2013-01-08



It has been busy recently in the App Store with a bunch of app updates landing on iOS and OS X. Grab a cup of joe and check out our list of notable updates from the past week or so!

Favs [iOS Universal, Category: Social Networking, $2.99] The app for your likes, stars, social bookmarks and favorites. Version 1.2 brings the following changes:

Ready for iPad! (Universal App)

Ready for iPhone 5

Phatpad [iPad, Category: Productivity, $4.99] More than another note-taking app, PhatPad turns your iPad into an advanced brainstorming tool. Version 2.5 brings the following changes:

New pen/color palette

Improved inking and app performance

Improved handwriting recognition

Bug fixes

Choremonster [iPhone, Category: Education, Free] Choremonster allows parents and kids to actually enjoy doing their chores. Version 1.1.2 brings the following changes:

Parents Section

Redesign of the Kids section

New Monster Carnival

PicFrame [iOS Universal, Category: Photography & Video, $0.99] PicFrame helps you combine multiple photos into frames and share them with your friends and family via Facebook, Email, Instagram, and more. Version 6.1 brings the following changes:

iPhone 5 support.

Added four more frames.

Sharing non square PicFrame images to Instagram are padded to * display the full PicFrame image.

CamScanner Pro [iPhone, Category: Productivity, $4.99] CamScanner turns your phone into a scanner and a fax machine. Version 1.7.0.0 brings the following changes:

Support to register CamScanner

Transfer fax balance with your account

Compatible with iPhone 5

Share with JPEG format

Support multiple tags

Sort documents by created time

Jingu Friends [iPhone, Category: Social Networking, Free] Find people to chat with on WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, Hookt & LiveProfile. Version 1.3 brings the following changes:

Tell others what you want to talk about in the all-new Topics area!

When chatting with someone, you can optionally send private messages.

You can now "like" a message that someone has posted.

Check out the latest messages and likes that you have received in the notification center in the menu.

Know how popular someone is by seeing how many people have viewed their profile, sent them a message, or liked their messages.

Don't like someone? Block them, and you'll never hear from them again!

Find new users more easily with age and gender filtering!

Monopoly [iPhone, Category: Games, $0.99] Monopoly now on your iPhone. Version 2.2.25 brings the following changes:

Turn off the Water Works - we're now enhanced for iPhone 5! Update now to make this classic look better than ever. We've also made behind-the-scenes fixes to keep everything running smoothly. Update now!)

Izik 1.1 [iPad, Category: Reference, Free] Izik (pronounced EYE-zik) is the first search engine that is optimized for the tablet. Version 1.1 brings the following changes:

Click the 'Demo' mode button, sit back, and enjoy a visually pleasing way of browsing content.

Sliding drawer navigation adds the ability to browse trending queries.

Facebook and Twitter share buttons within the in-app browser allow users to surface compelling content.

An all new design!

[PopClip] [OS X, Category: Utilities, $4.99] PopClip appears when you select text with your mouse in any app. Instantly access context-specific actions including cut, copy and paste. Version 1.4.4 brings the following changes:

PopClip is no longer limited to a maximum of 10 extensions (limit is now 22).

Extensions can now be re-ordered.

Other bug fixes.

App updates that you don't want to miss - January 8 edition originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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