This year’s Halloween is sure to be different and memorable if you have an iPhone/iPod. How? There are 30 applications specially for Halloween and there are n number of iPhone and iPod cases and wall papers that you can use to pumpkinize and ghoulize your Halloween day.
It is good to see that there are developers who at least focused more on bringing smiles to other people than to strike gold in the App Store. All Halloween application, mostly placed either in the games category or entertainment category are priced at $0.99 to $1.99, which I think is absolutely reasonable. Contacting some of the Halloween application developers unearth some amazing facts about their intentions on what and how they feel about their applications and how users have received their apps.
Here are some of the observations that developers shared with us about their Halloween applications in the App Store.
Halloween Experience : The developer(s) of this application is glad that the application has something for everybody and thanked all the users of the application and specially those who have provided feedback and suggestions to make the application more interesting and engaging. Some users have even commented that they love the application as much as they love Halloween. The pumpkin tradition lives on with these little sharings of thoughts and good words and encouragement for each other.
This application has a countdown clock that shows the number of days left until Halloween. This makes the users realize how precious each day is waiting for the memorable day. The application offers more than users expect out of it, so says one of the reviewers in the App Store.
Halloween Picture Haunt : People love Halloween and the fun seems to be more if there is a pinch of puzzle in the whole business. The developer of Halloween Picture Haunt combined these elements and is happy that the application has been well received by users in the App Store. Uniqueness of the application lies in the wonderful blending of the Halloween theme and the puzzle theme which we all are familiar with.
Children are attracted because of the cute Halloween images and sounds, while adults are just amused by the level of concentration needed to spot the differences. The developer is all happy for having given something for everyone.
Halloween Sounds : The joy of getting a gift comes not from getting what you expected. Real joy of a gift comes if you realize the sacrifices the giver endured in giving to you that something. This application is something because the developers knows that you need something of this sort and sacrificed his time and thoughts to bring out this sound effect for all of us.
Some people are using the sound clips as an accompaniment while reading books to their young ones; some says the sound clips are good for those people who are young at heart. Users love this application and suggest that they will be waiting for Christmas Carol application from this developer.
iScareU Halloween Edition : A simple application that you can use for scaring the hell out of your friends or anyone else for that matter. Select one of the scary sounds and set the timer, keep your iPhone/iPod touch in a dark corner and watch the jump or scream that the sound can force out of people.
Users of the application seem to have fallen in love with the ‘Timer’ concept and I too feel that this is the best strategy ever if you want to scare people. Halloween brings us the excuse to annoy people in some ways.
Haunted : The most misunderstood application so to say. For some the application is scary, but for some it is junk. This is a simple application that is sure to scare anyone who is looking at the app for the first time. Open the app and let your friend stare on the screen and just make sure that the person does not drop your iPhone or iPod touch, which is very much possible if your friend is seeing the app for the first time.
This is one cool app that you can use on anyone else for once, to see the Halloween spirit coming alive.
Halloween Cursed Slot : The fun of knowing the secret that waits if you use up your credit never allows you to stop playing this gambling game. You are facing a 5 reel casino slot machine gambling and pulling the crank with the flick of your finger. You cannot stop gambling because you are earning bonus points every now and then.
The scary sounds and music are artistic touch to the innovative concept of gambling, something new for Halloween like never before. The developer of this app has more surprises to bring for us soon.
Candy Catch Halloween : Help Casey collect all the Manna Candies that rain down from above. She is scared of spiders, she will scream if you let her touch the spiders and pumpkins are all the way to distract and make the candy collecting mission difficult. Tilt your iPhone/iPod touch the best way you can to make Casey’s outing very successful.
This is a very simple game, but a very addictive one. Same logic of eating one candy and wanting to eat more after the first effect applies to this game. The screaming of Casey and raining down of the pumpkins brings perfect Halloween spirit.
Halloween : This application brings a collection of the scariest sounds on earth. Make your iPhone/iPod touch laugh in evil glee, scream like a witch, creak like the door of a haunted house, howl like monsters and wolves, screech like bats and more. This is one perfect way to make use of your device to jump yourself into Halloween mood.
What is more? You can combine the sounds to give a more scary touch. Make this Halloween memorable by both scaring and surprising people. A rather nasty suggestion, but what is Halloween without these little pranks?
Halloween Ghost : This app also brings twenty scary sounds. Tap anywhere on the iPhone/iPod image of the Halloween ghost to invoke the sleeping spirits and let the sounds scare your friends. Shaking your device gives special touch to the sound effect. You can use this app to scare or surprise those around you on Halloween day.
Apart from the listed applications there are many more other applications all for Halloween. Developers are getting ever creative for all occassions. We will soon start seeing Christmas time applications. What, we have even seen applications designed specially for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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I found another cool app for Halloween that isn’t listed above. It is a trivia type of game, but gives history around Halloween when you answer the question. It was pretty fun for my friends and I to play when we were bored the other night. Being a Halloween fan I love all the apps above so wanted people to know of this one too. I think this is the link if you want it or do what I did just search Halloween Quiz:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334473767&mt=8