iPhone Weekly Digest: Internet Radio, A Mowing Game, A Musical Toy, And More

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Left: Internet Radio Box. Right: Bad Apples.
Left: Internet Radio Box. Right: Bad Apples.

It’s time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.

This time, we review Air Assault, Bad Apples, Fire Drop Free, Ghost Capture – Free, Heli Rescue, Internet Radio Box, Sunday Lawn, synthPond Lite, Tiki Totems, and Titanic Rescue.


APP OF THE WEEK
Internet Radio Box: First-rate digital radio player, with plenty of options and decent interface. 5/5 $0.99 https://is.gd/9Y081

Air Assault: Paratroopers variant with awkward weapons switching & questionable taste re: setting & characters. 2/5 Free https://is.gd/9WXDz

Bad Apples: Column-based match-3 with cartoon fruit. Lots of character & quite fun. $1.99 purchase adds extras. 3/5 Free https://is.gd/9WZ6v

Fire Drop Free: Horribly dull collapse variant with annoying audio and overly easy gameplay. 1/5 Free https://is.gd/9WXdm

Ghost Capture – Free: Overlay ‘ghosts’ on your pics. OK, but spooks are pre-made – custom would be more fun. 2/5 Free https://is.gd/9WZwM

Heli Rescue: Dull line-drawing rescue game with hugely irritating audio. Buy Flight Control instead. 2/5 Free https://is.gd/9WYRa

Sunday Lawn: Cute mowing game. More Pac-Man/Boulder Dash than Hover Bovver, but fun + great sheep-jump minigame. 3/5 Free https://is.gd/9WYl1

synthPond Lite: Spatial sequencer offering tranquil audio, an inventive interface and save slots. 3/5 Free https://is.gd/9WXtZ

Tiki Totems: Block destruction game. Compelling but a bit easy & physics a bit bouncy & inconsistent. 3/5 Free https://is.gd/9WXWE

Titanic Rescue: Simple drag/flick-based boat rescue game that gets old fast, despite nice visuals. 2/5 $0.99 https://is.gd/9WZl1

Digital radio’s hit the headlines here in the UK recently, due to the BBC’s idiotic decision to close the wonderful 6 Music. I’d long been considering grabbing a copy of Internet Radio Box to turn my iPhone into a DAB radio of sorts (by putting it in a spare iPhone dock and connecting its audio output to my office amp). Frankly, I wish I’d done so sooner. At its current on-sale price of a buck, Internet Radio Box is absurdly good value. The app works brilliantly, and if your favourite station streams in MP3 or AAC, tha app can send the stream to Safari, enabling you to play radio in the background while you do other things on your device.

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