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I love reading stories like this. It’s great to see a simple idea from a small developer take off like this. And with good reason too. I picked up a copy of this game the other day and found it to be a lot of fun. It’s easy to learn, and you can spend five minutes or an hour playing it. Of course, the clones like Veggie Samurai have already sprung up. However, it offers a few new concepts of its own. An interesting new genre of game…

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I’ve spent days looking for a decent note taking and task creation app. Personally I think the native Notes app is pretty good, but I would like to add tags/categories to notes and would also like to make Tasks/To Do lists while I’m working. Over the weekend I tried a slew of Lite offerings such as NoteMaster, Mental Note, 2DO and SmartNote and not a single one of them appealed to me. They all had something major I didn’t like. I would like to try Awesome Note, but there isn’t a lite version anymore.

However, I did find a $0.99 app that is working quite well for me. Notes N More offers Notes, Tasks, Voice Memos and Pictures. I don’t really need the memo and picture part, but the Note and Task portion works quite well. All your items show up in a list together, with the most recently edited or viewed located at the top.

The Note editor is pretty good, but it looks like you could get another line on the screen when you view it in landscape mode. Hopefully that will change in the future. The editor is standard faire which is perfectly fine.

Tasks are nothing fancy, just a checklist, but that works for me. You don’t set due dates or show progress or partial completion. For that kind of tracking you would need something more powerful like, Simply Lists. However, for a simple checklist with notes associated with them, this works very well.

Notes and tasks can also have tags/categories associated with them. Filter and group your notes for easy viewing. Further, the app is very customizable when it comes to look and feel. You can change the background, not just to a color but to a texture, change the font color and style and change the color theme of the app.

It may not be a OneNote replacement, but for the low price of $0.99 this app does a great job! And it’s a universal app so its formatted for the iPad as well. If you’re looking to write down your ideas and organize a “to do” list then this is definitely worth looking into.

Notes N More website

The FreeAppADay.com App introduces Babylonian Twins as Today’s Featured Free App.

iPhone’s award-winning and critically acclaimed best puzzle platformer….TouchArcade’s top platformer in 2010 gaming guide and PC Magazine’s top 10 iPad games. (www.babyloniantwins.com)
Think The Prince of Persia meets The Lost Vikings with a twist: You control two characters, the twin princes of Babylonian, one at a time and each with different skills, to solve challenging puzzles in a fast-paced action and smooth scrolling in a unique historic atmosphere derived from history texts.
** ALSO CHECK THE iPAD VERSION IN AMAZING HD QUALITY **
Featured on App Store’s "WHAT’S HOT", "NEW & NOTEWORTHY" and "WHAT WE’RE PLAYING" in 85 countries.
Featured on The Independent, Vancouver Sun, AOL News, Wired, Kotaku, Arstechnica and more.
Top 100 paid game in 12 countries including US, UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, France and Australia.
For info, support, tips and feedback, check:
- www.babyloniantwins.com
- www.babyloniantwins.com/forum
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WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
"Certainly a game that will remain on our iPhones and iPads for a long time to come"
- TOUCHARCADE, 4.5/5 Best Game of April 2010
"Offers fantastic head-scratching puzzles that are incredibly satisfying to solve"
-GAMEPRO 4.5/5 – Game of the Week
"Well preserved artefact – resembling a cross between Aladdin and Prince of Persia"
- POCKETGAMER, SILVER AWARD 8/10, Game of the Week
"In terms of level design, Babylonian Twins scores top marks, with some superb challenges that provide a true test of your platforming mettle"
- EUROGAMER
"A fun arcade-type puzzle game that is reminiscent of some great NES puzzlers with some added twists."
- THE PORTABLE GAMER
"An Instant Classic – the storyline, design and overall challenge simply mesh together to make up a game for the ages"
- THEAPPERA, A MUST HAVE
"A Puzzle Platformer That Raises The Bar"
- APPVERSITY, A-AMAZING
"A Long Awaited Beautiful Platformer"
- APPSMILE, 5/5
"A gorgeous, charming platformer with one of the most interesting backstories I’ve ever read"
- CNET, Game of the Week
"A fantastic puzzle platformer, unique two character gameplay, superb look and the feel"
- APPADVICE
"Provides me with some of the most fun that I have experienced in over a long time"
- APPMODO
"One of the best iDevices games of all times, this is way better than many of the big pro companies"
- UK App Store
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Support future updates and quality games like this:
- Tell a friend and rate the game on iTunes
- Like the Twins on facebook.com/babyloniantwins and follow them at @cosmosapps
Read about the fascinating history behind the development of the original unreleased Amiga version 17 years ago: www.babyloniantwins.com/background
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THE GAME
Join the twin princes of Babylon, Nasir and Blasir, in their quest to defeat the evil magic of the great sorcerer and restore peace to the city. Use unique tag-team collaborative play and fast spin and drill moves to solve challenging puzzles, find hidden treasures and unlock new levels. Experience a masterpiece of ancient Mesopotamian art like nothing you have seen before.
- Control two characters in a unique tag-team play
- 5 unique worlds to explore including the Tower of Babylon, The Assyrian Place and the Hanging Gardens.
- Over a dozen large & challenging levels with more on the way
- Over half a dozen original traditional music
- Beautiful graphics & historic atmosphere from history texts
- Find hidden treasures and unlock new levels and OpenFeint Achievements
- iPod music support (Play the music and launch the game)
- Compete for best timing through OpenFeint Leaderboards
- Super smooth scrolling
- Responsive touch controls
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Produced by Cosmos Interactive Inc. with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada.
www.babyloniantwins.com

What’s new

**Please update your rating and review on iTunes and make sure they are visible. Thanks for supporting quality games like this**
- Save points in all levels
- Enhanced controls
- Updated tutorial level
- Updated requirements to unlock bonus levels
- Screen flip