iPod touch

Live Butterflies for iPad2 and iPhone4 FREE on the iOS App Store!


“Live Butterflies” is now FREE on the iOS App Store. With the update, it is now a Universal App and includes full resolution support for Apple iPad2™, Apple iPhone4™, Apple iPhone4s™, and the Apple iPod touch® (4th generation). Live Butterflies is an augmented reality experience app that includes both a Viewer and Game. Using the video camera and the gyroscope, “Live Butterflies” puts butterflies right into your surroundings. Just tilt the screen to look up and down and rotate to see all of the butterflies flying around you.

In the Viewer, see awesome butterfly species including the Monarch Butterfly, the Blue Morpho Butterfly, the Green Birdwing Butterfly, and the Orange-Barred Sulphur Butterfly. Choose which ones are around you from the menu. Touch the screen near a butterfly and it will land on your finger. The viewer is a great feature for anyone with an interest in butterflies or nature. Press the camera button to take a photo for your Photo Library or send it as an email. Nature sounds play calmly in the background.

In the Game, catch as many butterflies as you can before time runs out. Just touch the screen to catch them. The butterflies are everywhere – above you, at your feet or even behind you, so turn and look all around and tap the screen to catch them. Music plays until time runs out and then high scores are saved to Game Center.

The app requires iOS 4.3 or later and includes an iAd ad banner. “Live Butterflies” is now FREE and available on the iOS App Store.

Live Butterflies in the App Store!


“Live Butterflies” is an augmented reality experience developed exclusively for the Apple iPhone4™ and the Apple iPod touch® (4th generation) that includes both a Viewer and Game. Using the video camera and the gyroscope, “Live Butterflies” puts butterflies right into your surroundings. Just tilt the screen to look up and down and rotate to see all of the butterflies flying around you.

In the Viewer, see awesome butterfly species including the Monarch Butterfly, the Blue Morpho Butterfly, the Green Birdwing Butterfly, and the Orange-Barred Sulphur Butterfly. Choose which ones are around you from the menu. Touch the screen near a butterfly and it will land on your finger. The viewer is a great feature for anyone with an interest in butterflies or nature. Press the camera button to take a photo for your Photo Library or send it as an email. Nature sounds play calmly in the background.

In the Game, catch as many butterflies as you can before time runs out. Just touch the screen to catch them. The butterflies are everywhere – above you, at your feet or even behind you, so turn and look all around and tap the screen to catch them. Music plays until time runs out and then high scores are saved to Game Center.

“Live Butterflies” is now available from the App Store, and is exclusively compatible with the Apple iPhone4™ and the Apple iPod touch® (4th generation) because it requires the built-in gyroscope and video camera. Additionally, it requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.

iPod touch OS update

It looks like it’s time to update even the oldest iPod touch’s to the latest available version of iOS since according to this blog post (http://bit.ly/djuHMx) the App Store will soon not support iOS 2.x apps.

  • 1st gen iPod touch can use iOS version 3.1.3.
  • 2nd and 3rd generation iPod touch can use iOS version 4.0.

To install the free update, connect the device to iTunes.