It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for iPhone , iPod touch and iPad devices.
It covers apps and games, with the prices referring to the initial download: so (Free) may mean (Freemium) in some cases. There's a separate roundup for Android apps, which was published earlier in the day .
For now, read on for this week's iOS selection (and when you've finished, check out previous Best iPhone and iPad apps posts).
Google Maps used to be part of the iOS software, before Apple and Google's licensing deal ran out. It then re-emerged as a native iPhone app, and has now finally gone universal to include the iPad too. Its tablet-friendly design complements the usual Google Maps features, including Street View.
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I've been waiting for a children's game that tries to teach kids to save their virtual currency rather than spending it. There are no in-app purchases in this FarmVille-style town-building game. Instead, children save their virtual coins, and earn more by doing chores in the real world set by their parents.
iPhone / iPad
Part of an emerging crop of music-education apps, this aims to teach you to play the piano using a virtual on-screen keyboard, social gaming features and a catalogue of more than 400 songs â€" from piano standards (Chopsticks) to classical (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven) to pop and rock (Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, Green Day).
iPhone / iPad
Yes, even long-deceased painters have official apps nowadays. The subtitle for this one is 'Pictures, Books, Movies and Paintings', which covers the content nicely: Dali's paintings take centre stage, but his books and films also feature prominently. In-app purchases are used to buy the various works' digital forms.
iPhone / iPad
No surrealism or sliced-up eyeballs here, just personal finance. Thankfully. It's an iPhone app from finance firm Xero for managing your money, covering bank account and credit card transactions, tying into the existing Xero Personal service.
iPhone
iPhone / iPad
The Sky Gamblers games have won a firm following on iOS, not least because of their spectacular graphics (cue "console-quality" mention in the App Store listing for this new one). As before, this is a dogfighting game with a mixture of solo and multiplayer modes, tied deeply into Apple's Game Center, iCloud and AirPlay technologies to store progress and play on a TV if desired.
The tale of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad gets a new retelling for iPad, with Stephen Fry providing (some) voice narration, with animation and music accompanying the text â€" which is faithful to the original according to developers Beyond the Story.
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Billed as "safe, simple photo sharing for seniors and their families", this is a photo-sharing app aimed at older, less tech-savvy users (because it's worth making clear that there are plenty of older tech-savvy people too, who'll be fine with Facebook, Instagram and the rest).
iPhone / iPad
With the school summer holidays having just kicked off in the UK, parents looking for good educational apps to keep their kids' brains ticking over for the next six weeks have plenty to choose from. Developer Les Trois Elles' latest release focuses on specific maths tasks, with three activities and games, and lots of thought put into how children learn.
iPhone / iPad
If you think about it, the original Pac-Man was one of the first endless-runner games, given its hero's mission to keep moving and guzzling pills. Now, in the era of Canabalt and other side-scrolling endless runners, Pac-Man is evolving too. The game features more than 70 missions and lots of power-ups.
iPhone / iPad
This aims to be a helpful app for cooks, providing timed recipes; conversions of weights, temperatures and volumes; and a glossary of "classic" cooking terms. A quiz aims to help build your knowledge in the kitchen too.
iPhone
One of a set of new travel-guide apps from National Geographic, this provides a selection of walks and tourist hotspots for the French capital, with photos of key landmarks, an itinerary-building section and useful tools like exchange rates, measurement conversion tables and (if you're roaming on data) live weather.
iPhone / iPad
Plants vs Zombies was a big hit with mobile gamers, and a sequel is on the way soon. In the meantime, there's this app from Dark Horse Comics selling digital issues of the official Plants vs Zombies comics. Two issues are available so far: one is included for free, with the next costing 69p via in-app purchase.
iPhone / iPad
This 3D side-scrolling action game startled me with its graphics â€" it uses the Unreal Engine â€" with gameplay looking to match. It sees you taking on the role of an intergalactic bounty hunter, battling your way through 10 missions.
iPhone / iPad
iPhone has seen plenty of personal finance apps, and a fair few innovative calendar apps. Now developer Halcyon MD has combined the two categories with Dollarbird. It gets you to enter your spending in a calendar-based format, tracking your habits over time and helping you (hopefully) start to save.
iPhone
This is a nice idea: an app aimed at 7-11 year-olds that turns three historical stories of scientific breakthroughs in Europe into comic-strips. Animation, interactivity and sound are added into the mix to hold children's attention as they learn about the Scientific Revolution.
iPad
Latest in an extremely crowded line of apps hoping to get iPhone owners making their own memes, then sharing them. Here, that involves adding text, stickers, painting and sounds to pre-set backgrounds, with in-app packs sold to provide more personalisation.
iPhone
Lots of interest in Potluck at the moment online: it's the work of Branch media, a company set up by some of Twitter's founders to launch new products. In this case, it's a social bookmarking service (and now app) to "hang about and talk about cool things you find online".
iPhone
Was 2013 really crying out for the return of Leisure Suit Larry and his lounge-lizard persona? Seemingly so. This is a new version of the 1987 Leisure Suit Larry adventure with beefed-up graphics, new dialogue and a new musical score.
iPhone / iPad
Finally, an app for professionals: "journalists, video producers, directors, broadcasters, one-man-band camera operators" to be specific. It's a way to log key quotes or moments when they happen, so you can find them easily later on when going through your footage. It's a specific niche, but one that benefits from being filled.
iPad
That's this week's selection, but what do you think? Make your own recommendations, or give your views on the apps above, by posting a comment.
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