APPS
31
UPTIME
Describing itself
as five-a-day for
your brain, Uptime
aims to make you
smarter at speed.
It does this through
safe and curated
knowledge from
trusted experts. In
other words, it’s like
someone smashed
TED into a social
network, even
letting you follow
creators and ‘like’
impactful moments.
Fortunately, you
can’t reply.
£free / iOSCAPO 4
Apps like Yousician
can help you
master the guitar,
but they’re not
much cop for
nailing your
favourite songs.
That’s where Capo
comes in: load a
track and it’ll figure
out the chords. Its
guesswork can be
edited, and you can
adjust speed and
pitch while trying to
figure out the hard
bits and become
the next EVH.
£18.99/yr / iOSUNIVERSE IN
A NUTSHELL
If you’d like to know
your place in the
scheme of things
while slurping up
knowledge along
the way, try this
app. It compares
the sizes of objects,
from a Planck unit
all the way up to
the observable
universe. The
visuals are smart
and vibrant, and
you can tap on
stuff to learn more.
£3.29 / Android
£2.99 / iOS
JACKBOX
PARTY PACKS
The idea behind the Jackbox
Party Packs – and there are
several of the things – is to have
the main app play on your telly
and then use phones to interact.
Games range from oddball trivia
to absurdist designs that players
vote on. Throughout, it feels like
a gameshow that’s eaten far too
much sugar, and is loads of fun.
from £23.99 / Android, iOS
MOFT
Several of the apps on this spread require you
to prop up your device for best effect. And that
means you need to find a stand... unless you’ve
welded a Moft to your phone or tablet. These
adhesive stands add barely any bulk but cleverly
fold out to let your device stand up in landscape
or portrait. The iPhone 12 might be able to stand
on its own, but its Moft model adds stability and
a magnetic three-card wallet – for half the price
of Apple’s wallet-only offering.
from £25 / madebymoft.comNOW ADD THIS
A folding geometric
design keeps everything
as slim as possible
when collapsed, with
60° vertical and 40°
horizontal viewing when
propped up.