The new Missio app, launched last week, is being touted as the “first official app from the Vatican” is some quarters. That’s not quite right, since The Pope App from the Pontificium Consilium de Communicationibus Socialibus is pretty dang official. I’m not sure what the long-term plans are for Missio, but right now it’s a [...]
Verbum has released a free app with some nifty content for the conclave. The features of Conclave break down this way: Live Video: Right now, it’s the video of the last Press Office conference, but I imagine this will include live streams as they’re available. News: Relevant feeds from Zenit, Catholic Answers, National Catholic Register, [...]
Title: Gesundheit! / Gesundheit! HD Platforms: iPhone, iPad Price: free (for now) Rated: 9+. Game includes boogers. And monsters. And monster boogers. You have been warned. Look, snot happens, and Gesundheit! just wants to put it to good use. The game, one of the better titles in the app store, was pulled for a while [...]
Behold! It’s called iPotty, and it’s a training potty with an iPod mount and potty training software. Because potty training and expensive electronics go so well together. Supposedly it will come with apps that will encourage the tot to master his excretory functions, and also get an early start on a lifetime of psychological problems.
The annual booklets from Magnificat are a regular feature of my Advent and Lent observance. Just in time for the beginning of Advent this Sunday, this year;s version is now available for iPhone/iPad, Kindle, and nook for a buck. I prefer this format since it’s always with me, it’s easy to navigate, and it doesn’t add to my [...]
10000000: EightyEight Games, iPhone/Touch/iPad, $2. Content issues: none, unless you’re one of those weird Christians who believe works of fiction containing magic are the devil’s truss or something, in which case … just go away. For iPhone Launch Day, and as a bit of a break from the current whirlwind of fake Jesus news, I [...]
This is a response to a request from Catholic man-about-town Victor Lams, who liked the recent Serious Posts well enough, but urged me to get back to the ding-dang game reviews already. So I give you this oldie-but-goodie: still one of my all-time favorite iOS games. (And Victor, you still owe me two bucks or [...]
I try to keep my tech posts here at GATM to subjects that also allow me to explore some religious theme or element, but in the case of Newsify, I just want to sit you down and tell you that I have, after a long search, finally found my ideal iOS newsreader. RSS feeds are [...]
This is the first of a series of reviews covering mobile apps of interest to Catholics. Smartphones are changing the way many of us access data, and they can be a huge aid in maintaining a strong prayer life. At the core of any collection, there should be a few indispensible apps, of which the [...]
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