Tag Archives: Novelty apps

Shiver, Timbers, Avast Mateys – iPhone Pirate Apps

by on September 19th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and I ‘ve worked in enough offices surrounded by folks who find this much more hilarious than I do, to know that this is a bit of a big deal “ so I thought I ‘d take a quick look at what ‘s …

Bizarro iPhone Apps: Marriage Saver for Men

by on January 28th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Once again, I bow before the priceless description provided by the developers for this bizarre iPhone app, called Marriage Saver for Men: “Marriage Saver for Men” is a soundboard app that is guaranteed to improve your relationship. Tired of doing the heavy lifting to keep your relationship going? Save valuable …

iPhone Dev Says Purposely ‘Terrible, Crap’ App Is Making Serious (real serious...

by on January 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm

A software engineer who wrote what he calls a “terrible” and “crap” app in less time than it typically takes to eat lunch has since watched it shoot to the top of Apple’s App Store, where it’s now generating over $200 an hour despite being a free download. We’ve talked …

Novelty Apps: ForPlay Offers ‘The iPhone Equivalent of Lovers Dice’

by on January 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am

ForPlay is a new novelty iPhone application that’s just hit the App Store, promising to ‘spice up this Valentine’s Day’. I should admit straight away here that I ‘borrowed’ my post title largely from a review of the app by The Cell Phone Junkie: If you’ve ever used those dice …