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If you’re looking to unwind
this fine Sunday by sampling the latest App Store delectables for your iPhone,
iPad or Apple Watch, look no further: Cult of Mac has your hookup!
Whether
you’re on the hunt for a fun racing game, a new and surprisingly great
alternative to Siri, or a promising photo and video-editing app created by a
16-year-old dev, we’ve got what you’re searching for.
Check
out our picks below. You won’t be disappointed.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Quite possibly against my
better judgment, I’m excited about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which
will finally bring to the big screen the epic Dark Knight vs. Man of Steel
clash comic fans have been waiting for since Frank Miller’s Dark
Knight Returns graphic novel.
This
week, Injustice: Gods Among Us got
a new update, bringing the Zack Snyder versions of Superman, Batman and Wonder
Woman to the super-powered fighting game’s roster — alongside a handful of
other new characters.
Whether
the idea of staging a Supes vs. Bat-fleck battle on your iOS device appeals to
you will no doubt depend on your level of geekery. But it certainly got me
to re-download this entertaining free-to-play fighting game.
Available for: iPhone/iPad
Costs: Free (with in-app purchases)
Get it from: App Store
Costs: Free (with in-app purchases)
Get it from: App Store
glaze
There are some great video
and photo-editing apps available for iOS, but if you’re looking for a new one
to play with try out 16-year-old (!) developer Ryan Stephen’s glaze app. Simple
to use and with a neat range of filters, basic drawing tools, and text boxes
available, it is a nifty app that can be applied to everything from
selfies to video to, yes, even Live Photos on the iPhone 6s.
Well
worth a punt at $0.99 — and, heck, when 16-year-old Stephen winds up becoming
the next Kevin Systrom or Mike Krieger (two guys who made a little thing called
Instagram), you’ll be able to say you downloaded one of his first apps.
Available for: iPhone/iPad
Costs: $0.99
Get it from: App Store
Costs: $0.99
Get it from: App Store
Facer
Previously available only
for Android Wear, watchface customization app Facer has now landed on Apple
Watch — giving users the ability to customize their watches in various ways.
This
includes Instagram and Tumblr picture integration, flashcards to help you learn
and memorize facts, and licensed material from brands including Popeye, Garfield and Betty Boop.
A
“must have” if you’re an Apple Watch user!
Available for: Apple Watch
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
Thumb Drift – Furious One
Touch Car Racing
A fun racing game for iOS, Thumb
Drift takes the
simple game mechanic of “drifting” and runs… well, drives with it. A big complaint about many
games on iOS is that the touchscreen isn’t a worthy substitute for either a
controller or a keyboard/mouse setup. In Thumb Drift, the touchscreen controls
work fantastically well — arguably better even than previous alternatives
— and are a large part of what makes this game so fun.
I
love the flat shaded, low polygon-count graphics, too. And who can hate a
racing game where each crash results in your car exploding into pieces like
it’s made of matchsticks?
Available for: iPhone/iPad
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
Hound Voice Search & Assistant
I use Siri a lot more than
many people I know, but there’s no doubt that Apple hasn’t yet perfectly nailed
the virtual assistant concept.
Hound
is an attempt at a rival app, which gives users quick and accurate voice
search, using a card-based approach not dissimilar to Android’s Google Now. You
can get weather, news, directions, hotel locations, restaurant info and far
more — all executed in a way that often betters Apple’s built-in Siri.
Definitely
worth a download, although it’s unfortunate that there’s no way to set up iOS
so that it activates Hound by default instead of Siri. Still, if you find
yourself using it regularly, it’s only a couple of extra taps to get it up and
running.
Available for: iPhone/iPad
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
Costs: Free
Get it from: App Store
