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 to existing apps. You can find the best iOS apps from week 5 here.
The best iOS apps from week 5 at a glance
The App Store works overtime every week to handle the never-ending stream of new apps and updates. You don’t notice that much, however, because only a fraction of it is worth installing. If your iPhone can use some new apps, you’ve come to the right place.
Fire Emblem Heroes is the first time that the popular strategy game Fire Emblem makes the switch to the smartphone. In the game, you assemble an army of different heroes, each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses. Building and building your team is very important and determines whether you win battles against other armies. After choosing your troops, you will compete against others in many different levels.
Wi-Fi Widget is a new app that takes full advantage of the updated iOS 10 widget screen. By placing the app in this screen, or by pressing the app icon with 3D Touch, a screen appears. On this you can read the name and the current speed of the WiFi network. This is useful, for example, if your iPhone automatically connects to Wi-Fi hotspots and you are therefore sometimes accidentally connected not to your own home network, but to someone nearby.
YouTube is finally making it easier to control the video service from your lock screen and your Apple Watch. This is useful because previously you had to unlock the iPhone first and open the YouTube app to pause or skip a video. The new control buttons automatically appear when you send a YouTube video to a Chromecast, Apple TV, or other form of Smart TV.
Whether the news makes you feel a bit despondent at the moment or not, everyone can use a play moment with a dog. The game Good Dogs! is an endless runner as we are used to. You have to get as far as possible and when you are done you have to start over. However, the cheerful style now makes Good Dogs the ideal snack. As a dog you run past all obstacles. A rainbow fills up at the top. When it is filled, the dog can jump. The obstacles are getting more and more difficult and in the meantime you also have to grab bones.
Film.nl is a website and app set up by the film industry. Think of it as a guide to the legal offer of series and films in the Netherlands. If you want to know on which service a particular movie can be seen, this service will guide you there. For example, the first time you use the app, you need to enter your favorite movie genres to receive personalized suggestions. As a user, you also indicate which results you want to see by ticking services, shops and channels.
Microsoft is expanding the Outlook app for iOS in one go with a lot of new functions. This is possible because the giant with household names like Giphy, Trello and Evernote has teamed up to put their functions in the email app. This makes the app more versatile, easier and more fun. The apps are called add-ins and are an interesting way to make Outlook relevant again in 2017. Microsoft knows how to distinguish itself from the rest in this way.
In Roofbot, the free App of the Week, you control a floating robot named Roofie, whose job is to collect colored energy balls on roofs. By swiping in a certain direction, you move the robot to another square. In this way you have to bring the colored energy balls to the correct destination. The game is trickier than it sounds. Every time you walk over a square it sinks into the ground. So you will have to plan well in advance how you will get the colored energy spheres into their correct hole.
If you’ve ever played a shoot ’em up, then you know roughly what to expect from Pixel Craft. You play as a small spaceship that automatically moves from bottom to top. The ship shoots continuously with a weapon and your job is to get through the levels as best as possible. The standard weapon is fine, but in the levels you regularly encounter other guns to make it a bit easier for yourself. In addition, it is possible to use a shield, so that you can be hit by enemies more often.