Riptide GP ★★★★☆ ($2.99 / App Store) for the iPhone and iPod is a jet ski racing and stunt racing game. Visually graphical like a simulation with (very) near console quality imagery but plays like a fast paced easy to pick up arcade game. Play on 12 fun and futuristic raceways from canals to cities to rivers to buildings. You can unlock 6 different types of jet skis to ride in 3 different game modes: race, championship and hot laps.
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus ★★★★☆ ($.99 / App Store) for the iPhone is the best dictionary / thesaurus app available for the iOS even with the existence of Google search. Unlike a typical dictionary, AED shows how every word is linked to another. When looking up a word, the app will give you the definition, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, meronyms and more. If you need a dictionary app, AED is the one download.
Tweet Speaker ★★★☆☆ ($1.99 / App Store) for the iPhone is a Twitter app that speaks tweets to you in a digital voice. If you are a big Twitter user and find yourself reading to countless lines of tweets while multitasking or sitting in your car in traffic, Tweet Speaker may be quite useful to you. Developed with a top notch and beautiful user interface, each “tweet box” moves to the next as each tweet is read out loud as well as an animated timeline below. The digital voice however (even with adjustable speed) is not the most pleasant voice nor the most clear.
Convertbot ★★★★★ ($1.99/ App Store) for the iPhone is without question the best unit converter app available for the iOS. From the makers of the 5 star apps; Calcbot and Tweetbot - Convertbot is also on a standard all app developers should follow. Ingenious user interface anyone can use with visual, audible and control bliss. Converts currency, time, length and 17 other categories with over 500 different units of which can be mixed for conversion. If your in need of any sort of unit converter app, Convertbot is the best choice. Period.
Flickr Photo Map ★★★☆☆ ($4.99 / App Store) for the iPhone and iPad is a way to browse and search Flickr photos in a very visual way using the power of Google Maps. Sort of like Google Street View but sort of not. The world wide photos available in this app is from people like you and me, anyone with a Flicker account with properly tagged photos will pop up in specified locations. Its a truly unique and fun way to see photos (from ordinary to professional photographers) in just about any part of the world. The only issue is the somewhat frequent crashing with heavy use, but the app is good enough to warrant a purchase.
SAS Survival Guide ★★★★☆ ($5.99 / App Store - iPad version) for the iOS is a definitive manual to survive in almost any condition in any part of the world. This is actually from the best selling book written by John Wiseman but with enhancements only iOS can bring such as video survival tips, morse code signaling feature, sun compass, ability to search for specific things in the book and much more. This is a seriously useful survival guide with the added benefit of being a weightless app with no internet connection required to use.
