. Now, nothing is holding you back.

Supported Languages/Countries:

• Chinese Cantonese – Hong Kong

• Chinese Mandarin – China

• Chinese Taiwanese – Taiwan

• Danish – Denmark

• Dutch – Netherlands

• English – Australian

• English – United Kingdom

• English – United States

• French – Canada

• French – France

• German – Germany

• Italian – Italy

• Japanese – Japan

• Korean – Korea

• Norwegian Nynorsk – Norway

• Polish – Poland

• Portuguese – Brazil

• Portuguese – Portugal

• Russian – Russia

• Spanish – Mexico

• Spanish – Spain

• Spanish – United States

• Swedish – Sweden

Speech Recognition powered by Nuance

Text-to-Speech voices powered by iSpeech.

*Vocre is in active development and we value our users’ feedback to help us improve Vocre. Contact us in-app via email and let us know your thoughts.

Oh, and if you’re having any trouble pronouncing ‘Vocre,’ it rhymes with ‘hooray’ — not ‘mediocre.’

What’s new

- Fixed critical speech recognition issue

- Added Brazilian Portuguese

- Set it FREE!!

 

 

 

App prices are subject to change.

 

 

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