I love Halloween. As kids we anticipated the night we'd canvas the neighborhood in plastic costumes, visiting house after house. Especially that one crazy lady who dressed as a witch and tried her best to scare us. We had fun, but we didn't have iPhones. Today a slew of digital treats lurk inside the App Store. Here's a selection of our favorites. There are prerequisites to Halloween fun. You've got to choose a costume, carve a pumpkin and set a creepy mood. Here are some apps to get you started (all prices are USD). Costume Decider (Free) Can't decide on a costume? Let your iPhone help. This app from GS Design features two "wheels" for you to spin; one features adjectives such as "super" and "Vulcan" while the other offers nouns like "nurse" or "granny." Flip through the 625 possible combinations to find a winner. We'd like to see a Vulcan Read More

It’s Halloween weekend, and the App Store is full of themed apps that celebrate this fun holiday. From scary soundboards to spooky games and eBooks there are lots of apps around to keep you and your little ones entertained until it’s time to go trick or treating. In fact, there is a featured App Store section for all these titles. There are over 30 in total, including a dozen in a special ‘Picks for Kids’ sub-section. You can find these sections just by going to the Featured area in iTunes or on your iPhone/Touch/iPad and looking for the dark grey backgrounded Halloween banner. I’ve got one personal recommendation from the Kids section: , shown in the above screencap. I got this one a few weeks back for reading with my daughter (who is 7.5 years old) and it’s been a big hit. Happy Halloween – hope you all have big fun Read More

123 Glow HD offers loads of coloring-book fun (and education!) for younger trick-or-treaters. With only 10 days left until Halloween, it's the perfect time to stock your iPhone, iPod, or iPad with fun, spooky, and spooky-fun apps. I've rounded up five of my favorites--some for kids, some for grown-ups. Take a look: 123 Glow HD Coloring Book, Halloween Edition  A killer coloring book with 14 Halloween-themed pages (out of 48 total--others include autumn and dinosaurs). It's educational, too, teaching things like numbers, letters, and colors in your choice of four languages. It's best on iPad, but also works on iPhones. Price: $1.99. All-In-1 Zombiebox  "Tis the season for zombie-whompin!" This 99-cent app serves up 10 zombie-themed games, including Zombie Pizza, Zombie Karts, and the impossible-to-resist DefCon Z. Carve It! Pumpkin Carving  Gutting a real pumpkin is so messy. This app lets little kids "carve" one of three different-size pumpkins, light the Read More