New Apps
Goat Simulator MMO Simulator ($5) — Coffee Stain Studios takes their infamous Goat Simulator into a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, allowing you to become a goat in a much larger world, interacting with other simulated goats. Five different character classes include Warrior, Rouge, Magician, Hunter and Microwave, and dozens of quests let you level up a hundred times, and you even get elves and dwarves thrown in for good measure.
Plum’s Creaturizer (free) — If your kids have been dreaming of building their very own creature creation, PBS Kids has them covered with this new app that lets you build wild creations and then take them outside to place them into outdoor scenes. The app is designed to encourage kids to interact with nature and have fun exploring. More than a billion unique creature combinations are available, with each creature’s head, body, legs, eyes, tail, wings, ears, horns, and skin fully customizable. Kids can complete missions in which they need to consider each creature’s needs, such as habitat, diet, and adaptations.
It also encourages kids to think about how their creatures might live – how they hunt, eat, look for water, make homes, defend themselves, and raise their young.
Worms 4 ($5) — The fourth installment in the popular franchise is here with synchronous multiplayer matches that allow you to battle with opponents from around the world. There are also shorter and more explosive matches so you can play in less time, and enriched cartoon visuals designed for smaller screens. Of course, you also get an epic collection of new weapons, weapon upgrades, five beautiful hand-drawn regions in which to battle, and 80 single player missions to keep you busy. Worms 4 is also built with Apple’s new Metal technology, so newer devices get even more cool visual effects.
Zen Brush 2 ($3) — This new drawing app is focused on the feel of the East Asian ink brush, and incorporates a new drawing engine designed to provide a natural painting feeling, along with a simple and intuitive user interface that stays out of the way and lets you focus on performing Zen art.
You’re ready to draw as soon as you open the app, and you can easily post your calligraphy and illustrations to social networks, optionally set against a large collection of background templates.
Updates
Cooking Dash 2016 (free) — The time management “dash” game gets a fourth season for the first level, Table Steaks, great for those who have completed the game or don’t want to spend any more gold on the higher levels.
Disney Gif (free) — Version 2.0 of Disney’s GIF sharing app adds Facebook Messenger support, support for sharing gif content direclty through text, clipboard, camera roll, and more, and improved premium content discoverability.
Google+ (free) — The latest update to Google’s social network app finally brings iOS users the new Collections feature, first introduced last spring. In addition to sharing to collections as well as circles and communities, you can now view featured collections, follow specific collections, and create or edit your collections.
Google Drive (free) — Version 4.1 finally brings iOS users the ability to select multiple files to keep offline, star, or organize within the app – in theory, at least, as according to a post from the Google Drive team, the feature “will be rolling out in the app over the next week or so,” so some changes on the back-end are probably required too.
Google Maps (free) — Version 4.1 adds additional Street View integration, with a thumbnail on the map for address searches or tap-and-hold gestures.
