Winston-Salem, North Carolina – With no development experience under his belt, illustrator Kyle T. Webster defeated the odds by landing his first iPhone game in the top 50 paid apps list last week. He credits a simple idea that is suitable for all ages and language independent, as well as the proven marketing power of social media, for the game’s sudden jump into the top 50. By Wednesday of last week, the game arrived at position number 5 behind the classic puzzle favorite, Tetris.
Miami, FL – Dynadel today is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the original “Ovulation Calendar” for iPhone and iPod touch. The Ovulation Calendar application helps you determine your fertile days of the month, so you can either achieve or avoid pregnancy. It also maintains a list of your symptoms during the cycle, your BBT chart and your weight chart among other features.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands – Tuparev Technologies today is pleased to introduce Plants 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The Plants application consists of a photo reference guide to plants, and a plant maintenance scheduler. Using its simple, stylish interface, the user can easily provide all her plants at multiple locations with individualized care. Watering, re-potting and fertilizing are now done efficiently, correctly and on time.
Barcelona, Spain – Ivanovich Games today is pleased to announce the release of iDaze 9000 v1.2, an update to their hilarious audio feedback application for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iDaze 9000 uses advanced digital audio algorithms to create a gap between speaking, and then hearing it. Known as Delayed Audio Feedback, this effect can be so confusing that the speaker becomes dazed. iDaze 9000 will create waves of laughter as a friend attempts to recite the multiplication tables while his speech is reduced to gibberish.
Berkeley, CA – MacEase Software today is pleased to announce the launch of TheMacBundles’ innovative new BYOB (Build Your Own Bundle) store and the release of a new Bundle. All Mac titles in the bundle are compatible with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
TheMacBundles’ cooperative marketing model brings unprecedented value to consumers while also returning to developers an exceptionally high percentage of the revenue produced by the sale of their software. Additionally, TheMacBundles’ no-fine-print policy means that purchasers of its bundles get the same software, support, licenses, and upgrade benefits that apply to users who paid the full price for the software.
Lausanne, Switzerland – Nicolas Seriot and Anton Anton today are pleased to announce the release of TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. TweetyShow shows photos posted on Twitter in real time. iPhone users can scroll through an endless grid of photos coming live from the Twitter-sphere. The result is a strange, addictive and poetic experience. Whereas Twitter communication is traditionally text only, Twitter users frequently post links to photos, using services like Twitpic or Yfrog. TweetyShow’s goal is to put these photos in the spotlight.
Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions announces public beta of Package Central 1.0, a new document packaging workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Originally developed for a major publisher in the United States, the software automates InDesign packaging by processing files from hotfolders. Package Central offloads packaging to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the output process.
Lenexa, Kansas – BKeeney Software, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release of Task Timer 4.3.3, a major update to its time management software for Mac OS X and Windows. Task Timer version 4.3 adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users. This release also fixes some minor bugs.
London, UK – SMEStorage today is pleased to announce that its iSMEStorage iPhone application is live in the Apple App store. The application is the first iPhone application to let users access and manage over 10 storage clouds from their iPhone in one Cloud file view. Clouds from which files can be viewed and managed include Amazon S3, RackSpace CloudFiles, Box, Apple Mobile Me, Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft Live Mesh, Gmail-as-a-cloud, Email-as-a-Cloud, FTP-as-a-Cloud, Google Docs, and WebDav enabled clouds.
Drachten, Netherlands – Bohemian Coding today is pleased to announce the release of Fontcase 1.5, a free update to their popular font manager. Fontcase has an intuitive and uncluttered interface; while it may look simplistic, there are a lot features built in. Fontcase 1.5 adds auto-activation, duplicates-detection and more while still keeping the focus of the application simple. Apple was kind enough to award Fontcase with an Apple Design Award this year and we’re confident the new Fontcase 1.5 will add further value for our customers.
London, Canada – Rocking Pocket Games today is pleased to announce the availability of Puppet Jump 3D 1.2, a game that can be only described as a cross between Little Big Planet and Doodle Jump for the iPhone. Puppet Jump 3D challenges players to jump on platforms as high as they can without falling, while collecting Puppet Points that can be used to customize your character and unlock new background scenes.
Lancaster, UK – Building on the success of the critical hit puzzle game, Chromixa, for iPhone and iPod touch, Pure Square Go is delighted to announce that update 1.1 is now available. The full list of upgrades are; 22 new puzzles (70 total), new “Time Challenge” mini game (4 total), OpenFeint integration for online leaderboards & achievements, compete for the fastest level completion time and shake to reset. But that’s not all. A Lite version has also been released.
Austin, Texas – Zero Emission Games today proudly announces the release of Short Order Cook 2.0, a fast-paced casual game from their Food for Thought collection that challenges players’ skills of recognition, concentration and trains their memory.
In Short Order Cook, at the outset of each level a food image on a kitchen ticket and its matching tile are revealed for a short time. Once the tiles are flipped over, the challenge is to memorize the location of the matching pairs as quickly and as precise as possible. After all pairs of images have been revealed, the user needs to correctly select the matching tile for each kitchen ticket when it turns over.
Brisbane, Australia – Cogniflame today proudly announces the release of StarHunt 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices, an exciting adventure game where players search for glowing stars scattered throughout a large pre-rendered 3D house. In StarHunt, players have the opportunity to explore a beautifully detailed mansion and lush garden in search of glowing stars. Something new and exciting awaits them inside each room – but they must find the right key before they can enter!
Hampshire, United Kingdom – Mode de Vie Limited today is pleased to announce the release of MyThoughts 1.1, an update to their popular Mind Mapping software for Mac OS X. MyThoughts for Mac is an intuitive, flexible and powerful Mind Mapping tool that avoids a steep learning curve or the need for any specialized training, and provides an ideal solution for those wanting to improve their brainstorming, learning and recall abilities through the use of Mind Maps.