Apps rush: The Death App, Skyfire VideoQ, Groove Coaster and more

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What's new on the app stores on Friday 29 July 2011

A burst of 10 apps for your consideration

The Death App

A little paranoid? The Death App probably won't help. It tracks recent car accidents and murders in your area, plotting deaths on a map. The free app is for iPhone and Android, but uses a non-app store distribution system meaning you have to snap a QR code to get it. The app is a showcase for MobileNationHQ, a startup looking to help businesses build mobile apps quickly.
iPhone / Android

Skyfire VideoQ

Skyfire is well known for its iOS browser apps that let people access Flash content. Now it's released – in the US only for now – an iPhone and iPad app that focuses specifically on Flash videos. "It's not a browser, but an entertainment app," claims the company. Users can send URLs of videos that won't play in iOS' Safari browser to their VideoQ queue, or browse the most popular videos that day based on other users.
iPhone / iPad

Groove Coaster

Taito's Reisuke Ishida was behind the acclaimed Space Invaders Infinity Gene game on iOS. Now there's a not-quite sequel called Groove Coaster - a music rhythm game with rollercoaster tracks and generative music.
iPhone / iPad

Silent Ops

Gameloft's latest iOS action-adventure game is a 657MB whopper focusing on "the world's best elite agents". Cue much sneaking and shooting while marvelling at console-like graphics. 12-player online deathmatches are also included.
iPhone / iPad

The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale has been turned into an iPad book-app by developer Beegang. Expect text, interactive animations and a whole heap of spookiness.
iPad

Shoparazzi

Geocast's Shoparazzi app aims to help shoppers find the nearest sales to their current location, including the ability to search by label. It's tracking sales at more than 15,000 stores here in the UK.
iPhone

The Marbians

The Marbians is an inventive physics-puzzle game for iPhone, iPad and Android which sees you bouncing aliens through courses to find their UFOs – accompanied by a retro rock'n'roll soundtrack.
iPhone / Android / iPad

Twombly and Poussin: Companion Guide

ArtFinder's new iPhone app focuses on 32 works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin. It uses image recognition tech to identify what picture the user is looking at, then serve up audio commentaries, text and biographies. And for users who can't get to the show, the app acts as a virtual tour.
iPhone

iFives

Getting set for the football season by dusting off your own boots? iFives is a really useful app for anyone organising five-a-side matches (or, indeed, six, seven or 11-a-side). It pulls in messaging and phone contacts to help arrange games, with social features included to join local matches.
iPhone

Rapunzel – Interactive Pop-Up Book

Rapunzel has got the book-app treatment before, but developer Yippee Arts is having another crack at the fairy tale. Its iPad app includes voice narration and beautiful illustrations.
iPad

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Charles Arthur 29 Jul, 2011

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