Apple iPad App Review Marathon [Part3]

We just got done reviewing another bunch of applications. Check out pictures and more reviews coupled with download links for another slue of iPad apps. Remember that we are also willing to review any apps on request, just drop a comment below, message us on twitter, or contact us on the forums or the contact form, we will review it, and put it up for everyone to see! The apps that were reviewed in this part of our marathon include:

Air Sharing HD

Command and Conquer

Flight Control

Bento

iDisplay

Comic Reader Mobi

Delivery Status Touch

SketchBook Pro

Stumbleupon

This is [Part3] of our iPad App Review Marathon, be sure to also check out [Part1] and [Part2] for reviews of several other apps as well. Also note to App Developers: If you want us to take a look at your app, send over some download codes.

Air Sharing HD

Air Sharing is one of our favorite iPhone apps, and it only gets better on the iPad's roomier screen. It lets you wirelessly mount your iPad as a drive on your computer so you can load it up with files. You can then view, share or print everything from PDFs to Excel documents. For anyone complaining about the lack of a file system on the iPad, this gives you one. And on our first testing of it, it's speedy and stable. Highly recommended. $9.99 [iTunes]

Command and Conquer

With sharp, colorful, and impressive graphics, Command and Conquer for the iPad is worth it for fans, and probably for giddy early adopters. For a first stab at a genre that could define iPad gaming, the app is pretty great. It shows that an RTS can work well on the iPad. One of the few gripes we had about this app was the large models and the inability to zoom out further often made the screen feel cramped, but other then that, it’s definitely worth a shot for anyone who enjoys playing RTS games. $12.99 [iTunes]

Flight Control

Fight Control is one fo the most popular iPhone games out and that is something that probably won’t change on the iPad. It’s simple enough to figure out hwo to play on the get-go but is challenging enough to keep you coming back for more. The iPad version utilizes the bigger screan to its advantage by improving upon the oringinal in almost every way. There are more complicated levels with more runways and types of aircraft. You can also play with friends either sharing one screen or using WiFi. The higher resolution also allows for a nice boost in the quality of graphics which makes it a must have. $5 [iTunes]

Bento

If you are someone who loves organization and you like for it to look visually stunning, then Bento’s $5 iPad app is a solid solution to list making. It comes with 25 templates for managing just about any type of information you want to throw at it, from contacts, to-do lists, collections, etc. You will get more bang for the buck with its corresponding Mac app, Bento 3, but even on it’s own, Bento’s a good fit for the iPad. The lists take on forms of clipboards and journals, and all match the iPad well, making Bento a good choice for those who like to stay organized. $5 [iTunes]

iDisplay

A great concept but not needs several bug, stability, and speed fixes before it actually gets anywhere. The iDisplay is an app that allows you to use your iPad as an external display for your iMac or MacBook. It is unbearably slow if you get it to work, which is a pain in the ass itself. You can read our article about it here for more details. Overall, we wouldn’t recommend it until they fix many of the issues that are currently wrong with it. $5 [iTunes]

Comic Reader Mobi

The Comic Reader Mobi app allows you to put your own comics (zip, cbr, rar, cvz, pdf support) on your iPad so you can read them on the device. You can either use the app’s built in FTP server support and FTP over files OR you can use iTunes’ new file transfer, which is a new easy method as well. Once the files are on, you can swipe or tap to go between ages, and it’ll even auto-detect orientation to place the image depending on the image size. The major downside to this app is the price, it comes at a hefty price of $15 but is easily worth it for those of you who get your comics elsewhere. $15 [iTunes]

Delivery Status Touch

An iPad app whose dedicated solely to tracking your packages. If you buy or sell a lot of stuff online, Delivery Status will keep track of all those tracking numbers, from the companies such as UPS and FedEx, Apple, and Amazon, down to less known companies such as Sagawa Express and Aramex. It shows each tracked item in the side pane with color-coded tabs and provides large, multitouch maps of their whereabouts on the right side. If you have a free account with the developer, Junecloud, it’ll sync tracking numbers between a desktop widget, an iPhone, and an iPad, which is a pretty nice feature as well. $5 [iTunes]

SketchBook Pro

This app has the potential to turn your ipad into a Wacom tablet. We couldn’t come anywhere as close to the advertised samples on the iTunes page, but SketchBook Pro is an app that hints at the iPad’s content creation potential. It flings you into a UI after a quick tutorial on how to adjust, resize, and manipulate your brushes. Using your fingers to do the work is a bit difficult but if you invested into a stylus, this could be a very serious app for artists out there. $8 [iTunes]

Stumbleupon

This app allows you to access the Stumbleupon communit which lets you input your interests, get recommendations, then give your recommendations a thumbs up or thumbs down. The app actually is very slow at loading pages and once loaded only offers a maximum of 16 choices per category at a time. Ironically, going to the website on Safari provides better functionality and a speedier page. If that is the case, what is the point of using the app? If you use Stumbleupon frequently, pass on the app, just use your browser. Free [iTunes]