iCreate - UK (2021-07)

There are plenty of spiky perils to avoid in the challenging levels...

My Amy

Tyler James

£8.99/$9.99

A decade on from her

passing, Amy Winehouse’s

closest friend charts her rise

to fame and self-destruction.

Books

iOS game

macOS app

Music

The Problem of Leisure

Gang of Four

£15.99/$15.99

Subtitled ‘A celebration of

Andy Gill & Gang of Four’,

this album pulls together

various artists to cover the

post-punk band’s best songs.

Contributors include Tom

Morello, La Roux and IDLES.

Podcast

Breaking Atoms: The Hip

Hop Podcast

The Main Sauce Network

An insightful and highly

entertaining listen as the

important issues surrounding

Hip-Hop music, culture and

politics are meticulously

dissected and discussed by

experts who’ve lived it.

ALTHOUGH LEO’S BEEN DOING THE

ROUNDS FOR YEARS, this enhanced iOS

version for Arcade feels fresh and exciting,

and is a great addition to the Arcade range.

A simple run-and-jump platformer, the game is

reminiscent of Sonic the Hedgehog, in that you can

build up a fair head of steam, which is at times crucial

for building enough momentum to scale the highest

points of the levels. There are coins to collect and

you’ll be graded on how quickly and on how few

attempts you take to crack the levels – and the mix of

spiked perils and puzzles means you’ll struggle to ‘ace’

them first time. Great fun to pick up and play.

Addictive platform fun, but the hands-on-the-screen

controls sometimes hampers your vision.

Verdict

Leo’s Fortune+

Requirements

iOS 13.0 or later • 183.5 MB

Learn more

leosfortune.com

Price

Arcade subscription

Available from

iOS App Store

Leo can inflate to jump/float and even trigger switches in levels

Zen Tuner

Requirements

macOS 11.0 or later

Learn more

apps.apple.com

Price

Free

Available from

Mac App Store

IF YOU USE YOUR MAC FOR

RECORDING MUSIC, then rather than faff

around with a standard instrument tuner

or iPhone app, you can launch this quick and easy

desktop app and get your Mac tuned-up in seconds.

The clean and simple interface features a large

current note representation and a marker that

changes from red to green when the note is in tune. A

dropdown menu allows you to select different types

of tuning and you can click on the main note to adjust

it to sharps or flats.

Optimised for Big Sur, and also featuring a dark

mode for studio night owls, this is quick to launch,

easy to use and very accurate.

You will need to grant Zen Tuner access to your

Mac’s microphone to work effectively

A simple but effective tuning tool to keep all

instruments (and voices) tuned-up on the song.

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