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The Guardian Anywhere
Forget the Guardian website, this app allows you to read the paper’s content offline and in your own time.
FREE
Jewellust
Match up the coloured jewels and collect all the mosaic pieces to be become king of Egypt
£2.00
Car Camera DVR
A useful and well-executed app – though there are a couple of frustrating niggles there, too.
£1.49
Football Manager Handheld 2013
FM freshens things up with a few new additions to help stay on top of the pile at Christmas
£6.99
Voodoo Control
An audio improvement tool for your Samsung Galaxy S that is definitely worth a download.
FREE
AG Newspapers UK Free
AG Newspapers UK gives you easy access to a huge pile of newspapers and magazines
FREE
Adobe Proto
Proto is a very basic wireframing tool with some great features including gesture-based controls, but its lack of export and workflow shortcomings make it difficult to wholeheartedly recommend.
£6.99
Luxor: Amun Rising HD
Luxor virgins will delight in the pleasures of Amun Rising, but existing fans won’t find much to entice them.
£2.99
Contre Jour HD
Not as original as it first appears, but nonetheless a beautiful and absorbing physics puzzler.
£1.99
Picsel Smart Office
Create and edit Office-style documents right from your Bada handset
£6.00
The Muppets: Animal Drummer
A fun and casual drum-matching game featuring one of our favourite Muppet characters of all time.
£1.19
Book Creator for iPad
Book Creator is limiting for professionals, but for playing around with creating books, it’s well-made, easy to use and packed with potential.
£2.99
anMoney Personal Finance
Stay on top of your finances with this comprehensive and user-friendly money management app
£6.25
Edge Extended
The same compelling gameplay, but with plenty of innovations and new levels to make it worth a second visit
£1.99
eBuddy Mobile Messenger
eBuddy Mobile Messenger is a slimline instant messaging app for Yahoo!, MSN, Facebook, AIM, ICQ, MySpace and Google Talk.
FREE
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a superb newspaper app for the iPhone, a must-buy for readers
£1.79
Fight Night Champion by EA Sports
Add a proper career mode and multi-player option and Fight Night Champion would be a title winner.
£2.99
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph’s free news app bids for Android supremacy with a skinned reworking of the paper’s mobile website.
FREE
Disney Wallpapers
Experience the magic of Disney and gain access to wallpapers of all your favourite characters
FREE
Dead Space HD
The control system is a failed experiment, but otherwise, Dead Space is technically brilliant.
£5.99
UK Cinema Times
A pretty, fast app, but it needs to be able to tell you where to see a chosen film, more easily.
£0.69
Photosmith
Only of real use to the ardent Lightroom fan prepared to put up with all the file transfer obstacles.
£10.99
New Star Soccer
We are sorry for telling you about this game – it will take over your life
£1.99
Agenda Calendar
Agenda Calendar is a brilliant replacement for the built-in equivalent, with a better design and more features, without adding extra interface clutter.
£0.69
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
From the makers of Real Racing, Most Wanted deliver slick visuals and great controls, but lacks a bit of variety
£4.99
Collins Big Cat: Playing Story Creator
The story creator is the star of the show here, turning your child into the author, which is much more fun than the weakly animated story.
£2.49
Big Lens
Useful on occasions, but ultimately the developer’s claims turn out to be hyperbole. The filters are fun, but you can get more from the free Instagram app.
£0.69
Advanced Task Killer
Turns off the apps which are drinking up too much of your phone’s battery juice
FREE
Speedo TriathELITE
A must-have app for the budding triathelite of fans of tight lycra pants
FREE
Gratuitous Space Battles
A big bag of space goodies to experiment with, culminating in truly eye-popping space carnage. Ka-pow!
£6.99
Restaurant Story
Run your own restaurant! Addictive and well put together, but will only last you so long unless you’re willing to pour some real money into it.
FREE
Alchemy
Combine elements together to create different objects. The more combinations, the more you feel like a god
FREE
Dante: The Inferno
Fun game, great premise… frustrating controls. Worth a download for interested gamers.
FREE
Anooki Jump
A slight but good-natured game that rarely slips up and very regularly shines.
£0.69
OI Shopping List
A simple service that allows you to write your shopping list on your phone, add prices then save those lists for future reference.
FREE
Goal Mobile
Is this football news and updates app a late winner, an own goal, or an equally terrible football analogue?
FREE
Google Earth
A wonderful way to explore the world – you’ll be travelling and investigating for hours.
FREE
Dropbox for iPhone
The free 2GB account may sound poky, but use it wisely and you may never have to pay to upgrade
FREE
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD
Control issues aside, Warrior Within really is a magnificent sequel.
£2.99
Picranium
Smash Sudoku and Minesweeper together and this is the likely mutant child that would be birthed
£2.19
Spider-Man Running
Great physics game – even if it has nothing to do with the webbed wonder
FREE
RoadRunner GPS
Turn your BlackBerry into a fully-fledged GPS tracker with this nifty little app
£3.55
X-ray Scanner
Like a modern day version of the rubbish old X-Ray Specs you used to buy from Marvel Comics
£0.59
Premier League 2010
Finally Premier football updates directed straight to your handset and for the only teams that matter.
£3.69
TomTom for Android
The seminal satnav provider has been a long time coming to Android – was it worth the wait?
£30.99
My Photo Books
Fans of skeuomorphism, scrapbooks, and flowery photo frames will be delighted. Otherwise this app is fairly limited in its usefulness.
£1.99
Xbox SmartGlass
Second screen experience makes an impressive debut, but is crying out for more game compatibility
FREE
MiniNote
If you have a fondness of scribbling down random thoughts or things you need to do on random pieces of paper, MiniNote could be the app equivalent.
FREE
N.O.V.A 2 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance
Much better for multi-playing rather than on your own.
£4.99
CoPilot Live Navigation Europe for Android
Turn your Android device into a fully fledged sat nav, complete with turn by turn navigation.
£50.43
4oD Catch-up
4oD comes to the iPad at last – and getting it is a complete no-brainer while it’s free.
FREE
Drop 7 by Zynga
A first-rate puzzle game that rewards strategic thinking, but it lacks polish
£1.99
Time Magazine
The world’s most influential current affairs magazine comes to the iPad, and makes a beautiful initial impression
£2.99
Rocket Bunnies HD
The insane-looking rabbits raise frequent chuckles and the well-designed levels provide a satisfying challenge
£1.99
Jump Monkey Jump
This classic platform game sees you in control of a monkey. Everybody loves a monkey.
FREE
Met Office: Weather Application
It’s a bit of a dog at times, but the data’s good, and the app’s free.
FREE
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a superb newspaper app for the iPhone, a must-buy for readers
£1.79
Angry Birds Space
The rebooted physics of this new instalment means you’d have to be cuckoo to bet against Angry Birds’ continued domination as it aims for infinity, and beyond.
£0.69
Tweet Library
Could become an excellent tool in the future, but this first release is patchy.
£5.99
iStreamer
Shows enormous potential, but there’s a long way to go before the app will be worth your time.
£2.49
London Evening Standard
While some hide their content away behind pay-walls other throw open their content for all to read
FREE
Crush the Zombies
We know you need big balls to battle zombies, but this is ridiculous…
£1.00
Jazz: Trump’s Journey
Unrefined mechanics tarnish this original iOS platformer, but luckily the stellar concept and aesthetics shine through.
£1.99
100000+ Public Toilets Pro
A helping hand for when you’re caught short in unfamiliar settings
£1.19
Cut the Rope: Experiments
A disappointing, cynical sequel that needs more levels and new features to justify its existence.
£0.69
Circus Ponies Notebook
A good, well-featured notebook for your iPad that’s let down by the lack of real syncing.
£17.99
Runtastic GPS Coach
This fitness app tracks you via your phone’s GPS and gives you the complete rundown (ha!) on your workout.
FREE
Bitsteam
Pretty and – in the context of iOS gaming – fairly innovative, but extremely short-lived. A missed opportunity.
FREE
DevilDark: The Fallen Kingdom
This is likable enough as a basic adventure RPG, but it’s hardly a diamond in the rough.
£0.69
ESPNsoccernet
A good app for football fans, but an occasionally awkward interface means it’s not quite essential.
£0.69
Bee Leader
A charming, challenging experience that’s slightly marred by twitchy controls. It’s a certainly a looker, but lacks a killer sting.
£0.69
WeatherBug
The popular weather app makes it to Windows Mobile and brings torrential rain, hurricane winds and beautiful sunshine into your life
FREE
Alien Breed
A blast-’em-up blast from the past that irons out some kinks, but avoids steamrolling what made the original such a classic.
£1.99
Tuberun
An all-singing, all-dancing Tube guide and planner that tries to help you catch that next tube train.
£1.19
MoneyManager
Organise your financial life, with the money app that takes all your ingoings and outgoings, and helps you see where you’re spending your cash.
FREE
Bladeslinger Ep.1
Good looking as Bladeslinger Ep. 1 might be, it’s a hollow and oft-miserable slog. Hit the saloon, instead.
£1.99
British Library: Treasures
Hoards of information from one of the most respected institutions in the world
FREE
DrawRace 2
Frequently frustrating, but a novel and surprisingly exciting take on a top-down racing game.
£1.99
Street View on Google Maps
Give Peg Man a new mobile home and invite Street View to your smartphone
FREE
NHS Quit Smoking
New Year is rapidly approaching, and hidden behind the warm, booze-addled facade of Christmas hides the dour, po-faced business of making resolutions and giving up all the stuff that makes the end of the year so much fun in the first place.
But at least the NHS is on hand to make cutting down on smoking [...]
FREE
Xtreme Wheels
Great looks, great level design and spectacular crashes lift this bike game above the norm
£1.49
A.R Pursuit
The latest multiplayer augmented reality game for those lucky enough to own a Parrot AR Drone
£1.79
Aztec Antics
An Inca-redibly fun multiplayer experience, though you Maya not find the single-player game as engrossing.
£1.49
Weather Pro
We love talking about the weather in good old Blighty, and Weather Pro provides incredibly accurate local forecasts
£2.39
Sonic 4: Episode 2
It’s classic Sonic, sure, but with a strange insistence that you need overbearing guidance to cope with simple new moves.
£4.99
Animation Desk
Perfect for anyone even vaguely interested in 2D animation. A great tool for experienced animators to jot down concepts on the go
£2.99
AirBoard
No more fights over who gets to stand at the whiteboard in meetings. Use AirBoard instead.
FREE
Extinction Squad
It’s as light and fluffy as some of the animals you’ll rescue, but Extinction Squad proves an entertaining trifle.
£0.69
Gifture
Gifture could be (albeit very limited, short-term) fun. But as it stands, it doesn’t work, so it’s no fun at all.
FREE
YouTube
All your favourite bits of the world’s leading video site streamlined for use on the move.
FREE
Gluddle
Gluddle has the looks and sounds perfectly nailed, but sadly, its frustrating controls bounce off-target.
£0.69
Foursquare
An app for the socially active, Foursquare rates by how often you check-in and out of specific local venues.
FREE
Blast Ball
Not as fulfilling as Super Crate Box and Muffin Knight, but akin to a massive sugary treat that will leave you dazed, but happy.
FREE
Turtle Eggs
The same block-moving game you’ve played a million times. But with turtles.
FREE
Prospectus Library
This will be a four-star-plus app once more prospectuses are available. A brilliant idea.
FREE
Mobitee Lite
By golfers for golfers, Mobitee’s scorecard and virtual caddie wants to be your perfect course companion.
FREE
Quick-Tunes
A great app that makes it much easier and safer to listen to your music while driving.
£1.19
Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days
Not the best-designed cooking app we’ve ever seen, but the recipes it contains are interesting and unusual
£1.99
Grow Your Own
This guides you every step of the way, from sowing seeds to harvest time. Fantastic.
FREE
Greedy Bankers vs The World
An excellent update to what was already a fine match game — recommended even if you own the original.
£1.99
Axe in Face
Silly, simple and fun. Not quite an App Store classic, but definitely earns a recommendation.
FREE
Max and the Magic Marker
Has its moments, but this mixture of platforms and drawing doesn’t work as well as it thinks it does.
£2.99
Barcode Scanner
A simple to use application that allows you to scan a barcode and search for better deals online.
FREE
Airport Scanner
Airport Scanner has the look down pat, but this drab job simulator proves to be as rote as the real thing. Not much to declare, here.
£0.69
MadePad HD
A neat plaything, and slick with it, but the substance doesn’t match its brilliant looks.
£1.99
Classique Camera
Save your money and go for Instagram, which is free and offers more filters. That is, unless you desperately want these effects for video.
£0.69
Rain, Sand, Stars
A mite frustrating at times, and very short; but also sweet, with engaging visuals and simple, addictive gameplay.
£0.69
Checkers Deluxe Free
Enter a tournament, beat the competition and become a checkers master.
FREE
Gangstar: Miami Vindication
A largely entertaining game that’s pulled off with considerable skill.
£4.99
Friend Check
While limited in purpose and lacking multiple-account support, Friend Check provides a handy snapshot of friends in your social networks.
£0.69
UberSocial
It’s lost Twitter from its name, but this is still for hardcore 14-character writers
FREE
Arno The Hunter
Initially dazzling but short-lived; however, the price is right for the entertainment it offers.
£0.69
NBA Jam
It needs a proper tournament and a multiplayer mode, but NBA Jam is nevertheless an incredibly amusing game.
£0.59
GroupShot
It’s a shame about the low resolution, but this app is easy to use, and produces astonishing results.
£0.69
PingMe Messenger
Looking for a free cross-platform texting app that ‘just works’? Try the reliable PingMe Messenger.
FREE
Moonpig
Moonpig has been around for almost a decade, with the card-personalisation service now getting a dedicated iPhone app
FREE
Gesundheit! HD
Inventive and charming; if only control issues didn’t drag it down. Be wary on iPad and avoid on iPhone.
£1.99
SafeWallet
SafeWallet encrypts your most valuable codes and documents, keeping them safe from prying eyes.
£2.44
Crimson: Steam Pirates
A fast, extremely fun strategy game with a fantastic sense of humour.
FREE
London Tube Deluxe
An essential iPhone app for any Londoner or befuddled visitor who cannot make head nor tail of the tube map.
£0.59
Bloons
A supposedly award-winning casual flash game that fails to raise the interest meter through its very short life
£4.99
Wallet
Designed for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry Wallet helps make mobile online purchasing faster and easier.
FREE
Bloomberg Mobile
Bloomberg Mobile brings you stockmarket news, stock prices and charts – ideal for losing your lifesavings in your lunchbreak…
FREE
ABBYY FotoTranslate
A fine way to harness your phones camera to snap and then translate up to 175,000 words from French to English.
£6.00
Lookout Mobile Security
Seeking to protect all of your most prized smartphone belongings, Lookout Mobile Security is another app hoping to provide the entire security experience.
FREE
SFCave
If you like the idea of pre-Spectrum ZX-style games on a mobile touchscreen then you’ll have hit the jackpot here with SF Cave, which follows the old avoid the parameters to progress model.
FREE
C4 News
Several missed opportunities here but, as on TV, C4 News gives excellent perspective on in-depth stories
FREE
Pumpkins vs Monsters
Simple control, flick the pumpkin, attack monster! Very addictive Halloween game!
FREE
Columbia’s GPS PAL
Make beautiful walks even more memorable by creating and sharing these journals – just make sure you’ve got a full battery before you do so.
FREE
Flick Soccer HD
A slick flick game that’s fun and addictive, but the whole concept needs to evolve next time out.
£2.99
Capture – The Quick Video Camera
A good idea, decently implemented. We’d like to have seen more guidance on how video is saved
£0.69
Kinect: Run Walk Cycle GPS Tracker
A great app, if you need the customisation; otherwise, RunKeeper’s marginally better and free.
£2.49
Disposable Hipstamatic
Great for sharing fun moments with friends, but it feels like the app isn’t quite finished yet
FREE
Back in Time
Educational, but strangely old fashioned. We expect more from iPad apps these days
£5.49
Choice of Broadsides
Though fairly basic graphically, this enjoyable adventure novel come video-game has plenty of replayability.
FREE
FileBrowser
Setting up isn’t for the faint of heart, but this is a great app for transferring files.
£2.49
Rubick’s Race
There’s nothing really wrong with this game, but it utterly fails to stand out in a sea of iOS puzzlers.
£0.69
Touch Contact
The slick replacement for your aging and creaking Windows Mobile contact list but at a price.
£13.69
Faces Wild!
A fun photo-manipulation app that lets you turn your friends into the Mona Lisa.
£0.59
Grand Theft Auto 3
Even a decade on, GTA 3 remains a superb game. Yes, it’s violent and amoral, but it’s only for adults.
£2.99
Magic Seaweed Surf Forecast
This app provides everything you need to know before heading down to the beach with your board.
FREE
Cut The Rope
Cut The Rope has taken far too long to get on the Android Market. After watching those with an iOS device feast on the game for so long, and now that the Amazon Appstore no longer has exclusivity, it’s a massive relief that the game is available to the Android masses.
£0.62
Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough
A pleasant way to explore Kew and the wonders of the plant kingdom – and Attenborough is as captivating as ever.
£7.99
Men’s Health Workouts
Men’s Health Workouts puts the power of the world’s largest men’s magazine in your hand.
£1.26
BBC News
Feed all the latest BBC News headlines to your Android device, in an easy to access service.
FREE
Plink Art
If you can’t tell you Da Vinci’s from your Rembrandt’s then Plink Art, the visual search engine, is for you
FREE
Debenhams
Incorporating a bar-code scanner and exclusive in-store discounts, Debenhams is leading the way in high-street shopping apps on iPhone
FREE
Chrono&Cash
Initially off-putting, but perseverance and a little patience reaps rewards, revealing one of the best quickfire platform games for iOS.
£1.49
Official eBay Android App
Bid for goods straight from your phone, check you have won that all-important thing you probably don’t need.
FREE
PayPal
Recent updates have added some cool new features and an improved look and feel to PayPal on iPhone.
FREE
RAC Traffic
Constantly updated app which gives you traffic information via Google Maps, helping you to plan your journey easier.
FREE
eWallet
Take all of your personal information with you and keep it locked up tight in 256-bit of AES security.
£6.19
TreeSize Mobile
See how much space system files are taking up on your Windows Mobile device and work out how to clear some digital leg room.
FREE
The Magic of Reality
A great app to read with your children that explains the mysteries of the universe.
£9.99
Audubon Birds – A Field Guide
The app is a dream for twitchers who want to know what birds are in their back garden.
£3.11
Hypership Out Of Control
Horrifically fast retro larks with, we suspect, an extremely niche appeal. We like it, though
£0.69
Pure Messenger
The place where all your email and social-networking messages to collide and have a party.
£0.65
Bobo Explores Light
Children can play as they learn in this wildly imaginative and flawlessly immersive learning experience
£2.99
ShopAid
Organise your consumer life and make sure you don’t forget the milk, socks and Twiglets
£3.69
PES 2010
The best football game for the iPhone, courtesy of the masters of the game at Konami
£5.99
Max Payne Mobile
Max is back with some minor control issues that won’t get in the way of your enjoyment of this shooter classic
£1.99
iDarkroom
iDarkroom is terrific fun at a very reasonable price, though is limited overall
£0.69
Nigella’s Quick Collection
TV’s sauciest cook makes her debut on the iPhone, in a bid to knock Jamie off the iChef throne
£4.99
Smoovie
Incredibly easy to use and will make you animate inanimate objects in seconds, as long as you own an iPad 2.
£2.99
Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time HD
Certainly not the most original use of a licence, but Mazes of Time’s enjoyable enough.
£0.59
Fancy Pants Adventures
One the whole, you’ll squirm with satisfaction at Fancy Pants Adventures, but some of the more complex levels might leave your knickers in a twist.
£0.69
10000000
Compelling puzzle dungeon crawling, but a lack of variety keeps this high-score game from getting higher score.
£1.49
FIFA 13
FIFA 13 is the best football sim we’ve played on iOS, and is great for the price, even if there’s still room for improvement.
£4.99
Urban Futbol
Taking football to the street and volleying into the top window of ‘that’ annoying neighbour.
FREE
Beat Sneak Bandit
Puzzle, stealth, rhythm-action and a smattering of platforming, with Game & Watch era rigidity smashed into modern iOS-style aesthetics. Perfect.
£1.99
ScoreMobile for BlackBerry
Primarily a US application, ScoreMobile offers a plethora of updates on all manner of sporting competitions
FREE
Quiksilver
If you are into surfing, snowboarding or extreme sports then know that Quiksilver has developed one of the best resources for your iPhone.
FREE
Weather Bug
Want to know what’s happening with the weather all over the world? Weather Bug gives you detailed accounts of all things climate-based.
FREE
Postman Pat SDS
A fun set of minigames that’ll keep the little ones occupied for hours. Postman Pat fans will be especially excited.
£1.99
NME Icons: Jack White
It’s a big old bit of software, but this is a great app for Jack White fans.
£3.99
Burning Run
Should have be an exercise in hilarity, but the uneven difficulty and requirement for repetition make this all a bit damp.
£0.69
StayHIP
An app which seeks out the coolest hotel haunts so that you can mingle with the trendies
FREE
PortaPayments
Create QR codes for free for any item and other PortaPayments user can be scan the code and purchase your goods straight from their phone.
FREE
iQuarium
A pretend fish inside a pretend fish tank that you have to pretend to feed and care about
£0.59
Switch – Multi-user web-browser
A beautiful solution to a very real iPad problem. Will be better for a few tweaks, though.
£2.99
iBBQ
All you need to have a great summertime barbecue, packaged up in a thoughtful interface
FREE
Music Beta
Official Android player for Music Beta by Google. The Music application features a redesigned UI and now supports Music Beta by Google.
FREE
XE Currency
If you are in the habit of regularly exchanging currency or need to check the latest exchange rates, XE is a great finance app.
FREE
Facebook Messenger
An app with some useful features, but doesn’t make quite enough of a case for using yet another messaging app.
FREE
FDX Reader
This is a great app if all you need to do is read a Final Draft script on your iPad without needing to make notes or amendments.
£5.49
Own Voice for Ovi Maps
Create your own voice commands for turn-by-turn directions on your Nokia
FREE
Ballistic SE
It’s shy of a few play modes and lacking visual diversity, but Ballistic SE makes some fine tweaks to the twin-stick shooter genre.
£1.49
ShopStyle mobile
A virtual shopping mall, which beats being dragged around Bluewater by the missus.
FREE
Fieldrunners 2
Does little to further the tower defense genre, but few titles will ever reach the quality and longevity found in Fieldrunners 2.
£1.99
Commuter
A first-class app, and one that’s nicely flexible. The lack of ticket purchasing means it can’t be the only app you use, though.
FREE
Nutrition Complete
Another poorly thought out nutritional app which will burn plenty of nutrition calories
£1.19
Joggah
Targeted GPS tracking tool that lets you keep a close eye on your marathon training, cycling and other sports.
£4.69
Battlefield 2: Bad Company
There’s enough good stuff here to make it worth a purchase, but it’s not up to the standard we expect.
£2.99
Ovi Maps
Mapping for 70 countries, with driving directions, traffic info and walking navigation.
FREE
One Touch Flashlight
Turn your phone into a torch using this simple, one touch application
£2.15
SlimPASSWORDS
Save your slowly dementia-ailing mind and let your phone remember all of your passwords
FREE
GolfCard
The ultimate golfing application for both casual and serious golfers to track their progress.
£4.99
Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots
Shameless tie-in meets addictive-but-shallow new game mode. We love it now, but won’t respect it in the morning
£0.69
Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day
A beautifully animated storybook mainly targeted at little girls, but nothing that particularly jumps out as unique.
£3.99
Postcards
An ideal app for the terminally lazy on holidays who want to send postcards, but don’t want to move from the sunbed.
FREE
Blogsy
A terrific tool for bloggers that makes it a cinch to add images and video to posts, and is a bargain to boot.
£2.99
The Room
A brilliantly compact, well constructed and atmospheric puzzler that’s likely to give you chills. This is iOS gaming at its best.
£1.49
BiM Active
Designed for those with a love of the outdoors, this application helps you to keep track of all the exercise you are (or should) be doing
FREE
Facebook Camera
There are niggles, and it won’t be for everyone, but it’s a good app and quietens Facebook’s noise.
FREE
Marvel Superheroes
Want all the info on your favourite comic creations? Then look elsewhere.
£0.93
ScreenChomp
A fun, free and simple way to share information between young children and teachers, but its juvenile interface may alienate older kids.
FREE
Blogshelf
Not actively bad, but not good enough, either. You’d be better off with Flipboard, The Early Edition or Reeder, instead.
FREE
Dr Who Encyclopedia
The In-app Purchase content makes this expensive for the completist, but this is a nicely constructed app
£4.99
Equalizer Pro
It’s not a perfect music player, but those looking to some EQ control will likely become totally addicted.
£1.99
Smule Magic Piano
Broadcast your virtual sounds around the world and check in on the competition
£0.59
CoPilot Live UK and Ireland
Satnav applications on mobile phones have developed at an incredible rate, with the latest from CoPilot turning your iPhone into a fully-featured PND.
£26.99
AudioManager Pro
Makes sound management easy, but doesn’t supply a wealth of features and struggles to justify the ‘Pro’ moniker.
£1.99
Barefoot World Atlas
Thanks to the fantastic interface children will love exploring this atlas, but watch out – it’s a large app to download.
£5.49
Sonic & Sega: All Star Racing
Without doubt the finest kart racer on iOS, and also one of our favourite iOS games in any genre.
£1.49
Codify
Curious about building games on your iPad? Codify offers a terrific sandbox to do exactly that
£5.49
Anywhere Abs
A pocket workout partner, offering step by step routines to help you crunch those abs and perfect that washboard stomach.
£2.15
Eternal Legacy HD
Eternal Legacy is enjoyable enough, but it’s a pale imitation of the games it’s attempting to emulate.
£2.99
Powerslide Penguin
A nice idea, but it’s too easy, and the level design is not nearly clever enough.
£0.69
Hold On Jack
One of those games that, despite having a promising concept, is just too pedestrian and unexciting to truly grab hold.
£0.69
Enjoy World Cup
Your one-stop shop for all things World Cup 2010, including a countdown, match schedule, stats and a forum.
FREE
Augmented Views 2.0
Augmented reality app that delivers traffic alerts and speed camera warnings to help you avoid delays and stay fine free on your car journey.
FREE
Google Mobile App
Adds a shortcut to Google’s online applications right in your Windows Mobile’s home screen.
FREE
12 Calculators You Need
Making maths problems a thing of the past, this app puts a dozen calculators for loans, tips, mortgages and a whole lot more in your pocket.
£0.66
In the Bag
The ultimate in organisation and control and applied it to a mobile phone shopping list but does it actually help?
£3.19
New Scientist
Get mobile access to everything on the New Scientist website via this app.
FREE
Car Conductor: Traffic Control
And the winner for the most uninspiring game title goes to…
FREE
WorldNews
Another news application to throw into the mix, which aggregates content from other services
FREE
Game Dev Store
Android Market discovers post modernism with a game developer developed game about game developers
£1.60
CellF Locate
Trace a phone by simply sending a text message and getting a map link of its last known location in reply
£0.69
Art Studio for iPad
One of the most feature-rich and versatile image editing and creation apps on the market, but lacks the focus of its main rivals.
£2.99
Russian Dancing Man
Snake! SNAAAAAAKE! Oooh it’s a snake! Ah, no, it isn’t – it’s a flawed but loveable bit of rhythmic lunacy.
£0.69
Instapaper Pro
Great for collating news stories you want to read at a later date or when you are offline
£2.99
Notion
A comprehensive score creation/editing tool with beautiful sound, but let down by stability issues.
£10.49
Bluetooth File Transfer
Funnily enough, this app is dedicated to Bluetooth file transfers. It does the job pretty well, but a few frustrations may take the smile off your face.
FREE
iFontMaker
Ignore the slightly gimmicky pitch – iFontMaker offers plenty of flexibility and options to create a custom typeface.
£4.99
Fade: Case of the Stolen Diamonds
A smart, engaging one-thumb arcade puzzler that’s just a touch too fiddly to get our highest score.
£0.69
Go Eat – Global Dining Guide
Helping you to search out the best places to eat no matter where you are with restaurant listings, reviews and user ratings.
FREE
WhatsApp Messenger
Free texting to your loved ones and your mates when you are abroad. Where’s the catch?
£0.59
Azkend 2 HD
You know when people bang on in a tiresome way that sequels are never as good as the originals? Well, um, that.
£3.99
Upload plug-in for Facebook
Upload plug-in for Facebook is the fastest way to share photos and videos on Facebook
FREE
myFry
myFry is Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography, in the rather wondersome shape of a beautifully-designed iPhone app
£7.99
Vaulty Free Hide Pictures
If you’ve got pictures that you don’t want people to see, then you need this
FREE
Bike Baron
Three stars, purely for the wonderful first half — but later levels are for the bloody-minded only
£1.49
Amazing Alex
Liked Casey’s Contraptions? Then you’ll like Amazing Alex! While being troubled by a nagging sense of déjà vu.
£0.69
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
Stunningly complex turn-by-turn strategy-based SIM redefines expectations for the iPad as games platform
£2.99
Bubble Pig
A colourful collect-’em-up that uses simple mechanics to giddy effect – explore at leisure and you’ll be happy as a pig in muck.
£0.69
DM-1 The Drum Machine
Great fun, wildly intuitive, filled with classic sounds, but marginally outclassed by apps only slightly more expensive.
£5.49
CAMRA Good Beer Guide
Britain has hundreds of crap pubs, avoid them forever more with CAMRA’s handy ale guide for your mobile
£4.99
Rail Planner Live
Journey Plans, Train Times, Fares, Platforms, SMS Alerts, Widget, Buy Tickets.
£3.49
Live Scores
You like football, hence you have an innate need to know what the live scores are in every match at any point. Here is the app to meet those very needs.
£1.19
Bing
Get Microsfot’s Bing service on your mobile and access maps, directions and location-aware information on nearby businesses and services.
FREE
Amazing Maze
A-maze-ing – that’s what you probably won’t be telling yourself after playing round with this app
FREE
SPB Mobile Shell
Why struggle along with the aging Windows Mobile interface when this Shell could do it all.
£26.19
Bubble in Paradise
Not quite paradise for iOS word-game fiends, but enjoyable enough and worth a look; doubly so if you’ve a bubble-popping fetish
£0.69
Delivery Status Touch
Perfect for tracking post and courier deliveries from the palm of your hand
£2.99
Calorie Tracker
Interested in knowing what’s actually going in your body? Calorie Tracker de-mystifies it for you
£2.15
Earthlapse
Beautiful photography and a few handy features make this a great ambient app for your iPad.
£0.69
eBay
eBay for iPhone is superb for the casual buyer and seller, but no good for eBay Derrick Trotters.
FREE
Noty & Moky 50 in 1
A decent serving of quickfire puzzle action, but it ain’t no WarioWare.
£0.69
5001 AMAZING FACTS
Become the pub bore with a 5001 facts with which to ‘entertain’ everyone
£1.19
Astronaut Spacewalk
Continental drift-paced space action that needs an iPad version and better controls. Still compelling and lovely, though.
£2.49
CircleTime
CircleTime is confusing at first, but reveals itself to be a an interesting way of viewing your calendar. It might be overkill for many, though.
£0.69
timr – Time and Milege Tracker
Keep track of project working time with this handy client
FREE
Coach’s Eye
We were impressed with Coach’s Eye; it’s hard to see how athletes and coaches wouldn’t benefit from it. With a bit of TLC from the magic sponge and it will be up and running with the pros in no time.
FREE
FILMiC Pro
If you’re serious about using your iPhone to record video, this app will unleash your camera’s true potential.
£1.99
Indiana Jones and the Lost Puzzles
Done the fedora and crack the whip, the action hero is back and this time he’s in a puzzle game.
£4.19
Llama
A stunning freebie app that’s a must for all android users – this little gem allows you to activate apps or actions based on your location.
FREE
Cocktail Mixer
Nothing is guaranteed to make you the life and soul of the party more than getting your Windows Mobile smartphone out and waving it about, right?
FREE
Commando Jack
We applaud the effort to do something new, but mixing traditional tower defense with first-person shooting isn’t without its problems.
£0.69
Infinight: A Thrilling Light-Based Adventure with Multiplayer!
A fairly straightforward mapping/maze game with a twist that adds plenty of atmosphere.
£1.49
Documents To Go
A very handy portable office application that allows you to do all your office work on the move.
£6.99
Tank Recon 3D
Tank Recon 3D gives you a Tank, and lets you roam free blowing up whatever you see. Quite simply living the dream.
£1.85
Cardio Trainer
Whether you are a runner, swimmer, or are in a kayak, Cardio Trainer charts your journey to physical perfection.
FREE
Calculate 3-in-1
Designed to show you how much a loan or mortgage will cost you over the duration of the deal
£2.15
MifMon
Never bust your data limit again with this geek-friendly packet tracking and limiting app
£2.69
Tweetie 2
Tweetie 2 is the discerning Twitterer’s Tweeting app of choice for the iPhone.
£1.79
BrainGoal! Pro
Pitting your brain against maths, BrainGoal! Pro hits you with logic questions that you need to complete in an allotted time.
£0.99
Thomson Reuters News Pro
Another app from a heavyweight news source designed to keep your BlackBerry up to date at all times
FREE
Replica Island
There’s a mysterious power source on an island and your job is to find out where it is.
FREE
Elecont Weather
Having seen the price let your pulse slow and lets see how this can transform the actual weather for you
£6.69
BBC News
One of the best general news apps on the iPhone, featuring video streams and the overall reliability of Aunty’s news hunter-gatherers
FREE
ZumoCast
It’s so easy to set up and use; you’ll never be without a song or video again.
FREE
Watchlaterapp
For bookmarking clips, this will do the job. It’s not quite the ‘Instapaper for video’ we wanted, though.
£1.79
SpeedLock – Multi Unlock
An elegant slide-to-unlock solution that’s made with BB users in mind
£1.00
Puckerz
One for those with a careless bent, and perfect for when you want to play a game but not do any thinking.
£0.69
Football Manager Handheld 2012
FM Handheld is back ready to sap away your commute once again…
£6.99
ES Security Manager
ES Security Manager is fairly basic, but nonetheless is a very useful free app for protecting your Android smartphone.
FREE
Dice on the Go
Billed as an ‘emergency rescue’ for those table top issues or when you’ve got limited table space, this is basic dice application
£2.15
CreaVures
With more polish CreaVures might have been fanVastic – instead it’s something of a leVdown.
£0.69
Condition ONE
A new way of experiencing video that’s capable of an astonishing level of immersion. The iPad was made for apps like this!
FREE
Bring Me Sandwiches
A touch fiddly at times, but this game’s imagination and wonderful visuals combine to make a tasty treat
£0.69
Angry Birds Star Wars HD
Fun for fans of Angry Birds and Star Wars alike, but the few new gimmicks mean The Force is merely strong(ish) in this one.
£0.69
Sky Mobile TV
£35 for non-subscribers, but is it worth it for Premier League on-the-go?
FREE
LangLearner Lite
Learn a new language for free with easy to follow audio clips and lists. Lots and lots of lists.
FREE
Cirque du Soleil
We are big fans of the mental French circus troupe and this app helps us track their gigs around the world
FREE
On The Way To Woodstock
A beautiful coffee-table app that will inspire you to revisit, or discover, ’60s classics.
£5.99
iSyncr for PC (Mac version also available)
Sync iTunes playlists, rate music and build playlists directly from your device.
£1.99
NyxQuest HD
Basic yet satisfying platforming fare, wrapped in an atmospheric mythological setting.
£0.69
BeebPlayer
Brings the BBC iPlayer to your Android phone. It’s unofficial but it’s all in the best possible taste
FREE
Avengers: Iron Man – MKVII
Glimpse into the future of comics of rusty response to new tech?
FREE
Shazam Player
When it works it’s okay, but it’s too hit and miss and at times; the interface is confusing.
FREE
Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia
A fresh perspective view on tower defense gaming, refreshingly offering an engaging plot and fascinating RPG elements. Bring on the hordes!
£0.69
World Cup Trivia
Test your footie brain with an app that quizzes you on World Cup knowledge
FREE
Flight Control
Firemint’s game is one of the biggest gaming hits on the iPhone to date
£0.59
VirginTrains
Get up-to-the-minute train and travel info on all Virgin trains, including platforms, delays and arrival times.
FREE
Friends
Handsome, clever, and full of potential, Friends has yet to hit the mark but should mature well.
£0.69
Truphone
Phone people for free, through your phone’s Wi-Fi. That’s right – free, as in no cash, nada…
FREE
Collins: My First Dictionary
My First Dictionary is a reasonably priced, pleasant app, and a fun learning tool for children starting school.
£2.49
Human Defense
Initially looks tasty, but not really enough to make our stomachs gurgle in delight, and the overly fussy approach and uneven difficulty curve gave us minor heartache.
FREE
Mapsnap GPS
Find out where you without electronic maps using your phone’s GPS and snaps of maps.
£1.69
Cinemek Storyboard Composer HD
Not as comprehensive as we’d expect for the money, but still a very handy tool for amateur film-makers.
£10.49
Kids Paint Free
A fun virtual finger painting app that’ll put a smile on the faces of both kids and adults alike
FREE
Frugalytics Shopping for Smart People
A US-centric product searcher that allows you to easily compare prices from a number of sources.
FREE
Express News
Taking feeds from the Associated Press, Express News brings you all the top stories in real time.
FREE
SatSki
Solid ski companion tracks where you are, how fast you’re going and where the nearest bar is when you’re out on the piste.
£5.69
Xenozu
Stealing the best of YouTube on your BlackBerry and offering it up in a tidy package
FREE
Total Film
Total Film magazine’s new app gives cinephiles and movie buffs everything that they could possibly want on the iPhone
£0.59
The Adventures of Simon Pegg
Comic spoof from the guy who brought us Shaun of the Dead.
£1.79
Puzzle Quest 2
You get lots of engaging gameplay for your money, but the going is slow and a bit of a slog.
£2.99
pxl.
The interface feels a bit out of place on iOS, but it’s a fun app, and produces interesting results.
£0.69
Edgeway Unit Converter
Convert your units in to everything else, even if you don’t really want to…
£0.69
SPB Backup
Save all of your data when and where you want to, create archive files of all your most vital information
FREE
Worms Crazy Golf HD
Not quite a champion, but far from a double bogey, this mini-golf game easily makes the cut.
£2.49
In The Kitchen: Recipes, Chefs
All your favourite recipes from all your favourite chefs.
£1.26
Asphalt 7
More Asphalt 7: Reheated than Asphalt 7: Heat, but if you don’t own its predecessor, this is a must-buy.
£0.69
AP Mobile
The world’s news ported directly to your mobile phone from one of the largest sources
FREE
Desk Yoga
A worthwhile distraction from the day job! The videos are easy to follow, and the results felt straight away
£0.69
Caverns of Minos
Weaving through colourful tunnels may not be consistently thrilling, but Caverns of Minos sure is a charming little curio.
£1.29
Coco Loco
Coco Loco has the ideas for a pretty solid Angry Birds-like physics puzzler, but not the expert execution needed to make them matter.
£0.69
Dolphin Browser HD
Want a more socially focused web browser than Safari? Then you need this on your iPad.
FREE
Garmin UK & Ireland
Needs a few more versions before it can truly compete with TomTom, but it’s still a good app.
£39.99
SPB Traveler
Travelling can be stressful, expensive and confusing. A single application helps to bring calm to this chaos by forcing some organisation on your travel-life.
£27.19
Blow Up
Put on your hard hat and prepare to make your way through 80 levels of exploding awesomeness
£1.93
Microsoft’s dedicated Facebook app aims to deliver all your mobile social networking needs.
FREE
TouchUp
An innovative image editor that offers the freedom to experiment. Slick, fast and fun to use.
£5.99
Numberlys
A great looking and original story, which disappoints with its lack of charm and colour.
£3.99
Cinefy – Special FX Studio
As easy to use as iMovie but it’s woefully short on editing options, making it too difficult to pull off a truly decent effect.
£0.69
Skyfire Mobile Browser
A desktop browsing experience on your phone? We’ll believe it when we see it, until then there’s Skyfire.
FREE
Treasure of Valagika
A treasure-hunting, monster avoiding platform – if you can get that far
FREE
Sports Tracker
Keep tabs on your running, cycling, walking and more with this GPS sports app
FREE
Classic Songs Piano Songbook
Perfectly sized scores, lag-free page turns and brilliant value for money makes this a winner, though extra In-App Purchases would have been nice
£2.99
ezPDF Reader
Price point aside, there is a lot to like about this PDF reader as it provides a great UI and some useful features.
£1.18
Gene Effect
The visual splendor is somewhat spoilt by the dark tones, and levels are too slow-paced and repetitive to really grip you.
£1.99
Beat Spiral
A moderately entertaining audio toy with sharp looks, but you’d be hard pushed to use BeatSpiral to produce any actual music.
£0.69
QuickPic
This picture gallery makes sorting your photos a doddle. Just don’t expect it to do much else.
FREE
SPB Weather
Expensive weather app that costs needs to offer more than just have a 6-day forecast and some semi-useless 3D maps.
£12.19
AA – Best of Britain
The AA’s latest app won’t help you fix a puncture on the M1, but it will make sure your weekends are more fun.
£4.99
Cyborg Vision
Come with me if you want to avoid wasting 69p on something that doesn’t work.
£0.69
PocketCloud
Access your computer, files and desktop apps securely from your mobile device.
£9.51
Gym TechNik Next Gen
Look at yourself. You’re fully clothed and a little flabby. Wouldn’t you want an application with half naked men telling you how to look better?
£35.00
Zara
Browse the latest arrivals and search for new looks on this high street shop’s fashion app.
FREE
Gears
It could have been a contender, but Gears has a cog loose and so doesn’t quite run like clockwork
£1.99
Panoramic Converter Pro
It’s time to get converting. Get your change correct when you’re overseas and figure out those annoying kilometres
£2.69
Magic Shutter
This app lets you take truly unique photos and is definitely worth a look if you fancy creating beautiful alternative images.
£1.99
WinMoSquare : FourSquare
The location-based social networking site comes to Windows Mobile, allowing you to play along with your other mobile friends.
FREE
Skobbler GPS Navigation
Cover your sat-nav’s ears – Skobbler brings GPS navigation to Anfroid for free
FREE
NASA App HD
A neat, way of navigating NASA’s content, and to check out when the ISS will be hurtling overhead.
FREE
TripCase
Keep complex trips under control and carefully logged. You can even blog about what you’re up to and bore your friends senseless. Thanks TripCase!
FREE
It’s Playing
It’s very easy to use, but if you’re looking to playback 720p MKV files, you’d be better off looking elsewhere.
£1.49
You know Facebook, right? The one with the movie. It’s on Windows Phone 7 now.
FREE
Portal: Full Screen Browser
Some useful features and an innovative user interface, albeit one that’s not without its frustrations.
£1.49
Conquest! Medieval Realms
Is it worth the exclamation mark? This strategy conqueror’s nothing original so perhaps not, but it is fun, nonetheless.
£1.99
Catapult King
A well-crafted little projectile firing game, but the fling soon wears off.
FREE
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Over 30 years on, Pac-Man is still gobbling his way forward. Unfortunately this is far from his best outing.
£1.81
Final Draft Writer
Strikes the perfect balance between pro features and usability. By no means will it replace the desktop version but, should the need arise, Final Draft Writer provides just the right tools to create an entire script from start to finish.
£34.99
Guinness World Records
If you want to be a record breaker, dedication’s what you need, and this app might help
£0.59
Antivirus Free AVG
Great antivirus app to keep your smartphone protected from internet nasties.
FREE
Shot Shot Shoot
Addictive multiplayer gaming that will only increase in competitiveness
£1.19
2010 World Cup
Whether you are a football fan or not, you’re going to need to know everything you can about this year’s glorious World Cup.
£0.59
Memory Booster – Ram Optimiser
Taking the pain out of speeding up your BlackBerry with a simple to use interface
£3.15
Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz puts all your VOIP contacts into one call list and provides IM too – powerful stuff.
FREE
Fantasy Football 09/10
A must for fantasy leaguers on the go, the only app that works with the official Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football.
£0.59
HandcentSMS
Tired of the way your text messages look? Give them a makeover, courtesy of HandsentCMS
FREE
AVPlayer HD
Without question, it’s the best media player for iPad. If you’re a video fanatic, it’s the app to buy.
£1.99
Glympse
Fire up your GPS and let this app tell people your current location via email using online maps.
FREE
Discovr People
A nice app, and one well-designed for its purpose, but we’re not sure that its purpose really warrants the cost.
£1.49
Burnout Crash
Ignore the association with the Burnout series – there’s a fun, stress-busting game underneath, just not a thrilling one.
£0.69
Job Search
Straightforward job search engine that gives you instant access to all sorts of potential employment opportunities
FREE
Octopuzzle
One of the very few completely free games on the App World, this title offers over 20 ‘challenging’ levels
FREE
Surveillant
Apart from the lack of levels, it’s a well-designed and atmospheric game of cat and mouse.
£1.49
You’ve Got Shopping+
Forgotten to ask your other half to do the shopping? Use this app to send an email reminder, complete with shopping list.
£0.65
Rockmate
On paper, Rockmate shouldn’t work this well, but it’s actually a fun way to make music with friends.
£1.99
Sea Battle
It’s like Battleships, but different enough to stop the lawyers getting involved
£1.99
Heart Rate Monitor
Heart Rate Monitor converts your pulse rate into heart rate, vital for exercise junkies…
FREE
Yahoo! Messenger
If instant messaging takes precedence over phone calls and texting in your life, the Yahoo! Messenger is one way to chat over the web from your smartphone.
FREE
Subsembly Wallet
A basic but functional data vault that protects your vitals with a digital cricket box.
£4.69
Nighty Night HD
Exquisite graphics and professional narration make for a charming bedtime app for your child.
£1.49
Albert HD
A minigame collection best left to play with kids, since adults will tire of it too quickly.
£1.89
How Stuff Works
Great portal to the renowned website that covers just about everything.
FREE
Granny Smith
This pernicious pensioner doesn’t offer the deepest experience, but it’s fast, smashy, slightly silly fun.
£0.69
Frogger Decades
Bordering on unplayable. We only got through the game due to sheer bloodymindedness.
£0.69
Live Score Addicts
One of the slickest ways to find out the latest football scores and watch highlights as the goals fly in
FREE
Quantasm
Almost a good game, but undone by terrible pacing, which commits the cardinal sin of making a blasting game dull.
£0.69
WorkSnug Pro
If you freelance or regularly work on the move, then WorkSnug Pro is pretty much an essential app to help you find a suitable workplace nearby
FREE
CoinKeeper: Budget and expense tracking
A brilliantly visual way to track your spending, even if it can be a little confusing at first.
£1.99
The British Monarchy
Everything you ever needed to know about the British Royal Family.
FREE
Amazing Shape Shifters
You’ll be left switching between smart and stupid faster than the titular shapes. Ideally, approach while clutching a stress ball.
£0.69
Noteshelf
Everyone who owns an iPad should get this app. And other developers should watch and learn
£3.99
Fretter
Get to grips with complex chords on your guitar. With video demonstrations and chord playback, it’s the perfect way to learn some of those more obscure chords.
£1.68
UniWar
The hexagonal turn-based gameplay is tried and tested, but UniWar doesn’t deliver much else to justify it’s hefty price tag.
£3.09
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Answer questions, ask the audience or phone a friend and try your luck at winning the virtual million pound jackpot in this video game replica of the classic ITV game show.
£1.86
Currency Converter Deluxe
A detailed, if slightly expensive converter application that offers access to a wealth of different currencies
£3.55
Wisdom Quotes HD
An encyclopaedic knowledge of history’s greatest sayings awaits in this insightful app
£1.79
