The week is over and that means that a fresh app overview is waiting for you! As far as we are concerned, you should not miss these new apps, games and updates. You can find the best iOS apps from week 10 (2018) here.
The best iOS apps at a glance
The App Store works overtime every week to handle the never-ending stream of new apps and updates. However, you will hardly notice this, because only a small part of it is worth installing. If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch can use some new apps, you’ve come to the right place.
1. Halide
Halide, one of our favorite camera apps for the iPhone, has received a major update. Version 1.7 includes a host of new features, including support for the iPhone X’s TrueDepth camera. Tapping the redesigned depth button opens Portrait mode. Here, Halide automatically detects faces and automatically adds a depth of field effect.
In addition, Halide now includes an augmented reality mode for the depth of field effect. If you have made a depth photo, you can ‘hang’ it in AR. If you then move around it, you will see a three-dimensional representation of how Halide took your photo. This is not only a great way to view your photos, but also an interesting way to understand how portrait mode actually works.
→ Download Halide from the App Store (5.49 euros)
2. The Sims Mobile
The Sims Mobile is largely as you know The Sims. You make your sims feel at home, enter into relationships, exercise hobbies and you send them to work. Still, The Sims Mobile feels a lot like a smartphone game too, with timers that expire, different currencies, an energy meter, and all kinds of extra things you can buy if you put real money into it. The game was also made by the same studio as the major versions.
The Sims Mobile is one of those games that can take all your time, but it is not necessary. It’s a fun edition of The Sims for your iPhone and iPad, but you have to really like the freemium model. The currencies, energy meters, and items that you can buy are constantly there, and the game is really built around that. However, do you want to invest time in your virtual dolls, follow their lives and are you not averse to what is above? Then The Sims Mobile offers a lot to do.
→ Download The Sims Mobile from the App Store (free)
3. Feedless
Scroll through your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter feed for minutes. Even though you don’t even really like it anymore, you just keep scrolling. Recognizable? Then Feedless might be the solution for you. This app blocks the feeds, or timelines, of the above apps. You can still use all other features, such as Facebook’s Events page and Instagram’s messaging section.
Feedless blocks the feeds of the above social media networks in Safari. So you can still ‘smuggle’ by installing the apps yourself: something that Feedless actively discourages. The app is free if you only want to block your Facebook feed. Do you also want to block the activity overview of Instagram and Twitter? Then you pay $ 9.99 per year, which is about 8.10 euros.
→ Download Feedless from the App Store (free)
4. Tandem
Tandem is a social network with a specific goal: learning new languages. The app matches you with strangers who speak a language you want to learn, so that you can improve your language skills in that language. Of course you can also help others to master your native language.
If you do not dare to talk to others, you can also receive professional help (for a fee). For about five dollars you can book a session with the qualified Tandem staff, who will help you with all your language questions. They can also help you speak the language, such as your pronunciation and fluency.
→ Download Tandem from the App Store (free)