Apps rush: SpongeBob, Jägermeister, Defender of the Crown and more

A burst of 20 apps for your consideration SpongeBob Frozen Face Off Nickelodeon's new iPhone and iPad app is a book-app for SpongeBob SquarePants, with a snowy tale and the promise that it's "Narrated by the Real Voice of Plankton". iPhone / iPad Jägermeister Ice Cold App Alcohol brand Jägermeister has launched an iPhone and Android social location app. It aims to help people find nearby bars, events and gigs, where they can check in to earn points and win merchandise. Developed by Grapple Mobile, it's the latest example of a brand trying to make use of social location in its apps. iPhone / Android RecyclePix Greenopolis' RecyclePix app for iPhone, Android and iPad is a social app that aims to reward people for recycling. Users upload photos of themselves recycling to earn rewards points, which can then be exchanged for discounts and coupons on various services. iPhone / Android / iPad Let's Golf! 3 Gameloft's Let's Golf series of iOS games reaches its third incarnation with a new business model: freemium. The game is free to download, but special skills and balls can be bought using virtual coins – both earned in-game, and paid for using in-app purchases. Online multiplayer is also included. iPhone / iPad Flick Soccer Developer Full Fat made the excellent Flick Golf series of games for iOS. Now it's turning its attention to football with iPhone title Flick Soccer. Will its multiple modes and glossy visuals be enough to take on Flick Kick Football though? iPhone 4Eyes Search app 4Eyes is promising to be "like your iPhone on steroids", using text-based commands to search for things more quickly. For example, typing "wiki Empire State Building" takes you directly to its Wikipedia page, while typing "f Steve Jobs" brings up Flickr photos of Apple's CEO. iPhone Defender of the Crown Manomio – of Commodore 64 emulator fame – has now turned its attention to classic Amiga game Defender of the Crown, emulating it for iPhone and iPad. Knights, jousting, catapults and maiden-rescuing have all made the leap to iOS intact. That said, fans may wish the game had been remade for 2011 rather than simply emulated. iPhone / iPad Trees are Best FACT Design studio Firecatcher and developer Hedgehog Lab have teamed up for this rather marvellous iPad book-app for children. It blends illustration and interactivity, with a focus on – you guessed it – trees. iPad Full Deck Hold'Em Full Deck Hold'Em is an online multiplayer poker game for iPad with a twist: it uses the iPad 2's front-facing camera for video chat alongside the action. Owners of the original iPad get voice chat instead, although they can see the video feeds of people playing with the second-gen device. iPad Face for BBM Face for BBM attracted our attention: it's seemingly one of the first BlackBerry apps to make use of the new BBM Social API. The hook here: it blends Facebook Chat and BBM Chat, with users able to see which of their Facebook friends have BBM, and invite them to be a BBM contact if they're not already. BlackBerry Usborne Sticker Dolly Dressing Usborne Publishing is the latest company to launch a virtual sticker-book app for iPad. Dolls, outfits and lots of pink should make this a fun diversion for children who love dolls. iPad Arthur & Charles Present Create & Play Looking for a new creative app fix for your kids? Arthur and Charles are worth a look. Their app – the work of artist Moopf – is a mixture of card matching and cartoon faces. iPhone / iPad Julius Styles – The International This week's best iOS game featuring Wesley Snipes is out on the App Store, offering a 3D action-adventure. And yes, apparently the character of hitman Julius Styles was co-created by Snipes himself. iPhone / iPad Xbox Live Sudoku / Minesweeper Remember the days when Minesweeper was the time-sucker of choice for Windows users? It could happen again on Windows Phone. Microsoft has launched Xbox Live-branded versions of Minesweeper and Sudoku for its smartphones, with power-ups and achievements. Windows Phone Jumvo Jumvo is the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded group messaging space. However, its selling point is that the messages are voice rather than text. iPhone Rideshare Carpooling site Rideshare has launched iPhone and Android apps, helping people search for lifts or offer their own passenger seats up for fellow commuters. iPhone / Android 123D Sculpt Autodesk's latest iPad app is a virtual sculpting app, which claims to be "the most fun you can have sculpting without getting your hands dirty". Be warned: you'll have to supply your own copy of Unchained Melody. iPad Macworld Express IDG's Macworld magazine has got its own iPad app, offering a mixture of news, reviews, app reviews, blogs and sections for iPhone, iPad and Mac. iPad Little Piyo's Friend Japanese company Gakken has released its latest iOS book-app, based on a two million-selling series of picture books called Little Piyo. The English translation may be worth a look for parents keen to go beyond Western book-app brands. iPhone / iPad SideBets Social BETworking SideBets appears to be a US-focused application, although you can get it in the UK App Store too. It's an interesting blend of betting and social networking, but using virtual rather than real money. iPhone You can follow Guardian Apps Blog's Apps rush on delicious To suggest links, tag articles on delicious.com with "guardianappsblog"