New York, NY – Announcing that MacPhun LLC, the developers of Real-Time Distorter, is proud to offer a new product for iPhone users who like to have fun. This application is a new launch and the first one to ever turn a phone into a portable real time distorting glass. Much like fun house mirrors, Real-Time Distorter reflects images of people appearing on the iPhone screen into hilarious shapes that can then be photographed or video recorded. Users are able to share their funny pictures and videos with others very easily from within the App.

The Real-Time Distorter app is a new launch and the first of its kind on the market. It allows users to view people through an iPhone screen in real time, adding a special, new twist. People appear distorted, much like the effects found in fun house mirrors. The results are unique and always funny.

Users have a choice of eleven different distorted effects that can be applied to views. Once they’ve found the one they like best, they are able to tap a button to snap a photo or record a video. What users see on the screen is what they get in the final product. Distorted videos and pictures can easily be shared from within the app via email, Twitter or FaceBook. Users are also able to upload their videos to YouTube.

These are some of the features found in Real-Time Distorter:
* Users are able to view everyone through the distorting glass in real time
* 11 different hilarious effects to choose from
* Snap a funny picture or record a video
* Super simple to use! Just tap the screen
* What users see on the screen is what they get in the final result
* Users can see themselves with the iPhone 4 front camera
* Distorted photos and videos can be shared from within the app via email, Twitter and FaceBook
* Videos can be uploaded to YouTube from within the app

Real-Time Distorter is a new product in the MacPhun line up. The company has a number of one-of-a-kind applications that allow users to add special, unique effects to images that are viewed in real time through the iPhone screen.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS or 4
* Requires iPhone iOS 4.0 or later
* 7.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Real-Time Distorter 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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MacPhun LLC specializes in iPod touch, iPhone and iPad software development. The company has been working in this field since the start of the iPhone Era and they love what they do. MacPhun consolidates passionate professionals inspired by the idea of creating innovative, enthralling and always consistently high quality software. Copyright (C) 2010 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover & Edward Turner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Boston, Massachusetts – Independent iPhone developer Evan Beland announced today launch of the first game that lets you play with photos of the dogs from the ASPCA and help them at the same time. Match a Dog is a high quality customizable adaptation of the matching game known traditionally known as Concentration, Memory or Pairs. Match a Dog lets users add pictures of their dog to the game on the fly from their device or search select dog related groups on Flickr.

“As a proud owner of an adopted pet I am excited to support the ASPCA on this fundraiser and know that customers will get a great game and the satisfaction of helping out animals in need at the same time” said Evan Beland the developer behind Match a Dog.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 17.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Match a Dog 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Half of all net proceeds from Match a Dog in the US will go to the ASPCA for the first two months of sales. To receive a free trial promotion code for reviewing purposes please contact Evan Beland.

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Evan Beland, the creator of Match a Dog and Match aPhoto, is an independent iOS developer and contractor based in Boston, MA. He is currently working on a series of customizable image based games that are also available as white label products. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

Budapest, Hungary – 3D Magic Kft., the developers and publishers of highly successfull iPhone games reached a new milestone with their website “Promo Dispenser”. Based on a survey by AppstoreHQ and IphoneDevSDK it is the most beloved promotion tool after prMac, Admob, Twitter and Facebook.

Promo Dispenser is a unique and free service for iPhone developers to promote their apps and games by giving away promotional codes, and a unique opportunity for users to get paid apps and games for free downloading them directly from iTunes.

Promo Dispenser was opened in its beta 2.0 version to the public in July 2009 and it attracted attention on the net immediately among bloggers, iPhone developers and iPhone users as well. Since the launch of the website over 1000 developers took the opportunity to register and promote their apps by giving away more, than 23000 promotional codes in a controlled environment. Over 8000 registered members use the site day by day to download, rate and review those apps on iTunes.

The community is growing every day, in this year the site drove 116.000 visits by 53.000 unique visitors, who wrote reviews for more, than 1300 apps and games.

Users and developers only have to register with a nickname and a legal email address and profit immediately from a win-win system without setting up and participating in any sweepstakes, lottery or drawings, which are commonly used by other forums, blogs and community sites like Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and the like.

Promo Dispenser’s users get paid apps with a single button click and in exchange they have nothing else to do, than to rate the app and write a honest review on iTunes.

Developers are always able to track, which of their codes are taken and they can be sure to get feedback on their developments in opposite of other marketing techniques, where their codes are mostly wasted.

Promo Dispenser is free to use for both, developers and users.

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3D Magic Kft. is an independent Game Development Studio based in Budapest/Hungary and the developer and publisher of successful iPhone games like the US Nr2 game “Alpine Crawler World”. The company is also developing a Dark Fantasy MMORPG called Renaissance and a not yet announced unique browser based game. Copyright (C) 2010 3D Magic Kft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Christchurch, New Zealand – MiniMonos, the sustainability-focused virtual world for children, today launched its first iPhone app, MiniMonos Flight 1.0. Players of the game become flying monkeys, and have to tilt their iPhones left and right to swoop through the sky, collecting wind clouds and avoiding energy-sapping pollution clouds. Trampolines on the ground provide bouncing rescues to monkeys that get too low.

MiniMonos Flight is an iPhone adaptation of the game on its website, the popular children’s virtual world. Banana chips scored on the iPhone app can be posted to your MiniMonos account.

“We had a great time adapting MiniMonos Flight to the iPhone,” says Greg Montgomery, MiniMonos’ Chief Technical Officer. “It’s quite gratifying to fly in the game by physically moving the device.”

As the iPhone app was receiving the green light from Apple, MiniMonos passed another milestone: inspired by the company’s core values of sustainability, generosity, community and fun, more than 32,000 children from more than 150 countries have now registered for the virtual world. The team at MiniMonos will be continually updating the iPhone app, as well as launching new apps based on the other games in the MiniMonos virtual world like R.A.T.S. (Recycle All This Stuff), Go Go Green, and Monkey Fist.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 4.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
MiniMonos Flight 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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MiniMonos is a virtual world for children: a place of fun, beauty, discovery, generosity, sustainability and friendship. MiniMonos was created by Melissa Clark-Reynolds so that children could have a place of their own, a place that allows them to explore and grow without constant pressure to buy stuff. It’s a place that embodies core values like sustainability and generosity, without turning those values into a boring lecture. Children’s in-world treehouses require care and nourishment in order to flourish – just like our planet. The games they play are fun games – with a connection to our core values. MiniMonos’ aim is to continually answer the question: What would a virtual world for children look like if sustainability were a given and we could just focus on entertainment? Copyright (C) 2010 MiniMonos. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Greifswald, Germany – rapidrabbit today is proud to announce the release of version 1.2 of their AppStore meta-app “appbzr” (pronounced app bazaar). The new version includes many user requested features like faster browsing, more push settings, high resolution icons for retina displays and many more adjustments behind the scenes that improve the stability and speed of the app.

Every day hundreds of apps arrive at the AppStore, their price drops or they receive a feature that makes them very popular. It’s increasingly difficult to keep track of these apps. As a result users have to read many blogs or they stop downloading apps at all. “appbzr” has, since its release, helped to solve this problem.

“appbzr” has been developed specifically for app enthusiasts and everyone who would like to become one. It will help to organize, discover and share apps and therefore is the ultimate tool for all app lovers. The fast and accessible interface makes browsing through apps fun again. Every feature can be reached with a single tap: price drops, new apps, hot apps, Top100, updated apps and lists. Even a search function has been integrated, that is directly tied to the iTunes Store.

“appbzr” does not limit the user to see generated lists, they also can compose their own lists and share them with their friends. To get them started, three standard lists are provided. Sharing of lists is easy – with a single tap the list can be send via mail to a friend or can be shared on facebook. Sharing individual apps works the same way.

Push messages play a big role, too. Every day the user will get an “appbzr reminder”, that tells him how many new price drops, hot and new apps have been found. If an user sets an app on his wish list, he will receive an individual push message when the price for that app drops -a feature that is especially popular with “appbzr” users.

Here is a short overview about the app:
* Price drops, hot, updated and new apps only a tap away
* The Top100 of the biggest AppStore countries easily accessible
* Users can compose and share their own app lists
* Individual push messages for price drops
* Push messages inform the user about what’s going on at the AppStore
* Integrated search function
* great user interface that leaves room for features to come

Supported Languages:
* US English, German, Italian and Spanish

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 1.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
appbzr 1.2 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

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rapidrabbit is an independent software and technology development company, founded 2007 in Greifswald / Germany. “Keep it simple and smart” is the motivation to develop modern web applications which are complex but still fun to use. Specializing in open source technology, like Ruby on Rails, rapidrabbit soon became a well known developer in north-eastern germany. By advancing to the iPhone platform rapidrabbit takes the next step in distributing it’s software on an international level. Copyright (C) 2007-2009 rapidrabbit. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Bristol, United Kingdom – A beautiful high-resolution illustrated edition of Tips and Tricks – iPad Secrets is now available as an iBook to download through the iBooks store. Featuring over 80 great illustrated tips, it utilizes the iBooks reader to provide a brilliant reading experience to learn all about the iPad. With over 3 million iPads sold, this is the perfect companion to the iPad.

Rather than relying on the dry and technical style of other manuals, Tips and Tricks – iPad Secrets offers real world examples that readers can relate to. The book covers every feature of the iPad from Safari to Mail and even how to find the secret compass hidden in the Maps application.

Using the iBooks software, users can use text-search to quickly find the information they need. Users can also add bookmarks to their favorites and go back to certain tips easily. The iBooks software also allows users to change the fonts and size to allow for a brilliant reading experience.

Intelligenti have reworked each illustration in high resolution, which allows readers to clearly see what the tip is describing. Simply double tap an image to zoom in and then pinch to zoom for a closer look all without leaving the app. Already a top-selling productivity app, the new iBooks edition adds zoomable high-resolution imagery. Available for the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, Tips and Tricks – iPhone Secrets allows users to learn about the iPad wherever they are.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone iOS 4.0 or later
* Requires iBooks app

Pricing and Availability:
Tips and Tricks – iPad Secrets is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the iBooks Store.

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Intelligenti Publishing is a start-up company based in Bristol, United Kingdom. Following the success of the original iPhone Secrets guide, they have also recently published a Nexus One guide, an iPhone Secrets Volume Two. They have also just released Mirror Cam for iPhone 4 and Group Text SMS. They are looking to expand their guides and provide the best tips available to all. Copyright (C) 2010 Intelligenti Publishing. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Jerusalem, Israel – Announcing that Shannoga, the developer of HiBye, has just released the latest update for iPhone and iPod touch users. HiBye 1.4 is a contact manager like no other app in the app store because it uses the device’s native contact list instead of creating the headache of a second phone book for users to have to search through. The main benefit of this app is the timer feature for temporary contacts. This allows contacts to be archived or completely deleted after a period of time determined by the user. New contacts are added directly to the list via a “Dummy” feature that is unique to this app.

To quickly add a new contact without opening the app, users simply edit the “Dummy” contact that is unique to HiBye. Here they can also set their preferences for the timer, the timeout alert and other settings. When they’re finished, the new contact will appear in their existing list of contacts. When the timer runs down, the user will get an alert and, depending on the settings they chose, HiBye will automatically archive or delete the contact from the list. Archived contacts are saved within the app so they can be easily retrieved if needed, and are viewable on a single list.

HiBye 1.4 features include:
* Apply a timer amount to your temporary contacts
* Edit the timer and categories at any time
* Get an alert when a contact is about to expire, to reset the timer or delete the contact
* See all your timed out contacts in one list; no more searching for individual contacts throughout your regular contact list
* Archive unused contacts, and retrieve them again later with one click
* Preset a default timer that will apply to each new individual contact that is added
* Create a note that will assist you in remembering that contact later on
* All contacts are saved in the iPhone address book, and are all synchronized and backed up into all other devices
* Add up to 8 categories to help organize your contacts
* Categorize all your contacts by group, location or category
* Add contacts from other devices such as computer, mobile me, Google contacts, or any other contact source that is synched with your iPhone
* Use “HiBye Dummy” to add phone numbers from your incoming/outgoing call lists or email

Contacts can be arranged by group (client, sales leads, suppliers etc), location, or category, making it easy to recognize who is calling, and what they might be looking for before the user answers the call. To make it even easier, users can attach notes to each contact to remind them where they met them or who they are.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 0.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
HiBye 1.4 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Shannoga is an independent software development company based in Israel. Their main focus is on applications for mobile platforms, and they have also been instrumental in the development of computer software for the blind. Copyright (C) 2010 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover & Edward Turner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sungai Buloh, Malaysia – Independent iPhone app developer, emirBytes, announced today that iHueSplash Pro 1.3 is available to download in the Apple’s App Store. iHueSplash Pro was created specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch platform, utilizing the touch interface.

iHueSplash Pro uses the same powerful engine as the famous iQuikSplash app. Instead of splashing the selected colors and converting the rest of the photo to black and white, iHueSplash Pro’s purpose is to change the hues of the selected colors of an object, and it does it quickly and easily too.

iHueSplash Pro basically extends the function of iHueSplash filter in iHueSplash app and AppliFX app. With Pro version you can select 6 target colors at a time and able to adjust each one of the individually. You can also apply the changes and select more colors, giving it infinity amount of selectable target colors! The Lite version of iHueSplash Pro, called iHueSplash only ables to select 2 target colors, and users cannot adjust them individually.

Only the best features:
* Select a total of 6 target colors at a time
* Adjust the colors amount individually
* Full range of colors available to be splashed
* With “Splash More” feature, you can select inifinity amount of target colors
* Save it to your device (to set as wallpaper) or upload to your Facebook account

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later (iOS 4.0 Tested)
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
iHueSplash Pro 1.3 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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The developer has been involved in making utility softwares for more than 10 years, mostly in Windows desktop platform and Windows Mobile platform, using Delphi and Lazarus. And, recently the developer started to develop for Apple’s iPhone platform in the year 2009. The developer also worked in developing games for the Windows platform for 2 years. Copyright (C) 2010 Emir F Samsuddin. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Singapore – Real Inverse today is pleased to announce the release of Paper Ninja 1.2.0, their first game for iPhone and iPod touch. Paper Ninja involves swiping your finger across the screen to cut through a horde of aggressive Paper Ninjas. Paper Ninja is designed to give players the thrill of a sword-fight by using a finger. Just like sword fighting, it is easy to pickup but difficult to master.

Since Paper Ninja was released in July, there has been some comments that it is a clone of another game. To address these issue among others, we gave Paper Ninja an overhaul in its version 1.2 update so that players can enjoy a better gaming experience and do a compare and contrast!

Previously, there were some reports that the game is defective as they sometimes cannot cut the Paper Ninjas. We did an investigation and realized that players did not know that Paper Ninja’s weapons can block the players’ attack. Therefore, we humbly requested the Grand Master to increase the power of the finger slash just enough to disarm the Paper Ninjas. With the disarm, it is now more obvious that the weapon is there to block the attack.

Then, we begged the Grand Master to capture tons of Paper Ninjas alive, took away their weapons, and tied them up. We tossed them up just like the “you-know-what-ninja” so that gamers can compare the difference between the real live Paper Ninja and well, edible stuff. More importantly, we are doing this all in the name of FUN!

In order to thank our fans, we moved to a nicer location for the scenery and gave the Paper Ninjas some wardrobe allowance to buy nicer clothes and weapons too. Have great fun with the new and polished Paper Ninja!

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 15.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Paper Ninja 1.2.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Located in Singapore, Real Inverse LLP was founded in 2010 by two independant game developers to makes games for the Apple iPhone’s App Store. All Material and Software (C) 2010-2007 REAL INVERSE LLP / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, the iPod logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Fremont, California – Punflay announced that Rafter HD and Rafter on the iPhone will be going free on Sunday, the coming week, Aug 22nd, for the whole day. This is to commemorate the tremendous success of Rafter on both the iPad and the iPhone, and also to mark the one year anniversary of Punflay. Punflay turned a year old a few days back and this was one of the best ways to offer our prized app for free. Rafter is likely to go free a few hours before Sunday ticks in for people in the US and will be free for the entire day.

Punflay is a year old now and it aspires to be a reservoir of exciting and value driven apps and games. Punflay advocates developing creative, ingenious and value driven apps for kids and grownups. It aims to repeat and even supersede the success and growth it saw in the last year, and Rafter has been a big chunk of its success.

Punflay is also partnering up with New York based iPhoneinsanity (Twitter @iphoneinsanity) for a giveaway to have more people try out Rafter and comment on the appstore. For those, who have not come across Rafter, Rafter is an uber cool physics puzzle featuring blocks and spheres which have to be dropped with precision to strike a mine.

Rafter is priced at $1.99 for the iPad and 99 cents for the iPhone. It was featured by Apple under “New and Noteworthy” and “What we are playing” and scorched the app store for weeks in Top 20 – US, UK, Canada and many more countries.

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Punflay is a gaming outfit which belongs to an international digital learning company by the name Emantras. Was founded in 2009 with the 1st iphone app being Adams Trouble Lite. Copyright (C) 2010 Punflay. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.