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Awesome Apps

Elk Currency Converter

Elk Currency Converter

Elk is an iOS app that provides currency conversion at a glance. It shows conversions in multiples of ten, hundreds, thousands etc. You can tap on a value to see smaller increments. It also has a very convenient companion app for the Apple Watch. $4 unlocks all currencies.

Square Cash

Love to go out to dinner or drinks with friends? Split the check with ease with the Square Cash app. It lets you request or send cash instantly, and spend it with a virtual credit card or Apple Pay.

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Pandora Premium

Pandora Premium

Pandora’s upgraded streaming music service has a slick new user interface and playlist features. On each of your radio stations, it can make a playlist of tracks you’ve thumbed up. It can also automatically add songs to a playlist based on the ones you’ve already added.

Pokémon Duel

Pokémon Duel

Pokémon Duel for iOS and Android combines a board game with Pokémon’s familiar collecting and battling mechanics. The goal is to get one of your virtual figures to your opponent’s base. You can customize your Pokémon’s attacks and level them up.

Fret Zeppelin

Fret Zeppelin

Fret Zeppelin uses a row of removable and non-intrusive LEDs together with a mobile app to teach new and intermediate guitar players. It shows notes, chords, scales and styles. It can also use MIDI files to show the chords for songs and act as decorative lighting.

Aiopoly Vision

Aiopoly Vision

Amazing assistive tech for the blind, visually impaired, and color blind to help identify objects. Aipoly’s app uses sophisticated computer vision and deep learning algorithms to identify objects in real time, then speak their names out loud. Works in seven languages.

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic

Developer Chris Sawyer takes his classic theme park simulators to mobile devices. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic combines the best of the original RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 in one game. Available for iOS and Android.

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The Louis CK App

The Louis CK App
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Comedian Louis C.K. has released a one-stop mobile shop for all his major stand-up comedy specials as well as his web series Horace and Pete. If you’ve already purchased some of his work, just enter your email address and you’re good to go. Available for iOS and Android.

CakeResume

CakeResume

A cross between a resume and a personal website. It has a very convenient drag-and-drop interface and clean templates to choose from, and automatically adjusts for print, desktop and mobile viewing. It’s free to use; pay $10 to access more templates. Sorry, no actual cake.

Super Mario Run

Super Mario Run

Nintendo’s endless runner is as polished and innovative as other Mario games. Super Mario Run simple tap and hold mechanic is fresh and fun. It also has asynchronous multiplayer and a kingdom-building minigame. The initial stages are free, but it’s $10 to play the full game.

Capsule for iOS

Capsule for iOS

Made by Snips, Capsule uses your iOS device’s GPS as well as your email, contacts and calendar data to automatically track your photos. Not only does it add time and location data to your photos, it also creates a weekly digest of your travel habits.

Google Duo: Blake & DeAndre

Google Duo: Blake & DeAndre

Los Angeles Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan caught teammate Blake Griffin flaking out on him in this silly commercial for Google’s video calling app. Also for some reason they have living condiments with them.

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Google PhotoScan

Google PhotoScan

A mobile app that helps archive all of those old printed photos you’ve got lying in boxes and albums, storing your printed memories right alongside your digital ones. It automatically eliminates glare, crops, straightens and enhances. Available on iOS and Android.

SlideBot

SlideBot

An upcoming online tool that drafts presentations in seconds. Enter text and SlideBot will look for stock images to go with it. You’re also free to edit and export your presentation. Drops 1/2017 for $19/mo. (no contracts). Demo here.

Glove & Boots: Eight New Apps

Glove & Boots: Eight New Apps

There’s an app for just about everything, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few ideas yet to be executed. Mario and Fafa present a few concepts which they think should be made. We’re pretty sure U.S. presidential campaign writers are already using Wing Zingers.

Really Bad Chess for iOS

Really Bad Chess for iOS

From SpellTower, Ridiculous Fishing and Sage Solitaire creator Zach Gage comes a challenging yet welcome take on chess. Really Bad Chess pits you against the AI in boards with a random mix of pieces. It also has daily and weekly challenges.

The Awesomer App

The Awesomer App

Never miss an awesome thing with the new Awesomer mobile app, packed with our latest and greatest posts. Download and install it now for free on iOS and Android smartphones.

Picniic for iOS

Picniic for iOS

A new family organizer app. Aside from the usual calendar, chat and to-do list features, Picniic also has a section for important info, a family locator, group polling and meal planning. The basic app is free, the full service costs $15/mo. Coming to Android soon.

Bonx Walkie-Talkie

Bonx Walkie-Talkie

Bonx’s iOS and Android apps and rugged Bluetooth headset let you speak with up to 10 people at once. The headset detects and automatically transmits when you speak, so it’s great for outdoor activities or any task where you need to speak with a group handsfree.

Prisma

Prisma

One of the cooler and more addictive iOS apps we’ve played with in a while, Prisma uses some amazing artificial intelligence to transform your photos, emulating the styles of various painters. A welcome alternative to overused Instagram filters. Coming to Android soon.

Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO

From Ingress maker Niantic Labs and The Pokémon Company comes one of the sneakiest and most effective health and exploration apps. Get Pokémon GO on your iOS or Android device and start walking around to catch Pokémon, get supplies and more.

Bear for iOS & OS X

Bear for iOS & OS X

An upcoming note-taking app for iOS and OS X devices that’s lightweight yet versatile. Use it to make quick notes, to-do lists, essays, programs and more. It has essential word processing tools such as word count and saves files as plain text but can export in various formats.

How Waze Works

How Waze Works

Despite its cluttered interface, Waze is a shining example of crowdsourcing – it turns parts of a problem into parts of a solution. Google employees Nat and Lo visited their co-workers to learn more about the community-based interactive map app.

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