At the top of our must-have iOS apps list this week is the official Google Voice application that has finally made it in to the App Store. It’s a free download, and it’s claimed to be faster than the Google Voice HTML5 web app.
Also on our list this week is ComicStrip – an application that allows you to create your own comic book using the photos in your device’s camera roll. It’s a universal app so you can use it on your iPhone and your iPad, and it features a great collection of fun and unique layouts and caption bubbles to help you tell your story.
Other applications this week include AVPlayer – a great new media player that supports multiple file formats, and Notica – a beautiful visual memory companion that lets you add notes, photos and videos to beautiful postcards. Check them out after the break!
Google Voice – (Free) iPhone – Productivity
The official Google Voice application for the iPhone is finally here, and it’s packed full of great features that allow you to stay connected to your Google Voice account while you’re on the go. Receive push notifications for new text or voicemail messages, send free messages to U.S. numbers, make international calls at cheap rates, listen to your voicemail and lots more! Of course, you’ll need a Google Voice account to use this app, and it’s currently only available in the U.S.
ComicStrip – ($1.99) Universal – Photography
Create your very own comic book strip using photos from your camera roll, or take new ones from directly within the app. It features 7 unique layouts, 9 awesome caption bubbles, and 12 amazing stickers to help you produce great stories on your iPhone & iPad. Share your strips with your friends via Facebook and Twitter, and even tag them in the photos from within the application. Then save your finished creations to your camera roll.
AVPlayer – ($2.99) iPhone – Entertainment
AVPlayer is a great new media player for the iPhone that allows you to watch videos on your device in a whole range of file formats. It features support for subtitles, playback gestures, color effects, password protection, variable playback speeds and more. Transfer your movies over Wi-Fi or USB using the File Transfer feature within iTunes.
Notica – ($2.99) iPhone – Productivity
Notica is a great way to capture photos or videos of things you see, and then make notes on what you’d like to remember about them. It features a highly intuitive user interface that allows you to store text, location, time, date, photos and videos on beautiful notecards, then lets you organize them into stacks. All of the text you save on your notecards is searchable so that you can easily find what you’re looking for in your library, and you can share your postcards with friends via email.
