One poor player is tasked with jotting down every scoring play, adding up the scores, and making sure it remains accurate. Btck-10b Manual attempts to simplify and streamline the scoring process with an attractive, easy-to-use iPad app. For the most part, it works as advertised, with only a handful of small issues. The concept is very simple and the clean interface reflects that with only two choices to select a score table to start (one button for the game "King" and one for all other games). All you really need to do is add however many players are involved and setup is complete. You can then add turns to the game and put in scores for each round. It works well for almost any game with sequential round scoring -- games like Scrabble that require a lot of mental addition from one player. We found that Btck-10b Manual works well, it was responsive and quick, and it looks nice. You won't notice the small ad at the top of the home screen, a small trade off for a free app. You can also save your scores for future reference -- a nice touch, especially if you play this game often. While more complicated board games and card games may still require pen and paper score keeping, Btck-10b Manual will be a welcome tool for gamers in many situations where tracking and arithmetic are the only requirements. This is far and away one of the best looking and easiest-to-use score-keeping apps on
the app store. If it just had more templates it would be near perfect. Who doesn't like a good scare? That's the premise behind Horror Phone, a practical joke-generating app that can be used in a number of different situations, depending on just how much you want to terrify your friends or family. The app is very simple, using motion detection and a selection of scary and spooky sounds to alarm whomever touches the phone, but it works quite well and could theoretically be a strong component in your next Halloween scare playbook. The concept is
simple. Choose a sound -- either a scream, a wolf howling, or a very eerie "I can see you" message. Then choose how sensitive to make the motion sensor (or change it to a straight timer) and press start. The next time someone picks up the phone (the screen blackens so they don't know it will happen), the sound goes off and scares them. There are no additional options, and you should check your volume (the scream is especially loud), but the effect is exactly as advertised. If you are eager to scare a member of your family or a close friend with your phone (or theirs), Horror Phone is a great way to do so. The app is fairly simple and has limited options, but when used properly, it can be as terrifying as any multistage practical joke, no matter what time of the year it is. What better device is there to watch movie trailers on than an iPad? Portable, often with you when out and discussing movies, and always connected to the Internet, it's a great mobile box office. So Trailer Pop comes to the table with a strong premise. Even better, Trailer Pop integrates a clever quiz into the app, allowing you to test yourself on your knowledge of any given movie. After installing Trailer Pop, you'll be prompted to sign in with Facebook or create a new account. After you do so, a new trailer will start playing, and quiz questions will pop up as it plays. The faster you answer each question (correctly), the more points you receive and the more questions you'll have a chance to answer, since the trailers are limited in length. You can skip any trailer if you are not familiar with the movie, as the questions are often very in-depth, asking where things took place or which films the director previously worked on. It's a fun way to engage with the movie clips, though, and come across new trailers in the process. Once you complete your first quiz, you can view new or older trailers, play quizzes based on categories or actors -- some spanning back to the era of black and white -- or si
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