A burst of 13 apps for your consideration

CFG: Cosmo For Guys

"Chances are, you sometimes take a peek at Cosmo in an attempt to figure out what women really want," notes the App Store description for iPad app CFG. Yes, publisher Hearst Communications has made a tablet app for men, based on its Cosmopolitan magazine. For a monthly subscription, readers get advice, gift guides and – look away now Steve Jobs – "eye-popping 3D sex positions".
iPad

Tweetminster

News platform Tweetminster has launched its official iPhone app, pulling in links and content from politicians, civil servants, activists, academics, journalists and analysts. The app filters stories and tweets by topic, and enables users to reply by logging in to Twitter from within the app.
iPhone

HELO TC

Parrot made a splash with its AR.Drone iPhone-controlled helicopter, but now it's got competition. Rival Griffin has its own HELO TC remote-controlled copter, with this official app functioning as its controller for iPhone or iPad, when plugged into the Flight Deck accessory that comes with the toy.
iPhone / iPad

Zenonia 3

Gamevil's Zenonia series has become one of the premier RPG franchises for smartphones. Already out on iPhone, it has now made the leap to Android, with 227 maps and 136 quests to explore.
Android

Composition No.1

Visual Editions and Universal Everything have teamed up for this iPad book-app, which re-imagines a book by French author Marc Saporta. It's made up of self-contained pages which can be shuffled and read in any order, with much interactivity. Intriguing.
iPad

UberMusic

Android-owning music fans wanting a better music player app may have found nirvana (and perhaps Nirvana) with UberMusic. It's a customisable music player which has a number of skins available separately in Android Market, one of which even apes Windows Phone's Zune player. The app also scrobbles to your Last.fm profile.
Android

Horrid Henry's Horrid App

First it was a book, TV and movie brand, now it's an app. Horrid Henry gets the iOS treatment with this collection of mini-games, including the sure-to-delight (if you're a right-thinking child) Flick The Bogey.
iPhone / iPad

Sylvester's Band

Sylvester's Band is an iPad book-app aimed at children aged two and above, with a musical focus to introduce them to various instruments. It has more than 35 pages and bags of interactivity.
iPad

Tweri

Android app Tweri is pitched as an Alzheimers caregiver tool, to be used in the early stages of the disease. The idea: when a patient is going out for a walk – something advised in the early stages of Alzheimers – they can carry an Android phone with the app running. After a pre-set amount of time, their caregiver will be alerted with their location.
Android

Grabio

Grabio is interesting, although it may have more of a US skew judging from the screenshots. It's essentially "location-based classifieds", letting you list items to sell to people in your area, or browse what other people have up for grabs.
iPhone

Fairy Tales Oxbridge Baby

Parents looking for another iOS fairy-tale hit should take a look at Oxbridge Baby's first app. Six tales are included, each with visuals from a different British animator – with the voice narration also hailing from the UK.
iPhone/iPad

Playboy Hot Zone for iPad

Playboy's latest foray into the apps world is an iPad game from Bally Technologies – of fruit machine fame. And yes, the game is a fruit machine, although you're playing strictly for fun rather than for real cash. Hugh Hefner makes an animated appearance.
iPad

TapCast

TapCast is US-only for now, and is the latest iPhone app aiming to become a second-screen companion for couch potatoes. It's a social TV app that gets people to sign in via Facebook, then discover shows based on what their friends are watching. TapCast also functions as a client for posting Facebook and Twitter updates.
iPhone

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