Ok, perhaps that is a harsh title, but I was so excited to get my hands on a 4.5 rated app for the iPad that promised that it was all I needed to make my weight loss resolution happen that only the disappointment that followed after using the app could match it. But after just a few minutes spent with FitnessPlanner, the All-Inclusive Weight Loss Management System for iPad, I started to get the feeling that I might lose weight just by reading through the app’s documentation.

The idea behind FitnessPlanner will surely appeal to you, as it has to me. It’s an app for the iPad that will empower you to lose weight and stay healthy by helping you understand your dietary needs and physical exercise requirements and based on your current age, weight, height and BMI (Body Mass Index) plus your goal weight.

The equation is fairly simple. The app promises to help you [...]

Ah, Christmas, the time of the year when, let’s face it, no matter if you were nice or naughty, you’ll still get a ton of presents. We’ve turned into a consumerist society that’s well past beyond its point of salvation, but that’s a discussion for another time. Several things are important during the Holidays, but perhaps none as important as the memories you’ll have after all is said and done. Pictures, videos, postcards, every event gets a place in the memory warehouse, as Stephen King put it in Dreamcatcher. But now you can make these memories become so much more with Animoto’s free iPhone app, by turning all your pictures, videos and nice thoughts into incredible video masterpieces in just a few easy steps.

The first is obviously to download the free app from the AppStore. You can then give artistic value to your memories and share [...]

So you think the Contacts app doesn’t have what it takes to satisfy your every needs? Want a faster way to add new contacts and share your info with them? There are various apps for this out there, Bump is my favorite, but Numbers+ wants to take on the myth that adding phone numbers ca be pain-free.

If you want to find a suitable replacement for the Contacts app on your iPhone, here’s a quick primer on what to look for. I decided to evaluate Numbers+ based on how fast you can add a new contact, how can you share your own information with the newly created contact and what other options you have when you want to complete the contact entry, such as entering an email, an address, etc.

Hopefully, by pitting Numbers+ against Contacts, you can get a better idea of what to look for in a potential replacement for your [...]

Christmas is right around the corner and most of us feel uplifted by the shopping rush around us. There’s hardly any time to relax, wind down and pick up a game to play. But for those of us that did our Christmas shopping early this year, there’s plenty of time to mock those that left it to the very end yet again by getting our hands dirty with some great games that were released in the AppStore. One of these games is Draco and it will fire up your world. Literally!

Draco is a fun arcade slide-and-shoot type of game that seems to get a lot of the ingredients right for the recipe to success. I actually like it when games have a story line, something you can follow along and that even hardcore action shooter gamers can feel like they’re involved in. Draco starts out beautifully, with a myth about how the Great Heartwood tree was the heart of the world [...]

How many times did you find yourself complaining to other parents about the videos that your children watch on TV or on the Internet? It’s hard enough to keep track on what they’re watching when you’re at home, and sometimes impossible while you’re at work. But now, you can give him another option, a better option, one that you can have total control over. Enter Video Baby on the AppStore.

Video Baby is the app that both you, and your child will enjoy. With it, you can control what videos your child is watching, and he can enjoy watching his favorite videos in a fun format, especially designed for him. All you need to do is create a profile and start adding as many playlists and videos as you like. And the great part is that you can add as many profiles as you like, too. So, each one of your children can have his [...]

In a galaxy far, far away, there’s a planet that uses Maths to control the world. But now, an alien planet is attacking, and all the secrets of Maths risk to be forever lost. And it is all up to you to save this planet by using the force of Maths to destroy the enemies. All the action takes place in AppStore’s own Math Evolve for the iPhone and iPad.

Math Evolve is an educational and fun app that helps children improve their Maths skills, while having fun shooting at vile creatures to save an endangered planet. Just add your name to create a profile, and then you’re all set to go. This way, you can keep track of the evolution of your Maths skills and compare them with your brothers, sisters or friends, since you can create as many different profiles as you want.

With Math Evolve, there are 12 levels to clear, 3 different environments to pass through [...]

A delivery container was lost, and all the padlocks of the container have been scattered along four continents with different seasons. Unless somebody with the necessary skills appears and manages to complete the challenges to recover the padlocks, then the container will never be opened again. What do you say? Can you be the one to recover the padlocks? Download Four Seasons Planet from the AppStore and find out.

Four Seasons Planet is an arcade game, where you have to calculate your every move to remove the delivery boxes on the screen in the proper order, so that the parts of the padlocks don’t fall on the ground. The goal is to make them fall on certain boxes that cannot be moved. These are usually marked with certain writings or yellow stripes, so that you know straight from the start where the padlock has [...]