BARG ALERT: Bebot itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id30030… – Oddball sound toy with surprisingly deep and capable synth abilities. $0.99
RECOMMENDED: Fotonica itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fotonic… – Like a 3D Canabalt crossed with Rez. Tough but intoxicating and beautiful.
RECOMMENDED: ToonCamera itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tooncam… – Art filter that transforms photos into painterly sketches.
RECOMMENDED: Byword itunes.apple.com/gb/app/byword/… – Minimal word processor/Markdown editor. IAP adds publishing support for blogs.
RECOMMENDED: They Need To Be Fed 3 itunes.apple.com/us/app/they-ne… – Minimal, brutal gravity platformer, akin to a 2D Mario Galaxy.
FREEBIE: Fragment itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id76710… – Strange geometric abstraction filter. Integrates with Photos for iOS 8.
RECOMMENDED: Mr. Crab itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mr.-cra… – Nicely designed one-thumb platformer, set in dizzying rotating cartoonish worlds.
ESSENTIAL: Transmit iOS itunes.apple.com/us/app/transmi… – Astonishing file-transfer app. Beautiful, usable and feature-packed. Perfect for iOS 8.
ESSENTIAL: Spaceteam itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spacete… – Oddball game where 2–4 players prod buttons and pull sliders to keep a spacecraft alive.
RECOMMENDED: Joinz itunes.apple.com/us/app/joinz/i… – Block-sliding puzzler where you make simple shapes as the board becomes increasingly complex.