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The world may be obsessed with wearables right now – thanks to the new Huawei Watch that launched at Mobile World Congress, and the impending Apple Watch event on Monday night – but let’s not forget the smartphones and tablets of this world, and the apps that drive them.
Here’s the latest pick of the week’s best.
Uses the microphone on your iPhone or iPad to listen to you as you play, and gives instant feedback on how you’re doing. There’s also a host of lessons to tackle across beginner and more advanced levels. Some in-app purchases (and hefty ones at that) are required to unlock all the lessons.
(iOS – Free)
A fantastic app that gives those who downloaded the opportunity to help out the partially sighted and blind in their community. Those with vision problems can post a question, and as soon as a sighted person responds a video-call connection can be made in order to help be their eyes.
(iOS – Free)
In a slightly similar vain, SnapSchool is a network for users to post pictures of their homework and ask for help with it. Aimed at secondary school children, the app’s monitors reward good responses with tokens which can be used to earn gems, which can then used to get quick responses from teachers. Another community-driven idea.
(iOS – Free)
A combination of in-app window shopping and Tinder, Grabble sources the latest fashion trends from high street brand websites as well as magazines, and presents them to you in a Tinder-style stream. You can swipe either to throw or grab items that appear on the stream, as well saving items from a mobile site back into the app and receiving sale alerts on it.
(iOS – Free)
Could this be the game to pull you away from Clash of Clans? It’s in a different, more serious vain for starters, but Age of Sparta has all the ingredients an empire-building game needs. Battles, city-building, fragile alliances with other players online; it has got the lot. Oh and a bucket load of mythology too.
(iOS/Android – Free)
