This week ’s solicitation of apps include new way to navigate the populace — as well as new options for destroying the planet in your family moving picture .
Already this calendar week , we tell you about how MyFitnessPal had hit the 30 - million user mark , we gave you a look at leaked screenshots for theforthcoming Google Maps app , and we bid a review of theWriteUp text - editingapp .
Other fresh and updated apps that caught our eye this week :
Action Movie FX : If you ’ve ever wanted to make your home movie look like it has big - budget special effects , you could probably do bad than sprain to the folks at Bad Robot — the production house for Star Trek and Super 8 director J.J. Abrams . Action Movie FX , a free app for iPhone and iPad that lets you add explosion , missile attacks , lasers , and more to videos of your backyard barbecue . This week ’s update volunteer four unexampled “ sci - fi smash hit ” effects : “ Robo attack , ” “ laser blaster , ” “ foreign fit , ” and “ space destroyer . ” There are also raw substance abuser interface features , including pinch - to - zoom and drag - and - drop-off tool that make it easier to turn your home movies into something special .
Checkmark : loads of getting - thing - done apps remind you when to carry out certain job . Checkmark , a $ 2 iPhone offering , does that and more — it reminds you where to do those things , too : twofold - tap a localization on the app ’s map , and when you arrive there it will alarm you to the task in need of accomplishing . This week ’s update better the maps available on the telephone set , bid user the ability to see satellite and hybrid views of neighborhood , as well as the power to place a pin anywhere on that map . The update also include Modern features to avail exploiter set recur reminders or run into “ nap ” on tasks they ’re not yet able to accomplish .
Circa News : Here ’s an app for hoi polloi who require to stay caught up with the news show , but do n’t necessarily require to plunk too deeply past the headline . Circa News , a destitute iPhone app , offers a photo - robust summary of the Clarence Day ’s top news program story — but , unlike other accumulation services , prognosticate not to bring home the bacon you with five different version of the same fib . Instead , you get a bullet - pointed overview of the most authoritative chronicle : It ’s like getting a PowerPoint sum-up of the day ’s word .
Glympse : It ’s frankly heavy to do a societal - networking app that lets your friends get laid you ’re nearbywithout seeming a small creepy : The free Glympse app for iPhone and iPad tries to remove the problem by place user in total control of who sees their location and when ; It offer tools to send friends a notification of their emplacement ( via email , Twitter , Facebook , and textual matter ) and how long they ’ll be there . When the timekeeper on that notification expires , the user ’s localisation is no longer visible to the populace . This week ’s update allow users request Glympse notification from each other , and also allows multiple users to form “ Glympse groups ” for common activities .
Emanata Comics : If you love indie comics — and the artists who make them — you should retard out the freeEmanata Comicsapp for iPad ; it lets those artists display and sell their work ( issues start at $ 1 for each one ) while letting the artists retain the right wing to deal the same workplace elsewhere . reader get a prospect to see the work of up - and - coming Divine , as well as odd and eccentric voice that are n’t showcased elsewhere . Everybody wins .
Quick Route / Atlas by Collins : The advent of iOS 6 — and Apple ’s much - discussed decision to replace the formerly native Google Maps app on the iPhone and iPad — has been a boon to makers of mapping and GPS apps . Quick Route , a $ 5 navigation app for iPhone , might be greet blithely by users hold off for Google to free its own map app for iOS : The app uses Google Places to power its routing instructions , but displays them overlaid on Apple ’s own function . If your purpose is n’t seafaring , but simply to savour the glory of a well - made atlas , Atlas by Collins — a $ 10 offering for iPhone and iPad — offer beautiful imagination and detailed information by locations all across the planet . The app is compatible with the iPhone 4 or later , or the iPad 2 or later .
VocaLive : Another week , another top - flight of steps music - induce app from IK Multimeida . This sentence it’sVocaLive , a $ 20 iPhone app that contains a dozen vocal effects to facilitate get the best out of your lead singer ’s outspoken caterpillar tread . This workweek ’s update proffer a number of new feature , including the power to export path to SoundCloud or an FTP news report . felicitous vocalizing !
Other apps of note : Kloutadded Passbook support … contain the Weatherdebuted as the newest agency to , um , check the atmospheric condition … Sonic Jumplaunched your favorite hedgehog on a new dangerous undertaking … Localscopeupdated for compatibility with iOS 6 … andNigella Lawson ’s eponymous appis now available on the iPad .
