Web User - UK (2019-08-07)

Best Free Apps

Recommend free phone apps atwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 7 - 20August 2019^35

GAME

Sky: Children

of the Light

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Sky: Children

of th e Light is

the latest

creationfrom

game developer

Thatgamecompa ny,

which has beenqu ietly

proving that grea t

games don’tneed

zombies,Nazis

orshotguns– as2012 ’s

fantastic Journey exemplifies brilliantly. InSky, you play asan

unnamedchild who isgiven the task of finding lostst ars.It’s

a beau tiful,mellow ex perience th at has you walking, surfing

orevenflying(with th e aid of yourupgr adeab lecape)

aroundstun ning environments asyou progr ess

through the adventure, explore for secr ets and

participate inbrief moments of spontaneous

co-op play with otheronline players.Generou sly,

the entire maingameisfree to play.

NETWORKTOOLS

DataNinja
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5

The intriguing aim
of th isapp isto
make bandwidth
prob lems a thing
of th e pastby
boosting wireless
recept ion and
easing network
conges tion. Itdoes
thisby merging
yourWi -Fi and
mobilenetworksto
create a single super-fastandreliableconnection.
You can boostspeeds evenfurtherby linking the devices
of family andfriends to create a ‘fognetwork’. That’s
the theory, at leas t.Inprac tice, the app asksfor
permissions it doesn’ t need (such asaccessto
yourcontacts) andrarely works asadvertised.
Itcouldn’timprove our connection speedwhen
we tried it, andotherreviewers appearto have
hada similar experience.

GAME

LegoTower

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legodroid481

bit.ly/legoios 481

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Ifyou enjoy

management

simulationgam es

like Tiny Tower

andyou love

Lego, thiscould

bethe perfect

gamefor you.

The ideaisthat you set upLegopeople

to workindi fferen t businesses on

differen t levelsof yourtower, then

point visi torsto the correct floo r when

they arrive. Doing thissu ccessfully

generatesthe in-gamecurrencyyou

need to build more floo rs, orde r stock

andsoon. Along the way there are

Legomini figures to collect

andfun side-quest s to

play. In-apppurchases

speedupyourprogr ess,

but they’r e not necessary.

SOCIAL

MashApp
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droid481
bit.ly/mashapp
ios481

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There’s
currently no
shortage of
social-media
appsvying to
bethe next
Instagram or
Facebook.MashAppisamongthe
latesthopefuls. The ideabehindit is
that it letsyou have videoexchange s
with yourfriends,but ratherthan
sending a videomessag e orha ving
a videochat, you record a short
movie andsendit to them. They then
record their own video‘punchline’,
which appear s either
before orafter yourclip.
It’s a fun way to share
in-jokes,but willit catch
on? Who can say?

FITNESS

321Fit

bit.ly/321fit481

4.1

It’s early days

for thisnew,

independently

developed

exercise app,

but it’s already

worth instal ling

if you fancy

tryinga

differen t

approac h to yo urexercise ro utine.

321Fit works a littlelike a music player

app, except th at instea d of musical

playlists,it letsyou put togetheryour

veryown ‘playlists’ of differen t ti med

exercises. Whenyou’re re ady to begin

yourworkout,pr esspl ay andfollow

yourpl aylistto maximiseyourtimein

the gym.You can create

multiplepl aylists andlog

yourperformance to track

yourprogr essandensure

you keepimproving.

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