Harry Potter: Spells Version: 1.0
You won’t get much satisfaction out of Harry Potter: Spells unless you’re a strong Harry Potter fan, and you need a friend who’s also willing to get the app in order to really enjoy it. Even then, the fun doesn’t last forever; this app is a one-trick pony. Still, it’s Harry Potter, and even if there isn’t much content, the stuff that’s there is good. This is no piece of shovelware, and if you like the idea of live duels with your friends, you should be satisfied with Harry Potter: Spells.
There are a few other features as well: posting scores to Facebook, House and global leaderboards, the ability to record yourself shouting the incantations. These are all nice and well done, and add a sense of completeness to an app that’s so narrowly focused. The graphics and sound effects are exactly what you’d expect from a branded Harry Potter app—that is to say, they’re excellent. Performance on my second-gen iPod Touch was good, despite the occasional bit of lag.
