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App-aholics Anonymous Archive
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Android App-Aholics Anonymous: Flixster w/Rotten Tomatoes
Posted on May 20, 2012 | No CommentsApp: Flixster w/Rotten Tomatoes Developer: Flixster Inc. Price: Free Rating: 5/5 One of the coolest things about smartphones is how much time they save, and how much frustration they help you avoid, when attempting to complete everyday tasks. They definitely have made certain tasks... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Onavo Extend)
Posted on May 20, 2012 | No CommentsApp Name: Onavo Extend Developer: Onavo Mobile Ltd. Price: FREE (for now) App-Aholic Rating: 5/5 For lack of interest in the selection of new games this week, I choose this post to steer your attention towards a nifty little app I stumbled on about a... -
Android App-Aholics Anonymous: ESPN Scorecenter
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No CommentsApp: ESPN Scorecenter Developer: ESPN Inc. Price: Free Rating: 2.5/5 Let it be known that I am a big baseball fan, and sports fan in general. Even if I don’t really watch a sport, I will still follow the news and keep tabs on it.... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (N.O.V.A. 3)
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No CommentsApple App-Aholics Anonymous (N.O.V.A. 3) By: @ZTLaidlaw App Name: N.O.V.A. 3 Developer: Gameloft Price: $6.99 App-Aholic Rating: 4/5 For fans of XBox’s Halo series, Gameloft’s iOS installment of NOVA was well-received. The addition of NOVA 2 was even better. NOVA 2.5 (Gameloft’s ’12 April Fools... -
Android App-Aholics Anonymous: InkPad
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsApp: InkPad Developer: Workpail Price: Free The times we live in are great. The technology we have at our fingertips makes life exponentially easier. The Smartphone alone, with its plethora of apps, has taken us to a place where we can take care of nearly... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous: (LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7)
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsApp Name: LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Developer: Warner Bros. Price: $4.99 App-Aholic Rating: 5/5 FINALLY! After last year’s early winter console release of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 left the iOS market wondering where its edition escaped to, the AppStore was finally graced with... -
Android App-Aholics Anonymous: TweetCaster
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsApp: TweetCaster Developer: One Louder Apps Price: Free (or go Pro for $4.99) It seems like there are a bajillion Twitter apps available in the Google Play store, especially with Twitter being the monster that it has become. The availability of several Twitter apps may... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Inotia 4: Assassin of Berkel)
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsApp Name: Inotia 4: Assassin of Berkel Developer: Com2uS Inc. Price: FREE & $2.99 (PLUS Edition) App-Aholic Rating: 3.5/5 South Korean developer, Com2uS, is no stranger to the gaming scene, pumping out decent titles such as Queen’s Crown, World of Magic, Third Blade, and one... -
Android App-Aholics Anonymous: Handcent SMS
Posted on April 22, 2012 | No CommentsApp: Handcent SMS Developer: Handcent Price: Free Let me start off by saying that the majority of factory messaging UI’s are a bit bland. They lack customization and often times are just there to serve their function, which is to send and receive text... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Illusia 2: Melody of Dreams)
Posted on April 22, 2012 | No CommentsApp Name: Illusia 2: Melody of Dreams Developer: Gamevil Inc. Price: FREE! App-Aholic Rating: 3/5 Straight out of the gate, Illusia 2 has evolved beyond its predecessor. Instead of just one character to choose from, there are three, ranging from the typical Warrior, Magician, and... -
Android App-Aholics Anonymous: Pocket Auctions For eBay
Posted on April 15, 2012 | No CommentsApp: Pocket Auctions for eBay Developer: Bonfire Media, Inc. Price: Free Love it or hate it, you have to admit one thing. EBay is an extremely convenient way to buy or sell anything. Sure eBay fees are starting to pile up, but you still can’t... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Crow)
Posted on April 15, 2012 | No CommentsApp Name: Crow Developer: Sunside Inc. Price: $2.99 I do love a sturdy selection of games to choose from, and after the past several weeks of up-and-down shiners and disappointments across the AppStore, I was more than ecstatic to see this past week deliver some... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (9 Innings: Pro Baseball)
Posted on April 8, 2012 | 3 CommentsIn honor of the 2012 MLB season kicking off this week, I decided to review one of the best free games available on Google Play, 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011. I say it’s the best because it’s really the total package. The graphics may be... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Great Role-Playing Games)
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsApp Collection: Great Role-Playing Games Price: Various Welcome back, fellow-downloaders! This week I’m going to do something a bit different and throw the blog back to you guys. Give us a shout-out and let us know what you think about the topic below! Hit it!... -
Apple App-Aholics Anonymous (Swordigo)
Posted on April 1, 2012 | No CommentsSwordigo Price: $1.99 The always-promising app-release-Thursday of this past week left the iOS AppStore hungry for a game worth mentioning here in the 8DAG App-Aholic spotlight; maybe that was because the previous week managed to eek out Swordigo, a significantly-refined 2.5D role playing adventure by... -
App-aholics Anonymous (PogoPlug)
Posted on March 11, 2012 | No CommentsApp-aholics Anonymous (PogoPlug) This week’s app-aholic article will be a two for one. PogoPlug is an app for both Android and iOS so this review will cover it for both platforms. App Name: PogoPlug Cost: Free There are plenty of times that... -
App-aholics Anonymous (Box)(Audible)
Posted on February 26, 2012 | No CommentsAndroid Box Price: Free There are a lot of competitors in the online storage market these days and not all of them are created equal. Dropbox is my cloud service of choice for its synchronization across many different machines and... -
App-aholics Anonymous (Hipster) (Hatchi)
Posted on February 5, 2012 | No CommentsAndroid App Name: Hipster Price: free The Android faithful, such as myself, have been waiting for the now famous iOS app Instagram to release for Android. While Instagram hasn’t yet come to Android, Hipster is here to sate your retro photo sharing needs. Hipster basically... -
App-aholics Anonymous (Groove IP)(Stunt Biker)
Posted on January 22, 2012 | 1 CommentAndroid Groove Ip, $4.99 There are all kinds of “internet calling” apps such as Skype, Gtalk, Tango, and others yet Groove Ip is what I would call the most useful and easy to use. Groove Ip uses your Google Voice... -
App-aholics Anonymous (Pocket Casts) (Four Track)
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No CommentsAndroid Pocket Casts, $2.99 I’ve covered podcast listening apps in previous app-aholics articles, but I’ve stumbled upon one that rivals all of them. Pocket Casts is like all of the other podcast apps on the market when it comes...