Marketing is what separates the winners from the losers in the App Store. Plenty of free information on app marketing already exists, but the new Appiness guide from Bright Newt gives iOS developers a step-by-step plan for effectively marketing their apps without breaking the bank. With cost-per-acquisition numbers trending upward over the past six months, Appiness couldn’t come at a better time. A how-to marketing guide for turning duds into profitable apps.

UK based JET Powered Apps today announces Rhythm Calculator 2.0.1, an update to their popular music training tool for iOS devices. Designed to aid quality practice, improve sight-reading skills and accelerate the learning process, Rhythm Calculator is more than just a metronome. The app allows musicians to input a section of music and hear it played back in perfect time and tempo. Almost unlimited rhythms can be stored and edited so the user can create and practice many different passages.

Michigan based Noteboom Productions has released Tutor for iPhoto, their latest video tutorial, now available on the Mac App Store. With Tutor for iPhoto, the user watches videos to learn how to use Apple’s latest version of iPhoto for the Mac. The video tutorial consists of 50 easy-to-follow video chapters on various subjects. Everything the user needs to help them organize, edit, and share their iPhotos on their Macintosh computer.

Coffee Lovers Magazine has just debuted a brand new design for Coffee Lovers on iPad and iPhone. The craft of Coffee has a long and deep history, and the industry is one of the largest in the world. The magazine features helpful articles, videos, art, stories, interviews, photos, and more. Coffee Lovers Magazine is taking a step forward and presenting a gorgeous new professional, as well as extremely eye catching and enjoyable, design layout for their digital coffee magazine.

Maximum Felix Media has released Catch The Cheese!, the second in a series of iPad Flick Books. Flick the pages and see if you can catch that flying cheese! Catch The Cheese! features a flying cheese that zips around as you flick rapidly through the iPad pages. The images are accompanied by a rhyme, which gives some hints on the best technique to catch a flying cheese. The book also takes advantage of the iBook’s media rich platform, and features animation and sounds.

Toivon Software Studio today announces Kingdom of Pirates 1.5, an update to their popular popular MMORPG for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The bravest pirates set off on search of a lost treasure, laying waste to all who cross their path. The pirate officers can seize riches, join forces with others, and dominate the high seas. With the successful completion of two fun-filled events. version 1.5 has been optimized for much smoother gameplay, as well as offers many new features.

Will this be your lucky year? See what luck has in mind for you this Chinese New Year with free app Lucky Chinese New Year Slots 1.0.0 for iOS, the latest game from Heather Allard. Recommended for players 12 and up, Lucky Chinese New Year Slots is free-to-play, with colorful Chinese New Year themed graphics, music, and sound effects that simulate a real Las Vegas slots machine. Game Center integration with leaderboards lets players compete with friends to see who has the best luck.

Power APP AG released an update for Wrap Camera HD to ensure compatibility with iOS7. During the update new functions have been added, extending its funtionality. The picture editing app that allows wrapping and rolling of pictures as if they were printed on paper. The update added brushes, speech bubbles, white balancing, split functions and additional filters to complete Wrap Camera even more. There is direct share to Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, WeChat and others social sites.

The indie developer Anton Zherdev has released Raildale, a new railroad building and management game for iOS and Mac OS X. The rules of the game are rather simple: the gamer connects multicolor cities with railways and has to send trains to the same color cities. App reviewers are welcome to contact the developer to get promo codes. Raildale is released and available on the App Store at a 50% discounted rate. The discount will only be available during the launch period.

The universe of word games just expanded with today’s launch of Word Out, the new free word game app by developer Mike Read. Word Out challenges players to quickly create three, four, five, six or seven-letter words from a grid of scrambled letters. The goal is to build words, earn points, and clear the board of letters as fast as possible. There are fifty increasingly challenging levels of play, each with Education Blocks to be earned based on player speed and accuracy.