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iPhone apps: Dough, Good vs Evil, Birdie

updated 12:10 pm EDT, Thu May 28, 2009

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  • Dough ($7) is a tool for managing multiple accounts, reconciling checking accounts, budgeting, and managing bills. Transactions can be recorded as they happen and sorted into different categories. Using categories allows users to set budgets on how much they are willing to spend on different groups of products each month. Data stored within the application is never stored or passed through a server and can be protected with a password for additional privacy.

  • Good vs Evil ($1) is said to be a combining of aspects from chess, real time battle games, and RPG style games. Players try to move their pieces across a game-board and take out all of their opponents pieces. When attacking an enemy the player is taken to a battle where the winner of the battle claims the space on the board. Each piece has its own advantages and disadvantages and can be leveled up as the game progresses.

  • Birdie ($19) is a golf scoring application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Users can enter their strokes as they work through a course and the application can automatically calculate the game's results according to different rules. Birdie also includes a Training Round feature which allows users to track additional statistical data likes putts, fairway hits, drive length, and so on. The drive length can be automatically be calculated using the phones built-in GPS and game data can be sent to a computer as a CSV file through an email.

  • Goaaal! ($2) is a soccer game where players must score as many goals as they can from the penalty spot. Players shoot the ball by flicking their finger across the screen. The speed and direction of the flick controls the speed and direction of the ball. As the game progresses the goalie beings to react faster and defends the net more aggressively. The game features an arcade shootout mode where players have 10 shots to see how many goals they can score and a progressive shootout mode where additional shots are earned with every hit target and earned badge.

  • Flickit (free) is a tool for uploading pictures to Flickr from an iPhone or iPod touch. Users can upload photos directly from the camera or upload a group of photos their photo library. The application also includes options for editing standard Flick metadata including title, description, and privacy settings.

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