Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin Many parents are already handing over their precious iPads to their offspring on car journeys and other trips, simply to keep them quiet. However, Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin is an app for kids that is much better for using together. It’s a version of the fairy tale of the same name, reimagined as a pop-up […]

Some apps are pure novelties, but using technology that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Plane Finder AR is just such an app. In a nutshell, it lets you point your iPhone camera at planes flying in the sky, to find out where they’re going.

iPhone users are well used to the hand-drawn ‘Doodle’ aesthetic, thanks to the success of the Doodle Jump game – and hundreds of imitators. Doodle Cam applies the idea to the videos and photos that you shoot on your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4.

Virtual items are all the rage in social games online – think about the millions of tractors being bought every day on Farmville. However, they’re starting to venture onto iPhone too, with WWF Panda Collection Tin being an example designed with charitable intent.

Addicted to Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me? Fancy yourself as a participant? Hopefully you’re not dislikeable enough. But if you’re planning a Come Dine.. style round of dinner parties with friends, the show’s official app will be really useful.

Given the outpour of rage that accompanies any new mobile platform launching without copy and paste facilities, it’s a wonder the likes of Apple and Google haven’t included something like Smart Copy as standard.

While Amazon MP3 provides the closest thing to an iTunes for Android, the platform’s uniquely open nature means it can host a fair few worthy alternatives too. 7digital is just such a service, offering high quality MP3s with no DRM restrictions.

The princely sum of £3.99 sounds like a lot for a simple grocery list app, so I was expecting great things from ShopCreel. Unfortunately, it’s a rather confusing, inflexible and – dare I say it – ugly offering.

Are fashionistas taking to the iPad? Their handbags are certainly large enough to carry one around. Fashion bible Vogue is hoping to appeal with its new iPad app, which currently offers an interactive version of the magazine’s December issue.

We’ve tinkered with full iPhone music sequencer apps, and enjoyed the social aspects of apps like Leaf Trombone and Ocarina. 120 BPM falls somewhere in between: it’s a powerful music creation app, with impressive social features wrapped around it.

iPhone browser app Skyfire proved so popular on release, it ‘sold out’ – meaning so many people used it, the server strain forced its developer to remove the app from the App Store. However, with a return promised soon, it’s well worth stumping up for if you get the chance.

Every year, the Times Higher Education supplement publishes its World University Rankings, rating august academic institutions around the world on their facilities, research and the price of a pint in the student bar. Well, two of the above.