Christmas Kid's Piano - Festive Songs, Carols and Sounds of the Season

Developer Quote: "Play Christmas carols, listen to beautiful music, or make your own musical collage of melody and sound with three magical holiday themes in Christmas Kid's Piano."

- COST:    99 cents     - APP STORE STARS:     4
- Categories: Entertainment, Holidays Lifestyle, Music, Native, Universal

Kids love music and song. They can create their own music using pots, pans, keys, whistles or anything handy in the house. What really makes them feel accomplished and productive though is producing actual songs that they know and love - specifically Christmas songs! And they can do this easily on their iPad and iPhone using Christmas Kid's Piano - Festive Songs, Carols and Sounds of the Season.

This beautifully designed and brightly colored app uses the piano as its background to play music, make songs, play instruments and generally produce all the fun musical activities that children love. Place it in vibrant holiday theme colors, and your kids will be tapping away on your device entertaining themselves and you with lots of instrumental sounds and songs. Features of this Christmas music and songs, universal iPhone and iPad app include:

- Three musical instruments to play, including pianos, trumpets, harps, flutes, violins, bells and a chorus
- Hidden sounds to discover
- Two enchanting wintery musical tracks

Your child will find it easy to use and enjoy this app without your help as they simply follow the directions of the starfish to play 10 well-loved and known Christmas carols.



The happy smiling faces of all the characters of Christmas Kid's Piano are quite charming - from the starfish with the Santa hat to the happy musical notes. Look at the beautiful graphics including snowmen, skaters, snowflakes, packages, sparkling stars and mistletoe. Your family will be instantly infused with the wonder and magical joys of this happy season!

COOL CONCLUSION: Christmas Kid's Piano is absolutely delightful seasonal entertainment for your kids, and educational as well, as they learn to tap out the notes to popular Christmas classics.

--Date/Version: Updated 3/16/12 - Version 1.1.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Universal: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Garry Froehlich

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Creople

Developer Quote: "Creople [creature + people] is a hilariously creative and fun drawing app for kids of all ages (even for the kid in all of us)!"

- COST:     99 cents    - APP STORE STARS:     4
- Categories: Art, Entertainment, Games, Native

Do you fancy yourself an artist, whether moderate or exceptional? Well, Creople lets you have fun drawing to your heart's content. There are 4 body parts to be drawn: head, torso, legs and feet. You can only see and draw one panel at a time, however, to increase the element of surprise! After the first panel is drawn, let's say of the head, then the other player gets to draw the torso. You can swap turns like this till you finish with the feet. If you're not feeling too artistic, you can borrow a drawing from the pre-designed pieces in the Creople gallery. Take a look at how to play this fun iPhone and iPad artistic drawing game:

- OPTIONS:
In the "Options" panel, along with drawing from scratch, you can also choose pre-drawn artwork from the "GALLERY". Use the magnifying glass to 'Zoom' in if you want more precision and detail.

- SETTINGS:
Tap "Options" then "Settings" panel to choose from various colors, different line thickness, and an eraser if you make a mistake.

- VIEWER:
Now you can name your Creople, save it, and even post it to Facebook to share your funniest Creople masterpieces.

- HOW IT WORKS: 
Draw 4 body parts: head -> torso -> legs -> feet. Draw one panel at a time. Each time a panel is completed, it's hidden so it's your secret drawing. Your Creople is revealed only when all 4 parts are complete.

Double your fun by tapping on Options, Settings and then selecting color or line thickness, and using an eraser as needed. When all panels are drawn, tap the Finish button and enjoy the unique creation you have made with your friend or by yourself. I bet you will be surprised at the comical or clever stuff that becomes the final Creople masterpiece. At this point you can either save your image, or post to Facebook to share with others. Creople is the perfect game for holiday party fun or when you're indoors snowbound.
               

COOL CONCLUSION:  Creople is an adorable and fun drawing game that can be played on your iOS device with friends who all display their own imagination in your drawing!

--Date/Version: Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
--Developer: 2cre8 LLC
 
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InstaWeather Pro

Developer Quote: "Escaping for the weekend and your friends are staying home? Make them suffer with a beach photo and weather conditions from Hawaii or Malibu using InstaWeather Pro."

- COST:     99 cents     - APP STORE STARS:     5 ★★★★★
- Categories: Instagram, Lifestyle, Native, Photos, Photography, Weather

Being in the deep south, we get excited whenever we catch a cold front gusting down from the great north! On the flip side of the coin, we get all worked up when news of a hurricane gets pushed through the media. In any event, I've been excited to find a really neat app that posts current weather conditions on your own photo.

InstaWeather Pro provides several different skins or weather themes to overwrite on your photo (either snapped on the spur of the moment, or residing in your photo album). So when you are heading down the road with icicles glued to your car, think about snapping a photo at the stop sign and having InstaWeather Pro overlay the weather insanity of that day! Conversely, if you are lucky enough to be a beach bum in Jamaica or Costa Rica, share a photo with your friends depicting that day's weather or weekly forecast. Some of the clever features of this iPhone and iPad Instagram style weather app are as follows:

- Choose your favorite skin from 9 available with various weather data: from current temperature and simple info about the location to very detailed forecast with air pressure, temperature, rain, wind power and direction

- Select the period of the displayed forecast: today, next few days or a whole week

- Measurements include Celsius & Fahrenheit, kilometres, miles and many others

- Install and share the weather with friends - make your personal weather report

- Share picture from InstaWeather to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter

Wherever you are, snap a beautiful photo and overlay one of nine weather skins for an unforgettable pic of what it's like in your current location. Change the weather themes which scroll across your photo until you are satisfied with the perfect effect. Try all the themes if you want before saving the photo. Then share the photo with your friends on Instagram via any number of other channels like iMessage, email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

It's that simple, takes only around 3 steps, yet the end result is a clean, professional looking and personalized photo including the weather! If you want to try the free version of this app, you can also download InstaWeather Free at the App Store. Either way, don't miss out on this brilliant, simple and fun app.

COOL CONCLUSION: InstaWeather Pro is a personalized method of producing a great photo with weather conditions neatly overlaid to give friends a bit of extra information about how your day will be.

--Date/Version: Updated 10/31/12 - Version 1.7
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 5.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: BYSS mobile

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"Free Music Download Pro+" - Downloader and Player

Developer Quote: "Fully featured Free Music Downloader! Download free and legal music, videos and live concerts directly to your iPhone, iPod and iPad using "Free Music Download Pro+" - Downloader and Player!"

- COST:    99 cents     - APP STORE STARS:     4-1/2
- Categories: Downloader, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Native, Universal

Nothing soothes the soul like music. Although musical tastes vary greatly, we still need a good supply on hand to get us through the day. In the work-place, many associates often sit at their desks with wired headsets on as they plow through their daily tasks. However, music can be quite expensive to download the variety and quantity you crave. It also is often a great deal of trouble to transfer from your computer to your device.

Here's a solution to your problems... "Free Music Download Pro+" - Downloader and Player makes it simple to download music (both paid and free, as well as audiobooks and videos) straight to your iPhone or iPad. Mission accomplished that easily! Let's take a look at the loads of features included in this awesome universal iPhone and iPad music download and play app:

Browser
- Single tap music downloads
- Listen songs before downloading
- Download all music files from the page at once
- Tap & hold video to download
- Bookmark manager

Download Manager
- Fast Downloading
- Multiple downloading at one time
- Pause, resume, or cancel downloading
- Live download progress bar
- Downloads badge
- Auto-rename music files from mp3 file tag

File manager
- Folders manager
- Move, rename or delete files
- Video Thumbnails
- Sort by name, type, size, date
- Export Videos to Photoroll
- Search by filename

Playlists
- iPod-Like music playlists
- Video playlists

Media player
- Full featured music player
- Full featured video player
- Album covers
- Sleep timer
- Equalizer with BassBooster
- Display lyrics while listening to music
- Lock screen playback controls
- Fine scrubbing
- Background music playback (iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.0 or later)

Media library
- Tag Editor
- Lyrics Editor
- Import music from iPod library
- Songs Rating like in iTunes
- iPod style Smart Playlists
- Tabs for Songs, Albums, Artists, Videos

File Transfer
- Wi-Fi & USB transfer from app to your computer or iPod Library and vice versa

When you launch the app, you will see a great set of instructions in many languages on topics such as Download, Transfer and Troubleshooting. Within these categories find the information you need regarding: How to create a ringtone, download music, audiobooks, videos, all music from the page and even streaming music when no download link is available. Download music in .mp3, .mp4 or .wav formats. Use the app's built-in browser to better accomplish this task. You can download music from many sources such as: Last.fm, ArtistServer.com, Audio Archive, Librivox, Jamendo.com and other of your own personal favorite sites. Use the Advanced Settings to list your preferred country, language and CC licenses.

You will see several buttons on the end of your display: Browser, Downloads, Files, Playlists and More. Tapping the Browser button will allow you to seek other music download sites with which you are familiar. Other browser features include Add Bookmark, Set as Home Page, Download All. I went to MP3skull.com to find "Gangnam Style" and browse a few other songs. The files were sent to Downloads, were completed within 2 minutes, placed in the Files tab and I was able to play the music!

One thing that's helpful about "Free Music Download Pro+" - Downloader and Player is that you can play songs from your music library. Just enable it in your Settings (which does take a few minutes), but then your iPod library will be mirrored right here in this app. Choose which musical component sounds you prefer from the Equalizer button on your music player, check if lyrics are included and even set a sleep timer! The Facebook and Twitter social sharing buttons are also included here on the music player display of the app.

In the More tab, you can tackle several important tasks such as Downloads: toggling on or off Clear Finished Downloads, Autorename Music Downloads, Prevent from sleep mode when downloading, and listing an amount of Simultaneous Downloads. Player toggle options include iPod Music Library, Lyrics, Show Covers and Search Covers Online. Smart Playlists (Audio) include Top 25 Most Played, My Top Rated, Recently Played and Recently Added. Files options cover areas such as: Generate Thumbnails, Capitalize First Letters and iCloud Backup. There is also the ever important Security feature of using a Passcode Lock. Finally, share with your friends on Facebook and Twitter the songs or other audio files you are enjoying.

Finally, if you want to try before you buy, check out "Free Music Download Pro" - Free Music Downloader and Player at no charge from the App Store. It will have limitations on its features, of course. However, this version of "Free Music Download Pro+" is a super, feature-rich addition to your music app collection, and when able to download free songs will, moreover, save you a bundle of money!

COOL CONCLUSION: Find music, books, poems, and other forms of audio files from the handy, versatile and full-featured, "Free Music Download Pro+" - Downloader and Player.

--Date/Version: Updated 9/11/12 - Version 2.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.3 or later. Rated 17.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Apps2be
Languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

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Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats, Volume 2

Developer Quote: "This Howl-o-ween, Trick of Treat takes on a whole new meaning with a frightfully funny dog named Millie in Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats, Volume 2!"

- COST:     99 cents     - APP STORE STARS:     N/A
- Categories: Animals, Books, Education, Elementary School, Holidays, Entertainment, Native, Preschool

Well, the countdown for candy and intriguing costumes is on. I spent time today at Pet Supermarket scouting out dog food and treats, and hey would you know costumes were 75% off? Moral of the story: for me, halloween, kids and dogs go hand-in-hand! So on discovering Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats, Volume 2, I could not help but share this delightful book with you as you don't have to be a child to appreciate gorgeous graphics, a creative storyline and the hilarious antics of Millie, the heroine!

In this entertaining app, trick or treat in Millie's neighborhood. Will she get a treat, and if so will she reward you with an adorable trick? Let me mention Millie is a real dog, a very cute black and white fur ball that will win you over! Enjoy videos, photos, and cool stickers along with other features shown below in this iPhone and iPad halloween storybook for kids:

• Randomly generates a new experience every time you read/play
• Over 40 silly videos of adorable, real dog, Millie in action
• A mystery scratch-off on every page
• Virtual stickers hidden on every page, and a sticker book for your collection
• Innovative “Bedtime Mode” creates a calmer experience for nighttime reading
• Simple audio instructions for pre-readers
• Beautifully designed, illustrated and animated
• Original music composition and professional sound design
• Professional dramatic narration
• Ability to adjust narration and music volume independently
• Optimized for iOS6, iPhone 5, and the new iPad's retina display

Here are some things you should know about our Millie. She has amazing powers, and her favorite food is bacon. She can provide you with a never-ending set of tricks that will always tickle your funny bone. Millie is a friendly sort of dog, and there is nothing scary or intimidating in this app. In fact, I'd say after reading this book and playing all the activities, kids will be clamoring for a pup of their own. Parents, I'm pretty sure you will fall in love with this cute canine as well.

Enjoy Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats, Volume 2 as an afternoon activity or even as prelude to bedtime where warm and happy thoughts reign. Great activities, easy navigation and fun galore provided in a a creative and unusual way will have you reading this book again and again. Use your finger to knock on the door and hear realistic knocking sound, or tap on the doorbell to hear a familiar "ding-dong". Keep your eyes peeled for stickers, because there are plenty to be found in this book! The video below introduces you to Millie, the superhero dog! From that, you can get a good idea of what to expect in this very well created app along the same theme.

COOL CONCLUSION: Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats, Volume 2 contains enough amusing video clips, music, activities and stickers to both entertain your child and get him ready for bed.

--Date/Version: Released 10/19/12 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 5.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
--Developer: Megapops LLC

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