Pyxwise Software has had its educational methodology validated by an academic study, which showed an average improvement of 1.9 grades among children who regularly used its iPad apps. Simplex Spelling improves English spelling and reading skills by using a powerful combination of phonics lessons, spelling/word patterns, our unique “reverse phonics” approach and contextually relevant spelling rules. The 2014 study was carried out by Dr. Linda Chmiliar and Serena Seeger at Athabasca University.

UK based Phantom Fish today announces Byline 5, a major update to the popular RSS feed reader for iOS devices. Read the latest news from the websites that matter to you most, even when you’re offline. Byline automatically stays in sync, putting thousands of RSS feeds at your fingertips. Version 5.0 takes advantage of the latest features offered by iOS 9 and Apple’s latest hardware. On the latest iPhones you can use 3D Touch to Peek and Pop, and access Quick Actions from the home screen.

MADFINGER Games today announces UNKILLED 0.4.0, an update to their popular zombie shooter made for mobile devices. NYC is the center of the world’s latest zombie outbreak. Find, track, and eliminate the zombie menace before it becomes global! Players now have the option to build their own zombie army and attack other players’ bases. Four new weapons offering improved gameplay balance in new special ops scenarios called “neutral zombies” with harder difficulty.

Aperio Lux Team today is proud to say about the IconFly app that allows users to create all-needed types of icons for OS X, iOS, Apple Watch and Web. All the icons created using IconFly are fully compatible with all the latest devices and OS created by Apple. This icon utility offers six different masks and the radius of curvature for Mac icons. The most powerful tool for the creation of icons, IconFly sports great new features that make creating icons even easier than ever before.

Toronto based Zevrix Solutions today announces LinkOptimizer 4.9.52, a maintenance update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Awarded 4 out of 5 stars by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer helps reduce InDesign link size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data, perform essential image adjustments, convert image formats and more. The new version adds support for image previews on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and introduces several bug fixes and improvements.

MADFINGER Games today introduces Dead Trigger 2, their thrill-packed adventure for iOS, Android and Amazon and Windows. In this best zombie shooter ever, take your part on saving the world and win unbelievable real prizes in specially designed tournaments. Duel tournaments are coming for the toughest fighters and bring choice of a team from more than 10 different options. Competitive instincts will also now be supported with new tournament quests like “Gandh.”

Creolabs announces the opening of the beta test for Creo, their modern development tool for Mac OS X. Creo combines the design and development of mobile apps into one easy-to-use application. App creation is normally split into two camps: design and development. This application offers the best of both worlds, allowing users to concentrate on creating their app. Creolabs is now offering the chance to beta test Creo, giving users an opportunity to try out the new tool before it goes public.

Texas based developer, Magnin & Associates has released Space Station Challenge 1.0, their new game title for iOS and Android devices. Space Station Challenge is a 3d simulation of docking with the International Space Station and then performing five specific EVA missions. Ground control vocally guides players through the various maneuvers, as needed. The view of the earth from the International Space Station orbiting some 200 miles above is spectacular.

UK based mobile app and game development company, Fan Studio today introduces Solaris: rover expedition 1.0, their latest mobile app game available for both iOS and Android users. This space-oriented game offers players of all ages the unique ability to design and test their own space rovers on the rough terrain of a Mars-like planet. The game challenges players to travel the furthest distance while dealing with terrain obstacles such as loose rubble, crevasses, and rocky precipices.

Interplay Entertainment today introduces Santa’s Reindeer Run for iOS and Android, an original horizontal scroller game for the holidays. Simple, yet addictive gameplay makes the game fun for the whole family. Players helps Santa collect presents to deliver by the morning. Touching the screen makes the sleigh dive and gain speed, and then using the hills it gets airborne again!. With 10 levels, gameplay features collecting candy canes to activate Sugar Rush mode while avoiding rocks and snowmen.