It’s well-crafted, and the individual scraps are the perfect length for mobile play. This is just as much of a card-battler game, as you explore the game’s environments with a virtual deck of cards to fight your way through. More fantasy gameplay here - the app stores are stuffed with monsters and dungeons at the moment - although it’s not your average dungeon-crawler. It’s hard to judge this kind of game a day after release, but it looks like it has plenty to explore. Gameloft is hoping to attract lots of players to its new empire-building title, as you build a castle, tool up an army, wage war on foes and trade with friends. Yes, its blocky design is reminiscent of that popular game, but skipping down its mountains unlocking characters and completing missions is very fun indeed.įantasy-themed massively-multiplayer strategy games are, it turns out, a big money-spinner on mobile - even if you don’t hire Kate Upton to ride a horse in your TV ads. Your first thought on seeing Down The Mountain will probably be ‘Oh! Crossy Road again.’ but there’s more than meets the eye here. It’s a bit like mobile hit Tiny Tower, and a fine time-tider-over for fans waiting for the next full game. It’s taking on a life of its own though, as people build their underground communities in a post-nuclear world. This started as a mobile spin-off from the Fallout games, to promote the upcoming Fallout 4. And of course, persuading you to buy branded product is the goal here, but it could still be useful if you’re mulling that switch from strawberry-blond to autumn-plum or turtle-green. This is a Vidal Sassoon-branded app that gets you to take a selfie, trace the outline of your glossy locks, and then experiment with new shades via digital manipulation. Parents of a certain age will feel pangs of nostalgia, but let’s see if their modern-day kids are as enthusiastic.įinally: hair! Dyed hair, to be specific. Children have to guide the Zoombinis characters through a succession of puzzles testing their logic and pattern-recognition skills. Govberg, which makes the app, will also buy your watches and sell you new ones - the motivation behind releasing the app.Īnother educational app for children here, and it’s actually a remake of PC software from the 1990s. It’s a way to store (and, let’s be honest, show off) the watches that aren’t on your wrist at any given time, while also reading up on new models. This is the narrowest niche audience in this week’s roundup: luxury watch collectors. Aimed more at children, it does a good job of making what can be a dry subject engaging for young savers. It’s an educational app about the history of money and financial transactions, from banknotes to credit cards. The app helps you quickly control your account on the go, while also browsing market data and keep a ‘watchlist’ of stocks you want to keep tabs on.īased on publisher DK’s book of the same name, this app does, indeed, show you the money. This one’s for American investors, really: the first Android app for the online service whose USP is that it doesn’t charge you a fee to buy and sell shares. In this case, it gathers and sorts your contacts, ties in services like Skype, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and promises to make it simple to initiate a conversation with individual friends and groups alike. Like Music Messenger, Rithm and others, it’s hoping to spread via word-of-mouth among chatty music fans.ĭrupe is also part of a wider trend: apps trying to provide a smarter way to organise your contacts and get in touch with friends. It’s a quick, slick way to choose a song from the app’s catalogue, add a background image and text message, then send to a friend. MSTY is one of a flurry of startups exploring the middle ground between WhatsApp and Spotify: music messaging. Dreamify takes your own photos and runs them through its algorithms to create digital masterpieces. Internet users - Guardian colleagues included - have been getting excited about Google’s Deep Dream technology, and the trippy images that it produces. You can quickly search for a translation and display it on your smartphone or Android Wear smartwatch - useful for showing people if you don’t want to balls up the pronunciation. If you often find yourself turning to The Power Of Google Translate when abroad and stuck for a phrase, Microsoft is hoping you’ll give its new app a try as an alternative. The app provides you with samples and loops from a range of the label’s artists - some free, and some paid for in ‘packs’ via in-app purchases - then you create remixes and new tunes. Ninja Jamm is the work of British dance label Ninja Tune: a music creation app that’s fun and accessible, but has plenty of depth too. You can read the previous Best Android Apps roundups for more recommendations, but if iOS is your platform of choice, check the Best iPhone and iPad Apps roundups.
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