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What’s new on the app stores on Wednesday 23 May 2012

A selection of 23 new and notable apps for you today:

Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough’s new TV show is airing on Sky rather than the BBC, which is a sign of the times. As is the official iPad app, which blends text, videos and panoramic photos of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.
iPad

Sidecar.me

Aiming to provide “smart calling for your smartphone”, Sidecar is the latest Voice-over-IP app looking to add extra features to standard voice calls. In this case, that includes the ability to share live video, photos and location data while chatting. It’s free to use with other Sidecar users.
Android / iPhone

Nike Golf 360°

At the time of writing, Nike’s new golf app appears to be a US-only affair. It tracks your rounds and statistics, uploading everything to the NG360° website for later analysis. Swing videos can be uploaded and analysed too, with golf-focused workouts and tips also included.
iPhone

Mass Effect: Infiltrator

Another treat for hardcore gamers on Android devices, as EA brings its latest Mass Effect game to Google-powered devices. That means spiffing graphics, touchscreen-optimised controls and lots – LOTS – of shooting.
Android

Louboutin

Shoes! Posh shoes, at that. Fashion label Christian Louboutin has an official app showing off its latest collection, including designers’ sketches, a store locator, and a wish list feature to store details of your favourites.
iPhone

Kate

The Daily Mail is the latest newspaper looking into one-shot apps for iPad, with its tribute to the Duchess of Cambridge. It offers articles and photos from the year since her marriage to Prince William, with a focus on her frocks.
iPad

#BeyHive

Hashtags in app titles? That’s 2012 for you. This app is a fan-project devoted to all things Beyonce, offering “a social network” for fans around the world. They sign in using Twitter, then get news, photos, links to music and the ability to earn points for their fandom.
Android / iPhone

Euro Finals from Betfair

Gambling service Betfair has a new app dedicated to the Euro 2012 football tournament, giving a quick way to access all its markets around the finals, place bets and then cash out from the device.
iPhone

Red Bull Racing Spy

Red Bull has launched a new Formula 1 app, promising news, gossip and party photos from the F1 circuit. The spy of the title is Red Bull’s “man on the inside”, who’s also running his own Twitter account.
iPhone / iPad

Trailr

Here’s an interesting use for image recognition technology: an iPhone app that when pointed at a movie poster, advertisement or DVD cover, searches for and plays its video trailer. It’s the work of LTU Technologies – a showcase for the company’s in-house tech.
iPhone

Clueful

Spooked by reports earlier in 2012 about how apps are sharing your personal data? Clueful is an iPhone app that aims to show you what apps are running in memory, and what they’re doing with your data. It can also be used as a reference guide before installing an app, to see what it does.
iPhone

AT&T mHealth

This is only available in the US for people with an invitation from their employer or health management company, but it’s still something to track. AT&T’s mobile health app focuses on diabetes, helping people manage their condition, track their blood glucose levels, and share data with medical staff.
Android

eWowBooks

The latest startup looking to provide a book-apps platform on iOS is eWowBooks. Its app is out now, including a 30-page story called My Random Digi-Life, aimed at young readers. It blends animation, interactivity and social features. Going forward, the company is hoping to work with other publishers and authors to get new stories onto the platform.
iPad

BitPix

Photo-sharing app BitPix might not end up being sold to Facebook for $1bn, but it looks good fun. It turns photos into “8-bit goodness” with visual filters based on vintage consoles and computers.
iPhone

Samplodica

The latest innovative iPhone music-creation app is Samplodica, which offers a selection of digital instruments, as well as the option to record your own samples – all played by “whipping your iPhone in the air, like a rhythm egg or a drum stick”.
iPhone

Digifit iCardio

Fitness app iCardio has made its debut on Android, helping you track cardio workouts “indoors and out”, mapping the latter and sharing (well, bragging) about runs, rows and other exercises on Twitter and Facebook. It works with Polar’s Bluetooth heart rate monitor too, to track your heart rate.
Android

WeAreTennis by BNP Paribas

Tennis buffs getting ready for the summer season should love the WeAreTennis app, which promises news, live scores from major tournaments, and push alerts from individual players. There’s also a social feature to make your own commentary for classic match moments and share the results with friends.
iPhone / iPad

Men In Black 3

Gameloft bagged the licence for an official mobile game based on the new Men In Black 3 film. It sees you building and running a Men In Black agency, as well as whizzing around New York to fight aliens. The link above is for Android but here’s the iOS version.
Android / iPhone / iPad

Skyrise Runner

Protect the forests in this environmentally-sound Android game, which offers lush side-scrolling platform action with crystals to collect and great eagles to, er, morph into.
Android

Perrette and the Pot of Milk

The flow of high-quality kid-apps from iOS to Android is improving, with Perrette and the Pot of Milk the latest example. Offering a choice of English, French, Spanish and Arabic, it’s an adaptation of a famous story, with 50 interactive illustrations.
Android

Rocka Bowling 3D

This 3D bowling game for iOS offers a six-person local multiplayer mode, and uses a freemium model funded by in-app purchases of bowling alleys, pins and balls. iOS developers may smile at the developer’s attempt to ensure it’s found on the App Store – the developer is listed as ‘Best 3D Bowling Game Arcade, Action & Sports Free Game – Flick Ball Online Multiplayer! A Ten 10 pins best game for Kids! The sudoku Puzzle Free Games! Bowling Games! Funny Cool Fun Free Apps! Free App Creation Company’.
iPhone / iPad

Moosejaw Sweaty And Wet

Outdoor gear and clothing firm Moosejaw has released a new augmented reality app for its summer collection, which involves virtually soaking the models with water. Dreadfully sexist? Well, the models are male and female…
iPhone / iPad

Hooters Calendar Sexy Screen Wash HD

Well, indeed. Included here purely for its disclaimer text: “This application does not actually wash or clean your iPad screen. However, this application includes a video of a talented model/actress simulating a screen wash.”
iPad

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What’s new on the app stores on Tuesday 22 May 2012

It had to happen eventually: a slow apps day, with just five new and notable apps to tell you about:

The Sandbox

There are plenty of Minecraft clones in the apps world, but The Sandbox does something different with the pixelly world-building genre. It’s a “physics sandbox” that aims to get you creating your own universe, from mud and sand to plants, walls, metal and, er, light bulbs.
iPhone

101 Ideas: Flying with Kids

Going on a flight with easily-bored children? This app wants to help you not tear your hair out. It offers 101 “fun activities/in-flight games” that the developers claim “all children will enjoy, from toddlers to young teenagers”. Which is a rather optimistic view of young teenagers, but worth a try.
iPhone

Calpol

Talking of ways to keep children quiet on flights… No, as good parents know, child medicines don’t make kids drowsy nowadays. It’s all about the pain relief. Now the makers of Calpol have an official app, including a dosage diary, local pharmacy and hospital info, and lullabies to play to poorly children.
iPhone

9mm HD

Gameloft has ported its grizzled-cop action title 9mm HD to RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook – the latest in an impressive flow of quality games for the tablet. Here, you’re hunting down a gang leader before he hunts you down, with guns all over the shop.
BlackBerry PlayBook

Crumbly

This may be US-only at the moment, but it’s an interesting spin on social location. The app aggregates check-ins and photos from friends on Facebook, Foursquare and Instagram with a view to showing you the most interesting places to visit in your current location. Or, as it styles itself, a “friend-powered compass”.
iPhone

Google chief Eric Schmidt says we should all take a one-hour screen break every day and ‘have a real conversation’. Good advice?

What’s new on the app stores on Monday 21 May 2012

A selection of 26 new and notable apps for you today:

Moshi Monsters: Moshlings

There have been a couple of branded Moshi Monsters apps before, but this is the first actually published by Mind Candy, the maker of the hugely popular online world for children. It’s focused on the Moshlings characters from the site, with more than 60 to personalise with digital stickers and share with friends and family.
iPhone / iPad

Tom Daley Dive 2012

In good time for the Olympic Games, british diver Tom Daley has his own iPhone and iPad game, released by Chelsea Apps Factory and sponsored by Adidas. It’s a 3D diving game where you twist, duck, somersault and bellyflop into a pool. Well, three of the four.
iPhone / iPad

Telmap Navigator

Telmap has launched a free version of its satnav software Telmap Navigator for BlackBerry, with listings and reviews built in, as well as support for RIM’s BBM messaging service.
BlackBerry

Peppa Pig – Polly Parrot

Peppa Pig makes her second official app-earance on Android, courtesy of P2 Games. Here, you get four mini-games and a digital sticker book to play with, including the Talking Parrot game familiar from Peppa’s Nintendo DS outing.
Android

Tivoli Radio

Radio manufacturer Tivoli Audio has launched its own iPhone app, which offers a curated selection of streaming radio stations from around the world, from Swiss jazz to Irish folk.
iPhone

Shop Scan Save

Shop Scan Save is the latest shopping app aiming to save money – in this case, with a UK focus. The app offers deals on brands from KitKat and Lenor through to Lurpak, Jack Daniels and Bacardi Breezer, with 22,500 stores in its network.
Android / iPhone

Look & Learn: Animals Vol. 1

National Geographic has launched an app aimed at children, encouraging “a child’s awareness of the natural world through beautiful photography, animal sounds, and age-appropriate learning games”. The three mini-games are Animal Bounce, Animal Match and Animal Words.
iPhone / iPad

CNET Global

Technology news site CNET has a new Android app providing its news, videos and podcasts from around the world, as well as product reviews, comments, user reviews and social features.
Android

Everyme

Soon we’ll need a private social network for all the private social networking app. The latest looking to ‘do a Path’ is Everyme, which says it believes “most stories are meant to be shared with your closest friends and family, not with 500 random acquaintances”. Which means “intimate Circles” of contacts.
Android

Nectar

UK loyalty scheme Nectar has ported its official app to Windows Phone according to WPCentral, although I can’t get the Windows Phone Marketplace link to work. If it is live, expect a working link from Nectar’s official apps webpage, which is the link above.
Windows Phone

CNNMoney for iPad

CNNMoney has launched a new iPad app offering stock prices, personalised news feeds, alerts and business/financial news, joining its existing smartphone version.
iPad

23snaps

Photography app 23snaps wants to help parents capture shots of their children and share them securely with friends and family – essentially a private social network for baby snaps. With the added benefit (possibly) that you won’t be spamming your non-baby-interested friends on Facebook…
iPhone

Bejeweled HD

PopCap Games has released an all-new version of its Bejeweled puzzle game for iPad, with four modes of jewel-swapping action and visuals optimised for the latest iPad’s Retina display.
iPad

ClickCard*

Android app ClickCard* is the latest attempt at taking business cards digital, with a card that can open the phone dialler, email, Google Maps, websites, and social networking profiles.
Android

Chelsea FC

Just in time for the club’s Champions League triumph, Chelsea FC has an official app for Nokia phones, developed by InfoMedia. It includes news, videos, live match stats and commentary, and live streaming audio from games.
Nokia

Lee Clow’s Beard

Cult Twitter spoof Lee Clow’s Beard now has its own app, allowing you to “hear the beard” or “be the beard” – said beard belonging to advertising industry legend Lee Clow.
iPhone

Total Commander

One for power Android users, this: a smartphone version of desktop file-manager software Total Commander, with an impressive spread of file management features, and languages support.
Android

Orient-Express Traveller

The latest travel-browsing app for iPad comes from the Orient-Express, without a murder in sight. This focuses on tourist hotspots with photography, travel tips and social sharing features.
iPad

Tweetraffic

Tweetraffic is a nice idea, although it will need a lot of people using it to be at its most useful. It’s about sending and receiving traffic info, including reports of jams, accidents and roadworks for other users to see on a map.
iPhone

CrossDJ

The music technology team behind the CrossDJ software have launched an iPad version, promising a blend of professional-grade mixing features and intuitive controls.
iPad

Hojoki

With numerous cloud services entering the market, how to keep track of all your stuff on remote servers? Hojoki wants to help, promising to “make all your cloud apps work as one”. That means hooking into Google Docs, Dropbox, Evernote, Basecamp and other services.
Android

Pro Zombie Soccer

iOS undead-football hit Pro Zombie Soccer has made the jump to Android. “if you want an excuse to kick a soccer ball into space, realign an orbital weapons platform and launch a death-ray to explode the heads of the zombies sneaking into your soccer field – then THIS IS IT…”
Android

Gardeners’ World Magazine – 100 Best Plants

The BBC’s flagship gardening magazine has a new iPad spin-off: a selection of 100 best plants with all the information you’ll need to make them flourish in your own back-patch.
iPad

Convo

Convo is an app for Android smartphones and tablets offering a business-focused mobile social network, designed for teams to communicate while on the go. Looking for a piece of Yammer’s enterprise action, in other words.
Android

SmugMug

Photography community SmugMug has a new Windows Phone app, helping people to browse the day’s most popular images, and log in to see their own, and share shots directly from their handset.
Windows Phone

Apptoyz Alien Attack

The latest appcessory action comes from this Android game, which is designed to be used with the gun-shaped Apptoyz Appblaster peripheral. The game is an augmented-reality shoot ‘em up with hosts of aliens to shoot.
Android

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