The new week is just around the corner, but before that, let’s take a look back at the last seven days. The editors of iPhoned has rounded up the best iOS apps, games and updates from the past few days.
Last week’s 5 best iOS apps
The App Store is working overtime every week. New apps, updates for existing programs and games are added all the time. You probably don’t notice this much, because most of it is not worth downloading. iPhoned separates the wheat from the chaff every Sunday. Here are this week’s best iOS apps, updates, and games.
1. Nighthawk
Nighthawk is a new Twitter app that allows you to enable so-called Smart Filters. Instead of filtering out certain individual words, you switch off an entire topic in one go. The Smart Filters are automatically updated and can detect when something is about a certain topic. Handy if you want to stop spoilers!
In addition to Smart Filters for spoilers, Nighthawk also allows you to set only your close friends to see on your timeline. Twitter users often follow a few hundred and sometimes more than a thousand people. As a result, the tweets of close friends are snowed under by a lot of uninteresting tweets. Nighthawk also filters your timeline.
2. Restly
Do you know that? You are suddenly wide awake in the middle of the night. After a lot of turning, you look at the clock and you are half an hour further on. With Restly you can fall asleep again within two minutes.
The app is based on a method often used by military personnel and pilots. A calm voice or soothing sounds will help you get back to sleep. The app calculates when to go to bed and when to get up to start each day well rested.
3. Mario Kart Tour
Good luck to Gold Pass owners in Mario Kart Tour: they can be the first to try out the highly anticipated multiplayer feature that has been out since this week. The game, which appeared in September of this year, was not yet playable against friends.
Players without a Gold Pass can still only race against strangers or bots. A Gold Pass for Mario Kart Tour costs €5.49 per month. In addition to the multiplayer feature, Gold Pass also allows you to race in 200CC, earn Gold Badges and Gold Gifts. Nintendo has announced that the multiplayer feature will be available to everyone in the future.
4. Lego Builder’s Journey
Apple Arcade has added a new puzzle game: Lego Builder’s Journey. This quiet game offers a nice combination between building and puzzle. You can go all out with the Lego bricks and build the most beautiful things.
Meanwhile, your goal is to build a path for your Lego man to walk through. The male only climbs on certain types of rocks, so you have to be sharp all the time. Of course there are also obstacles. A perfect game for puzzlers!
5. Battle Prime
The intense shooter Battle Prime is now available worldwide. This is a must for fans of shooting games. The game is slightly more difficult than Call of Duty Mobile. For example, the controls take some getting used to.
You play in teams of six against six and take on the role of chief agent. It is important to deploy all your men tactically, because together you get a lot more done than alone.