The iHunt Alberta iPhone App became the #1 Sports App in Canada within the first 20 hours of being released. With over 900,000 apps available in the App Store, getting to the top is not an easy feat. Even more impressive is that it also reached #10 for all paid apps in the App Store. iHunt Alberta is targeting all hunters in the province and gives them a wealth of tools and information at their fingertips.

Runner for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Spirit Runner is new, dynamic running game that highlights lightning fast gameplay, beautifully rendered 3D animation, and endless replay value. This exotic endless running adventure puts players hand eye coordination and reaction skills to the test, as they race at breakneck speed across a lush jungle landscape, jumping and dodging obstacles for as long as they can!

Norway based Muuh AS has announced the recent release of The Knitting Helper for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. A knitting learning solution geared specifically towards knitting beginners, The Knitting Helper contains main information about knitting, shows users how to knit using different techniques, app has glossary of abbreviation with detailed explanations. The app turns knitting basics learning into a visually stunning educational experience simple enough for people of any age to use.

Indie developer Tony Yustein today is proud to introduce Secutor 1.0 for iOS. Secutor enables users to email each other using the S/MIME encryption method, which is the only native email encryption option on iOS. At this time, there is no other app on the App StoreSM that can generate the required certificates that carry the public/private keys allowing email messages to be securely encrypted. Users can also search their address books using the app to see if friends are already using the app.

Star Arcade today announces Diamonds Paradise 2.2 free for iOS, an update to its diamond chaining game for one player, or two players anywhere in the world. With more than one million gamers in 180+ countries, Star Arcade is the undisputed leader in cross-platform, real-time multiplayer gaming. The goal is to create chains of adjacent hexagonal cells that contain the same kind of gem, turning them to the player’s color. The longer the chain, the higher the score, and capturing 35 cells wins.

Elecont LLC today announces eWeather HD 2.9.5, an update to its leading weather forecast app for iOS. Using data from the NOAA, USGS, WSI, Foreca and other reputable sources, eWeather HD displays both radar and satellite images, beach water temperatures, tornado and thunderstorm weather alerts and much more. The all new eWeather HD provides access to the animated satellite images of cloud cover for the United States, Japan, Australia, Europe and Russia and shows storm propagation.

In honor of Programmer’s Day, the 256th day of the year, all new Xojo licenses will be discounted by 30%. Xojo is a multi-platform application development tool. Using Xojo developers can create powerful multi-platform applications for OS X, Windows, Linux and the web, ranging from utilities to full-featured enterprise applications and everything in between. To take advantage of this sale visit Xojo on Friday, September 13th and use coupon code DEVDAY when checking out in the store.

Parents’ Choice Foundation has awarded six of its coveted Parent’s Choice Awards to California based Wanderful for their highly acclaimed interactive storybooks Apps. This makes a total of eight Parents Choice awards received by Wanderful, an award for every Wanderful App that has been submitted to Parents’ Choice for review and includes Parents’ Choice Gold Awards for Arthur and Berenstain Bears Apps. All the Wanderful Apps are based upon classic storybooks by renowned authors.

Pseudo Studios, Inc. has announced that SpinArt is celebrating the 5th anniversary of its release on the iOS App Store by lowering its price by 50% for a limited time on all of its available platforms. SpinArt is the digital version of the classic arts & crafts activity & has captivated millions of users worldwide over the past 5 years. The company has partnered with Amazon to feature SpinArt on its App Store for Android with additional visibility in order to promote its 5-year anniversary sale.

Loyal Zoo Ltd today announces Loyalzoo 1.2 for iOS and Android, an update to their popular loyalty app for shops. Aimed at local independent merchants, the app will let them reward customer loyalty as well as giving them access to social media platforms. There are two types of scheme: points or stampcard. The stampcard will be used by shops with a simple range of goods. The points-based scheme works best for clothes shops, restaurants or pubs, outlets with a greater diversity of products.