iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users can get the wits scared out of them this Halloween with a great selection of top selling apps that are perfect to for this spooky holiday. Find the best apps for ghost, horror, science fiction stories, spooky sound effects, pranks, and real stories by users themselves. Plus, users can check out The Map App Game – Scary Places Edition that will take them to some of the scariest real places around the world. Check a great selection of apps, including free ones.

Kids’ app development company Corky Portwine is pleased to announce the release of The Owl And The Pussycat 1.0, an interactive storybook app for young children. The app is a new illustrated version of Edward Lear’s beloved Victorian-era poem. Featuring animated drawings, original music and full voice-over narration, The Owl And The Pussycat is a wonderful way to teach children the joys of poetry. It is available now for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, Kindle Fire and NOOK.

Soluble Apps announces ShotList 4.0, a major update to their professional-quality filmmaking scheduling tool for iOS devices. ShotList brings a Production Stripboard system to mobile devices for the first time, allowing the planning and tracking of every scene of a shoot as it happens. The app can be used as a daily To Do list on larger productions. This new version adds printing, full colour schedule updates, xls export, and enhanced detail per shot.

The Looney Tunes Phonics mobile application for iOS now has even more features to help children everywhere improve their reading abilities. Version 1.2.0 is free to download and offers free sample lessons that turn an iPad, iPhone, or iPod into a powerful learning tool. The app leverages the popularity and familiarity of Looney Tunes characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Tweety, and many more, to help children boost their reading proficiency levels and phonic skills.

Newpaper announces Illust album 1.0.1 for iOS. This Photo book application can put pictures and music on every page and then keep them on a bookshelf. Unlike other apps that just arrange photos by type, this app can make pictures look more attractive and beautiful. Users can put 5 photos per frame and 50 to 60 pictures into an album. They can also set the mood with music. The app can be used in various ways and is perfect for creating photo albums of family travels, sweet lovers or cute babies.

High Ranking Apps announces the release and availability of the entertaining app Obama vs. Romney: American Presidential Election 2012 1.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The application is a new way to practice democracy worldwide and participate in the American Presidential Election 2012. Users can follow latest news, hold their own mock elections and put their skills to the test by casting votes for candidates or swinging the votes in case they’ve changed their mind.

For one day only, Sugar Coded Apps is offering their complete catalog of apps for Free. Sugar Coded Apps kicks off the 2012 holiday season with a Halloween Special that lets everyone get a little taste of what our company has to offer. Makers of over 30 popular apps on the iTunes App Store, the sale includes Military Time Converter, Quick Discreet Text, Crochet Decoder, The Newbery App, and more. The sale is for one day only: October 31, 2012.

ScreenCastsOnline Monthly magazine is one of the most popular magazines in the Apple Newsstand, and is already iPad mini ready! With up to 4 hours of streaming HD video in each issue, it’s ideal for both new and existing iPad owners. ScreenCastsOnline Monthly magazine brings you a selection of some of the top video tutorials from ScreenCastsOnline, as well as articles, hints, tips and how-tos from some of the top Mac and iOS experts.

UK based Sensei Games today announced that the game Sneezeman: Escape from Planet Sneeze, based upon the cult TV cartoon character Sneezeman has finally come to iOS devices. Set in the Sneezeman universe, and with exclusive artwork from the character’s creators Modern Toss, Sneezeman: Escape from Planet Sneeze is an arcade style platform game in which the hapless hero is chased across levels by a relentless sneeze cloud that’s intent upon setting off a chain of catastrophic sneezing.

Linxter, makers of allAware, a free mobile and web app designed for nonprofit organizations, announces the members of its new allAware advisory board. Antony Frances, Asdrubal Pichardo and Joel Milgram form a dynamic team of industry experts to help make allAware the leading solution for nonprofits of all sizes. allAware is the free instant social app for nonprofit organizations, improving communication, member involvement, and providing support for one-time and recurring donations.

The iMums’ website has been touted as a dependable resource for parents, students and educators and has gained a reputation as one of the best go-to sites for reviews and news on apps for children with and without special needs. The iMums’ are very honored to be included in a round-up of top websites for educational apps featured on the 60 Minutes website alongside some other great resources like Apps for Homeschooling, Appy Mall and Smart Apps for Kids.

UK based A Sitting Duck Ltd introduces Go Candy 1.0, their first published iOS title. The game is fast paced with unique controls, flying Candy past many obstacles and collecting lots of shiny apples and unique power ups. Guide Candy away from the powerful lasers that Megasaur fires. Each time you meet Megasaur the difficulty increases bringing a lot of challenge and fun to more experienced gamers. Go Candy includes Game Center integration to compete for high scores and achievements.

iTer@ction Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of its iPhone App “Maven – Investor” version 1.5, updated for iOS 6 on the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. Updates include UI changes for iOS 6, an improved DropBox integration for file backup & sharing, as well as minor bug fixes. Maven – Investor has proven to be a valuable tool for investors in managing and tracking their investment portfolios and watch list while on the go with their iPhone. Brings the stock market action to your iPhone.

Neccessory Ltd. is pleased to announce its new HiLO Lens iPhone and iPad camera accessory, has just launched on Kickstarter. The HiLO Lens is bringing a completely new angle to mobile photography. The first right angle lens available for the iPhone and iPad, the HiLO Lens offers functionality like the swivel/rotating screen common on modern digital cameras. The revolutionary HiLO Lens redirects the camera 90 degrees so it becomes easy to get more creative angles in your photos.

Mayan Software today introduces Bubble Breaker: Insanely Addictive Lite 1.0, the free version of their popular gaming title developed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Bubble Breaker: Insanely Addictive Lite” comes with 3 enjoyable game modes to suit any type of casual gamers. Featuring crisp, gorgeous graphics, compete among other players with the Online Leader Board or Game Center and collect all 14 in game achievements.

With the release of version 2.2 of Contacts Duster Pro, comes a redesign of the Contacts Duster website, found at ContactsDuster online. Like the famous address-book cleaner app, the new website is incredibly user-friendly, as it is easy to use and also pleasing to the eyes. The new version of the Contacts Duster Pro allows users to mark undetected duplicates in their address book and merge or purge these entries with a few simple gestures.

Picoton Co., Ltd. today announced that “Picture Book” was added to Dora-Kids × SHUFFLE FUN 1.3, the intellectual education app co-developed by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. and Picoton. Featuring cute animations made for one to six year-old children, Dora-Kids × SHUFFLE FUN enables children to learn the names of animals and dinosaurs as they combine the three pieces of separate body parts. This creates the time for a parent and a child to enjoy communicating together.

Storage Made Easy today announces Jim Liddle as its new CEO. Ian Osborne, the previous CEO, has become chairman. Storage Made Easy provides Cloud File Server and Cloud Service Broker products unifying public and private information clouds. Storage Made Easy unites cloud and data center services into a single environment, guaranteeing file access no matter the location or device while providing the highest levels of management, security, compliance, audit, and access services.

The American presidential election will take place within the next few days. Pythagora is launching US Politics, an iPhone application to understand all the ins and outs of American Politics. US Politics 1.1 enables everyone to thoroughly understand each US political institution, the full reach of the President’s power, the electoral system and the key issues surrounding the current presidential election. US Politics was developed using a scientific method based on cognitive sciences research.

ManageMe! for Twitter 1.1, the smartest Twitter account management app, developed exclusively for iPad receives an update. ManageMe! for Twitter allows Twitter users to take full control of their account by applying logical filters. With its smart and very easy-to-use UI (all in one page), controlling the followers/people a user is following and getting more followers is very easy task. The app has been updated with dramatically increased app speed and new app icon.