iPhone apps that work great on the iPad

Romney and I are always trying out new apps on the iPad, but let's face it: a large portion of the apps that we try are iPhone/iPod apps. Unfortunately, a lot of them don't look so well on the iPad once you increase the app to fill the entire screen. But here are a list of apps that we have found to be a lot of fun, even if the graphics aren't perfect.



Words with Friends: I've never been good at Scrabble so it's amazing I like this game at all. However, the fact that I can "cheat" by placing any tiles I want and then hitting the submit button to see if the word qualifies as a "real" word without the opponent knowing how many times I do this and without any penalties if I'm making up words, lets me play this game without any shame. Both Romney and I have multiple games going and are enjoying it a lot.



Battleship: We love the fact that we can play against each other over WiFi or Blueooth since I can use my iPhone and Romney uses the iPad. Brings back many great childhood memories, without the ones of lost pieces!



Peggle: My good friend, Justin Call, convinced me to try this game. It's a pretty fun game, one that Romney especially likes. Going full screen doesn't seem to make it less attractive.



Charadium: This game is a lot of fun to play with random opponents. It's pretty much pictionary over the internet. You take your turn drawing a word while the other people are guessing what you are drawing. You can choose to pass if you don't know how to draw the word it gives you, although you will be docked a few points. Then, someone else draws while you are trying to guess what it is. You can change the color of the "marker" to help out. Once, we had Romney's cousins over who have iPods. We all played a private game just with each other sitting in the living room. It was a great way to play without needing paper, makers, etc.



Bookworm: Another word game that Romney really likes. It gives you a pile of letters that you can try connecting in any sequence to make a word, so long as one letter is touching another. It's pretty addicting as you are always trying to form longer or more complicated words for higher points.

Well, I guess I should cap it here. However, there were several more but I'll just list them below. Definitely worth taking a look at.

Angry Birds
WordWarp
Bejeweled
Parachute Ninja
Veggie Samurai
Luxor
Car Mania