Just in time for school, 8th grade students have a new way to stay sharp and practice their math skills. Monkey in the Middle Apps introduces Middle School Math 8th Grade, their new educational game for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. With this app, students will have some fun, and refresh their memory after the long summer break. Players have fun jumping across the river as fast as possible while practicing 8th grade math topics.

BYOD programs have taken hold, and schools have embraced mobile technology. Writing is now easier to teach with Niles Technology’s essay writing apps for the iPad and iPhone. Teaching students to think critically and to organize properly, Middle School Writing 1.0 and High School Writing 3.0 are exactly what any good BYOD program needs to improve overall writing skills. Recommend Niles Technology apps to your students or volume purchase a set for your school today.

Grumble Games first major release, Super Quiz, was featured #1 New Trivia and #1 New Puzzle sections in its debut on the Apple App Store. In Super Quiz players use their knowledge of Sports, Entertainment, Science, Literature, History and Geography to match 3 or more correct answers to score points, collect prizes, earn coins and open new worlds. Super Quiz is intended for trivia and strategy buffs alike, as well as casual gamers looking for an entertaining new challenge.

A brand new iOS app from Boinx Software, PhotoPresenter is perfect for the ad hoc show-and-tell session. Users need only to hook an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to an HDTV set or a projector with HDMI or VGA, or via AirPlay. They then browse the device’s photo library to find the media they want to display and click on the image or video to display it on the second screen. Regardless of whether it’s used for professional or personal reasons, it’s a great app many will find useful.

Indie developers Taisia Antonova and Eugenia Kuyda today are proud to announce Closer 1.2, a new peer-to-peer dating app, aims to put an end to dead-end dates by allowing friends to play matchmakers and meet new people. While some apps focus strictly on “hooking up,” Closer gives users the opportunity to find meaningful relationships through those who know them best – their friends. Users connect their Closer profile to their Facebook account and can easily introduce friends to one another.

Stratosphere 2.0 arrives on the App Store with the #1 fan requested feature: online multiplayer. The popular competitive tower defense game, playable boardgame-style on a single iPad, now supports real-time multiplayer over Game Center, and allows players to influence the overall war on a live updating planet by winning as their favorite alien race. Stratosphere 2.0 also features new content, redesigned visuals, and has been featured by Apple for the second time on the App Store.

Power APP AG has recently updated their latest application. Entitled Movie Player 1.2.3, the app’s primary function is video editing combining advanced effects with an easy-to-use interface. The app is essentially a video editor designed for people with little or no experience of the subject. In its current form, the video editor features 10 unique filters including monotone and even a 3D filter. Finished videos can be saved directly to the camera roll for later sharing via iTunes or Dropbox.

To celebrate its second anniversary Tribal Nova, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt company, upgrades its “i Learn With” suite of learning apps and games for children by offering free access to over 20 games. i Learn With is a curriculum-oriented, game-based school readiness program for children ages 3-6, available for Apple devices. Based on National Standards and designed with the help of teachers and developmental experts, this suite of education apps proves that games can be both fun & educational.

AssistiveWare today announces Pictello 2.0, an update to its popular storytelling app for iOS. Pictello offers a fun way for anyone to create and share talking photo albums and stories. Version 2.0 now allows kids as well as adults to add short video clips to their visual stories & share them using the new AirDrop feature of iOS 7. Easily record video from within Pictello using the built-in iPhone, iPad or iPod touch camera or choose a video clip from their photo library to enrich their stories.

Rectangle LLC today announces Rectangle 2.0, a major update to its iOS app. Rectangle is a free, simple, and easy-to-use app that allows anyone to order large-scale prints and Pictoblocks of their favorite photos and have them delivered directly to their door. Using the new proprietary dynamic sizing algorithm, the app can now offer several sizes that are proportionate to each photo. In addition, version 2.0 introduces panoramic prints, gallery, Facebook & Flickr integration and more.