One of the top-selling paid for mobile games, Minecraft Pocket Edition brings the game of Minecraft to the iOS and Android, without extra survival features like redstone and rail systems. Overall though, it pretty much is the original game of building a virtual, well, anything you want, in a sandbox environment. And while the app […]
A world of newspapers at your fingertips! That’s what it feels like when you first open the PressReader App. Dozen of newspapers stare back at you from the upmarket and high brow to the smuttiest of the tabloids. This is a great app if you you enjoy the news as well as the joy of […]
I have not been this excited about a puzzle game since puzzle fighter. I have played my fair share of the classics from Tetris to Bejeweled so when I found myself reviewing what I assumed was a match three jewel game called ‘Tomb Breaker’ I wasn’t expecting much. Graphics-wise this game holds its own against […]
Little Viking is the latest outing for UK game designers Utopian Games, who have brought us a great selection of simple yet beautiful puzzle games that include (among others) the hugely popular Bumps, the addictive Red Ball of Goo and more recently the Pipemania inspired Blood Flow. Little Viking follows the trials and tribulations of […]
Thanks to the App Store’s platformer collection I discovered the new He-Man game by Mattel and Chillingo. This tongue in cheek cartoon adventure definitely knows its market, as it does not pretend to be a new reboot game to relaunch the near naked blonde barbarian. Instead it happily makes jokes about its retro kitsch status […]
Puzzle games are a fantastic way to alleviate the boredom you sometimes find yourself stuck in. Whether you are sat on a bus, stuck in a queue or inexplicably trapped in a garden shed or cupboard (don’t ask) you can always rely on a good puzzle to pass the time. Breakout your glow sticks Orbital is […]
Heavy sword has been lovingly crafted by a huge retro gaming fan. This fact is obvious as soon as you begin playing. The intro sequence is reminiscent to the classic New Zealand Story as the small army romp across the screen to steal your Zelda inspired princess. From there your adventure takes a much more […]
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a fighting game released by Warner Bros available in iPhone for free, the game is tied into the console version but is not the same experience. The gameplay uses tap and swipe gestures to fight your foes and is very repetitive. Tap, tap, tap, swipe when prompted, tap tap, tap, […]
Iron Man 3 is the official game tie-in of the movie for mobile systems developed by Gameloft, the game uses a combination of tilt functionality, swipes and taps on the screen for the actual gameplay however as much of your time will be spent upgrading and fixing your armor. This isn’t a problem though, you […]
The age of zombie games came and has not really gone. With The Walking Dead, Day-Z, and people still playing Left 4 Dead religiously, it might be a while before these shamblers disappear. Not every zombie game is equal though, and Zombieville USA is definitely a great mobile game for the money. Zombieville USA is […]
Sometimes, simple is best. Take away the quests, the story, and just add some jumping. Literally. That’s Doodle Jump’s main goal; to jump as high as you possible can. There’s nothing fancy about it; you get a cute little doodle jumper and you jump as high as you can go. Well, it’s not that easy. […]
Namco Bandai made a very smart move recently; releasing a Tamagotchi app for smartphones. For any child of the 90s, they will fondly remember their Tamagotchi (or DigiPet, or any other number of brands) that they cared for. In fact the craze was so big, schools have to ban them from the classrooms. And now, […]
As a gamer, have you ever wondered what it would be like to develop your own game? Game Dev Story might not be a severely accurate simulation, but its fun take on creating games and running a dev company makes it a great mobile game for any fan of the industry. Game Dev Story puts […]
Sometimes mobile games don’t have the best staying power. They are built, after all, to entertain for short periods of time. And because they can be repetitive, they become brief fixations before you find yourself deleting them from your phone a month or two later. But one game that has serious staying power and a […]
One of the most popular health and fitness apps; My Fitness Pal apps are completely free and available to download on a variety of smartphone devices. The site, and subsequent app, was originally the creation of two brothers who were looking to lose weight and this theme of solidarity still runs through the site and […]
This lovely app is a staple for my 18 month old daughter. The little tales compendium contains the following classic stories: Snow White and the seven dwarfs The Little Mermaid Little Red Riding Hood Goldilocks an the three bears The Princess and the Frog The princess and the Pea You can test the water by […]
Help fix the pipe work in a vampire bar! Bloodflow is a pipemania inspired puzzle game for the iPhone and iPad. Unlike its retro inspired predecessor that follows the exploits of a plumber trying to attach water pipes together, you are tasked with attaching blood filled pipes to keep the vampire bar up and running. […]
We tend to focus on the gaming side of things here at AppTrawler, but some team members recently tried out an HTML5-based web app, Lucidchart, that impressed us with its flexibility and ease of use. Lucidchart’s creators bill it as a one-stop solution for creating any diagram type–it’s essentially the online answer to Microsoft Visio. […]
Take flight with this simply awesome Jetpack game for iPhone and iPad. There’s not going to be many people who haven’t played this game. It’s been given away free at various times including during the recent ’12 Days of Christmas’ promotion by Apple. The premise of the game is simple; guide your jet pack clad […]
Dizzy is back! This game is close to my heart after playing the Dizzy games back in the day on a ZX Spectrum and later on the Sega Megadrive. Sadly dizzy never made it beyond the 32 bit era having his last adventures on the Atari and Amiga. Although he was gone he was not […]