Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

cnev3

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 13, 2012
462
56
Added 20 or so new apps. Highlights include Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders, The Room, ORC: Vengeance, Minigore 2, Carmageddon, Mega Man X, Incoboto, You Don't Know Jack, Elements Defender, and Baldur's Gate.

Not to mention Arc Squadron and Walking Dead Ep 1 went free, and Google Maps is back on iOS :)
 

walie

macrumors 6502a
Nov 15, 2010
676
2
99% of this list is games.

If I don't care to play games on my phone or tablet, whats the point of this list? Should I make of list of Wii games that are not available on the PS3?
 

onthecouchagain

macrumors 604
Mar 29, 2011
7,382
2
99% of this list is games.

If I don't care to play games on my phone or tablet, whats the point of this list? Should I make of list of Wii games that are not available on the PS3?

I present to you my post earlier in this thread:

A list full of helpful widgets (weather, news/social feeds, quick bookmark launchers), alternative and better keyboard entry methods and experiences, alternative browsers (that can be made stock), launchers that give an even greater range of creative and customizable controls, toggle widgets... you know, useful apps... will beat the largest list of exclusive game apps any day.

: shrug : That's just me.

But hey, cool list for iOS users (really). I play games on my iPad.
 

siiip5

macrumors 6502
Nov 13, 2012
395
0
LOL. The OP is still taking the time to update that list of games? Gaming on an iDevice is a pathetic joke, unless you like simple touch or swipe games.

I will challenge any iOS user using their touch screen to beat someone using a PS3 controller in a game like Modern Combat, Shadowgun, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter or Dead Trigger. Or how about Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros or Super Mario World (oh wait, I forgot. You can't play those games on iOS.) Or how about the Microsoft Office suite? Oh yeah, you can't do excel, PowerPoint or word docs. And even with Pages, you don't have full editing capability.

What about Snapseed or an app like ReNotify that allows you to create and edit your own notifications within the notification center? What about something like CarHomeUltra, which when the app is started you have nice big customizable buttons which can be set for any app, Bluetooth auto starts and large LED info of speed, location, direction and time is on screen. New emails and texts can be set to be read through your cars speakers as well. How about a torrent or file manager apps? No?

You see, these are called 'useful apps, not some pityful, useless swipe the screen game for 5 year old kids.
 
Last edited:

ReanimationN

macrumors 6502a
Sep 7, 2011
724
0
Australia
LOL. The OP is still taking the time to update that list of games? Gaming on an iDevice is a pathetic joke, unless you like simple touch or swipe games.
I don't play many games on my iPhone, but the Chaos Rings series are great examples of iOS games with excellent production values that also control extremely well using just the touch screen. They're definitely not simple Fruit Ninja/Angry Birds/Doodle Jump style games. Although I definitely agree that some genres control terribly on the iPhone. You seem to be into FPS and fighting games, I'm not into those types of games at all, bar Super Smash Bros., but the ones I've tried on the iPhone have all controlled terribly. I'm more into RPG, strategy and puzzle games and the iPhone caters to my tastes quite well.
I will challenge any iOS user using their touch screen to beat someone using a PS3 controller in a game like Modern Combat, Shadowgun, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter or Dead Trigger. Or how about Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros or Super Mario World (oh wait, I forgot. You can't play those games on iOS.)
If I was going to use a PS3 controller, I'd rather play on my 50" TV, not on a 4-5" phone screen.
Or how about the Microsoft Office suite? Oh yeah, you can't do excel, PowerPoint or word docs. And even with Pages, you don't have full editing capability.
I've seen you make this claim a few times- go on, show me where I can get the full, official Microsoft Office suite on Android. Made by Microsoft, not some junky Kingsoft ripoff, and not the Windows versions channeled through a cloud server. Full, legitimate native Android versions.

And you can create MS Office documents on iOS- iOS also offers alternative Office suites.
 

Tarzanman

macrumors 65816
Jul 16, 2010
1,304
15
I've seen you make this claim a few times- go on, show me where I can get the full, official Microsoft Office suite on Android. Made by Microsoft, not some junky Kingsoft ripoff, and not the Windows versions channeled through a cloud server. Full, legitimate native Android versions.

And you can create MS Office documents on iOS- iOS also offers alternative Office suites.

You can't get the official suite on anything but Windows at the moment.
Besides Google Drive/Docs, there is the Documents to Go suite and a few others.

You can create them, edit them, even attach them to emails and send them. This is superior functionality to what is currently available on iOS, is it not?
 

siiip5

macrumors 6502
Nov 13, 2012
395
0
If I was going to use a PS3 controller, I'd rather play on my 50" TV, not on a 4-5" phone screen.
Ahhh, but I can. I can play on any TV with an HDMI port. i have an entire game console within my phone.

I've seen you make this claim a few times- go on, show me where I can get the full, official Microsoft Office suite on Android. Made by Microsoft, not some junky Kingsoft ripoff, and not the Windows versions channeled through a cloud server. Full, legitimate native Android versions.
I'm sorry, but if I were to email you an excel spreadsheet from my Nex7 and one from my HP, would you be able to tell the difference? No? So what difference does it make if it is the official office suite or not. Point is, i can open, edit, delete, save and email any excel, powerpoint or word document in Office 2010 or 2007 formats. Good luck with an iDevice trying any of that.

And you can create MS Office documents on iOS- iOS also offers alternative Office suites.
Please create a powerpoint or excel spreadsheet for us on your phone or ipad. Pages is the only doc editing app on ios that works well with word. There are 3rd party apps to view ppt files, but nothing built in to create or edit.

Like I said, iOS has childlike games that can function well. As long as the tap or swipe is simple and in the same area of the screen, you are mostly fine. Anything requiring multiple and quick inputs from various parts of the screen and good night.
And when it comes to useful apps or needing a phone or tablet to function more like a PC or Mac, well you can forget using an iDevice.
Be honest, iPhones and iPads are very basic. You could not replace a laptop with one, simply because the device is too restricted in what it can do. Right now, I have my Nex7 in PC mode. I have a mouse and full sized keyboard working and a 500gb external drive connected, along with a 4g tether from my Galaxy S3 sitting here on my desk. This is something you could never do with an iPad. And if you are using iOS6, you can't even jailbreak to get a portion of that functionality.
Enjoy the Apple ecosystem. Other than my iMac and MBP, I have burned that locked in ecosystem to the ground and freed myself. I will not be told what I can and can't do by a company like Apple with a device I bought. They can kiss my chocolate starfish.
 

siiip5

macrumors 6502
Nov 13, 2012
395
0
+1 for chocolate starfish. Whatever that is.
It's where the pinky goes: :D

tumblr_lfu1uwAuFH1qem4n3o1_400.jpg
 

onthecouchagain

macrumors 604
Mar 29, 2011
7,382
2
It's cool and all that iOS has more exclusive games, but if the tables were turned, I think many in this thread would go on about how iOS is more adult and professional and mature.

Just a guess.
 

TedM

macrumors 6502
Sep 19, 2012
356
2
California
you should add genre categories for those games. Sure the list is great, but I don't want to play any puzzle games and its hard to tell what game is a puzzle game just by the title. Great list.
 

zbarvian

macrumors 68010
Jul 23, 2011
2,004
2
It's cool and all that iOS has more exclusive games, but if the tables were turned, I think many in this thread would go on about how iOS is more adult and professional and mature.

Just a guess.

So iOS fans would belittle the fact that Android had more exclusive games? Because that's exactly what most Android fans are doing in here. Both sides belittle the others' strengths and underscore the weaknesses, not just iOS fans.
 

cynics

macrumors G4
Jan 8, 2012
11,959
2,156
So iOS fans would belittle the fact that Android had more exclusive games?

Isnt that the point of this thread?

It's the alternatives to iOS section for us Apple/Mac users that are curious about alternatives not why iOS is better then the alternatives section...
 

zbarvian

macrumors 68010
Jul 23, 2011
2,004
2
Isnt that the point of this thread?

It's the alternatives to iOS section for us Apple/Mac users that are curious about alternatives not why iOS is better then the alternatives section...

I agree, this is definitely in the wrong section lol
 

Dr McKay

macrumors 68040
Aug 11, 2010
3,531
261
Kirkland
So iOS fans would belittle the fact that Android had more exclusive games? Because that's exactly what most Android fans are doing in here. Both sides belittle the others' strengths and underscore the weaknesses, not just iOS fans.

Before Steam etc when people mentioned about Windows having more games than OS X, the default answer here was normally "I'm not a child, I use my computer for work"
 

ReanimationN

macrumors 6502a
Sep 7, 2011
724
0
Australia
Ahhh, but I can. I can play on any TV with an HDMI port. i have an entire game console within my phone.
Yes, but if I was to be gaming on a TV, I'd rather be playing good quality console games like the Metal Gear Solid series, the Legend of Zelda series etc, not games meant for a 4-5" phone screen blown up on a 50" TV. There's usually a stark difference in quality between phone games and console games. Even handheld consoles destroy 99.9% of the iOS/Android catalogue. Only the Chaos Rings series and maybe a smattering of other titles could be considered console quality. I like iOS games for gaming on the go (e.g. buses and trains), when I'm not going to have a 50" TV on me and a PS3 controller. For everything else, I have my PS3, Wii, PC and laptop.

As for the emulators on a TV, I'd much rather use my laptop or PC for that, which offer far more powerful emulators and better performance than what a phone can provide me.
I'm sorry, but if I were to email you an excel spreadsheet from my Nex7 and one from my HP, would you be able to tell the difference? No? So what difference does it make if it is the official office suite or not. Point is, i can open, edit, delete, save and email any excel, powerpoint or word document in Office 2010 or 2007 formats. Good luck with an iDevice trying any of that.
No, would you be able to tell the difference between a photorealistic drawing (by an amazing artist) and a photo? One set of tools is far clumsier to use and to achieve results with, while one set is easy to use and to achieve results with, both get the same result in the end. That's the difference (although a lot less extreme)- MS still makes one of the best office suites around, doing things that are incredibly easy with MS Office takes a lot of effort with most Office knockoffs. It sounds like you have found one that does what you need it to do, but that's not going to be the case for a lot of people, only the real deal will fill the gap.

And what difference does it make if it's the official suite? You've repeatedly made it sound like the official suite is available on Android. It's not, and you've now admitted that.
Please create a powerpoint or excel spreadsheet for us on your phone or ipad. Pages is the only doc editing app on ios that works well with word. There are 3rd party apps to view ppt files, but nothing built in to create or edit.
Ahhh, sure?

From that link:

Office², the most intuitive and straightforward office document tool available on the iPhone and iPod Touch, makes it easy to open, view, create and edit Word (DOC & DOCX), Excel (XLS & XLSX) and PowerPoint (PPT & PPTX) files right from your device!

Office² now provides unrivaled support for document tracked changes.

Office² also offers the most advanced solution for connecting you to all of your stored documents! Access your Google Docs, DropBox and Microsoft SkyDrive files at any time, to securely open and work on any and all of your most important documents!

In addition to all of the creating and editing features, Office² also stores ANY file and easily transfers it between any computer for convenient one-stop file storage, just like a USB stick!

Office² can open various different file formats (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, TXT and more), which makes viewing files effortless and ensures easy access to all of your important docs.

WORD PROCESSOR

☆ Create, edit and save Word DOC & DOCX files
☆ Character formatting, including:
- Text and fill color
- Bold, Italic, Underline
- Font face & Size
☆ Paragraph formatting including alignment, line spacing, margins, indenting, bullets and numbering
☆ Support for tables, including table creation
☆ Support for floating and inline images (inserting from camera roll or pasting from other programs)
☆ Support for shapes and floating text boxes
☆ Support for textual tracked changes
☆ Footnotes, endnotes and comments
☆ Multi-column formatting
☆ Supports section breaks, page breaks and column breaks
☆ View headers and footers
☆ Ruler bar with ability to set paragraph margins and tab stops
☆ Searching of text within documents
☆ Undo and redo, up to 100 undo levels
☆ Auto-correction and auto-completion are supported
☆ Spell check
☆ Copy & Paste, even text and images from other applications

SPREADSHEET

☆ Create, edit and save Excel XLS & XLSX files
☆ Handle multiple worksheets with unlimited rows and columns
☆ Search and sort cells
☆ Cell formatting: (bold, italic, borders, text and cell color, alignment, text wrapping)
☆ Cell types: General, Number, Currency, Percentage, Date, Time, and Text
☆ Merge cells feature
☆ Pane freezing
☆ Tap and drag to change row heights and column widths
☆ Intelligent auto range selection for range based functions
☆ Tap cells to compose formula
☆ Insert, copy, paste or cut cell ranges, rows or columns
☆ Date formats, date separators and numeric separators are all handled correctly according to the current locale, with manual override
☆ 146 different functions

PRESENTATION

☆ Create, edit and save PowerPoint PPT & PPTX files
☆ Insert images and countless common shapes
☆ Comprehensive text and paragraph formatting: (font size and face, text color and highlight, paragraph alignment, line spacing)
☆ Rotation of text and shapes
☆ Slide ordering
☆ Slide show mode with simulated laser pointer
☆ Slide show presentation on external monitor

EXTRAS

☆ File versioning. Revert to any of the last 10 file versions.
☆ Save documents, spreadsheets and presentations in PDF format
☆ Wireless printing

ORGANIZING/INTEGRATING FILES

☆ GOOGLE DOCS: Office² allows you to view and edit the documents and spreadsheets stored in your Google Docs account. Not only does this enhance file transfers to and from Office², you can also edit the same files on the iPad AND from within your web browser.
☆ Users can also open, edit, save, delete and rename files stored in Dropbox, Box.net, Microsoft SkyDrive and any WebDAV server
☆ Organize files into folders
☆ Open DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PDF, PPT, PPTX and TXT email attachments within Office²
☆ Email any file you are working on from within Office²
:eek:

That's just one suite, there's also others out there.

I've also used Pages in the past, I was able to edit an assignment for my last degree and email it to a guy in the group I was working with. I only did that though as my laptop was about to die and needed to get repaired and I had no other computer at the time, I would never normally do any sort of real work on an iOS or Android device- they're terrible at it compared to Windows (or OS X).
Like I said, iOS has childlike games that can function well. As long as the tap or swipe is simple and in the same area of the screen, you are mostly fine. Anything requiring multiple and quick inputs from various parts of the screen and good night.
If a game doesn't involve guns or punching people, it's childlike?
And when it comes to useful apps or needing a phone or tablet to function more like a PC or Mac, well you can forget using an iDevice.
Be honest, iPhones and iPads are very basic. You could not replace a laptop with one, simply because the device is too restricted in what it can do. Right now, I have my Nex7 in PC mode. I have a mouse and full sized keyboard working and a 500gb external drive connected, along with a 4g tether from my Galaxy S3 sitting here on my desk. This is something you could never do with an iPad. And if you are using iOS6, you can't even jailbreak to get a portion of that functionality.
You can't replace a laptop with an Android device either. No multi-window view (other than Samsung's limited gimmicky implementation) and no backwards compatibility with desktop apps. Done, instant deal breaker for actually getting work done. If you're willing to constantly swap what app you're looking at, while you're typing up a 10,000 word major assignment, just to use Android over Windows/OS X, then have fun with that.

Using a mouse, keyboard and external HD with that tiny screen? That sounds like the dictionary definition of a gimmick. Try running your word processor on the screen at the same time as your browser on stock Android. I'll take a Windows 8 tablet or a laptop any day.
:eek:

Mother of god.

I really did not know that term.
Really? You never heard these guys back in the late 90s/early 2000s?

It's cool and all that iOS has more exclusive games, but if the tables were turned, I think many in this thread would go on about how iOS is more adult and professional and mature.

Just a guess.
I don't know. Windows is the OS of choice for business, yet it's also the OS of choice for gamers. I don't think businesses look down upon Windows for being the home of the vast majority of PC games.
 
Last edited:

cynics

macrumors G4
Jan 8, 2012
11,959
2,156
I think this thread is accurate enough. Until iOS devices use DLNA so I can connect to things for proper presentations or have USB support or even a better email client (for sending multiple files, pdf's etc) then I'm going to use Android or a laptop for work. I even prefer it for consumption, full Internet with flash (yes it can be side loaded on 4.2).

My iPad is really only used for playing games and reading. Toy? I like it though.
 

cnev3

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 13, 2012
462
56
Okay, from now on I will include at the bottom of the list, the apps I have added and removed for the latest revision, as well as post the additions and removals in an update reply.

The apps that are either highly anticipated or very popular, very unique or a new genre, or critically acclaimed will be in bold. Regardless, all the apps on the list are rated 4 stars or higher.


Games added this revision:

Battle Of The Bulge (Shenandoah Studios), Hundreds, Repulze, Arms Cartel, Split Pic, Deal Or No Deal, Scale Wizard, Mutant Fridge Mayhem, Toca Hair Salon, Swing King, The Grading Game, Bookworm (Popcap Games), Red Conquest, GeoSociety, Ravensword Shadowlands, Beatronome, The Voice: On Stage, Spellcraft, Samplr Devils At The Gate: Pacific War HD, Rad Soldiers, Mad Skills BMX, Car Town Streets, Bubble Seasons, Battleland: Warrior vs Monster HD, Pocket Heroes, Super Hexagon, Stompbox (guitar effects), The Math Tree, Batman Arhkam City Lockdown, Korg iPolysix, SpellTower, Snapguide, CraftedBattle, Blueprint 3D, Disney Super Speedway, Monster Wars, Legendary Wars, Catch The Ark, Magic 2013, Final Fantasy IV



Games removed this revision:

n/a
(like I said, for games that have recently released an Android version, let me know and i'll remove it from the list)
 

AppleRobert

macrumors 603
Nov 12, 2012
5,729
1,133
I appreciate the time and effort taken for the list. I am new to iOS pretty much and wondered the difference with android.
 

cnev3

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 13, 2012
462
56
Okay i've updated the list to REMOVE a few apps that are now on Android. Those revisions take longer for me because I don't have an android device anymore and i'm not as up to date on the google play store as I used to be, so I depend on Android users help to point out apps that are on Android now.

The removals are:

Avengers Initiative, Battle Cats, Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition, Beat Hazard Ultra, Heroes of Order and Chaos, Pitfall! (2012 Remake), Puzzle & Dragons, Sonic Jump, Super Monkey Ball 2,
You Don't Know Jack

I know Baldurs Gate and YDKJ arent technically out, but I know they are both inevitably coming, and very soon, so I just removed them now so I don't forget later.

Anyone who hasn't checked out Battle Cats and Beat Hazard Ultra is missing out!

----------

You see, these are called 'useful apps, not some pityful, useless swipe the screen game for 5 year old kids.

A handful of apps in my list are music production apps, and for a musician who wants to plug in a guitar, bass, or keyboard into their device for recording, amp modeling, and effects, android does not have an app that does what amplitube does, or garage band, or animoog. And I haven't found an Android equivalent to iTunes U. A lot of instrument manufacturers like Korg, Propellerhead, Fender, and Moog only release their apps on iOS.

Amplitube and Garage Band we're a big reason why I made the switch.

I think it's safe to say that Android has more offerings for business/office type apps, iOS has more offerings for music, education, and art.

And you're more than welcome to make an Android exclusive list of "useful" apps :)
 
Last edited:
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.