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Tutorial: Take Screenshots Within Cocos2D Games And Upload Them To Facebook

Getting noticed in the app store can be difficult, and moving up If you have got a great looking game, users may want to share screenshots with their friends, and that in turn could get you more downloads. Facebook is a great way to do this, and I found a tutorial for Cocos2D games that makes this trivial.

The tutorial guides you through the steps of implementing the screenshot code in your Cocos2D game, and how to use the FBConnect library so your users can upload those pictures.

The tutorial is from Alfred R. Baudisch of Karnak Games and can be found here:
How to take in-game screenshots with Cocos2D and upload them to a Facebook album

Whether or not people actually use the sharing option is another thing — you’ll really need to create a great looking game or one specifically designed to have it’s images shared.

iPhone Balloon Game Programming Tutorial: Adding Retina Display Support

I have had several requests for updates to the iPhone action game programming tutorial, and among them was an update for retina display support. So here is the process step-by-step for those looking to add retina display support to a game made with the Sparrow Framework.

This update goes through the process of creating the new images for the game, and updating the source code so that the images display at high resolution on the retina display.

Fortunately the Sparrow Framework makes it very easy for us to do this, and handles most of the required programming automatically.

Project Files

You can download the project files leading up to this tutorial here.

You can download the project including the HD images and retina display support here.

For those who prefer Github you can find the project here, the completed project is in the 7-BalloonGameTutorial folder.

Step 1 – Making The Images

Since my initial images were created for the smaller iPhone display size I needed to scale them up to twice their original size.

I decided to use a tool called SmillaEnlarger to do this, a free open source tool that uses a fractal algorithm to scale up images. In my testing it has actually done better on the types of images (non-photos) that I need to scale up, and the end result looks considerably better than using any of the filters built into Photoshop. I have even seen it stated that SmillaEnlarger provides better results than expensive Photoshop plugins.

You can find SmillaEnlarger here.

You simply drag and drop the images with enlargement selected and a scale of 200%. In order to use the larger display support of the Sparrow Framework you will need to add @2x to the name of your images.

In my settings with SmillaEnlarger for non-photographis I simply turned all the extra adjustments down to zero.

Do that for each image in the project. After doing that I suggest re-saving the images after opening them in preview, not essential, but SmillaEnlarger tends to make oversized files.

Step 2 – Add Images Into The Xcode Project

For this step you can simply drag all the created images into the Xcode project under resources where all the original files are.

You can also add the images by ctrl-clicking and then selecting add resources, select the images, and import them into the project.

Step 3 – Turn On High Resolution Support In Game

The Sparrow Framework simply requires you to add one line of code at this point into the applicationDidFinishLaunch: method of your app delegate.

So open up BalloonGameTutorialAppDelegate.m, and in the first line within the applicationDidFinishLaunching: method add:

[SPStage setSupportHighResolutions:YES;

Your applicationDidFinishLaunching: method should now look similar to this:

– (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {

// Enable retina display support
[SPStage setSupportHighResolutions:YES];

SP_CREATE_POOL(pool);

Game *game = [[Game alloc] initWithWidth:320 height:480];
sparrowView.stage = game;
[sparrowView start];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
[game release];

[SPAudioEngine start];

SP_RELEASE_POOL(pool);
}

Now Build and Run the project, and you should be able to see the game running in retina display mode, I added the words High Definition to the images included with the project to illustrate that the new higher definition images are indeed displaying. You can also select Window->Scale->100% to make your simulator display 1:1 for the iPhone’s resolution which makes it excessively large, but allows you to easily see HD is indeed working.

Conclusion

If you cannot see the words high definition you may have the retina screen turned off in the simulator, which means that in the Mac OS X menu you need to make sure Hardware->Device->Phone (Retina) is selected.

That is all there is to it, it is a very painless process with the Sparrow Framework.

The first tutorial in this series can be found here:
iPhone Balloon Game Programming Tutorial

You might be wondering why I didn’t pack the images using texture packer like in the Sparrow Framework’s tutorial on hd support. My reason for that is simply because we’re still adding images to the project, and rather than pack the images over and over again we will do that when we add the finishing touches to the project.

In the next tutorial we will add menus to the game.

Tool: Objective-C Code Generator For Faster App Development

Found a very interesting tool that I have been using today that is absolutely brilliant for anyone programming in Objective-C on iOS and Mac. The tool is known as Accesorizer.

What this tool does is allow you to generate repetitive Objective-C code using fully customizable parameters. It’s tough to explain exactly what this tool does as it is completely different from anything I have used before, and it will take awhile for me to exploit the power of this tool.

If I did have to explain it though, I would call it super code complete on steroids.

Looking through the quick start guide should give you a very good idea about the coolness of this tool.

This video from the creator might make things a bit clearer:

You can find a trial version on the Accessorizer homepage which lasts for 30 days.

One thing though — the app store now says I have it installed even when deleted.. so if you’re looking to use a gift card to buy Accesorizer in the Mac App Store like I was you might want to do that first.

A great timesaving tool for sure.

[via Cerebral Gardens]

Open Source: In App Location Maps Using Any Map Source

In the time that I have run this site, many open source projects have fallen by the wayside. One project that has been active for over two years now, and kept up to date is the Route Me mapping library project.

What Route Me allows you to is use virtually any source for your in-app location maps while providing the same look and feel as the native iOS Map tiles. Those sources can be Google Map alternatives such as OpenStreetMap.org, Microsoft VirtualEarth , but what makes it especially useful is that you can use your own sources such as DBMap and MBtiles.

The project includes a number of samples demonstrating the extensive functionality of the library, more information on the supported formats, and it can be found on Github at:
https://github.com/route-me/route-me

It is a great library if you ever have the need to include your own maps within an app.

[via Feeling Fine]

Update: iPhone Balloon Game Tutorial Updated

I’ve seen quite a few requests for an update to the iPhone balloon game programming tutorial. It seems many beginners to the iOS SDK were have an issue with the “Base SDK Missing” error, and sought an update to the latest edition to the Sparrow Framework.

I have repackaged and checked every project using the latest official SDK (4.2.1) and they should now run easily. I have also created a Github repository for those seeking an easier way to download the code.

I’ve also seen many requests for new features to be added to the tutorial. In the next update I will be adding retina screen support, and after that support for menus, high score tables, and social sharing.

You can find the tutorial here:
Game Programming Tutorial – Beginners Action Game

I look forward to reading about any other feature suggestions that you may have.

Tool: Easily Gather Sprite Data For Box2D And Generate Cocos2D Code

Found out about a pretty cool tool for those looking to develop games using Box2D (especially if you’re using Cocos2D — but really good for anyone using Box2D) called SpriteHelper. It is a notch above the other tools I’ve seen doing similar.

What the tool allows you to do is easily gather information on any sprite such as UV, the vertex positions, position of the sprite within another image (for those of you using spritesheets), and the dimensions of the sprite’s rectangle — but most importantly the tool allows you to easily drag and create an outline around the shape, telling you if your shape will work with Box2D, you can then use the generated data, or even generate the actual Cocos2D code for your Box2D shape. Check out this video demo/tutorial:

The tool is currently only 0.99 cents at the moment in the Mac App Store. No word on whether it will go up in price.

You can find it here:
SpriteHelper

What I think really makes this tool different is just the ease of use, and the small details added to the tool that make things a bit easier. If you are using Box2D, and especially Box2D and Cocos2D this should be a good time saver.

Thanks to the creator Vladu Bogdan for mentioning it in the iPhone and iPad development forum.

How to Switch work in iPhone

This is the very simple example. In this example we will see how to Switch function worked.

Step 1: Create a View base application using template. Give the application name “SwitchON”.

Step 2: Xcode automatically creates the directory structure and adds essential frameworks to it. You can explore the directory structure to check out the content of the directory.

Step 3: xpand classes and notice Interface Builder created the SwitchONViewController class for you. Expand Resources and notice the template generated a separate nib, SwitchONViewController.xib, for the “SwitchON”.

Step 4: Open the SwitchONViewController.h file and make the following changes in the file.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface SwitchONViewController : UIViewController {

IBOutlet UILabel *display;
IBOutlet UISwitch *switch1;

}

@property (nonatomic,retain) UISwitch *switch1;

@property (nonatomic,retain) UILabel *display;

–(IBAction)messagedisplay:(id)sender;

Step 5: Double click the SwitchONViewController.xib file and open it to the Interface Builder. Now first drag the switch from the library and place it to the view window and drag the label from the library and place it to the view window. Select the label from the view window and bring up attribute inspector, give the Text name “Please Switch me OFF!” . Select the switch from the view window and bring up Connection Inspector, connect Value Changed to the File’s Owner icon and select messagedisplay:, Connect File’s Owner icon to the switch and select switch1. Now save it close it and go back to the Xcode.

Step 6: In the SwitchONViewController.m file make the following changes.

–(IBAction)messagedisplay:(id)sender
{
NSString *message1 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"Please switch me OFF!"];
NSString *message2 = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"Please switch me ON!"];

if (switch1.on){
display.text = @"Please switch me OFF!";
[message1 release];
}
else {
display.text = message2;
[message2 release];
}

}

Step 7: Now compile and run the application in the simulator.

You can Download SourceCode from here SwitchON

ImageRotate using touch in iPhone

This is the ImageRotate example . In this example we will see how to image rotate anywhere of the screen using touch.

Step 1: Create a View base application using template. Give the application name “ImageMove_iPhone”.

Step 2: Xcode automatically creates the directory structure and adds essential frameworks to it. You can explore the directory structure to check out the content of the directory.

Step 3: Xpand classes and notice Interface Builder created the ImageMove_iPhoneViewController class for you. Expand Resources and notice the template generated a separate nib,ImageMove_iPhoneViewController.xib, for the “ImageMove_iPhone”.

Step 4: We need to add UIView class in the project. Select Classes -> Add -> New File -> Cocoa Touch Class -> Objective C class -> select UIView from the Subclass of. Give the file name “ImageMove”.

Step 5: We have added one resource in the Resources folder. Give the name of the resource “11.jpg”,”feder.jpg”.

Step 6: In the ImageMove.h file, we specified the superclass as a UIImageView. So make the following changes in the file:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ImageMove : UIImageView {

}

Step 7: Open the ImageMov.m file , make the following changes in the file.

– (id) initWithImage:(UIImage *)image {
if (self = [super initWithImage:image]) {
[self setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[self setMultipleTouchEnabled:YES];
} return self;
}

– (void) touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
if ([touches count] == 1) {
CGPoint newTouch = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:[self superview]];
CGPoint lastTouch = [[touches anyObject] previousLocationInView: [self superview]];

float xDif = newTouch.x – lastTouch.x;
float yDif = newTouch.y – lastTouch.y;
CGAffineTransform translate = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(xDif, yDif);
[self setTransform: CGAffineTransformConcat([self transform], translate)];
}

}

Step 8: In the the ImageMove_iPhoneViewController.h file we have import “ImageMove.h” file.

Step 9: Open the mageMove_iPhoneViewController.m file, we create ImageView and make it visible. So make the following changes in the file.

– (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];

ImageMove* imageMove = [[ImageMove alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"11.jpg"]];
[imageMove setFrame:CGRectMake(110, 60, [imageMove frame].size.width,[imageMove frame].size.height)];
[[self view] addSubview:imageMove];
[imageMove release];

ImageMove* imageMove1 = [[ImageMove alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"feder.jpg"]];
[imageMove1 setFrame:CGRectMake(110, 200, [imageMove1 frame].size.width,[imageMove1 frame].size.height)];
[[self view] addSubview:imageMove1];
[imageMove1 release];

}

Step 10: Now compile and run the application in the Simulator.

You can Download SourceCode from here ImageMove_iPhone

Calculate StringLength in MacOS

This is the very simple example, in this program we will see how to calculate string length in MacOS.

Step 1: Create a Cocoa Application from Mac OS X . Give the application name “StringsLength”.

Step 2: Xcode automatically creates the directory structure and adds essential frameworks to it. You can explore the directory structure to check out the content of the directory.

Step 3: xpand the Other Sources folder, then you can see one file “main.m”. We need to make changes in this file.

Step 4: Open the main.m file and make the following changes in the file.

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char s1[250];
char s2[250];
printf("Enter string s1:\n");
scanf("%s",&s1);
printf("Enter string s2:\n");
scanf("%s",&s2);
if(strlen(s1) == strlen(s2))
printf("Length of string s1 is equal to length of string s2\n");
else if(strlen(s1) < strlen(s2))
printf("Length of string s1 is less than length of string s2\n");
else
printf("Length of string s1 is greater than length of string s2\n");

return NSApplicationMain(argc, (const char **) argv);
}

Step 5: Now compile and run the example and see the output on the console.

You can Download SourceCode from here StringsLength

PageMove Using Touch

This is the PageMove application. In this application we will see, how to page move using touch function.

Step 1: Create a Window base application using template. Give the application name ”MovePage”.

Step 2: Xcode automatically creates the directory structure and adds essential frameworks to it. You can explore the directory structure to check out the content of the directory.

Step 3: xpand classes and notice Interface Builder created the MovePageAppDelegate class for you. Expand Resources and notice the template generated a separate nib, MainWindow.xib, for the “MovePage”.

Step 4: In this project we need add to two UIView class, so now select classes -> Add -> NewFile -> Cocoa Touch Class -> Objective-C class -> and select UIView from the Subclass of. After that select next and Give the file name “PageView”. Do it once again and and give the another file name “PDFView”.

Step 5: We need add QuartzCore.framework in the framework folder. Select frameworks -> Add -> Existing Frameworks -> and select QuartzCore.framework.

Step 6: Another thing we have add in the project, i.e one pdf file, so add pdf file in the Resource folder. Give the pdf name “monsooninfo.pdf”.

Step 7: Now open the PDFView.h file and add the NSUInteger, CGPDFDocumentRef class. So make the following changes.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface PDFView : UIView {

NSUInteger PDFNumber;
CGPDFDocumentRef pdf;
}

@property (assign) NSUInteger PDFNumber;

Step 8: Open the PDFView.m file and make the following changes.

– (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {

CFURLRef pdfURL = CFBundleCopyResourceURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle(), CFSTR("monsooninfo.pdf"), NULL, NULL);
pdf = CGPDFDocumentCreateWithURL((CFURLRef)pdfURL);
CFRelease(pdfURL);
self.PDFNumber = 1;
self.backgroundColor = nil;
self.opaque = NO;
self.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
}
return self;
}

– (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {

CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

CGPDFPageRef page = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(pdf, PDFNumber);

CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, self.bounds.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1, –1);

CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGAffineTransform pdfTransform = CGPDFPageGetDrawingTransform(page, kCGPDFMediaBox, self.bounds, 0, true);
CGContextConcatCTM(context, pdfTransform);
CGContextDrawPDFPage(context, page);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}

Step 9: Open the PageView.h file and make the following changes.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "PDFView.h"

@interface PageView : UIView {
NSUInteger PDFNumber;

@private
PageView *View1;
PageView *View2;
PageView *View3;

}
@property (assign) NSUInteger PDFNumber;

Step 10: Now double click MainWindow.xib file and open it to the Interface Builder. First drag the view from the library and place it to the window. Select the view icon from the mainwindow and bring up IdentityInspector and select the pageView class (See the figure 1). Now save it, close it and go back to the Xcode.

Figure 1: Interface Builder connection

Step 11: Now open the PDFView.m file and make the following changes.

–(void)awakeFromNib
{

View1 = [[PDFView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
View2 = [[PDFView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];

self.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

[self addSubview:View3];

View3.PDFNumber = 2;
[self addSubview:View1];
}

–(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
lastPos = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self];
}

CGPoint vectorBetweenPoints(CGPoint firstPoint, CGPoint secondPoint) {
CGFloat xDifference = firstPoint.x – secondPoint.x;
CGFloat yDifference = firstPoint.y – secondPoint.y;

CGPoint result = CGPointMake(xDifference, yDifference);

return result;
}

CGFloat distanceBetweenPoints(CGPoint firstPoint, CGPoint secondPoint) {
CGFloat distance;

CGFloat xDifferenceSquared = pow(firstPoint.x – secondPoint.x, 2);

CGFloat yDifferenceSquared = pow(firstPoint.y – secondPoint.y, 2);

distance = sqrt(xDifferenceSquared + yDifferenceSquared);
return distance;

}
CGFloat angleBetweenCGPoints(CGPoint firstPoint, CGPoint secondPoint)
{
CGPoint previousDifference = vectorBetweenPoints(firstPoint, secondPoint);
CGFloat xDifferencePrevious = previousDifference.x;

CGFloat previousDistance = distanceBetweenPoints(firstPoint,
secondPoint);
CGFloat previousRotation = acosf(xDifferencePrevious / previousDistance);

return previousRotation;
}

–(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
CGPoint currentPos = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self];

fingerDelta = distanceBetweenPoints(currentPos, lastPos)/2;

CGPoint fingerVector = vectorBetweenPoints(currentPos, lastPos);

if ([[filter valueForKey:@"inputTime"] floatValue] < 0.9)
{
[self bringSubviewToFront:View1];
[filter release];
filter = nil;
filter = [[CAFilter filterWithType:kCAFilterPageCurl] retain];
[filter setDefaults];
[filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:((NSUInteger)fingerDelta)/100.0] forKey:@"inputTime"];

CGFloat _angleRad = angleBetweenCGPoints(currentPos, lastPos);
CGFloat _angle = _angleRad*180/M_PI ;
if (_angle < 180 && _angle > 120)
{
if (fingerVector.y > 0)
[filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:_angleRad] forKey:@"inputAngle"];
else
[filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:-_angleRad] forKey:@"inputAngle"];

View1.layer.filters = [NSArray arrayWithObject:filter];
}
}
}

–(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
if ([[filter valueForKey:@"inputTime"] floatValue] > 0.7)
{
View1.PDFNumber ++;
[View1 setNeedsDisplay];

View3.PDFNumber ++;
[View3 setNeedsDisplay];

View1.layer.filters = nil;

[filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0] forKey:@"inputTime"];

CAFilter *previousFilter = [[CAFilter filterWithType:kCAFilterPageCurl] retain];
[previousFilter setDefaults];
[previousFilter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.91] forKey:@"inputTime"];

[previousFilter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat: M_PI] forKey:@"inputAngle"];
}
else
{

}
}

Step 12: Now compile and run the application in the simulator. See the figure 2

Figure 2: Output of the Example.

You can Download SourceCode from here MovePage

100 Fantastic Photography Apps for iPhone

Photography is one of my absolute favorite sections of the app store. The iPhone’s impressive combination of cameras and technology gives developers an amazing platform on which to build some wildly creative and highly functional applications. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a complete beginner, you can’t help but appreciate the variety and quality of photography apps that are available, most of the time for less than $2.

Today we’ve rounded up 100 of our favorite photography apps for you to check out. 100 apps is a lot to browse to we’ve made it easier by placing each app into one of eight categories: Lomo & Retro, Photo Booth, Multiple Effects & Tools, Photography Utilities, Tilt Shift and DOF, Silly & Fun, Panoramic, Video and HDR.

Lomo & Retro

Instagram

“Instagram is an amazingly fun & simple life-sharing app for your iPhone. Snap photos wherever you go to show the world what’s going on in your life. Follow your friends’ photo updates as they move through the world. Select from photo filters that transform regular ol’ photos into works of art you’ll want to keep around forever.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: Free

Instagram

Hipstamatic

“Digital photography never looked so analog. The Hipstamatic brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras of the past! The Hipstamatic keeps the the quirks of shooting old school but gives you the ability to swap lenses, film, and flash settings all with the swipe of a finger.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

CameraBag

“Dramatically enhance your photos using the many classic camera and film simulations in CameraBag. It’s like having a dozen unique cameras all in one app! CameraBag focuses on emulating styles and processes from some of the most interesting cameras of the past to enhance the mood of an image, and the results are stunning.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

ClassicINSTA – Free

“ClassicINSTA turns an iPhone into a perfect instant camera. It reproduces all features of an instant camera, from the operations to the results. Experience the new world of an instant camera!”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: Free

ClassicINSTA – Free

Cross Process

“CrossProcess adds color and character to your photos by emulating the look of Cross Processing film. CrossProcess turns your ordinary iPhone shots into beautiful, one of a kind images with unique colors and contrast. Based on looks from real film stock. ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

SwankoLab

“The creators of the Hipstamatic are super stoked to introduce a brand new darkroom kit: SwankoLab. It’s a loving recreation of the pre-digital era classic – the darkroom of yesterday today. Complete with smells of photo chemistry and sounds of mad science being made, your SwankoLab comes with everything you need to turn any image into a retro misprinted masterpiece. Choose chemicals, process photos, and experiment. You’re the artist / chemist / creative genius– have fun!”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

LOMO Camera

“Have you ever heard of LOMO LC-A series camera? It is a product manufactured by The Leningrad Union of Optics and Mechanics in Soviet Union in early 1980s. It is an instamatic camera made for meeting with the public needs. LOMO is always pursuit of natural and improvisational esthetics, which is a new photograph trend. Composition of picture and focus are out of date. Only ambiguity and random is trendy and classic. Don’t think, just shoot! The users of LOMO will not be limited to the old photograph model.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $2.99

ShakeItPhoto

“ShakeItPhoto is the most realistic instant photo experience for the iPhone. Works just like a real instant camera. Watch the photo develop. Shake your iPhone to make it develop faster. Our Perfect Processing makes your photos look just like the real thing.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

ShakeItPhoto

Retro Camera Plus

“With Retro Camera you’ll take delicious old-school pics your friends will drool over. 5 cameras, 5 sets of vintage vignetting, film scratch & cross processing effects for that off-the-hip analog look. Inspired by the old Lomo, Holga, Polaroid, Diana & toy cameras whose iconic styles we treasure. Instant Nostalgia now free.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

Infinicam

“With each press of its New Camera button, Infinicam generates a new and unique randomized camera style. These high quality effects go far beyond the usual range of toy camera styles, and Infinicam also features 18 high-quality film-style borders lovingly recreated to delight photography buffs. There are literally billions of possible camera styles to discover, with advanced algorithms in place to assure a high hit rate of unique, high quality results. Once a favorite camera style is found, it can be easily saved and named for instant access later. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

iDarkroom

“iDarkroom can add amazing effects to your photos. It support six types of effects: color filter, paper, light leak & bokeh, vignette, noise, frame. You can shuffle these effects by just one tap, or choose each type of effect manually.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

iDarkroom

LomoLomo Pro

“With over 500 photo effect combinations, LomoLomo helps you to become an artist instantly. Every photo is beautiful and unique in the world. Share to SNS has never been so easy, “2 clicks” to share your colorful moment to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Picasa, more destinations are being added.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

PictureShow

“PictureShow emulates various toy camera styles. It enables you to mix frame, light leak and noise to create an unexpected result with simple shuffle button. and edit each effect via ‘TextEdit’, ‘StyleEdit’ and ‘ColorEdit’ mode.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $1.99

Plastic Bullet Camera

“Plastic Bullet puts the fun, spontaneity, and surprise of plastic-fantastic toy cameras on your favorite Apple device. Just tap to turn your photos into gloriously unpredictable works of art, then tap again to change the look. Start with the built-in camera or a shot from your Photo Library. Plastic Bullet develops your photo into four random variations. Like one? Tap it to see it larger. Love it? Tap the heart to save. Or keep tapping the Refresh button to see infinite variations. If you like one, save it! Each image developed in Plastic Bullet is unique.”

iTunes Rating: 0/5
Price: $0.99

ClassicTOY

“Enjoy a variety of ToyCamera such as a Sampler, Fisheye, Pinhole and Jelly at once! ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: Free

Super 8

“Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a classic Super 8 camera, the only app dedicated to authentic Super 8 video processing. Capture all of those magic moments in resolutions up to HD, process and enjoy the nostalgia of real film, all within your iPhone or iPod Touch!”

iTunes Rating: 2.5/5
Price: $0.99

lo-mob

“Have you ever experiment with your old analog cameras? Have you put a 35mm film in a medium format body? Have you ever tried to achieve Through The Viewfinder (TTV) photography by shooting a picture with a camera through the viewfinder of another? Take a picture or choose one from your library, Lo-Mob will process it, and give you a preview of all its 39 filters, at once. You’ll be able to tweak the filter you chose, altering the frame, the vignetting, the color filter or the blurring.”

iTunes Rating: 0/5
Price: $1.99

lo-mob

Film Lab

“A film simulation application program that transforms iPhone to the film camera. ?The variation of the film effect reaches as many as 79 kinds including a popular film such as Agfa, Ilford, Kodak, EES, and Fuji. The selection and the preview can quickly do these by excellent UI. Therefore, it is possible to try to one’s heart’s content. And, these effects can be done in the multiple. It is possible to return it to the previous state by undo at any time even if failing. Besides this, Calotype and Daguerreotype, Development technique such as “Split tone”,Film effect such as Selenium and Polysulphide developers that reaches variously,”Color operation” and “Hue and chroma” adjustments that adjust the color balance and “Sharpness”, “Blur”, and “Brightness and contrast” adjustment functions are installed. ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

iSupr8

“Discover the beauty of authentic vintage Super 8 film. iSupr8 is a video recorder which grades each pixel based on exposure adding old school effects and film-burn. The resulting film becomes a unique and retro masterpiece. Keeping the 8mm movement alive is what we’re about. iSupr8 is not just a fun novelty app, it is an effort to revive and increase awareness of a commercially dying format to a new generation, as well as a production tool for filmmakers seeking an authentic, vintage look.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $1.99

Photo Booth

Pocketbooth

“Turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a vintage photobooth with Pocketbooth: the photobooth that fits in your pocket. Pocketbooth perfectly replicates the intimacy, spontaneity, and hilarity of a traditional photobooth. Take it to your next party and watch as your friends’ inner-divas emerge.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

Pocketbooth

IncrediBooth

“Step up, sit down, and get ready to cram as many of your friends together as possible. The photo booth has returned, and it’s incredible. No coins needed. No hunting down old dirty dive bars to only find a machine that is no longer in service. Be the live of any party and bring your IncrediBooth with you.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Photo Booth Classic Plus

“Photo Booth Classic Plus is an application that allows you to take a series of 4 shots with your friends to recreate vintage black and white or color Photo Booth strips. Now you can also select existing photos to create Photo Booth strips. Easy upload to Facebook, Twitter and your Camera Roll makes this the perfect photography application for any iPhone user! ”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $1.99

Photo Booth Classic Plus

Mobile Photobooth

“Simple, easy-to-use- photobooth right in the palm of your hand. Take four timed shots and create a classic photostrip – just like a real photobooth! Or choose pix from your Photo Library. Save in black & white or color – or both. ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

Multiple Effects and Tools

Photogene

“Photogene is about improving your digital photos and having fun while at it. This intuitive, easy to use application offers a comprehensive set of professional editing tools”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Photogene

100 Cameras in 1

“We used 100 unique textures and combined these with different versions of the photo mixing with itself in overlay, hardlight, luminosity, and other blends while combining with various amounts of the texture, depending on the effect.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Adobe Photoshop Express

“Adobe Photoshop Express software lets you use simple gestures to quickly edit and share photos from your mobile device. Enjoy having your photo and video library right in your hand — without wasting your device’s valuable storage space.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

Real Camera+

“It is magic if the contrast, color, details, brightness etc are all improved with only one click. This becomes absolutely true in Real Camera+. Just try the feature and you will be surprised by the results delivered by Real Camera. We strongly suggest you use this feature before any other adjustment as this feature gives you a good start point.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $1.99

PhotoForge

“PhotoForge is a highly optimized editing and painting application designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. It can be used for image manipulation, retouching, effects, and color correction, as well as a painter’s tool. It is indispensable for creating original artwork, or editing photos on your mobile device.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $2.99

PhotoForge

Camera Plus

“Camera Plus is a free camera app for your iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G and iPod touch to capture photos instantly with some great controls, add cool effects and share them with your Facebook, Twitter or Flickr friends on-the-fly! ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

PhotoPad by ZAGG

“PhotoPad is an easy to use, premium photo editing app. Originally designed for the iPad, PhotoPad now works on the iPad, iPod touch, and the iPhone.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: Free

Effects

“Whether sunny or rainy, whether day or night, you’ll love taking and editing photos. Effects is a stylish way to create unique artworks! ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

Camera+?

“Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Everybody has a creative side… Camera+ will help bring that creativity out in you, all with a fun, innovative, and beautiful design.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

Camera+

PICSTAR

“PICSTAR is a free photo-editing tool easy to use for everyone. (add horizontal flip filter for self-camera users) Try using various filters until you create your own special image. Share tips about your own methods of using filters with your friends.”

Price: Free

FX Photo Studio

“FX Photo Studio with all its features turns your iPhone into a mobile photo laboratory with infinite space for experiments and creativity. No other photography app gives such a variety of options. ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $1.99

Camera Genius

“The best way to take, edit and share your photos. Over 40 filters, 14 borders and easy crop. A new user interface makes reviewing your photos a breeze. Camera Genius releases another first: adjustable sized thumbnails! Use the slider to decide how many photos you want to see at once. Also included is a full-screen slide show and the ability to pan and zoom around your photos. All photos are saved to the camera roll for quick syncing with your computer. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Camera Genius

Camera Plus Pro

“Camera Plus Pro is the only camera app you’ll need, with a great UI, amazing choice of shooting modes, video recording and cool filters, host of photo effects and editing tools with a built-in photo and video sharing network! Also find unique features like Wi-Fi sharing, video zoom, private collections and custom tagging.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

ProCamera

“ProCamera 3.0 will make you love using your iPhone/iPod to take photos and videos. Great features, packed into a beautiful and intuitive design. Wether you’re a dedicated iPhotographer or someone who just captures videos now and then, ProCamera will be your first choice.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $2.99

Picture effect pro

“By pressing one button you can turn your shot into a retro photo or a picture drawn by a pencil or paints, or done in a Modern Art style. Alternatively, you can simply add a pretty frame of flowers or butterflies. Or whatever else you might desire – the choice is practically unlimited!”

iTunes Rating: 2.5/5
Price: $1.99

Filterstorm

“Filterstorm contains a suite of powerful tools including curves manipulation, color correction abilities, noise reduction, sharpening, vignetting, and black and white conversion fine-tuning. It also includes the powerful ability to apply any of the available filters by brush, color range, and gradient.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $3.99

Filterstorm

Image Blender

“This is a simple and clean application with a single purpose, blending together images. You can use multiple blending modes like Multiply, Overlay, Screen and many more. This can be used for a variety of things, like creating your own personalized filters. Or just merging two images as an effect.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $1.99

Photography Utilities

Slow Shutter Cam

“Slow Shutter Cam brings new life into your device’s photo toolbox by letting you capture a variety of amazing slow shutter speed effects that you only thought you could get with a DSLR. Continue reading to learn why you should download this App today!”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

HelloPhoto

“HelloPhoto is here to resurrect photos taken on slides and negatives, reviving an art form that’s slowly being overlooked in this digital era. Whether you are nostalgic, a photo purist, or have boxes of slides and negatives and have no idea what to do with them, HelloPhoto can rescue your film from dust. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

HelloPhoto

DOFMaster

“Use DOFMaster to calculate the depth of field in your photographs. You’ll be able to select the lens and f/stop combination that provides the zone of sharpness you need. Use it to calculate the hyperfocal distance for landscape photography.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

gyroCam

“Ever have problems taking that perfect photo? Can’t frame a straight shot? Need help getting a level image? Use gyroCam! This full-featured camera app has a killer new feature: it automatically levels photos in real time, while shooting. With gyroCam, you don’t need to worry about crooked aim or setting up and taking level shots – the app does it for you. gyroCam brings a true point-and-shoot capability to iOS devices, and makes photography easier and more fun.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Field Tools

“Field Tools is an efficient, easy to use depth of field calculator for photographers working in the field. Using just a few touches, you can quickly calculate hyperfocal, near focus and far focus distances, all from a single screen. App settings are also a single touch away. ”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: Free

Simple DoF Calculator

“Simple DoF Calculator allows photographers to calculate the depth of field and hyperfocal distance for any given settings. It calculates the near limit, far limit, total depth of field, hyperfocal distance, distance in front of the subject and distance behind the subject. The app shows al those calculated values in a simple image without unnecessary information.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

Private Pics

“The perfect application for anyone who wants to keep people from accidentally seeing their private pictures. This is the original and most reliable picture hiding app available on the iPhone since 2008.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $3.99

Pocket Light Meter

“A light meter that is always in your pocket. It is indispensable for film photography with all manual camera. Measures reflected light, and allows reciprocity calculations. ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: Free

Photography Trainer

“Do you want to take your photography to the next level? Learn how to take amazing photos with our fully-interactive app that’s like having a professional photographer with you, guiding you step-by-step on how to set your camera to take the perfect shot. ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

Photobucket

“Take Photobucket with you on your iPhone! Upload all your special moments directly to your Photobucket albums. Existing photos and videos can be uploaded from your camera roll, and new shots and clips can be uploaded from within the camera app. Looking for entertainment during moments of downtime? Find Stuff categories have billions of photos and videos for you to view, and you can download photos to your phone for free to use as wallpapers, contact IDs, and more. You can even share your photos, videos, and albums to Facebook or Twitter right from your phone, fast and easy.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

QuickShot with Dropbox

“QuickShot simplifies the process of uploading photos to Dropbox. Every picture you take is immediately uploaded to without the need for any additional actions. It has all the familiar camera features found in other apps, plus a few not found anywhere else. Queue multiple photos, upload photos in the background, and access all of the standard camera functionality from QuickShot’s simple interface.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $0.99

QuickShot with Dropbox

Easy photo – Timer & Burst

“Easy to use and ideal to take group pictures or photos with friends, this application will enjoy fans of all kind of pictures. Integrated Timer: select the trigger time of the picture (Ideal for group photos). Burst Mode: Set the number of shots to be taken in bursts (Ideal for motion pictures and panoramic views). Switch Camera: choose the front camera to take portrait pictures (ideal for photos with friends or portrait pictures). Flash Mode: define the behavior of the flash when shooting (Ideal for dark photos)”

Price: Free

PicBounce

“PicBounce is the simplest and fastest way to upload a photo from your iPhone to Facebook or Twitter. No signup required. Take a photo or choose an existing photo. Write a caption. Bounce it to Facebook and Twitter in 2 taps. You’re done. It’s that easy. ”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: Free

Tilt Shift and DOF

TiltShift Generator – Fake Miniature

“This is the 5th release from the ToyCamera series and this software will allow you to create retro miniature pictures. By adjusting various parameters, it allows you to apply many ToyCamera effects on your pictures: from miniature pictures to vintage styles images. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

TiltShift Generator – Fake Miniature

Tilt Shift Focus

“With Tilt-Shift-Focus you can easily edit photos to create fake miniatures, enhance or change the depth of field and focus area of your picture, or precisely soften details. Fake miniature and depth of field can improve the visual and artistic quality of your photographs and you can do all that with just a few taps in the Tilt-Shift-Focus editor.”

iTunes Rating: 2.5/5
Price: $0.99

MonotoriCamera – easy depth of field effect

“With “Monotori Camera” everybody can easily enjoy pictures that look as if taken with a real SLR camera. It is most suitable for taking pictures of motives like small objects or food.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

SynthCam

“Have you ever wished you could take an iPhone picture that had a shallow depth of field, like a single lens reflex (SLR) camera? Or a picture in a dark room that didn’t come out noisy? Or an outdoor shot that blurred out passing pedestrians or cars? This app lets you do all these things.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

Focusoid

“Turn any of your iPhone photos into professionally looking stylish pictures. Focusoid permits to easily simulate different out-of-focus techniques used by professional photographers, like Shallow Focus, Depth of Field or Tilt Shift effects.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $2.99

Focusoid

Digital Focus

“This is a camera application that allows you to create artistic pictures with blur and focus, just like taking a picture with a SLR camera.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $0.99

Silly and Fun

Sketch Me!

“Sketch Me! is a simple, fun app that lets you convert your photos into sketches by applying up to six different image effects. ”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $0.99

Phoster

“With stylish templates which are already within the application, you will be able to create posters without great effort.?When you get the job done of first step making posters, you can utilize various effects and decorates to complete the chic posters your own.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Phoster

Doodle Booth

“With this fun application you can add doodle stickers to your photos and captions and they’ll look like if you’ve drawn them over yourself with a real pen! Doodle Booth is completely compatible with the new Retina display and features great and simple UI. You can import photos from Facebook or you camera and add doodle stickers and pre-drawn frames.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: Free

Diptic

“Diptic lets you quickly and easily combine multiple photos to create a new image. Use Diptic to create a before-and-after sequence, produce a photographic series, or juxtapose contrasting images. Tell a story with Diptic photo combinations.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $1.99

SketchWiz

“SketchWiz turns your camera into your personal sketch artist. You can view your world as pencil, pen, chalk, or charcoal sketches, and you can save your masterpieces to your photo library. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Fauxto

“A simple flick of the finger creates an endless cast of characters. Choose from 60+ items to create 400+ possible combinations.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $0.99

Pictory

“Decorate your photo with about 410 hand-drawn style illustrations and text.
It supports multiple lines, text alignment, and five fonts. Tap and hold down for a second to edit text.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Pictory

OldBooth

“Back to the past with OldBooth. Over 60 fun masks to play with. Have you ever wondered what you’d have looked like in another era? How about your friends? Be a lady from 20s or a funky hairy hippie. Now you can turn into in the fastest way ever.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Percolator

“The secret of perfect image-processing is the skillful blending of fresh, imported pixels, precise color temperature, and the fastest numerical filtering. Percolator packs your images with well-rounded, full-bodied color — every time.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

moreMono

“Go Innovative! Go Red! moreMono (Red Edition) is a free photo editing application designed for iPhone 3G/3GS. It converts your photo to monotone and preserves the red tone to give a strong and dramatic look!”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: Free

StopMotion Recorder

“StopMotion Recorder is toy video camera enable you to make stunning stop motion video like claymation.
And you can edit, share movie via Mail, ‘Flickr’, ‘Twitter (Twitvid)’, Twitter(yFrog) & ‘Youtube’ from your iPhone.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

ComicStrip – CS

“Live. Create. Share. ComicStrip – CS is the only photography app with Facebook photo tagging!”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

iTimeLapse Pro – Time Lapse videos

“iTimeLapse – Create stunning time lapse and stop motion videos straight from any iphone! iTimeLapse allows you to capture a series of images rapidly and then compile them into a video.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $0.99

3D Photo

“3D Photo transforms friends and landscapes into beautiful, abstract geometric shapes. Experiment with digital photography from a cubist approach and see the world around you change into fascinating and fragmented works of art. Simply choose a 3D template and swipe to see your photo from multiple angles. Take a photo, drag to rotate your viewpoint, and then take a photo again!”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

3D Camera

“Create your own 3D photos and easily share them with friends on Facebook and Twitter. First, take left and right photos with the built-in camera or choose two images from your iPhone or iPod touch photo album. Then, view your 3D photo as a grey or color anaglyph (using common red/cyan 3D glasses), a stereogram (no glasses required), or as a wigglegram for a simulated 3D effect. Finally, send your 3D photo to your friends on Facebook and Twitter. It’s as simple as that!”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

3D Camera

Framed!

“Framed! is an easy to use application for doing fun things with your photos. Drop your photo into a series in scenes such as a wanted poster, billboard, TV, picture frame and more. Add your own text as well. Comes with 40 frames, and an additional 40 can be downloaded for free within the app. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

QuadCamera – MultiShot

“Just pressing a button, QuadCam proceeds to take 4-8 serial shoots and create one image with 6 selectable effects. The popping sound of the shutter gives you a great feeling. Taking pictures of running cars, watching sports, adorable behaviours of your pets or to wam up the party…this is a cool camera application that you can apply for any moments. ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

SneakyPix

“Ever wanted to take a photo but it’s an awkward or inconvenient time to pull out the camera? Now you can act like you’re on the phone while secretly and automatically snapping pictures!”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $0.99

FlyPic – GPS Slideshow

“Play an intelligent slideshow powered by the GPS location data of your iPhone! FlyPic extracts all the data needed from your photos and plays a stunning slideshow with beautiful flight-effects! What are you waiting for? Download this App and look at the images you shot with your iPhone in a very new and different way!!”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $0.99

Panoramic

Pano

“Pano is an award-winning app that lets you take beautiful, seamless panoramic photos straight from your phone, no other software necessary. Selected by Apple as one of the “Best Apps of 2009″, Pano has gotten rave reviews from hundreds of thousands of users around the world! Pano is exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch (with camera). ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Pano

Panoramatic 360

“Panoramatic 360 lets you create panoramic photos with iPhone photocamera or with the photos in the Photo Album (so it can be used also with iPod Touch). Panoramatic uses iphone gyroscope feature to automatically take pictures for you (works on iPhone 4 and 3gs). Panoramatic 360 is THE ONLY app for create REAL 360 panoramas and view it in a 3d engine, we use a property algorithm for this.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $1.99

ClearCam

“ClearCam is another mind blowing app from the creators of 360 Panorama and RedLaser that will help anyone consistently eliminate blur, reduce noise and take sharper, clearer photos with 2x resolution (up to 11MP) without missing the moment. No expertise required!”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

360 Panorama

“Capturing panoramas has never been easier! Just tap the screen and pan your phone camera in any direction. You’ll see your panorama being built in realtime as every incoming frame is processed. When you’re done, you can save and share your panorama instantly with no need to fumble around with a clumsy stitching process. There’s nothing else like it!”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

You Gotta See This!

“Simply start the recording, swipe the scene up, down, left and right with the camera and share the image created by one of the five amazing themes on Twitter, Facebook or by email. Or simply save it to your camera roll for later presentation. (See a short tutorial video at our website.) The app creates collages of images that you take by slowly moving the camera around in 3D space. The resulting images are somewhat similar to what is called “panography” or “Hockneyesque” (after the artist David Hockney).”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

AutoStitch Panorama

“AutoStitch is the only app that can stitch images in any order or arrangement, including vertical, horizontal, or mixed arrangements. It achieves unmatched quality by using full resolution camera images rather than lower-resolution video input.”

Price: $0.99

AutoStitch Panorama

Video Panorama

“Video Panorama lets you quickly and easily compose amazing panorama images from video with 2 taps within one minute. With this cool app, your will not be pity when you see beautiful views but without bringing professional camera. It will definitely make more fun for you.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $1.99

Video

8mm Vintage Camera

“8mm Vintage Camera brings your iPhone and iPod Touch back in time to capture the beauty and magic of old school vintage movies. By mixing and matching films and lenses, you can recreate the atmosphere of those bygone eras with 25 timeless retro looks. Dust & scratches, retro colors, flickering, light leaks, frame jitters – all can be instantly added with a single tap or swipe.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $1.99

8mm Vintage Camera

Camcorder Pro – HD Video with Retina Display

“If you are not satisfy with in-built camera and recording function or looking for something qualitative to expand your photography then Camcorder Pro is perfect for your iPhone and iPod Touch. You can record DVD and HD quality video so much easier than before. Simply, no needs to buy costly camcorder just keep it with you and capture every moments that you want.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

Qik Video Camera Pro

“Qik makes it easy to record special moments wherever you are and share them with others right as they happen or anytime later. With a tap of a button, you can share your live or previously recorded videos with friends and family.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $2.99

Precorder: Pre-recording Video Camera

“By constantly saving the previous few seconds of video before you hit record, Precorder lets you wait until something interesting happens to start recording, and you’ll never miss a precious moment or get stuck with hours of boring video to painstakingly edit down.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

iMovie

“Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app designed for Multi-Touch. Create a video postcard of your day at the beach and publish it to the web — without ever leaving your spot in the sand. Or make a movie of your child’s birthday party and send it to your parents — while the party is in full swing. With iMovie, you can start several projects and finish them whenever you want and wherever you are.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $4.99

iMovie Extras

“Add text, titles and credits to your iMovie videos, as well as find millions of HD backgrounds, photos, clip art, and emoticons to use in your videos.”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $0.99

Animoto Videos

“Animoto turns the pictures on your iPhone into beautiful music videos! It takes just a few minutes to make one, and then you can share and collect them with your friends. Make as many as you like–they’re totally free.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Free

Animoto Videos

Splice – Video Editor

“Splice together HD photos and videos in an amazingly simple way. Add music tracks from your iPod library, sound effects, transitions, borders, effects (like Ken Burns, slow motion and fast forward), trim video and audio, narrate with your own voice, and much more. ”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $1.99

Vintage Video Maker

“This app will make any of your iPhone videos look like authentic old school movie from the 20′s, or like a groovy home video from the 60′s. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

MovieSlate (Clapperboard & Shot Log)

“MovieSlate a convenient, all-in-one digital slate, clapper board, shot log, and shot notepad— designed for use in film, TV, documentaries, music videos, and interviews. This professional production tool is the easy way to log footage and take notes as you shoot— saving you valuable time later when capturing and editing footage. At a fraction of a bulky digital clapperboard’s cost, you’ll be saving money too.”

iTunes Rating: 5/5
Price: $19.99

JumiCam

“JumiCam is a full featured high performance, monitoring, tracking & spying system. It connects to an unlimited number of webcames & PCs, and streams live video and audio. It gives you instant control over all rooms in your home, your office, your garage, and even your grandma’s house if you wanted. It works over 3G / Edge / Local or Remote Wi-Fi.”

iTunes Rating: 3.5/5
Price: $4.99

FaceMan

“FaceMan is an amazing app that does funny video effects for your iPhone or iPod Touch!
Once you start playing with FaceMan, you end up in tears laughing at your creations thanks to 20 incredible effects, funny ones and Photoshop like!”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

FaceMan

HDR

TrueHDR

“Use TrueHDR to take full-resolution HDR (high dynamic range) pictures with your iPhone 4, 3GS, or iPod Touch 4G! Beautiful new Natural mode takes better pictures than ever before and with faster processing speed. Rapid Autocapture mode makes it easy to take fantastic HDR pictures, and SemiAuto mode offers greater control in choosing exposure points. Share using Facebook, Twitter, or email from within the app. ”

iTunes Rating: 4/5
Price: $1.99

Pro HDR

“Thanks to Pro HDR, you no longer have to choose between a blown-out sky or a hopelessly dark foreground. Bringing automatic high dynamic range photography to your iPhone for the first time ever, Pro HDR captures an image exposed for the highlights and another exposed for the shadows. It then aligns and merges the images, giving you a gorgeous 3- or 5-megapixel HDR image like nothing you’ve ever seen from such a tiny device.”

iTunes Rating: 4.5/5
Price: $0.99

Pro HDR

iCamera HDR

“iCamera HDR is the first app in the App Store to include the most advanced capture modes, full 32-bit HDR processing workflow, a range of digital photography post processing functions and awesome photo effects all in one app. This is also the easiest app to produce the results you, your friends and family will love. It works with photos taken by your Iphone, as well as those already in your Camera Roll from other sources.”

iTunes Rating: 3/5
Price: $1.99

What Did We Miss?

I hope the apps above are enough to fill your iPhone with pure photographic bliss for months to come. Leave a comment below and let us know which are your favorites.

Also, be sure to tell us if we missed any great apps that you’ve tried and loved. This is a huge category and there are bound to be a few gems that we haven’t discovered yet!

Why iPhone 5 Isn’t Coming in June or July

If you don’t know already, for the past four years since the iPhone’s inauguration, Apple has released a handset in the summer (normally June or July). This has been to much fanfare as most evangelists haven’t had their hands on a new one since the previous year. However, it’s only February and one iPhone version has already been launched. Then there’s rumors of the white one coming out next and then the iPhone 5 in the summer?

Would Apple really release three versions of it’s device throughout the first half of the year? Let’s see if we can debunk those rumors!

Let me start by noting that the ideas expressed in this article are pure speculation and of my opinion only. However, hopefully I can bring some interesting points up, because in my mind, they fit together quite nicely.

The Verizon iPhone

The first factor in dissuading a summer release is the recent release of the Verizon iPhone. Now, it’s not just as simple as putting in a new sim card. Verizon is a CDMA-based network meaning that Apple had to redesign part of their phone in order to guarantee compatibility. The question is, why would Apple release a new phone – constraining their supply lines at the same time – only to further constrain their supply lines a few months down the line? Apple has a history of high-demand, low-supply and you’re saying they’ve planned to launch two predictably-successful products in quick succession? I doubt it.

Then you wonder: Wouldn’t summer be an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the existing Verizon handset? Many AT&T iPhone 3GS owners will be coming to the end of their 24-month contract and probably willing to move. The iPhone 4 saw the biggest change in the iPhone’s history so I doubt iPhone 5 will have that many new features outside of spec boosts: why not tout CDMA as the “revolutionary” development?

Plus, there are rumors that iPhone 5 will feature a dual GSM/CDMA chip making us wonder, why are Apple effectively starting fragmentation on it’s devices?

The iPhone hit Verizon on February 3rd. It was their most successful first day of sales ever.

The White iPhone

Let’s have look at another version of the iPhone 4. Back at Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote in June of 2010, he showed off a white iPhone as well as the now-released black version. Originally, this was to ship with the black one. It has since been delayed time and time again, supposedly due to technical issues with the camera. Now, the carriers over here in the UK have been featuring the white iPhone on their websites in addition to Verizon. Rumors now suggest that it’s coming out in late March.

Again, why would Apple release another version just three months before an update? My opinion (and this is just pure speculation) is that Apple isn’t releasing and iPhone 5, but rather using the white one as an upgrade incentive for those same iPhone 3GS owners coming off their contracts.

And there’s just one more thing. Today we’re announcing the well-anticipated *laughs from crowd* white iPhone, on Verizon *ridiculous amounts of applause*

"Can't touch this…" – Image: cc-by-sa Matthew Yohe

Near-Field Communications

The final reason is one I’m not quite sure about, but could be a contributing factor. Apple is believed to be integrating an NFC chip into it’s iOS devices to facilitate payments over-the-air from your bank account (or even iTunes balance – which would be epic!) to a retailer. Unfortunately, this type of system would require the retail adoption of both Apple’s retail stores and many other companies. Plus, if this was the key feature of the iPhone 5, it would really need to see a larger presence worldwide. This would take some time.

Again, in a fit of pure speculation, I think Apple might release NFC equipment with the iPad 2. This update will have so many new features (camera, possible higher res display, faster internals) that NFC will just be another item of the list. Establishing their interest in NFC (and making everyone know it’s coming in the iPhone 5) will give retailers a hint that they need to start work. No doubt Apple will sell equipment or require “Made for iPhone” branding.

Visa is already testing out NFC capabilities in Europe. Image: cc-by-nc Gawker

4G/LTE Connectivity

On the same line as NFC, Apple could want to implement 4G networking into it’s upcoming update. Like with NFC, Apple’s not the type to launch on half-ready infrastructure so it’s likely they could be waiting until Verizon and AT&T’s network structure is more mature. Again, this is an inevitable feature but one that’s not quite ready to Apple’s standard.

When is the iPhone 5 coming then?

Maybe I’ve persuaded you to my frame of mind. So, when do I think iPhone 5 is coming out? Simply put, I don’t know.

One other potential reason for a delay would be Apple’s focus on the Mac during this year’s WWDC with the release of Lion and the guaranteed slur of demos involved. Sure it’s a One More Thing type of announcement, but Apple might be planning a retail push of software upgrades and new Lion-equipped hardware.

My first theory is that Apple could release it in October or November. Apart from a potential MacBook Air update, there probably isn’t anything blockbuster out then. This would also provide a prime victim for the holiday-buying period.

My second mind suggests no update at all this year. I mean, is Apple really going to keep on releasing iPhones every year until iPhone 20? A release cycle will need to slow down eventually. Maybe the iPhone is at it’s peak feature-wise.

Final Thoughts

Whether you agree with me or not, Apple’s speech at WWDC 2011 will be an interesting one. If Apple does release iPhone 5, I’m a little unsure how many non-decimal upgrades there will be. If it doesn’t, it could signal the end of yearly refreshes. However, I’d probably expect them to migrate to an 18-month refresh cycle instead.

I’m on the fence about making an iPhone purchase just yet. I’m definitely waiting until June to see if Apple does release iPhone 5. If not, I’ll be on Apple’s online store ordering one the same day.

Miso: Foursquare for Television

Location-aware apps are very popular right now, whether it be Foursquare or Gowalla checking you in or Google Places finding you a highly rated restaurant nearby. The rise in mobile devices, such as smartphones that are fitted with GPS, allow this type of mobile app to rise to the mainstream. Foursquare, as we just mentioned, is a location-based app where you checkin to various locations in an effort to become the mayor of said location.

On a similar theme, Miso allows users to not checkin to locations, but into TV shows and movies that they’re currently watching. Miso is advertised as “social TV” and, in addition to it’s own service, links into Twitter and Facebook. A la Foursquare, you can also earn badge and points for watching shows and movies.

Your First Checkin

Imagine this: you’re sitting on your sofa watching The Simpsons. You pull out your iPhone (or iother iOS device) and launch the Miso app to check in. The currently trending TV shows and movies appear and you get the option to search for the show you’re watching. Once you’ve located said show you can view who else is watching, follow the show or, of course, check in.

"The Simpsons" seems to be constantly trending…

The advantage of choosing Miso over rival services is the ability to select a specific episode of the show you’re watching to inform your friends and maybe spark some discussion.

Once you’ve checked in, you earn points and possibly badges depending on the fulfillment of each badge’s criteria. When I checked into The Simpsons with a comment and allowed the app to share it on twitter, I earned three points and the “TV Newbie” badge. Also, my persona and comment appeared on the show page.

Just like Foursquare

As with Foursquare, you get a profile, recent activity/history, badges and notifications. Your profile will eventually build up with your checkins and your followings. However, instead of showing off your mayorships, it’s a lot more personal with Miso showing off the number of your checkins to your favorite shows.

The badges system is tiered into three sections: featured, achievements and levels. Featured are special badges relevant to currently broadcasting shows. Achievements and levels are a little harder to explain as their success criteria is hidden under a not-so-helpful hint.

Checking in on Miso. Yep, I can't think of a caption for this.

Gomiso.com

As with it’s rival checkin services, Miso’s main usage will be on mobile devices due to the accessibility of the service there compared to on the desktop. Away from the smartphone, this seems like a tedious and unnecessary task, but nevertheless there is a web accompaniment.

GoMiso.com acts in the same way as the app with your feed also accessible there too. In a very similar way, you can search for the show you’re watching and checkin, add links or add a comment’s to the show’s “wall”.

Conclusion

It was quite difficult to write this review because there’s not much you can say about this app aside from that you can check into TV shows. The idea is interesting and the theory of letting your friends know what you’re watching and maybe encourage them to spark a discussion if they’re watching the same show is nice. However, it seems like you can do this a lot easier on already established services like Twitter and Facebook without the need to signup and manage yet another service.

I enjoy using Foursquare because of it’s “game” element. It’s a little sad that I was quite content a week or so ago when I became the mayor of a Starbucks and an Apple store… in the same day! This conquest for mayorship is very inviting and creates a strong sense of lasting appeal. However, the lack of real goal in Miso doesn’t define a reason for you to use the service. The reality is that you can achieve this on an alternative network that you already have friends and followers on without trying to get them all to sign up to a new one.

Miso’s integrated social network publishing options don’t help it either for the reasons we just discussed: why use another service to publish to Twitter whilst offering nothing else? It would be a lot easier to bypass Miso and head straight to Twitter.

However, if you have a group of friends who are willing to sign up in order to gain a topic of discussion next time you meet, you should give this app a shot. It’s closest kin is Apple’s Ping where it only becomes useful if you’re real life friends are willing to adopt it with you.

Have you use Miso? or GetGlue? What are your experiences with them? Let us know in the comments.

Quick Look: KitchenPad Timer

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In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting KitchenPad Timer. The developer describes KitchenPad Timer as follows: Take back control of meal time with the all new KitchenPad Timer. This visual kitchen timer that can be used to manage multiple cook times for your stove-top and oven. The convenient timer displays give you all the critical timer info at-a-glance. Never lose track of a dish you are preparing ever again!

Read on for more information and screenshots!

Screenshots

KitchenPad Timer

About the App

Here are the top five features you can expect to see in the latest version:

Stunning, simple and elegant design with easy to use controls! Set, start & pause timers with ease.
Set up to 9 timers at once (5 stove-top and 4 oven timers)
Timer displays tell you what’s on the stove or in the oven, how much time left and the temperature or heat setting. Stove-top timers have heat settings from low to high, and with oven timers you can choose from fahrenheit, celsius, and by popular demand gas mark.
Audio alerts with local & push notifications when timers complete even if the app is running in the background. Select from our list of 15 alert sounds
Ability to save your favorite timers! Easily recall them later when making your favorite dishes.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Price: $2.99
Developer: Prativo

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MapQuest 4 Mobile: Free GPS Spoken Driving Directions

I’m an avid Google Maps fan. Long ago when MapQuest was the standard place to go to for maps, I was that smug guy telling you that Google had a new and far superior alternative. However, the MapQuest 4 Mobile app recently caught my eye and I have to say, it’s an awesome product.

Today we’ll take a look at why should think twice before buying one of those expensive turn-by-turn GPS apps for your iPhone. MapQuest 4 Mobile may be just what you’re looking for, and it’s free.

Is It Really Free?

If you’ve ever shopped around for iPhone GPS apps, you know that it can be a tricky business. Some apps appear to be free or fairly cheap until you realize there’s a big monthly fee. There are plenty of great, fully-featured GPS apps without monthly fees, but they typically cost somewhere between $50 and $100.

Truly free, non-subscription, turn-by-turn, voice guided GPS apps do exist, but they tend to rely a lot on user-provided or open source maps and are known for leading you astray (one of our reviewers was confident that Waze wanted to kill him).

To be fair, the Google Maps app built into your iPhone is excellent, it just doesn’t provide the voice-guided directions ideal for driving while not staring at your phone. Up until now, a quality free GPS navigation app was more of a myth than a reality, but MapQuest seems to have pulled it off. MapQuest 4 Mobile is truly 100% free and it’s actually a really great app. You might remember that MapQuest themselves had a subscription-based navigation app called “MapQuest Navigator,” but that seems to have been pulled from the app store in favor of integrating the features into their mobile app.

Let’s Take a Drive

To test out MapQuest 4 Mobile, I naturally set out for a drive. I intentionally had a location in mind that I knew was a fairly new development. One of the biggest annoyances with dedicated GPS devices like my Garmin Nuvi is that you have to purchase frequent map updates or else newly constructed areas and businesses won’t appear. Testing MapQuest 4 Mobile on just such a location seemed like a good way to put it through the wringer.

I started by searching for book stores near my house to see if the one that I had in mind popped up. Sure enough, the app found several locations close to me, including the one I was looking for.

Searching for a Book Store

As you can see, the options show up as pins on a map very similar to what you see in Google. The search bar resides at the top along with a button to view the results in a list.

Once I found the book store I wanted, I tapped on the pin to bring up a little bubble with the address and business name. Tapping on this bubble brought me to a page nearly identical to that in Google Maps for getting directions.

Getting Directions

The Voices Told Me To

Once I told the app to get me directions to the location we were off and running. Immediately a voice emerged from my phone telling me where to go. It was a simulated American female voice every bit as good as the one on my $90 Garmin Nuvi.

On the way

The directions that the app gave me were clear and easy to understand. Each time I approached a turn I received several verbal warnings: one at .6 miles, one at .5 miles and one at the turn. This made it really easy to follow all of the directions without any last minute lane-changing.

Your next step is always shown at the top of the screen with a constantly updating countdown to your next turn. You can use the arrows to go back and forth and view other steps in the process. You can also view the steps in a list view instead of a map view. The app conveniently enlarges and highlights your current step so it’s always easy to tell at a glance where you are.

You can view directions as in a map or list view

Finding Lunch

MapQuest 4 Mobile isn’t just for finding directions, it’s a fully-featured map client with powerful local search. One of the features that I really like is the customizable row of icons that sits at the bottom of the screen. These make it super easy to find what you’re looking for without even typing in a search string!

If you want to find a place to eat, simply tap on the knife and fork to view the options around you. If you want to also add in gas stations, tap that icon as well to see both food and gas (tap the icons again to turn them off).

Tap an icon to quickly view a category of businesses

If you want even more options, you can tap an icon at the end of the line to include additional options such as movie theaters and rest stops.

Settings

Under the settings menu there are a few typical options. For instance, you can change the default measurement from miles to kilometers or set the directions from “shortest time” to “shortest distance.”

My favorite option is the ability to change your position icon. I was quite unhappy with the default waving man and instantly wondered if I could change it. As it turns out, MapQuest 4 Mobile gives you a number of options; everything from robot to a jet! Now that’s more like it.

You can customize your position icon

Possible Improvements

Honestly, I think the app is nearly perfect as it is, and that’s no small compliment coming from a former MapQuest critic. My only complaints stem from the experience of my dedicated Garmin GPS unit.

For instance, I like that when I make a turn, my Garmin immediately tells me what the next step will be, even if it’s something like “Continue for 200 miles.” This little bit of instruction ensures that you don’t feel like you’re driving along in no man’s land wondering what will happen next. The MapQuest app doesn’t have this functionality and easily could (the screen shows the next step, the voice just doesn’t speak it until you’re close to turning).

Another pet peeve is that when you’re pulling up to your destination, MapQuest simply tells you that you’ve arrived and leaves out which side of the road you should be looking at. Again, most GPS units tell you something along the lines of “Arriving at destination, on right.” It’s a small thing, but it helps a lot when you’re in an unfamiliar place.

One final complaint is the lack of a 3D driving view, similar to what you see in most GPS apps, including the old MapQuest navigator. I honestly like the overhead map view but I’m sure many users will prefer the 3D approach.

Obviously, these are extremely minor complaints. I would have far more suggestions for making my Garmin work like this app than the other way around! For instance, the searching is far superior and incredibly faster.

Conclusion

In closing, there really aren’t that many options available for truly 100% free, turn-by-turn voice guided driving directions in the App Store. Only a few apps meet this description and most of them are fairly poor in practice.

MapQuest 4 Mobile is a genuine exception to this rule. It’s a great app that provides up-to-date maps, clear spoken directions and an innovative, fast search for local businesses.

If you’ve been looking for a good GPS app but are hesitant to spend $50, check out MapQuest 4 Mobile right away and let us know what you think.