New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - February 21 edition

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Updated Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 11:00 AM·3 min read

It has been busy in the App Store with a lot of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. We've covered a handful already including Tempo, Mailbox, Essential Anatomy, Kickstarter for iPhone, Sunrise and Haze. Take a few minutes and check out our follow-up list of other standout apps from the past few weeks!

iOS Apps

Next [iPhone, Category: Finance, $1.99] Next helps you get control of your expenses. It's the easiest way to track your expenses when you're on the go.

RichNotes [iOS Universal, Category: Productivity, Free] Notes with style. Rich Notes is a quick and intuitive note taking app with text formatting, password protection, extended keyboard, display options, and more.

Tangled FX [iOS Universal, Category: Photography & Video, $1.99] Be the first to use the brand-new Tangled effect and surprise your friends. Create art from images with just a touch of a button.

Be Together [iOS Universal, Category: Games, $0.99] Help reunite Maya and Ruby in this cute and colorful puzzler.

Roar Rampage [iOS Universal, Category: Entertainment, $0.99] Roar Rampage invites you to a crazy ride of epic proportions and lets you destroy everything that lies in your path.

Horizon Calendar [iPhone, Category: Productivity, $1.99] Horizon integrates the current weather forecast with your calendar... and it's blazingly fast.

Stick to It! [iOS Universal, Category: Games, Free] Stick to It is a one-button platformer for iPhone and iPad with a healthy serving of physics puzzles.

Cordy 2 [iOS Universal, Category: Games, Free] SilverTree Media is proud to introduce Cordy 2! The sequel to the hit games Cordy and Cordy Sky.

Survivor Z [iPhone, Category: Games, $1.99] Survivor Z is a text-based role-playing game set 311 days after the ZDAY apocalypse has wiped out 90 percent of the world's population.

I, Gladiator [iOS Universal, Category: Games, $4.99] If you want a real 3D gladiatorial combat at its best, this is a game for you.

Cloudier [iPhone, Category: Productivity, $2.99] Cloudier is an iOS client for CloudApp.

Write for Dropbox [iPhone, Category: Productivity, $0.99] Write for iPhone makes optimal use of the limited iPhone screen with a clean and distraction-free user interface.

iLectric Piano for iPad [iPad, Category: Music, $19.99] Turn your iPad into an electric piano instrument with a collection of authentic electric pianos and vintage keyboards along with built-in recording.

123D Creature [iPad, Category: Entertainment, $1.99] Create fantastic 3D characters like a pro with Autodesk 123D Creature.

Flick Champions Winter Sports [iOS Universal, Category: Games, $0.99] Take to the slopes, ice rinks and snow in this winter sports-themed edition of Flick Champions.

Minecraft Papercraft Studio [iOS Universal, Category: Games, $2.99] Minecraft Papercraft Studio is a new iOS application that can be used to produce "real world" 3D Minecraft models using a few basic materials (paper + glue).

Filters! [iPhone, Category: Photography & Video, $1.99] Filters! greatly enhances the photographic function of your iPhone by allowing the use of professional-quality exposure adjustments, neutral density filters and more during the image capture.

Year Walk [iOS Universal, Category: Games, $2.99] Experience the ancient Swedish phenomena of year walking through a different kind of first-person adventure that blurs the line between two and three dimensions as well as reality and the supernatural.

Year Walk Companion [iOS Universal, Category: Reference, Free] The Year Walk Companion is the definitive guide to the mysterious myths and creatures encountered in the game Year Walk.

Traktor DJ [iPad, Category: Music, $19.99] Touch your tracks, loop, scratch, and create stunning mixes in seconds.

OS X Apps

Radium 3 [OS X, Category: Music, $9.99] A beautiful and intuitive internet radio player for the Mac.

doo | Document Organizer [OS X, Category: Productivity, Free] doo is your document app. It lets you access all your documents, wherever you keep them, and automatically generates intelligent tags to help you find any document in seconds.

Farming Simulator 2013 [OS X, Category: Games, $27.99] Farming Simulator 2013 challenges you to take on the role of a modern day farmer.

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New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - February 21 edition

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