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EACH WEEK, WE highlight five apps that are worth downloading for your smartphone and tablet. There are a lot of apps released on a daily basis, but not all of them are worth paying attention to.
This week includes a way for you not to forget those important links, a way to practice those free-kicks (virtually) and a private web browser.
Mail to Self
For: iOS
Cost: Free
- There are always moments where you’ll come across something you will want to remember but quickly forget when you moved onto another thing.
- Mail to Self is a simple but effective add-on. Setting up is easy: enter your email address, get a verification code and use it to activate the app.
- Anytime you’re in an app that has iOS share features, you can email yourself a link, image or video through one tap.
- You have to go into the ‘more’ section first and move it to the top so it appears automatically, but that’s a small thing to handle.
- If you regularly bookmark stuff on your phone but forget to check it, this will ensure you remember next time.
Ghostery Private Browser
For: Android
Cost: Free
- Those of you who are fond of non-tracking plugins would already be familiar with Ghostery which stops sites from tracking you. And now it’s on the small screen.
- It has its own standalone browser for Android which brings the same benefits as its desktop counterpart.
- The standard web browsing elements are here. Tabs, bookmarking and other features perform just as well as you would expect.
- Of course, the privacy elements are what are going to attract you to this. You can see how many trackers are on a website and choose which ones to allow and block.
- For those who don’t want their mobile browsing activity to be tracked by sites.
Camera360 Sight
For: Windows Phone
Cost: Free
- Windows Phone users following Camera360 will be glad to know that the app has finally come out of beta, and is now Sight.
- To say it comes with a lot of features would be an understatement. Sight is packed full of them from software to selfies to after-edit features. It’s pretty comprehensive.
- The camera is swipe-based, and rather intuitive. Swipe down on the camera to get extra options, choose filters before snapping and even set a selfie timers if needed
- There are quite a number of editing features here too, enough for you to touch up whatever photo you may take.
- The blurb may oversell it somewhat but it is a great camera app.
Tiny Strikers
For: iOS, Android
Cost: Free
- Chances are this will remind some people of Sensible Soccer, but while the graphical style is similar, the gameplay is incredibly different.
- Tiny Strikers effectively has you scoring free-kicks by swiping. The way you swipe it determines the the direction the ball goes.
- It’s similar to an arcade game, you have to score as many goals as possible and deal with defenders and goalies.
- It can get repetitive though and once you’ve played a few minutes of it, you will know what to expect, but it’s still a nice distraction.
- It’s not a deep game by any means, but it will certainly kill a few minutes of your time.
Stick Hero
For: iOS, Android
Cost: Free (includes in-app purchases)
- From football to ninjas now and a arcade game that’s all about creating platforms.
- The premise is simple. Hold your finger on the screen to create a platform and stretch it until it’s the right length.
- It’s simple but it’s quick and challenging to get the platform measurements right.
- It can be incredibly cruel though. If you’re off by only the slightest of margins, you’re going to fall to your doom.
- Another game that you can pick up and play pretty quickly. Straightforward and to the point.
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With the amount of goals I used to score from the half way line in Sensible Soccer, I’m convinced if it were real life I would of won player of the year multiple times.
sensible soccer the best.game.ever.
Get an Xperia, PS3 controller, a cradle, emulator apps and find the roms online and away you go with all the Mega Drive and SNES to reminisce over
What a game!
KiskOff 2 for me was the king.
Kick Off 2 even :)
If you’re looking for a brilliant strategy Tower Defence game, look no further than the Kingdom Rush Trilogy. Best. Games. EVER! For iOS and for Android.
Ghostery is also an add on for Firefox btw. Another plug in that’s handy is self destructing cookies.
What is the difference between mail to self and sending a mail to yourself?
I love jot and use it all the time. Hot stuff for the coming week and on the day you get a single email with your jots. Simple and free.
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