The beloved game of Tetris has undergone an iOS retina display revolution. The screen may make the game look gorgeous, but I’m not sure how many will jump on the platform and take up the challenge of configuring the familiar tetriminos falling down the matrix on the iPhone platform. The ...

Math Battle is an app for Apple mobile devices that uses the tried-and-true principle of mixing carrot and stick in order to get children to practice their maths. At its heart, Math Battle uses an interesting space battle game as a reward for a user completing a series of arithmetic ...

One of the occupational hazards of writing for a site like GeekDad (and reviewing iOS apps on the side for Common Sense Media) is that I get a lot of apps. We get emails all the time from marketing reps, indie developers, and anyone else hoping to get an app ...

I remember playing Asteroids on an Atari 2600, my family’s first gaming system. (Well, if you don’t count the Colecovision.) I remember both of my parents played Asteroids, but my dad especially. You were a triangular ship, or at least as close to a triangle as the Atari was capable ...

I’ve seen apps that let you check in on live webcam images of animals from around the world (Pocket Zoo, for instance), but here’s a new app that puts a different spin on it. You get to see images of animals in the wild, and save scientists thousands of hours ...

Fans of Ticket to Ride, rejoice: the excellent board game of building trains now fits in your pocket! Days of Wonder did an excellent job on the iPad version of the game (especially when a later update added the Pass-and-Play option), and they’ve kept tweaking it in response to player comments. ...

The iPhone has become one of the most popular gadgets of all time, but are you using yours to its full potential? Many people who own these devices only use them for the basic functions like making calls, sending and receiving texts and emails and maybe playing the odd game. ...

The goal of Wooden Path is quite simple: create a continuous wooden path from one bank of the river to the other. Accomplishing this goal, however, will have you racking your brain for a solution. Wooden Path is a new puzzle game for the iPhone from bitroots, and it’s a great ...

I love to look at those lists that they give to professors that explain the state of the matriculating freshman class. You know what I’m talking about? The ones that say things like, “They have never lived in a world where Madonna wasn’t famous.” Naturally, I look at my daughter and ...

Need a new iOS app to sponge up all your free time? Look no further: Kickin Momma is here to help. Featuring the Swarmites from Hothead Games’ Swarm, Kickin Momma has a very weird premise: momma wants jewels, and it’s up to her babies to get them for her. How? Well, ...