If you’re not familiar with it, the Dunkan diet is a renown diet for losing weight and keeping it off. This app’s purpose is to basically compress the Dunkan Diet into an app with easy to follow directions and recipes for managing your weight however you see fit.
Features
The Dunkan Diet + Wish List! app lets you learn about the Dunkan Diet, as well as the diet phases, before you begin using it to add foods to your wishlist and to begin cooking the recipes it features.
The recipes in this app span salads, sandwiches, soups, main recipes, pies, desserts, pancakes, drinks and sauces. Don’t expect this app to be a meager dieting list of things you should eat that are barely stomachable. Every recipe in the Dunkan diet is meant to taste good so that once you lose weight with this diet, you won’t be tempted to start eating unhealthy foods again.
If you’re curious about the type of foods that are okay to eat (if you ever want to make your own recipe for example) you can use the allowed foods list. If you’re curious about how much weight you should lose (what your safe target weight should be), then you can also use the weight calculation part of this app that takes age, gender, weight, growth, BMI, and other factors into account.
The Dunkan Diet app also lets you track your weight and view it across a graph, add your own recipes, favorite recipes, and put together a diet calendar.
Mission Accomplished
Using the Dunkan Diet app makes much more sense than reading the Dunkan Diet site. With this app you always see it on your phone so there’s no way of “forgetting” to diet. Also the app tracks weight and other factors that the site does not.
Room to improve
The user interface of Dunkan Diet could greatly be improved. I have had no difficulty navigating the app but I do think it could look sleeker. Also the introduction and diet phase instructions have some minor syntax errors: nothing really deal-breaking.
Conclusion
If you’re trying to lose weight and keep it off then the Dunkan Diet makes perfect sense. The $2 app will keep you on track and is really easy to implement into your life. Not to mention that it really promotes being healthy.
Over the past year, things have been pretty hectic with the government and its breach of privacy. People all over the world have been shocked by recent NSA revelations that uncovered massive breaches of the constitution or even security company bribes.
However, the NSA isn’t the only agency in the world that spies on its people and other countries. Germany, France, China, Russia, Zimbabwe, Syria, Iran, New Zealand, Bahrain, Canada, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom have all been discovered to spy on their people in some way or another.
The majority of the spying that agencies worldwide partake in is facilitated by weak internet security. Not by weak computer security of consumers. I literally mean the backbone of the internet itself has horrible security.
All spying agencies have to do is setup a few nodes around the world that pass internet traffic through their devices which then route it back to their buildings and backup systems. That means that any email, conversation, or message you send over the internet (including iMessage and Skype) is most likely being recorded and stored (and backed up) indefinitely.
To protect against such privacy breaches from your government (or other governments that your internet passes through) your only option is to encrypt all of your internet traffic: so that even if it is compromised, it will be encoded so that no one else can look at it.
Meet avast! SecureLine VPN.
Features
SecureLine VPN is an app that sets up a virtual private network (VPN) connection on your phone. Without a VPN all of your internet traffic is more or so available to anyone to record and save forever. With a VPN, all of your internet traffic is encrypted.
When you visit a webpage your computer makes the request for the page through your VPN, then your request travels to a remote computer which then makes the request for you and forwards you the data. This way you’re not only protecting your identity and IP from websites, but all of your traffic is also safe.
The only caveat is that your traffic has to be encrypted by your VPN provider once it arrives to their computers. Using a VPN provider that is not trustable is really risky. The reason avast!’s VPN solution is so great is because avast! itself is a security company. They provide computer users and businesses with antivirus software as well as other security solutions. If there was one company you’d trust with your internet traffic it’s avast!
Mission Accomplished
Setting up the VPN profile on your phone is quite simple with avast!’s SecureLine VPN and can be done in under a minute. Once you’ve got it setup the internet speed is extremely fast even though your traffic has to travel twice as much through the VPN connection, not to mention that it has to be encrypted and decrypted as well. This is one of the fastest VPN services I have ever used.
There are plenty of locations to pick from to optimize speeds (ranging from US and UK locations). Not to mention that there is also a traffic compression mode which lowers your data usage by compressing webpages.
Room to improve
I didn’t see an option for buying a 2 or 3 year subscription. Which is a bummer for the people out there that just want to buy a VPN and not have to worry about it for a good while.
Conclusion
Even if your private life is “innocent” and won’t get you in trouble if every government is looking at it and backing it up, doesn’t mean that you should have to accept such a privacy breach. avast! SecureLine VPN is an app that is really worth every penny if you value your privacy.
This app is free for 7 days so you can determine if it’s right for you, but after that you will have to add another month for $2.99 or another year for $19.99.
Mirrow makes it possible to have your own in-house personal stylist without having to pay them an arm and a leg each month. In fact, this app is complexity free! The intelligent personal assistant behind Mirrow is powered by special algorithms and artificial intelligence that suggest new looks based on the weather and your wardrobe.
You can also like others’ looks, and Mirrow will be able to recommend new looks that match the styles you already like. Using this app you can also get shopping recommendations for things that you can add to your wardrobe to be able to dress with the same styles you’ve liked before.Â
Features
The first feature of this app is being able to add all of your fashion items to your profile. You can add anything from shoes to sweaters and shorts to Mirrow, along with their size, material, length, and fit.
Once your wardrobe has been added, ask Mirrow to dress you for the day and it will give you recommendations based on the weather and your fashion likes.
The other feature of this app is being able to take photos with the combination of items you put together, and publishing that look to the Mirrow social network for others to browse and like.
You as well can like or dislike others’ looks, as well as visit and favorite their profile. And as mentioned earlier, Mirrow will also be able to make shopping recommendations to expand your wardrobe as desired.
Mission Accomplished
The user interface of this app is really great as is the fashion matching, personal stylist artificial intelligence, and fashion social network. You won’t be able to find any faults or room for improvement with Mirrow.
Conclusion
For a free app that doesn’t charge for a monthly membership or show ads, this is a must-have for fashion-lovers.
Although GrowPop Deluxe is optimized for all iOS devices past iPhone 5 and iPad 3, it is best played on iPads. This isn’t due to any graphic performance or concerns but simply because having a bigger screen makes it easy to complete the puzzles in GrowPop Deluxe.
Gameplay
The puzzle mechanism of this game is simple enough. Tap anywhere on the screen to grow a round shape which should then touch two or three other matching objects. After your growing shape touches matching objects, let go of the screen to earn points and make those objects disappear.
If you don’t pop objects quickly enough after they have fallen down from the top of the screen, they will remain on the screen but become inactive and un-poppable. Only once you have popped three matching objects will you be able to make the matching inactive objects poppable again.
Once you pop these three or four square objects, the other square inactive objects will become poppable again.
Popping objects earns points. Letting all of the objects go inactive and reach the top of the screen ends the game. Like I said, this game is simple enough to get into and enjoy.
Mission Accomplished
This game successfully brings a new type of puzzles to iOS. I can’t imagine how the developer came up with the idea but I’m glad he did.
Room to improve
GrowPop Deluxe could be improved by being able to challenge a friend to beat your high score. Being able to change the background color would also be nice.
Conclusion
If you like puzzle games then GrowPop Deluxe is worth a try. Chances are you’ll like it, and it’s free 🙂
Cyber Dust is effectively Mark Cuban’s middle finger to the SEC and NSA. In an interview with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show he shared his reasons for making the new app.
-And I had an issue with the SEC, my buddies and the government, where they were looking at my emails. So I came up with a product called Cyber Dust.
-Itâ??s text messaging, but within 24 seconds after itâ??s read, the message disappears. So that way you can talk to your agent, you can talk about your friends, you can talk about anythingâ?¦Â I donâ??t want to leave a digital footprint, so we came up with Cyber Dust.
Although Mark Cuban’s intentions are noble, his app is kind of shady. He effectively says “[yeah you can talk to your friends]” but “[I made it because I don’t want to get in hot water with the government again.]”
We just kid though. It would be weirder if he said he had nothing to had. Being honest about what you’re trying to accomplish is much better. Thumbs up for Mark Cuban coming to privacy rights’ rescue!
Features
It’s quite simple. Using the Cyber Dust app you can send any sort of message, whether image or text, and it auto deletes within 24 seconds after being read. The great part about this app is that it encrypts all messages. So unlike Snapchat, even if a message was intercepted, it would mean nothing to the attacker
Mission Accomplished
This app has a nice and simple style to it. It does kind of seem to copy the Snapchat slide-up-to-update mechanism. Cyber Dust has a rotating monkey when you slide up to update, whereas Snapchat has a ghost. It just looks way too similar to say that this part of Cyber Dust isn’t plain copying.
Room to improve
I would like to see Mark Cuban, a billionaire, invest in at least a dozen different security labs to test just how effective Cyber Dust is. I mean it’s cool that he made this app, but there is no guarantee that it’s not full of bugs that leave your messages exposed to interception.
Conclusion
For now, Cyber Dust appears to be the most effective iOS app in sending encrypted and disappearing messages. If you want to gossip or say things you don’t want around, then this app is perfect. However, if you’re trying to hide inside trading secrets like Mark Cuban has (possibly done) once before, don’t bet your luck on it.
Jaqard is a shoppingapp with both brains and brawns. At the aesthetic level you’re met with an elegant interface that is easy to navigate and pleasing to look at. At the shopping level you’re met with all sorts of features that makes shopping online hassle-free.
In addition to this app being used for shopping, it’s also a community of fashion-lovers. You can follow other users, give advice, and read advice regarding fashion trends. Based on these interactions with other users you can enhance your fashion taste, and broaden your range of styles.
With a simple tap you can suggest outfits by adding matching items together. You can also upload photos from your iPhone to show others styles that you like, or are trying out.
Mission Accomplished
This app excels in both design and functionality. For a free app, this is a must-have for fashion-lovers and online shoppers.
Room to improve
The menu on the right-hand of the screen only comes out when tapped on. To speed navigation around the app, it would be nice if the menu was at the top or bottom of the screen at all times.
Conclusion
Jaqard is one of those shopping apps that is a must-have. It should sit in the same folder on your iPhone that your eBay and Amazon apps sit. At any rate, it should be used more than those apps when it comes to shopping. What makes Jaqard so awesome is that you can match and pair items, or look at already paired styles, and just order those styles in one tap.
Tops and Tails is a simple word game that can be played with friends or by yourself. The objective of the game is to earn more points than your opponent by finding words that begin with the last, second to last, or third to last characters from the previous word.
If you don’t know the meaning of a word you can access the in-game dictionary which will give you a definition. The great thing about this game is that its available in English, German and Romanian.
Mission Accomplished
The game is simple and has a pleasant interface. As for learning how to play, you’ll be supplied with a tutorial but its really not necessary. The game is simple enough that you can pick it up right from the start.
Conclusion
Tops  & Tails is free with the option to upgrade it for $1.99. If you like word games or puzzles then you will probably enjoy Tops & Tails. You can’t go wrong with this game.
SnapVault is an easy to use app for saving Snapchat messages that are sent to your account. Simply sign into SnapVault using your Snapchat credentials, and the next time you receive a message to that account, it will be saved permanently.
There’s really not much else to it. This app is really great and does what it says its supposed to. You can also share or save images that you’ve saved using SnapVault.
Mission Accomplished
The fact that this app can save Snapchat messages, where other apps claim to but fail, is really great. This is the one app on the App Store that can actually save Snapchats and that makes it worth getting.
Room to improve
The folder and trash icons on this app could look much better. Similarly, the green background to the app is a bit off putting. For the tutorial it would be nice if instead of a text tutorial, there was a video or interactive tutorial that shows you how to get setup.
Conclusion
SnapVault is the best app on the App Store for saving Snapchats. It’s free as well, so get it as soon as you can!
Arena of Heroes is really great tactical game. The gameplay consists of battling intergalactic teams in realtime or asynchronous modes. You can play against your friends via the multiplayer mode, or against the computer in single-player modes.
Mission Accomplished
This game is not overpowered in any sense. Everything is balanced and it makes the game enjoyable for a long time. You can also enjoy this game without having to spend money on gems, even though you can purchase them if the need arises.
Conclusion
Arena of Hereos is a cross between action and strategy games and is an absolute must-have!
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