What's new on the app stores on Thursday 4 August 2011
A burst of 13 apps for your consideration
Final Fantasy Tactics
Square Enix has brought its Final Fantasy Tactics franchise to iPhone, with an episode subtitled The War Of The Lions – previously released on PSP in 2007. There are new touchscreen controls and boosted loading times, with tarted-up graphics too. Rival games publishers will be keenly watching to see if the £10.99 price sinks or swims on the App Store.
iPhone
Peppa Pig's Party Time
P2 Games has released the first Peppa Pig app for iPad. Party Time offers a mixture of mini-games and creative activities starring Peppa, family and friends. Stickers, cake-decoration and musical chairs all feature.
iPad
Cut the Rope: Experiments
Casual iOS hit Cut the Rope has a sequel for iPhone and iPad, which sees hero Om Nom taking on another succession of physics puzzles. From an industry standpoint, the interesting thing is that developer ZeptoLab is self-publishing this time round, rather than working with the original game's publisher Chillingo – thus following in the footsteps of Angry Birds firm Rovio.
iPhone / iPad
HP Codescan
HP has released a barcode-reading app for Android, which it's suggesting can be used to scan codes on products including computers, printers, ink, DVDs, books and food to return reviews, accessory information and nutritional data. We're guessing printer ink isn't too calorific.
Android
Shift 2 Unleashed
EA's Need for Speed franchise has taken its latest twist, with a new episode for iPhone that sees gamers racing through exotic locations upgrading their car along the way. A key feature is EA's new Origin community, with high-score tables, exclusive cups and "free NFS cash".
iPhone
Beep Beep Coloring Books
Corel is busy this week on the apps front, with Beep Beep Coloring Book its attempt to target the booming kid-apps market. The iPad app is a virtual colouring book, with the ability to share the results on Facebook.
iPad
Pac'n Twit for Twitter
Yes, what you're thinking is right: there's a Pac-Man-themed Twitter app for iPhone. What's more, it's official: this is the work of publisher Namco Bandai. It does all the basic Twitter stuff, with a Pac-themed skin. Galaga skins are also included for gamers who get bored of the little yella fella.
iPhone
MusiMob
MusiMob is a streaming music app for Android serving up 20,000 channels of radio and music videos, sorted by genre and artist. It works over 3G and Wi-Fi, and includes social features and integration with the Amazon MP3 store.
Android
Mirror Football Story of Manchester
The Daily Mirror's second club-specific football app for iOS isn't about both Manchester clubs: it focuses in on Manchester United. Fronted by journalist Oliver Holt, the app offers photos from the Mirror archives, as well as audio and video with Holt talking fans through the club's history.
iPhone / iPad
Save Dodo
Another day, another cutesy-looking casual iPhone game based around birds flying. These birds are dodos, mind, while Save Dodo has an attractive visual style that could help it soar above the crowds of competitors.
iPhone
GameBox for Facebook
This is an iPad browser app that lets people play Facebook social games – yes, even those developed in Flash. That's its big selling point, taking on existing app iSwifter in that field. For now, only two games are supported: Army Attack and CityVille, although the latter's availability as a native iPad app reduces the appeal for now.
iPad
My Daily Deal
My Daily Deal aggregates offers from services including Groupon, Wahanda Mob, Dealtastic and KGB Deals, serving up local deals for UK users categorised by city and type.
iPhone
Vonage Time to Call
Voice-over-IP firm Vonage has launched a new iPhone app touting low-cost international calls, but the big feature is the ability to pay those low costs using an iTunes account. Presumably this means Apple is taking 30% of the revenues, too.
iPhone
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