Secret Monkey Science

Secret Monkey Science, LLC is an independent developer of iOS applications focused on creating a wide variety of fun, entertaining and educational applications. We also provide development and consulting services for companies looking to bring their intellectual property or projects to iOS devices. Website: http://secretmonkeyscience.com

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Trapit for iPad

Trapit for iPad was released today, and it’s been getting some nice press. Josh put a few solid months of development into it, check it out: It’s free.

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Date.fm featured as a success story on Heroku

Date.fm co-founder Andrew Chalkley says that Heroku has been integral in bringing his company from the red and into the black in just six months.

“Heroku enables us, as a very lean startup. We’re not venture-backed. We’re not going into debt, we’re financing everything through our app development,” says Chalkley. “We didn’t want to go down the route of traditional hosting because we didn’t want to deal with scaling up the traditional way. We know that if and when we need it, we can scale our architecture with relative ease compared to the traditional way of doing things.”

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Illustrator Wanted

We are looking for an illustrator to draw black line-drawings of scenes for an iPad coloring book. The assets can be delivered digitally or on paper. You can see our latest 'Dinosaur Coloring Book' for iPad here: http://blog.secretmonkeyscience.com/post/18748585251/dinosaur-coloring-book-for-ipad-released We're looking for someone to draw 32 pages of black line-drawings for $500. The topic of the drawings will be discussed. The art would need to be relatively simple scenes, but stylish. We would have the exclusive right to use these images in perpetuity for all purposes.  If you're interested, please email us a sample of your work: [email protected]

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'Dinosaur Coloring Book' for iPad released!

Secret Monkey Science has just released its newest iPad app, 'Dinosaur Coloring Book'!  

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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Dinosaur Coloring Book is the ULTIMATE coloring experience! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟  👍 Guaranteed to keep little dinosaur-fan hands busy with 32 SCENES 🌄 to choose from.  🎨 With 12 VIBRANT COLORS and eraser. Slide your finger up the "Pen Slider" on the right to change pen size.  🔍 PINCH and ZOOM in on the pictures to get into those tight places! 📷 SAVE your finished pictures to your Photo Library. If you're not finished coloring a page, The Dinosaur Coloring Book will save where you left off, and you can work on another picture! 🌴 The Dinosaur Coloring Book takes iPad coloring to a new level. It's better for the environment than traditional coloring books, and it can be used OVER and OVER AGAIN :)

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Date.fm is Featured on the App Store Social Networking Front Page for iPhone!

We’ve just pushed an update for Date.fm v1.0.2, and we’re currently featured in the large image “new” space at the top of App Store Social Networking Front Page for iPhone!  To see it, open iTunes then click on ‘Social Networking’ under the App Store tab.  

Our user base is growing nicely each day!

Click Here to Download Date.fm in the App Store

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Of course building an iPhone app and API aren’t free. They’re complicated projects, and require some very specific skills sets. Here are some explanations of how we’re making Date.fm happen without initial investments or capital.

Costs

We do have one very critical expense, and that is...

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Click here to watch a video to see how it works

When designing Date.fm, we spent a lot of time weeding out bad ideas and planning for potential pitfalls. What things might go wrong, and how can we prevent them? We figured out what we wanted to do, and began planning to make sure...

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Click here to watch a video on how Date.fm works

Most people don’t like online dating. It’s an odd, unnatural process, it usually costs money, and feels really embarrassing. What to do?

 Here at Secret Monkey Science, we think we’re now fairly savvy at iOS development,...

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'Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements' Available Now for iPhone in the App Store!

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Ace your chemistry exam with the help of Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements! Improve your knowledge of the elements of the periodic table with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! View the full periodic chart, and tap on any element to view all of it's information, along with a beautiful image of the element. With all the various study modes and configurations, 'Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements' can work with any learning style! Great for chemistry students, people who just want to brush up on their chemistry knowlege, or for quizzing family or friends on road trips!  Study and quiz yourself on each element's characteristics, including: - Name - Symbol - Appearance - Atomic Number - Category - Atomic Weight - Electron Coniguration - Group - Period - Block - Phase Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:  - Peek-A-View, which allows you to read the question then swipe up for the answer - Multiple Choice - Flash Card 'Review' Mode If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Presidents, States, Countries and more!

This app is built for iOS 5.

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'Road Trip Fun! US Trivia' Available Now for iPhone in the App Store!

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Have some fun quizzing family and friends on their US facts with this addicting and informative trivia app! See who can remember the most about US history, US geography and more! Beautifully designed and easy to use, 'Road Trip Fun! US Trivia' features 3 quiz modes for you to try: - Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer - Multiple Choice - Flash Card 'Review' Mode If you enjoy 'Road Trip Fun! US Trivia', be sure to check out our 'Study Pro' apps for more quiz fun, including Periodic Table of Elements, US States, US Presidents, Countries and more!

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'Study Pro: US Presidents' available now for iPhone!

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Ace your US history exam with the help of Study Pro: US Presidents! Improve your knowledge of the US Presidents with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: Presidents can work with any learning style! Great for history students, people who just want to brush up on their Presidential knowledge, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips! Study and quiz yourself on each President: - President Names - Vice President Names - President Number - Political Party - Term Dates - How Many Terms in Office Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:  - Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer - Multiple Choice - Flash Card 'Review' Mode If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Periodic Table of the Elements, States, Countries and more!

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'Study Pro: States' Available Now for iPhone!

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Improve your knowledge of the 50 US states and capitals with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: States can work with any learning style! Great for geography students, people who just want to brush up on their state knowlege, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips! Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:  - Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer - Multiple Choice - Flash Card 'Review' Mode If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Periodic Table of Elements, Presidents, Countries and more!

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'Study Pro: Countries' Available Now for iPhone!

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Improve your knowledge of the world's countries with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: Countries can work with any learning style! Great for geography students, people who just want to brush up on their country knowlege, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips! Features all of the 200+ major countries of the world and their flags! Learn: - Country Names - Country Flags - Capital Cities - Largest Cities …and More! Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:  - Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer - Multiple Choice - Flash Card 'Review' Mode If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Periodic Table of Elements, States, Presidents and more!

This app is built for iOS 5.

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Interlace Audio Portland Recording Studio - A New Website by Secret Monkey Science

Interlace Audio is 4,500 square foot professional multi-studio recording facility located in Downtown Portland, Oregon run by Kris Crummett and Stephan Hawkes. We built the on Rails 3, which features a content management system for updating discographies, gear lists, and the photo gallery. A client login system allows bands and musicians to download and upload files to a private account area.  Check it out!

http://interlaceaudio.com

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'Dinosaur Fun!' available now for iPad!

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★★ Six Puzzles in One ★★  ★★ Fun Lift-Out Puzzle for all Dinosaur Fans ★★  Dinosaur Fun! is an interactive lift-out puzzle with 6 different colorful puzzles to choose from.  Each puzzle has a number of charming dinosaur characters to lift up and move to their corresponding cutouts. This is a great way to introduce little hands to puzzles and improve hand eye co-ordination. Great for kids and budding little archaeologists and palaeontologists alike.

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FaceJack Free (formerly FaceJack Lite) launched with new features!

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FaceJack Free is now live in the App Store, which is a fully-featured and free version of FaceJack!

★ Make anyone’s face say what you want with FaceJack! ★ Enjoy all the features of FaceJack with the ad-supported FaceJack Free. Make a video* of someone's face saying whatever you want it to say! Upload videos directly to Facebook and Twitter from within the app! Videos are saved to your photo library, so you can email them, save them to your computer's iPhoto library, post them to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or anywhere else you'd like!  Here's how it works:  FaceJack uses your device's microphone** to record your voice. Load a face from your photos or take a new picture, fit it to FaceJack’s mouth guides, and start putting words in its mouth! FaceJack is great fun with pictures of family, friends, co-workers, celebrities, or anyone or anything else you’d like to imitate. With an iPad you can even hold the device in front of your face to talk or sing to others, or set it up like a picture frame and watch it speak back to you from across the room!  FaceJack can also play any audio file from your music library, so hijack a face and watch as their mouth moves to a song, audiobook, podcast, or any other audio file! This feature works best with vocal-heavy tracks.  FaceJack is a great way to imitate a friend, mock your boss, put words in your spouse’s mouth, or pretend to be anyone or anything you can find a picture of!  You can also save FaceJacks within the app, so loading up a favorite is always just a couple of taps away!  ★ In-app purchase available to remove iAds on edit screen and FaceJack end card on recorded videos ★ * Video recording is available on:  - iPad  - iPhone 3GS and newer (not available on iPhone 3G)  - iPod Touch 3G and later  ** iPod Touch 3G requires you to use headphones with integrated microphone in order to pick up sound

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'Dinosaur Pairs' available now for the iPad!

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★★ A Must for all Dinosaur Fans ★★  Dinosaur Pairs is a fun pairs game with cute and colorful character cards. In-game match sounds are also available in soundboard mode to be played to your dino-loving-heart's content. With Dinosaur Pairs you get: ★ A Dinosaur Pairs Video Game ★ A Fun Soundboard Great for kids and grown-ups to play alone or with friends. Who can complete a round the quickest? Or who, more importantly, has the best memory and can complete a round with the fewest tries? Get Dinosaur Pairs now to find out!

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