The app stores are teeming with new releases, but who has time to go through them all? We do. Bringing you a selection of the most interesting, creative, and innovative apps each week. Submit your suggestions for next week in the comments below.The Grix [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]
Maybe there will come a time when the pixel is a hated and vilified visual form, but it’s unlikely. Once you see its simple, blocky appearance, it’s hard not to warm to it, and this pixel editor app lets you compose your own pixel art by creating, editing, rearranging, moving and deleting tiles on a grid. There are 128 tiles for each Grix
with 12 color palettes. It’s from pixel art masters eBoy, who elevated the humble pixel to great heights in their own 8-bit style brand of art.
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]The tagline for this reads: “Dive from a skyscraper. Spray paint buildings. Flip off protesters.AWESOME!” So there you have it, this popular PC has made the transition to iOS and sees you having to jump off buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, performing various stunts as you see fit, using the tilt controls to freestyle your way across the virtual cityscape. Earn extra points by interacting with the crowds and graffiti-ing government buildings.Readability™ [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]
Readability has been on the web for awhile and it lets users save a web page via an icon on their browser so they can read it later, transforming it into a nice clean version that you can peruse at leisure. iOS users already have a version of this in iOS 5 with Reading List, but with Readability you get a bit more functionality and it’s free to download.pxl. [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]Turn your photos into abstract arrangements with this app from artistRainer Kohlberger. It’ll reformat your pictures using a variety of patterns—from circles, triangles, cuboids and various other shapes—nine in total. And if you can’t decide what pattern to use, you can shake your device to compose the image using all the possible shapes.
Maybe there will come a time when the pixel is a hated and vilified visual form, but it’s unlikely. Once you see its simple, blocky appearance, it’s hard not to warm to it, and this pixel editor app lets you compose your own pixel art by creating, editing, rearranging, moving and deleting tiles on a grid. There are 128 tiles for each Grix
with 12 color palettes. It’s from pixel art masters eBoy, who elevated the humble pixel to great heights in their own 8-bit style brand of art.
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Readability has been on the web for awhile and it lets users save a web page via an icon on their browser so they can read it later, transforming it into a nice clean version that you can peruse at leisure. iOS users already have a version of this in iOS 5 with Reading List, but with Readability you get a bit more functionality and it’s free to download.pxl. [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]Turn your photos into abstract arrangements with this app from artistRainer Kohlberger. It’ll reformat your pictures using a variety of patterns—from circles, triangles, cuboids and various other shapes—nine in total. And if you can’t decide what pattern to use, you can shake your device to compose the image using all the possible shapes.
BeatBlaster [iPad]Hi-Fis—remember them? You used to put shiny disks in them or cassette tapes and then music would come out. If you’ve long since discarded you own HI-Fi and miss it, then you can get a virtual version on your iPad. It even has a turntable, should you want to reminisce and watch pretend vinyl spinning around while you play your favorite tracks.