Apps of the week 22/04/2011

Posted by nkbish0p at 19:04

Tweet Welcome to what will hopefully become my first post in a new series of app reviews. Unlike the more random app reviews that I do, or the reviews of applications that I use on a day to day basis, this series will be dedicated to reviewing a selection of the top apps in the iOS App Store Paid download chart each week. I will be reviewing standout members of the top 10 apps to decide which ones of them are worth spending your hard earned cash on. I will be concentrating on paid applications only for this series. Hopefully I will be able to add a new post to this series every 7 days, (maybe every friday). These reviews will tend to be quite short, but my favourite apps may receive more extensive reviews later on.

Flick Golf!
£0.59
get it here

A pretty simple golf application where, unsurprisingly, you play golf. The aim is to get the ball as close to the hole as possible in one shot ad your effort will be rewarded with a point score. The more points you get the more holes are unlocked. Game Centre integration allows your score to be compared with your friends.

Good: Addictive gameplay, easy to pick up and play for a few minutes and can be quite challenging.
Bad: Golf purists may not like the fact that the app isn't really a golfing simulator. No whole courses.

7.5/10


Air Penguin
£0.59
get it here

Navigate a penguin across a variety of ice based obstacles by tilting your phone back and forwards and side to side looking down from a top based perspective. Either complete the included levels or challenge yourself to travel as far as possible before falling into the water (which for some reason makes the penguin drown).

Good: Slightly different take on the "go as far as you can through obstacles" formula, pretty decent graphics
Bad: Not my favourite control system, plenty of other £0.59 apps I would rather recommend.

6/10


Angry Birds
£0.59
get it here

The most popular game available for iOS. Everybody seems to have it already so reviewing it seems mostly pointless. If you have't played it yet, you should. Download it now it's well worth your 59p.

Good: Addictive gameplay, all your friends with iOS already play it, tonnes of levels
Bad: Not as good graphically as Angry Birds Rio, unlikely to receive any more updates.

8/10


Tiny Wings
£0.59
get it here

One of my current favourite iPhone games. The object of the game is to guide a bird across a series of hills. Touching the screen makes the bird travel downwards and increases its speed. When the bird hits a hill, if you release your finger the bird flies up into the air. Object is to get as far as possible before it gets dark.

Good: Surprisingly fun for such a simple game, nice graphics, easy to improve at
Bad: There isn't a great deal to it, gameplay is fairly repetitive, not exactly designed with "gamers" in mind.

7/10


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App of the week
Here I recommend the app out of those featured above that I think you should buy
Flick Golf! - Already great fun, could become amazing with the right updates.

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Thanks for reading. If you use any of these apps why not say what you think in the comments below?