Adobe Photoshop Mix, Kamcord, Monster Mingle, Dash Radio, Tiki Taka Soccer, You Must Build a Boat, Hitman: Sniper and more.
Adobe Photoshop Mix This is partly for fun, and partly for pro designers: an app to edit and share your mobile photographs, but also to transfer them to the Photoshop CC software on your main computer for further work if needed. It ties in to Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription.
Monster Mingle
Freshly ported from iOS, this is a colourful, quirky children’s app designed for pre-schoolers. It involves building monsters by swapping in body parts littered around its landscape, while exploring the skies and ocean.
Freshly ported from iOS, this is a colourful, quirky children’s app designed for pre-schoolers. It involves building monsters by swapping in body parts littered around its landscape, while exploring the skies and ocean.
Getting out into the app stores ahead of Apple’s new streaming music service, Dash Radio wants to reinvent, well, radio. It’s a collection of more than 60 stations programmed by DJs (Snoop Dogg included), with the promise of no ads.
Flipd - Remove Distractions
Flipd is an Android app for people with no
Flipd is an Android app for people with no
The app that lets you talk with up to 200 people at the same time, for free”. Because this is something we have all been kicking ourselves about being unable to do, right? Oh. But this new app from social network Line could be useful for chatting to smaller groups of friends and family.
The big selling point for this new web browser is its tiny footprint on your device: it’s just 0.6MB in size. Maker APUS is claiming that it’s not just small though: it’s pretty nippy too. It’s most useful if you’re on a cheaper smartphone and a slow connection, although Opera Mini is a tough rival there.
Ramadan Legacy
Muslims are preparing for the month of Ramadan, which begins on Wednesday 17 June. Here’s a new app that aims to be a companion for the annual event: a mixture of planning, information and social tools to complement the month ahead.
Muslims are preparing for the month of Ramadan, which begins on Wednesday 17 June. Here’s a new app that aims to be a companion for the annual event: a mixture of planning, information and social tools to complement the month ahead.
Webmaker Beta
Finally, something interesting from Firefox maker Mozilla: a tool that “transforms web users into web makers”, whether they’re creating photo galleries, scrapbooks or memes. Yes, this kind of stuff is handled by no end of other social apps, but the goal here is to make something more open.
Finally, something interesting from Firefox maker Mozilla: a tool that “transforms web users into web makers”, whether they’re creating photo galleries, scrapbooks or memes. Yes, this kind of stuff is handled by no end of other social apps, but the goal here is to make something more open.
GAMES
Tiki Taka Soccer
If you, like me, grew up on the Sensible Soccer games, Tiki Taka Soccer’s pixelly graphics will give you a bolt of nostalgia. Thankfully, this is a worthy successor in gameplay too: an inventive touchscreen football game with light management features.
If you, like me, grew up on the Sensible Soccer games, Tiki Taka Soccer’s pixelly graphics will give you a bolt of nostalgia. Thankfully, this is a worthy successor in gameplay too: an inventive touchscreen football game with light management features.
You Must Build a Boat
There’s a lot of buzz building around You Must Build a Boat, and justifiably so: it’s brilliant. A sequel to the fun 10000000, yes it does involve building a boat – but also battling monsters, recruiting a crew and wielding magic by matching tiles – with no in-app purchases in sight.
There’s a lot of buzz building around You Must Build a Boat, and justifiably so: it’s brilliant. A sequel to the fun 10000000, yes it does involve building a boat – but also battling monsters, recruiting a crew and wielding magic by matching tiles – with no in-app purchases in sight.
This is the latest game based on the Hitman console brand: and unsurprisingly, it’s all about the long-range shooting. There are more than 150 missions to snipe through, bagging new rifles as you go. A neat companion to the excellent Hitman Go game.
AlphaBetty Saga
Saga? Yes, this is the latest from Candy Crush publisher King, and as the rest of its title implies, this is a word game. Your job is to link letter-tiles to make words as you work through more than 100 levels – with the familiar system of boosters and in-app purchases for when you get stuck.
Saga? Yes, this is the latest from Candy Crush publisher King, and as the rest of its title implies, this is a word game. Your job is to link letter-tiles to make words as you work through more than 100 levels – with the familiar system of boosters and in-app purchases for when you get stuck.
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions to give this its full title – a mobile port of Square Enix’s PSP game from 2007 which was itself a port of a 1997 PlayStation game. This is still an excellent turn-based strategy game, as you marshal your team and make the most of their special abilities.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions to give this its full title – a mobile port of Square Enix’s PSP game from 2007 which was itself a port of a 1997 PlayStation game. This is still an excellent turn-based strategy game, as you marshal your team and make the most of their special abilities.
Terminator Genisys: Revolution
Glu Mobile has had a huge hit with its Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game, but now it’s turning its attention to another aspect of Hollywood: killer robots from the future. This tie-in to the new Terminator film is an entertaining, guns-blazing third-person shooter.
Glu Mobile has had a huge hit with its Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game, but now it’s turning its attention to another aspect of Hollywood: killer robots from the future. This tie-in to the new Terminator film is an entertaining, guns-blazing third-person shooter.
Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble
The original Robbery Bob was a clever mix of action and strategy, as you snuck around a bunch of houses trying to burgle them without being caught. This sequel is just as fun: 60 new levels and lots of new gadgets to help you avoid the long arm of the law (or the sharp teeth of the dog).
The original Robbery Bob was a clever mix of action and strategy, as you snuck around a bunch of houses trying to burgle them without being caught. This sequel is just as fun: 60 new levels and lots of new gadgets to help you avoid the long arm of the law (or the sharp teeth of the dog).
Alpha Squadron 2
If you’ve a yen for a space-shooter, Alpha Squadron 2 is an essential download. It looks good, feels fast, and presents you with plenty of varied enemies and environments to take on with your starfighter. Tutorials and its first mission is free, before you stump up to unlock the rest.
If you’ve a yen for a space-shooter, Alpha Squadron 2 is an essential download. It looks good, feels fast, and presents you with plenty of varied enemies and environments to take on with your starfighter. Tutorials and its first mission is free, before you stump up to unlock the rest.
Brickies
In an app store awash with Candy Crush and Clash of Clans clones, developers taking inspiration from older arcade hits can feel fresh. That’s certainly the case for Brickies: a neat reworking of the classic Breakout / Arkanoid formula, as you smash bricks with a paddle and ball.
In an app store awash with Candy Crush and Clash of Clans clones, developers taking inspiration from older arcade hits can feel fresh. That’s certainly the case for Brickies: a neat reworking of the classic Breakout / Arkanoid formula, as you smash bricks with a paddle and ball.
That’s my choice, but what Android apps and games have you been enjoying this week? The comments section is open for your recommendations.
