Top 5 iPhone and iPad Apps of the Week (8/29/12)

We have a wide ranging group in our Top iPhone and iPad Apps this week as foretold by the AppScore fortunetellers. Starting off the list is Golfsites Recap (87 AppScore), an app that will probably please golf junkies, the app turns your iPad into a golf stat tracker of your every swing or round and pairs up with an iPhone app of the same name. Next up is PDF Max (85 AppScore) which gives users the ability to edit and make notes and comments on PDF documents. Coming in third is Layover (83 AppScore), a photo app that can mix colors, textures and images of up to five photos to create one image. In fourth is Pixel and Parker (80 AppScore), an interactive children's ebook that uses activities to help kids solve the mystery of Parker and his missing cat. Finishing out our list is Sing! Join the global karaoke party! (75 AppScore), which is just what it sounds like, a karoake app that lets you sing, duet, vote and share your singing with people all over the world. Personally I'm really interested in Sing! even thought I sound like a baby seal. Take a look at our list and tell us what you think of them in the comments.

As always our iPhone and iPad app rankings are based on aggregating professional review scores from around the web.

1.		GolfSites Recap™ - Track & Share your Golf statistics for the iPad	87
		Free: iPad
		From the app description with a few edits for brevity: "GolfSites Recap is the official accessory app for the app GolfSites. Integration with GolfSites App allows users get their game stats and review everything from average hitting distances with specific clubs and swing accuracy readouts, to average strokes by par difficulty, and more on their iPad using GolfSites Recap." Check out a quote from iPhoneGlance: "If you, like me, love your golf then GolfSites Recap™ is the perfect golfing companion. It claims to be the best app on the market for golf statistics and I can certainly see how" (August 14, 2012).

2.		PDF Max - Annotate & Sync PDF like never before!	85
		Free: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (Universal App)
		From the app description: "Sync your documents & annotations across devices, create rich-text typewriter, innovative text mark up, sound recording, create notes and conversations, draw with your finger, draw any shape and manage pages" for all your PDFs. Check out a quote from AppCraver: "Better yet, not only does PDF Max work with both iPhone and iPad but all of the changes made on one device are automatically synced to your other devices" (August 21, 2012).

3.		Layover	83
		$0.99: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (Universal App)
		From the app description: "Layover is a fun photography app that lets you blend the colors, textures and images of up to five pictures to create a single image that you can share with your friends and family." Check out a quote from AppAdvice: "Layover is definitely another hit from Peak Systems, and it’s great for anyone that has been looking for a fantastic way to combine multiple images (up to five) into a single masterpiece. There are many uses for Layover — the possibilities are endless. If you’ve been wanting to blend your images together, then look no further" (August 7, 2012).

4.		Pixel and Parker	80
		$1.99: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (Universal App)
		Pixel Parker takes kids from the playground to the alley, to the forest and beyond, join Parker on his quest to find his missing cat in the playful children’s adventure that uses a game spinner to advance the story. Fun, fresh and filled with lots of surprises, Pixel and Parker features more than 30 different activities critical to the story, putting readers in control and on the edge of their seat. Will Parker find his furry friend and make it home before sunset? There’s only one way to find out in this whimsical children’s adventure that’s never the same tale twice. Check out a quote from PadGadget: "To buy or not to buy: If you have a little one that loves cats, this book is a fantastic addition to your iPad library" (August 17, 2012).

5.		Sing! Join the global karaoke party!	75
		FREE: iPhone
		Join the global karaoke party! Share your voice with people all over the globe, join group songs, or perfect a song and then share it with the world. Choose from a huge catalog of songs, with the hottest hits by your favorite artists. Sing songs from an array of genres, from Pop to Rock, Hip-Hop to Musicals, Country to Classics. New and free songs are added all the time! Check out a quote from Appolicious: "t may or may or may not yield a Beyoncé, Snoop Dog, Idina Menzel, John Mayer or even a Rebecca Black, but it is a wonderful way for singers the world over to unite and make a joyful communal sound" (August 20, 2012).

For more of the Top 5 series, check out past Top 5 Apps and Top 5 Games posts. Also, check out our other series Favorite iPhone and iPad Apps and Games, Best Free iPhone and iPad Apps and Games, Best iPhone and iPad Apps and Games for Kids, The AppScore 100, iOS Interviews and iPhone and iPad App Giveaways.

Notes: Top five is based on apps released two weeks prior, 8/05/12-8/11/12, to the current week to allow for reviews to come in. AppScores, prices, ranking, and availability are accurate as of 8/29/12. To make the list an AppScore of 75 or above is needed and the primary app category cannot be "Games". The top 5 apps ranked by AppScore that meet these criteria make the list.