Web User - UK (2020-02-05)

Best Free Apps

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WEBBROWSER

MicrosoftEdge

bit.ly/edgedroid494

bit.ly/edgeios494

4.4 10

If you’vebeen

avoidingMicrosoft’s

Edgebrowserfor

years,nowmaybe

thetimeto

reconsideryour

position.Aswe

explainedin ourcover

featurein Issue 492

(bit.ly/webuser492),

Microsofthasrebuilt

itsbrowserfromthegroundup,replacingitshomegrown

techwiththesameopen-sourceChromium engine Google

usesforChrome.Windows 10 usersmay have already

beenpleasantlysurprisedbytherevamped desktop version,

andthemobileeditionis wellworthtrying, too.

OurfirstimpressionsofEdgeforAndroid and

iOSarethatit’sfast,cleanandeasytouse, and

it includessomeessentialprivacy-focused

options,suchasa built-inadblocker.

COMPUTING

GitHub
github.com/mobile

(varies)

If you dabble in development,
you’ve probably been waiting for
GitHub to release an official app.
Well, it’s here at last – for some
users, at least. GitHub for mobile
lets you carry out a range of tasks
on the go, such as collaborating
with others,
sharing
lines of
code,
providing
feedback
and more.
There’s a
catch, however – the app is still in
beta testing, so you need to sign up to request
access to either the iOS or Android beta. What’s
more, the testing programme often reaches its
user limit, which means you may not be able to
playwiththeapp until spaces become available.

GAME

Tetris

bit.ly/

tetrisdroid494

bit.ly/

tetrisios494

5.1 11

We’ve seen a

number of

great new

takes on the

Tetris formula

recently,

including an

awesome VR version, Tetris Effect, on

PS4 and the multiplayer mayhem of

Tetris 99 on Nintendo Switch. For us,

however, nothing beats the traditional

Tetris, which is why we were gutted

by EA’s recent announcement that it

plans to discontinue its classic Tetris

mobile app in April. Thankfully, new

developer N3twork has

stepped into the breach

with this version. It’s basic,

but still great fun even

afteralltheseyears.

LIFESTYLE

Co-Star
bit.ly/
costardroid494
bit.ly/
costarios494

5 10.2

Describing itself
as a “hyper-
personalised”
social astrology
experience,
Co-Star has won
lots of fans since
its iOS release (including singer Dua
Lipa, who was quoted as saying the
app is “banging”) and will no doubt
gain even more now it’s available for
Android, too. Its AI generates daily
predictions based on an accurate map
of the sky at your time of birth, coupled
with live planetary data from NASA.
Whatever you think of
horoscopes, Co-Star’s
pearls of wisdom are fun,
occasionally provocative,
andsupremelysharable.

CULTURE

The Mob

Museum

bit.ly/

mobdroid494

bit.ly/mobios494

5.1 9

The Mob Museum

• aka the National
  Museum of
  Organized Crime
  and Law
  Enforcement in
  Las Vegas – has
  released an app dedicated to providing
  information about the real-world
  museum and its exhibits. You can view
  floor maps, take a self-guided tour and
  browse upcoming programmes. For
  those who don’t intend to make the trip
  to Vegas in person, however, the app’s
  biggest attraction is likely to be its
  DoppelGangster tool,
  which scans your likeness
  and tells you which
  mobster from history you
  mostresemble.

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