What's new on the app stores on Monday 8 August 2011
A burst of 18 apps for your consideration
FBI Child ID
Even the FBI are making apps nowadays, although iPhone app FBI Child ID is aimed at US users – although it's available in the UK App Store too. The idea: parents use it to store photos and physical information about their children, in case they ever go missing and it needs to be emailed to the authorities.
iPhone
BlackBerry App World 3.0 Beta
RIM has released version 3 of its BlackBerry App World store client in beta, with a revamped home screen and new sub-categories for games and themes, to help BlackBerry users find what they're looking for.
BlackBerry
MTV Live & Local
We think this app may be US-focused, but it's an interesting rival for live music app Songkick. MTV's Live & Local App does a similar job of pulling in gig listings, letting people see what their friends are going to, and providing ticketing purchase links. This Android app also has Foursquare check-ins, the ability to upload photos and tweet from gigs, and to recommend shows. An iPhone version is on the way with iTunes library scanning too.
Android
Cher Lloyd
She's at the top of the charts, and now Cher Lloyd has her very own iPhone app too. It's been produced for label Sony Music using the Mobile Roadie platform, and offers news, videos, music, photos and a fan wall.
iPhone
POP Beginner
Australian show Puppetry Of The Penis has been an enduring theatre hit, and now it appears to have its own Android app. POP Beginner promises a "step by step guide to mastering our world famous dick tricks", while warning that "this app contains traces of nuts!". Indeed.
Android
Farrago AR – 3D Augmented Reality Creator
There is a growing number of apps for browsing augmented reality content, but what about creating it? Farrago AR claims to be the latter, enabling users to arrange 2D and 3D objects within the view-screen of their iPhone camera. The description errs towards novelty aspects: "Would you like to replace your best friend's head with the head of famous Mongol Genghis Khan? Pit your little brother against an army of alien robot pirates? Turn your cat into a fire-breathing unicorn?.."
iPhone
Maestro.fm
Android music app Maestro.fm is a cloud app that lets users listen to their music from Maestro's servers, share updates with friends and find more songs to listen to.
Android
Remofy
iPad app Remofy is a remote-control app for the Spotify music service, promising the ability to "control your Spotify playlists from the comfort of you couch, bed or jacuzzi". If you don't mind taking your iPad into the jacuzzi, of course.
iPad
Amsterdam: FHM's Rough Guide
Magazine publisher Bauer Media has released its latest travel guide apps for men's mag FHM. The Amsterdam app for iPhone offers a mixture of tourist hotspots and venues, an itinerary constructor and offline mapping to save on roaming data. A Barcelona version has also just launched.
iPhone
Kids Company MouthOff
UK studio ustwo has re-released its branded MouthOff app for Camila Batmanghelidjh's charity Kids Company. As with other editions, it lets users replace their own mouth with a monster mouth – in this case, those mouths are created by 7-10 year-old London children.
iPhone
G.I. Joe
Paramount Digital Entertainment has launched its latest enhanced movie app, for G.I. Joe, on Windows Phone. Users can watch the film, clip and share scenes, and look at additional content around it.
Windows Phone
SecretLondon
iPhone app SecretLondon aims to spotlight some of the more interesting and/or unheralded hotspots in London, with more than 50 in this initial release, and the ability for users to recommend their own secrets, with photos, and earn a tenner for each one that's accepted.
iPhone
Marriott International
Hotel chain Marriott has released its official iPhone app, with a mixture of bookings, hotel information, city guides and the Marriott Rewards scheme.
iPhone
Dynamic English Lessons – Phrasal Verbs
The latest app targeting people learning English as a foreign language is Dynamic English Lessons, which turns the process of learning phrasal verbs into a game.
iPhone
Mobitee GPS Golf
Windows Phone app Mobitee claims to be "the best GPS assistant, scorecard keeper, distance calculator, rangefinder and virtual coach, all rolled into one". A golfing companion app for Microsoft-powered smartphones, in other words.
Windows Phone
Pekay's Little Author for iPad
Developer Good Grief has released Pekay's Little Author for iPad, which aims to get children and their parents creating their own digital storybooks, choosing characters and items, adding text and recording their voices. The results can also be printed out or displayed on a TV.
iPad
Textpert
Waiting for the excellent IA Writer word-processing app to leap from iPad to iPhone? Us too. But Textpert might plug the gap. It's a universal iOS plain text editor, but the key attraction is that it looks like it works well on the iPhone as well as Apple's tablet.
iPhone / iPad
Giant Trouble
Giant Trouble is an iPad book-app telling the tale of Finn McCoul – "the largest giant in Ireland" – produced by the same company that made cartoon show The Raccoons.
iPad
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