The Simplenote app lives up to its name. It is a simple to use note taking app for iPhone and iPad. The interface is clean, uncluttered and amazingly easy to use. In order to use you need to sign up for a Simplenote account on the website (www.simplenoteapp.com). Once you are set up you take […]
Bubble Popper is a sweet, simple and harmless game for iPhone. Ideal for small toddlers, Bubble Popper is exactly what it says on the tin; you tap the screen to pop rising bubbles whilst enjoying a hot bath. The bubbles start off cripplingly slow but pick up pace as the game progresses. The high scores […]
Take flight with this simply awesome Jetpack game for iPhone and iPad. There’s not going to be many people who haven’t played this game. It’s been given away free at various times including during the recent ’12 Days of Christmas’ promotion by Apple. The premise of the game is simple; guide your jet pack clad […]
Dizzy is back! This game is close to my heart after playing the Dizzy games back in the day on a ZX Spectrum and later on the Sega Megadrive. Sadly dizzy never made it beyond the 32 bit era having his last adventures on the Atari and Amiga. Although he was gone he was not […]
Terrorballs is a trajectory based puzzle game set on a deep space star ship seized by evil space pirates. The Terrorballs are ‘self replicating robots launched from a trajectory cannon’ which in short means little silver balls you fire around the levels trying to get it in the transporter. There are about 10 different zones […]
In today’s contemporary economy it is crucial for project heads to make sure everyone is on the same page. Given how many contemporary projects are cobbled together from various sources these days it can be difficult to organize a process through texts, phone calls, and periodic emails, and then relaying these new developments to others […]
If your a casual gamer who likes to play their games in short, sharp bursts and yet still get the satisfaction that you achieved something then No More Zombies could be the very game you’re after. I am a seasoned gamer and love playing video games but I like to think that I have some […]
Face it, Running Apps are everywhere. Especially in January when New Years’ Resolutions are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Everyone wants to be healthier, lose weight, etc. etc. After going through the masses of running apps we’ve found one that stands out from the crowd. Sociercise Real Time Running Races on iPhone. What we […]
When it comes to puzzle games, tetris holds the throne. The team from Atlus USA -the creators of the Burger King promotional Xbox 360 titles- published Droplitz, a pipe-connecting puzzle game. They are aiming to put out our thirst for something new in puzzle games. And, surprisingly, they do have some interesting, varied characteristics… As […]
Paper Ninja has been out for some time but due to the latest update Apptrawler was considered cool enough to get a promo. We are extremely happy to have been considered as we have really enjoyed slicing and dicing our lightweight enemies. If you need a plot then the game follows the exploits of […]
The Secret of Grisly Manor has finally upon us. Apptrawler has been aware of this game for more many months now and it’s lush teaser graphics has kept us on tenterhooks. Created by Fire Maple Games, the company who brought us the quirky physics puzzlers Danger Cats and Stunt Squirrels this classic adventure game is […]
Sorry readers for the huge gap since our last review, it’s been all go at this end with new jobs, and even new babies!! (big congrats to Foyble on that one!) Well we’re back and what better way to come back than a ‘First Play’ preview of the new top down shooter Dragon Fire: Una’s […]
This morning we received a code for Monster Mosh, the new game from Beansprites LLC. This game follows the same format as ‘red block remover’ and ‘Danger Cats’ which sees the player removing items to make the player, which in this case is a series of classic monsters including The Mummy, Frankenstein, Ghosts and the […]
We love all things retro here at AppTrawler and so when we got a copy of Attack of the Kraken by Quantum Sheep we were made up. Kraken is a side scrolling shooter that sees you flying about taking out UFOs and a series of giant metal Krakens in the shape of octopi, crabs and […]
Ok, so I know these have been out for SO long but I had resisted the temptation to get these apps as we at apptrawler tend to lean towards gaming and not entertainment apps. Well recently I told the team I was joining the gym as healthy body, healthy mind and all that jazz; and […]
We have been playing Meow Meow Happy Fight for the past few days and we love it. Essentially ‘Happy Fight’ is the death match simplified and it’s great. Let me start from the beginning, Happy Fight is a top down arena shooter where you and multiple enemies must run about totting up as many frags […]
This week we have been talking to indie developer AppChogie who currently has almost 10 apps on the app store with lots more in production. His latest release ‘Doodle Bomb HD” for the iPad is a strangely addictive tap game with have kept the guys in the office busy. We discussed with him his past, […]
We get asked to look at a lot of doodle games at Apptrawler and many we have to say no to due to the sheer amount of games out there to look at. But whilst playing around with our iPad yesterday we got the code for Doodle Bomb HD and we thought we’d give it […]
When we first saw Office Heroes, I admit I was more than a little surprised with the overwhelmingly positive response the game saw both in article comments and on our forums. It seems that social gaming is a guilty pleasure for many, and as I mentioned in the preview, Office Heroes has an incredibly clever […]
Sega has released a number of classic Genesis games on the App Store- Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99], Streets of Rage [$2.99], and as of last night, Ecco the Dolphin [$2.99] and Space Harrier II [99¢]. In the past we’ve been increasingly critical of Sega releasing these […]