PowerFAQs app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 6582 ratings )
Reference Entertainment
Developer: Hereafter
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.22, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 19 Oct 2010
App size: 1.85 Mb

The PowerFAQs is a reader app, making exploring video games on the go extremely enjoyable.

DISCLAIMER: This app is NOT endorsed by CBS

Now iPhone 5 is supported.

The app delivers the content contributed by community of video game players, including

- Basic Information
- Cover arts
- Screenshots,
- Cheat codes
- Achievement/Trophy guide
- Walkthroughs
- Maps
- Secrets
- Reviews
- Message Boards

etc. Depending on the game popularity, some games have more information than others.

All contents are optimized for easier reading on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Main Features:

1) Dynamic gamer-rated top 100 games among gaming platforms

2) Games library for almost every gaming platform ever existed.

Each platform includes video game titles alphabetically, and top 10 gamer-rated games for browsing.

3) Search

The app provides a simple search tool to find information for a particular game.
You may also search message boards for topics, and search text within a long FAQ guide.

4) Bookmark supports

Interested games, strategy guides or message board topics, can be bookmarked, for easier revisiting later on. Whenever a strategy guide is bookmarked, the reading progress is also saved, when you come back, the app displays the content at exactly the point you left off.

Text based faqs are cached for offline reading if they are bookmarked.

5) Message boards supports.

Each game has a dedicated discussion board to exchange your thoughts with other game players. And there are boards like special interests, poll of the day etc to get you more social.

Using this app, it is a lot easier to read messages on the boards.Obey the rules though.

If any user posted a link to an image, the image would be previewed as a small
thumbnail, click on the thumbnail would bring up the original image for exploring in detail.

6) Active Messages

A special board would be accessible for all your active message posted, if your account have sufficient privilege.

Active messages would be tracked, if there is any new message posted after your last read, it would be highlighted in red.

7) Private Messages

Send/Receive private messages, to any users on the board including friends.

8) Content are in mobile format with customizable options.

No more zooming and panning all the time. Smart-wrap is designed to enhance the reading experience on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

9) Poll of the day

Participate in Poll of the day to view/vote the daily poll.
it is accessible from Poll of the Day Message Board.

Users Polls are also supported now.

10) Looks great either in landscape or portrait mode


This app requires internet access, and it does not play any of the games.