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Veronica Starovoit
The 20 Most Incredible Apps on iTunesand How to Use Them
Super Apps!
FIRST EDITION
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Copyright 2011
Veronica Starovoit
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any form, except in the form of brief
quotations, without permission of the
author/publisher.
Printed in Canada by Veronica Starovoit
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Acknowledgements and Fair Use Disclaimer
This manual and catalog is a nal project for Seneca Col-
leges Technical Communications Graduate Certicate Pro-
gram. I would like to thank the college for supporting me in
my writing endevours as well as the app developers I have
written about in this book.
This book contains copyrighted material, the use of which
has not always been specically authorized by the copyrightowner. This material is distributed without prot and has
been made of academic purposes. For a list of images that
have been used throughout the book, refer to page 49.
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Table of Contents
Fair Use Disclaimer iiiCopyright iii
Acknowledgements iv
Tables of Contents v-vi
Introduction viii
The Super Apps Code ix
Super Apps for Learning 1Memorize Words For... 2
Cruelty-Free 4
Survival Guide 6
Star Chart 8
Art 10
Super Apps for Health 12Lose It! 14
Cures A-Z 16
Nike+ GPS 18
All-In Fitness 20
Nike Training Club 22
Super Apps for Fun 24Angry Birds 26
THE GAME OF LIFE 28
Fruit Ninja 30
Cows vs. Aliens 32LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games 34 v
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Super Apps for Music 36TuneIn Radio Pro 38
DJ Mixer Pro 40
Piano+ 42
Tap Tap Revenge 44
Glee Karaoke 46
Images 49
Index 50
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EPUS
Introduction
This is a user guide and catalog for all of my favorite apps on
iTunes. Some of you may ask who is this Veronica Starovoit, and
what gives her the right to judge apps? Im just a geek and a
writer with an affection for apple products. Just ask my iPod touch
Lil Randy, iPad Big Randy, Macbook Pro Smart Randy and
my soon-to-be added iPhone 5 Perfect Randy, which will hopeful-
ly be unveiled later this year. Oh, and heres a picture of the Randy
who started it all (he wasnt invented by Apple, but I still think hes
neat):
Also, for those of you wondering what apps are, STOP HIDING UN-
DER A ROCK and read this neat list of facts about them:
Anappistheshortformofapplication-specicallyasoft-
ware application made for a mobile device such as a phone or
tablet
iTunes has the largest collection and is the most popular store
for apps in the world. You can download iTunes for free here:http://www.apple.com/itunes/
iTunes apps can be downloaded from iTunes or from the apple
website onto an iOS device (such as an iPod touch, iPhone, or
iPad)
ToquoteApple,downloadingappsisassimpleasJustndthe
one you want, then tap to download them
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A P P S
The Super Apps Code
This is a catalog and manual of apps that I consider extraordinary.
For various reasons outlined below and in the pages of this book,
these apps have been chosen to represent all apps. Think of them
as champions of the people: or superheroes, if you will. If youre
a new user to apps, this is a guide to whats special and good on
iTunes. If youre an experienced user confused about what to pick
among all the thousands of apps have no fear, this guide is here!
The apps in this book are organized by their superhero special
traits. Heres in explanation of what they all mean:
Powergrid: These are a rating system measuring things like
intelligence, power, longevity, or usefulness, depending on the
category of app displayed. These ratings are based on my
personal opinion after using the apps.
Creator: The company that made the app.
Sidekicks: The free, lite, or other version of an app.
Allies: The compatible devices and version of iOS (the Appleoperating system) needed to use the apps.
Superpowers: What makes these apps unique and special? This
explains the powers and abilities of the apps.
Weaknesses: Every hero has a weakness. This section outlines
what makes the app imperfect.
Price to Pay: The 2011 price (subject to change).
Superhero Task: Includes a task or reference that will help you
use the app.
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Included in this chapter:
Super Apps for Learning
Memorize WordsoooiFor...
Cruelty-Free
Survival Guide
Star Chart
Art
Chapter 1:
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Helpfulness
Depth
S U P E R
Memorize Words
For...
Creator:Componica, LLC
Sidekicks: Memorize Words for Russian Lite,
Memorize Words for French Lite, Memorize Words
for Spanish Lite.
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 2.2.1 or later
Superpowers: Allows users to increase their vo-
cabulary in Russian, French, or Spanish using various
techniquesincludingwordgames,ashcards,and
quizzes.
Weaknesses: Limited to increasing a persons
vocabulary and pronunciation. Language lessons likesentence structure and grammar are excluded. While
is an effective language-learning app, it is limited by
its choices of Russian, French, and Spanish.
Price to Pay:Free for the Lite version, $6.99 for
each full language version
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Superhero Task:To start a training session using
ashcards
1. Click the MemWords app on your iOS device to
display the welcome screen.
2. Close the welcome screen by pressing the X on the
top right corner.
3. Click Continue on the bottom right corner to start
reviewingashcards.Ifyouareanewuser,you
aretakenthroughatutorialonhowtouseash-
cards. If you are a returning user, you can reviewtheashcardsfromyourprevioussessionbefore
using new ones.
4. Whenviewingaashcard,saytheword
written on it in Russian, French, or Spanish or click
the speaker icon at the top to hear how the word
is said.
5. Tap the card to see the English meaning.
6. After you have memorized a word, click I know it!
tomoveontothenextashcard.
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S U P E R
Cruelty-Free
Creator:Symbiotic Software LLC
Sidekicks: Animal-Free (another free app that
catalogues common animal by-product ingredients)
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.2.2 or later
Superpowers: Keep your household cruelty free!This app, approved by the Coalition for Consumer
Information on Cosmetics (CCIS), lets you know
which cosmetic, personal care, and personal product
companies are completely free from animal testing.
Weaknesses: Only lists companies that are
100% cruelty free. While this may not seem like a
limitation, it is because it ignores product lines like
Clairols Herbal Essences and CoverGirls NatureLuxe,which are also cruelty free in their own way.
Price to Pay:Free
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Superhero Task:While out shopping, you may
wonder how to spot a cruelty free product. In threesimple steps, heres how you spot a company that
doesnt test on animals
1. Click the Cruelty-Free app on your iOS device. An
alphabetical list of companies that do not test on
animals is displayed.
2. Click the Products tab at the bottom to display
the products view.
3. Select a category for the item you are shoppingfor (bleach, cosmetics, insect repellent, etc) and a
shorter list of companies that manufacture cruelty
free products in that category is displayed.
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S U P E R
Survival
Guide
Creator:SusaSoftX
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers: Keeps you alive. Need more? Keep-ingyoualivebyhelpingyoundwater,startare,
stay away from dangerous animals, poisonous plants,
and different terrains. This is an app to bring with
you everywhere you go.
Weaknesses: A book version of this might be more
sensible for the traveler who doesnt have an outlet to
recharge their iOS device.
Price to Pay:Free
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Superhero Task:
Highlights from Survival Guide
Both zooming and landscape rotation are
supported to give users the best experience when
reading
Includes an appendix for searching key terms
Includesterrain-specicchaptersonsurvivingin
the cold, desert, tropical, and sea
Introductory chapter on preparing yourself
psychologically for survival
Also includes fun camping tips in the chapters
aboutndingfoodandedibleplants,purifying
water, and setting up shelter
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Star Chart
Creator:Feel Great Publishing Limited
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers: From professional stargazers to
newbie astronomers, Star Chart is an app to view
and learn about the sky. This app analyzes and cal-
culates the position in the sky your device is pointed
at and displays information on constellations, stars,
planets, and galaxies in your view. You can also get it
todirectyoutospecicfocalpointsintheskysuchas
a planet or your star sign.
Weaknesses: GPS takes a while to update whenthe newest iOS comes out. It also requires an Internet
connection to work, so users with iPod touchs beware!
Price to Pay:$2.99
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Superhero Task: To use Star Chart on the nights sky
1. Click the Star Chart app on your iOS device. If
thisisyourrsttimeusingtheapp,adefaultview
of some constellations appears. If this is not your
rsttime,theviewfromyourprevioussession
appears.
2. Click the Augmented Reality button at the bottom
of the app. This turns the screen into a realtime
view of what your iOS device is pointed at.
3. Face the back of your iOS device to a position inthe night sky that interests you.
4. Read the screen to learn about what youre
looking at, whether it be a constellation, star,
planet, galaxy, or other interplanetary body.
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S U P E R
Creator:ADS Software Group, Inc.
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 2.2.1 or later
Superpowers: If youve ever wanted to know more
about famous art or artists, Art is a handy app to
have around. You can browse through the worldsmost famous artists and sculptors, view their artwork
inhighdenitiononyouriOSdeviceandreadtheir
bios. If you think you know the art youve studied well
enough, you can quiz yourself and try to guess who
created which piece of art. Art also provides bonuses
like links to additional information, a free subscrip-
tion to an art newsletter, and a rundown of the most
expensive artwork ever created.
Weaknesses: While this may seem like a strength,
there are so many artists and artwork in this app
(204 and growing), the quiz component is intimidating
for both novice and advanced users.
Price to Pay:$0.99
Art
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Superhero Task: To start learning about famous art
1. Click the Art app on your iOS device. The
homepage opens where you can search for artists,
take a quiz, view your gallery of favorited art
and more.
2. Click Artists at the top to be directed to an
alphabetical list of famous artists.
3. Selectanartisttodisplaytheirprole.
4. Select the artists artwork, biography, or links to
learn more about them.
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Included in this chapter:
Super Apps for Health
Lose It!
Cures A-Z
Nike+ GPS
All-In Fitness
Nike Training Club
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S U P E R
Lose It!
Creator:FitNow, Inc.
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers:Helping people effectively manage
their diet and weight by counting calories for foodand exercise. A nutrition calculator is also available
to ensure you get the nutrients you need. Not only
is this app free, it is the best of its kind for having
unlimitedfoodoptions.Evenifyoudontndyour
food in the catalog, you can still input its calories and
nutrients.
Weaknesses:You must remember to log all your
daily food and exercise. You can set up email
reminders and alerts, but it is ultimately up to you to
ndthewillpowerandremember.
Price to Pay:Free
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Superhero Task: Lose It! makes it easy to lose or
maintain weight by setting goals and keeping track ofdaily diet activities. Log your diet with Lose It! on any
given day like this:
1. Click the Lose It! app on your iOS device. If you
have set up your goals, skip to step 5.
2. Set your weight goals by clicking the Goals icon
at the bottom of the screen and then click Modify
Program.
3. Fill out your starting, current, and goal weight,yourgender,height,andage,andnallyyour
weekly plan for losing or maintaining weight.
4. Click the Goals button at the top left corner and
then the My Day icon at the bottom of the screen.
5. Click Add Food or Add Exercise to browse
through and select your food and exercise activi-
ties for the day.
6. Click Cancelornishingloggingactivitiestogo
back to the My Day screen, where your dailycalorie status will have updated.
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Cures A-Z
Creator:From Fatigued to Fantastic LLC
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.1 or later
Superpowers:This app has the most common ail-
ments from stomach aches, frostbite, the common cold,etc., and gives tips to users on how to cure or prevent
them.
Weaknesses:Though Cures A-Zs database of
ailments is constantly growing, it is absolutely bet-
ter to consult a physician when one is not sure whats
making them ill.
Price to Pay:Free
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Superhero Task:To identify your ailment with Lose It!
1. Click the Cures A-Z app on your iOS device. A
popup about the apps creators is displayed,
which you can disable.
2. Type your symptoms or possible ailment in the
search bar at the top. A list of possible ailments
displays.
3. Read the background information and treatments
for your ailment.
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Nike+ GPS
Creator:Nike, Inc.
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 4.0 or later
Superpowers:Whether youre exercising inside or
outside, Nike+ GPS is the most powerful app you can
ndtotrackyourprogresswhilejoggingorrunning.
Weaknesses:No mode for tracking progress while
walking (but youre not super unless you jog or
run, right?)
Price to Pay:$1.99
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Superhero Task: A typical jogging or running routine
with Nike+ GPS
1. Click the Nike+ GPS app on your iOS device. The
Summary page appears with statistics from your
previous run, or appears blank if you have not
used the app before.
2. Click Done to go to the Distance Pace page.
3. Search your country and city in the search bar
and zoom in as close to your route as you can with
the map provided.4. Usingyourngers,drawanoutlineoftheroute
you will be running.
5. Keep the app running (you can play music in the
background) to enable GPS and keep track of
your speed as you run your course.
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All-In Fitness
Creator:Arawella Corporation
Sidekicks: Fitness Free (free)
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.1.3 or later
Superpowers:This app catalogs over 700 exercises
and sorts them by what part of the body you want tofocus on. There are movies and pictures to help learn
each exercise, a count of how many calories youll be
burning, and even a Body Mass Index tracker that
willhelpyouleandownorbuffupspecicpartsof
your body. There are also dozens of yoga poses to
help you cool or calm down.
Weaknesses:Youll have to start learning the names
and locations of these exercises 700 is a lot to sortthrough!
Price to Pay:$1.99
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Superhero Task: To start a Fast Workout
routine with All-In Fitness
1. Click the All-In Fitness app on your iOS device.
The Exercise page displays with exercises listed
by body part.
2. Click the Workout tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select which body part you would like to focus
your exercise on.
4. Click as many exercises as you would like to
perform from the list. Selected exercises will havea check mark beside them.
5. Click Save when your done to return to the body
part screen.
6. Select another body part to exercise and repeat
step 4, or click Savetonishandbeginyour
routine.
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Creator:Nike, Inc.
Sidekicks: Nine
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 4.0 or later. Requires 0.5 GB of disk space.
Superpowers:This app catalogs over 700 exercisesand sorts them by what part of the body you want to
focus on. There are movies and pictures to help learn
each exercise, a count of how many calories youll be
burning, and even a Body Mass Index tracker that
willhelpyouleandownorbuffupspecicpartsof
your body. There are also dozens of yoga poses to
help you cool or calm down.
Weaknesses:Youll have to start learning thenames and locations of these exercises 700 is a
lot to sort through!
Price to Pay:Free
Nike Training
Club
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Superhero Task: To start a workout with Nike Train-
ing Club
1. Click the Nike Training Club app on your iOS
device. The Lea Michele workout page displays,
which you have unlock by exercising with the app
enough to use.
2. Click Get Workout.
3. Select your type of workout goal from Get Lean,
Get Tones, Get Strong, or Get Focussed.
4. SelectyourleveloftnessfromBeginner,Interme-diate, or Advanced.
5. Select the workout routine you would like to do.
6. Click Set Music to choose music you would like to
workout with from your iTunes Library.
7. Click the back button and click Do Workout on
the workout routine screen. If you need a video
on how to perform any of the moves, click the
projector icon at the top right of the screen.
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Included in this chapter:
Super Apps for Fun
Angry Birds
THE GAME OF LIFE
Classic Edition
Fruit Ninja
Cows vs. Aliens
LEGO Batman: Go-tham City Games
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Angry Birds
Creator: Rovio Mobile
Sidekicks: Angry Birds (Free), Angry Birds Rio
($0.99), Angry Birds Seasons ($0.99)
Allies: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers:Reaching #1 Paid App status in
more than 50 countries, being downloaded morethan 12 millions times, and reportedly having users
log more than 1 million hours of game time each day.
Weaknesses: Enabling users to cheat by allowing
themtopaytodefeatadifcultlevel.
Price to Pay: $0.99
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Superhero Task: Meet the Angry Birds
Red Regular bird, noclicking required
Yellow Click to increase
speed
Blue Click to multiply
into three
Black Click to
explode
White Click to
drop egg
Now guide the Angry Birds through various story
lines to defeat the evil pigs and gain recognition
through trophies! Simply launch the birds by clicking
and dragging them back on the slingshot. Let go and
clickagainwhilethebirdsareinighttoenabletheir
powers (see list above). Clear all the evil pigs to beat
each level.
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THE GAME OF LIFE
Classic Edition
Creator:Electronic Arts Inc.
Sidekicks: THE GAME OF LIFE for iPad HD ($6.99)
Allies: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers: With more than 150 years of historybehind it, The Game of Life has withstood the test
of time in two ways - its history, and its ability to
engage players at every turn.
Weaknesses: Being called Classic Edition when
the game is over 150 years old is something the
gamedevelopersmusthaveoverlooked.Therst
edition resembled a checkerboard and had no cars
(they werent popular yet).
Price to Pay:$0.99
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Superhero Task:To start a new Solo Game in The
Game of Life
1. Click the Game of Life app on your iOS device.
2. Selectoneofthesixagsdisplayed.
Note:Selectedagcorrespondstobothlanguage
ooiiand currency settings in the game.
3. Click Yes or No to enable or disable sound and
then Start New Solo Game.
4. Select your car colour, game character, and
number of players.
5. Spinthewheel(shownbelow)seewhogoesrst.
6. When it is your turn, select your path (College or
Career) and continue spinning and making choices
to win the Game of Life.
A car with one player driving along THE GAME OF LIFE game board
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Fruit Ninja
Creator:Halfbrick Studios
Sidekicks: Fruit Ninja Lite (Free)
Allies: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers:Being simple yet challenging may
not seem like much of a description, but thats just
what this app is. The object of Fruit Ninja is to chop
fruit, yet there are so many obstacles in the way, this
menial task can only be mastered by a ninja! This
wasalsotherstapptodefeatAngryBirdsasthe
#1 Paid App on iTunes!
Weaknesses: Thedifcultycanbediscouraging,but
you may also practise in the Zen mode.
Price to Pay: $0.99
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Superhero Task: To play a game of Fruit Ninja in
Classic Mode
1. Click the Fruit Ninja app on your iOS device.
2. Select New Game from the list of
koptions and then Classic Mode.
3. Useyourngerorngerstocutthefruitsasthey
yintotheair.Themorefruitsyoucut,themore
combo points you recieve.
These are the combos:
# of Fruits # of Points
Combo Blitz 3 5
Great Blitz 6 10
Awesome Blitz 9 15
Super Blitz 12 20
Hyper Blitz 15 25
Unbelievable Blitz 18+ 30
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Cows vs. Aliens
Creator:XMG Studio Inc.
Sidekicks: None
Allies: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 4.0 or later
Superpowers: This app is adorable and well
thought out. The battle between cows and invadingaliens has been a long one. In this game, cows and
aliens are dressed up in adorable costumes like
princesses, devils, and even each other. They are then
pitted against one another to either be herded or
abducted, depending on how well you play.
Weaknesses: This is a fairly new app (released in
mid-2011), so there are no modes to play other than
the original.
Price to Pay: Free
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Superhero Task: Herd the cows into the barn, but
keep out the aliens. Each type of cow behaves differ-
ently.
These are the cows:
Plain
Cows
Regular points and
movement
Brown
Cows
Worth more points
Explosive
Cow
Blows up
surrounding aliens
when pushed into
barn
Magic
Cow
Magically sucks in
all cows on screen
when pushed into
barn
Clock
Cow
Adds 60 seconds
to your time when
pushed into barn
Gold
Cow
Worth mega points
Fat
Cow
Needs to be
tapped repeatedly
to be pushed into
barn, but is worth
lots of points
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Creator:Warner Brothers
Entertainment
Sidekicks: LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games Lite
(Free)
Allies: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers: When the most popular superhero,
Batman, gets his own app, its sure to attract the
attention of comic book geeks. Even if youre not a
geek, you will be after this app. Not only are the
many levels different and fun, if youre not familiar
with the Batman franchise you will be introduced to
characters such as Batman, Alfred, The Riddler,
Scarecrow, and many others!
Weaknesses: The app is built of arcade games,
which deviates from Batmans usual style of
action/adventure.
Price to Pay: $0.99
LEGO Batman:
Gotham City Games
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Superhero Task: Pass every level of LEGO
Batman: Gotham City Games to beat the game (and
all of Batmans enemies).
Some of the levels:
Penguin Pinball:
A classic game of pinball
played as Batman gambles
with the millionaire criminal
Penguin.
Batman Bowling:
Somewhere, a battle between
Batman and his archnemesis
goes terribly awry. Play this
game as the Joker and knock
down all the Batman pins.
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Scarecrows Challenge:
Catch Scarecrows biplane
by navigating the Batwing
through pumpkin bombs andshooting targets in the sky.
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Included in this chapter:
Super Apps for Music
TuneIn Radio Pro
DJ Mixer Pro
Piano+
Tap Tap Revenge
Glee Karaoke
Chapter 4:
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TuneIn Radio
Pro
Creator: Synsion Radio Technologies
Sidekicks: TuneIn Radio (Free)
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.0 or later
Superpowers: Allows you to listen and record audioon more than 50,000 radio stations. Music, sports,
talk, and even international radio stations are avail-
able.
Weaknesses:Counts as data usage if used on a
cellular devices Wi-Fi. Also will not record audio if
there is less than 0.5 GB left on a devices hard drive.
Price to Pay: $0.99
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Superhero Task: TondandrecordaudiowithTuneIn
Radio Pro
1. Click the TuneIn Radio Pro app on your iOS
device.
o pNote: If your disk space is less than 0.5 GB, an
oiooerror message will display telling you to remove
oiooles.Closethismessageifyouwanttolisten to
oooithe radio without recording audio.
2. Search for a radio station in the search bar, or
click a category to browse through stations.3. Select a radio station to listen to audio.
4. To record audio, press the record button at the
bottom left. Your track will be stored under
Recordings on the home screen.
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DJ Mixer Pro
Creator: Musicsoft Arts
Sidekicks: TuneIn Radio (Free)
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.2 or later
Superpowers: Become an instant DJ with this app.
apply effects to any one or two songs in your iTuneslibrary to create a brand new song! There are also
free songs that you can download which are con-
stantly refreshed on this app, and you can even join a
freeWipartyandhavepeoplelistentoyoursong
on their own iOS devices (they will also need to have
DJ Mixer Pro installed).
Weaknesses:As TuneIn Radio Pro, this app requires
ample space on your iOS device to be able to recordnew songs.
Price to Pay: Free
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Superhero Task: To create a new song using DJ
Mixer Pro
1. Click on the DJ Mixer Pro app on your iOS
device. You are shown two turntables right away,
with preloaded songs if you have used the app
before.
2. Click the music note on the bottom left corner of
either turntable.
3. Select a song from your iTunes library you would
like to mix. Repeat steps 1-3 if you would like tomix another song on the second turntable with
yourrstsong.
4. Click the play button on one or both of your
songs.
5. Turn the turntable, add effects using the Effects
tab, and record your song when ready.
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Piano+
Creator: iTasbih
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 4.0 or later
Superpowers: The premiere piano app on iTunes is
mostdenitelytheSuperappPiano+.Notonlyisit
the highest rated and most downloaded piano app,it also comes with the best features. Learn to play on
seven different keyboards, play piano music and add
you own notes along the way, and learn what all the
different notes on the instrument are called.
Weaknesses:The creators are French. Although
there are no instructions involved with using this app,
emailing questions will get you French responses.Sacr bleu!
Price to Pay: Free
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Superhero Task: There really are no limits to what
you can play with this app. Try this song from GMajor Music Theory (dont worry, its for beginners).
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First PiecesArr: Gilbert DeBenedetti
More free music at:
www.gmajormusictheory.org
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Tap Tap Revenge
Creator: Tapulous, Inc.
Sidekicks: Tap Tap Revenge 1 through 4 (theres a
new free version of this app every few months!)
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 2.0 or later
Superpowers: This musical app can be played as
both individual songs and as a game. Follow alongwith the songs in kids, easy, medium, hard, and ex-
trememodesbytappingyourngersonthecoloured
spheres as they move across the screen. The Price to
Pay is free and new versions of this app come out
every few months. Thats a lot of fun and selection at
yourngertips!
Weaknesses:Only about eight songs are available
in each Tap Tap Revenge version. You can downloadnew music yourself by clicking the New Music icon
on the home screen, though these are often by indy
artists(buthopefullyyoullndsomethingyoulike).
Price to Pay: Free
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Superhero Task: To play Tap Tap Revenge
1. Click the Tap Tap app on your iOS device.
Note: If youve downloaded more than one
version, the icons will be different colours.
2. Click the Play button.
3. Select One Player to play by yourself, Two
Player to play with someone else (there will be
two places to tap on your iOS device), Online
to play an online opponent, or Career to play
various challenges.4. Inanyofthesemodes,selectadifculty,andthen
selectasongwithinthisdifculty.
5. When the song starts, red, green and blue
spheres will move towards the circles at the
bottom of the screen. Tap them as they pass
through the circles at just the right time to earn
points.
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Creator: Smule
Sidekicks: None
Allies:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
with iOS 3.1.2 or later
Superpowers: Add a hit TV show to a favorite
pastime for the musically inclined (or those who wish
they were) and you get this neat app. Sing alongwith all your favorite songs from the series Glee.
New songs are constantly being added (as often as
theyre sung on the show), so this app is still growing.
There are also challenges that let this app act as your
music coach and help you get better as you sing or
even autotune you if you choose.
Weaknesses:You only get two free songs to
start with. To earn more, you have gain points bycompleting challenges or record and share yourself
singing with other users of this app. There is also a
shortcut where you can pay $0.99 to get a copy of
the song on your app as well as in your iTunes library.
Price to Pay: $0.99
Glee Karaoke
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Superhero Task: To start a session with Glee Karaoke
1. Click the Glee Karaoke app on your iOS device.2. Click Karaoke, then choose from the list of songs
you want to sing.
3. When the lyrics appear on screen, sing along with
them as they turn from white to yellow.
j Tips:
Play Challenge mode to earn Starbursts and
more songs to play with.
When you record yourself, Glee Karaoke ap-
plies a slight autotune to your voice. To apply
additional effects, try A capella mode.
Click the Globe button to hear recordings of the
Glee songs from users around the world. There
are global rankings for the best rated rendition
of each song, and you can add your own records
in this mode as well.
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IMAGES
All app screen capture images, with the following exceptions,
were taken by the author of this manual.
These apps had some or all of their screen captures taken from
iTunes:
Star Chart
Nike+ GPS
Glee Karaoke
Fruit Ninja
LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games
The following websites have images which also appear in this
manual:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RKO-Enters-Backlash.
jpg (Introduction)
http://www.babysbacks.com (Chapter 1-4 Covers)
http://www.allfreeclipart.com/science/Researcher/ (Chapter
1 Cover)
http://www.free-clip-art.com/members/content/cgi-bin/
imageFolio.cgi?direct=People_Clip_Art/Superheroe_Clip_
Art&img= (Chapter 2-4 Covers)
www.gmajormusictheory.org (Piano+ Page)
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Index
Art 10, 11
Artists 10, 38, 40
Beauty 4, 16
Career 28
Diet 14, 20, 22
Downloading Apps viii
Exercise 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
Fitness i 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
GPS 18, 22
iOS Device viii
iTunes viii, ix
Language 2, 3
Sports 14, 18, 20, 22
TV 34, 46
Workout 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
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