Builders and zombie warriors unite! There is a game in which you can click away to build a fortress and then blast away at zombies, all in one. It’s called Final Fortress – Idle Survivor.

In this game, you are a part of a surviving group of humans. The world has been taken over by Mutant Bosses and Zombies. Your job is to construct a dwelling that’s strong enough to defend against these wandering marauders looking to feed on innocent humans.

After downloading the game, your first mission is to complete the construction of your fortress. This involves tapping away at each level to make room for the survivors and to add defensive tools at every level.  Rooms that are available to build will vary at each stage of game play, but you will have the following floors, if you make it that far:

• 15^th floor – Sniper Tower – at the top for the best shot
• 14^th floor – Laboratory – important experiments take place here to help create weaponry
• 13^th floor – Armory – weaponry storage
• 12^th floor – Lounge Bar – a place to retreat to
• 11^th floor – Fitness Room – helps keep your crew in top shape
• 10^th floor – Carpentry Room – make and fix parts of the house
• 9^th floor – Communication Center – keep in constant contact with your reps who wander to collect more survivors
• 8^th floor – Water Treatment – keep basics ready for use
• 7^th floor – Workshop – another place to create defensive mechanisms
• 6^th floor – Clinic – the healing center
• 5^th floor – Kitchen – everyone’s gotta eat
• 4^th floor – Pantry – supplies for the kitchen
• 3^rd floor – Power Generator – create the power to run your fortress
• 2^nd floor – Garden – grow your own staples
• 1^st floor – Ground Floor – nothing important is house here, because you don’t want the Z’s to have easy access

Each floor has its own function. You keep building and making your fortress stronger so you can defend with each approaching wave of attack. You also want to roam around in the truck that’s provided so you can look for and save other survivors. Each survivor has a part to play in your plan, so you need them all, if possible. Also, if you have more survivors, you are able to make more gas, which is vital because that is your only form of currency and it’s what you need to make and get more weaponry.

There are prizes galore to be found and collected. They range from spinning wheels to hidden rooms. A big one is if you make out well in one of the weekly or monthly waves of battles. Score high and register yourself on the Global Scorecard, and you winnings will grow even more. You also get to see how you stack up against other players.

The only thing I could recommend as an improvement is to make the fortress building steps go quicker so players can get on with the battles and such. It took quite some time to build my floors, and I began to wonder if the zombies would ever show up.

They finally did and boy did the app become a fun game to play then. If you can get to that point, you will absolutely love Final Fortress – Idle Survivor.

Rating: 9.5 /10
Price: Free

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Do you have young kids (6-12) who drag their feet when it comes to learning, but jump at the chance to get on a device and play games? Whose kids don’t? Enticing children to learn has always been a challenge, but in today’s world, it has become increasingly creative and effective given the overabundance of learning apps available in the device marketplace to supplement a traditional school education.

Einee tries to go beyond the traditional educational app field by not just educating but also inspiring kids explains Ilya, the founder of the company. “Most learning apps are so heavily focused on education that kids are repulsed. Which is why Einee is a play-first app meant to be fun and goofy. Education comes second, so that kids will naturally want to spend time with the app, unintentionally learning in the process. Einee is useful for inspiring kids, but also it helps them with their school education curriculum.”

What Einee is a learning app that serves as an educational tool. It by no means substitutes for a school education, but it makes learning about some historical figures fun and entertaining for kids, which is the best way to teach – make it fun – and it’s why learning apps have become so popular. Yet, the team behind Einee sees this as their first step in the educational market, stating that there are many things they see can be improved in educating children and wishes to drastically help in the process; one day even reinventing schools in the process.

Einee allows kids to “chat” with big names like Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Cleopatra. The download is free and quick and it’s easy to use. Once you download, you’ll see the main menu. On it, you’ll find about five Chat Buddies. Marilyn Monroe and Donald Trump round out the full assortment.

To start, you get to chat with Einstein for free. You can chat with Cleopatra for free once you provide some feedback on the app. Access to Cleo will be made available 24 hours after submitting your feedback, provided the developers find your feedback worthy. The others require an in-app purchase – which is fair for learning apps that entertain and educate.

Let’s talk about what Einstein has to say. Click on Einee, as he is called in the app, and the app will take you to a screen that shows his face and offers a few preset chat messages. Your child can tap on one of those and Einee will respond. With every response, your choice of preset messages grows, backfilling the ones you already used.

Examples of questions you can ask Einee range from who he is, why does he look the way he does to what is E=mc². Yes, your kids will actually gain some knowledge and inspiration from this app, simply by having a conversation with someone from the past who knows a great deal. How’s that for coming close to a school education?

What I would really like to see is the opportunity for kids to type in their own questions. That would really get some juices flowing and allow for a more robust experience. I understand that it would require significantly more AI engine support, but think of the possibilities.

Einee is simply a fantastic app to have if you have young kids, want to keep them busy with quality learning apps and want something that is safe. It’s a great way to engage kids outside of the standard school education into history by putting them face to face with someone who lived it and knows about it, and it’s fun, which is all you could ask for.

Rating: 8 /10
Price: Free

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I stake no claim to being an expert on anything surf related, but I do know that the right conditions make for a great experience. Knowing where and when to surf can mean the difference between a great time or a day gone wrong.

That’s where Epic – Surf Forecast comes to the rescue. Epic, as I will call it, is an app that provides details that surfers need to know before they suit up and set out on the waves. Information provided by Epic comes from knowledgeable sources that rely on precise scientific gear to measure and report on a variety of conditions, including:

• ECMWF – the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, providing an atmospheric model output
• WMO – World Meteorological Organization
• GTS land, ship and data buoy observations
• Imagery from global weather satellites – polar, orbiting and geostationary
• NCEP Global Forecast System atmospheric model output
• An atmospheric model for northern Asia provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency

Surfers who use Epic’s Today Widget can do a quick check on their favorite surfing spots to find out how the conditions are: How are the swells at different points throughout the day? What is the wind speed and what direction is it flowing in? What is the current weather condition? How are the tides and what’s the timing for the rest of the day?

You can search for surfing spots and tag those that are your favorites. Labeling your favorites allows you to easily make spot checks and get alerts when conditions favorable to you are met. These conditions can be defined individually for each spot so you can customize what works best for you. You can then specify when you want to be notified. You can also match on all conditions, or just a few, it’s up to you.

Once notified, Epic will get you there fast by calculating the best route to take. How’s that for taking surfing seriously?

Most of the basic functions are included in the free app; however, to get a few other detailed features, you need to sign up for the Premium subscription, which will give you:

• 7 day forecasts
• Frequent Data Refresh – keeps you better updated
• Ad free
• Alerts – Epic will let you know when your spots meet your specific criteria
• Unlimited Spots – Never be left out from choosing a great surf spot with no limits
• Widget – Get today’s conditions at a glance – no searches or navigating

If there were one thing I could wish for it would be to have Epic send out an alert or message to a friend so they could meet up at the same time and enjoy the same great surf.

I am sure that surfing aficionados will be able to make superb use of this app and will find it simply smashing when it comes to catching the right wave!

Rating: 8.5 /10
Price: Free

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I heard about and had started playing this game when I saw that it was ranking as one of the most competitive games in the Google Play and Best Android Games of 2018. I was inquisitive to see what it was all about.

The game is free and easy to install. There are a couple of in-game purchases, but from what I could see, there is nothing that would hinder how the game proceeds. I simply downloaded it from Google Play and within minutes the game was active on my device. You can adjust settings such as music, sounds etc. I found it great that the settings for music and game sounds are separate. I like that I can choose which I prefer to hear or not have to listen to. The music is a little monotone.  These settings would also allow me to check rankings and invite any of the players to participate in a challenge. I liked this feature, as it meant that I will most likely find a gaming partner any time.  My profile would reflect my name, which I might add, is a really cool as it allows me to personalize the gaming features as well as monitor and track my rankings and achievements.

There is, however, a few things about the setup and layout of the game that I found bothered me a bit; there are quite a few spelling errors. The worst being the actual name of the game is spelled incorrectly on the front screen. The game is called “Fast of Clan”, on the games landing page, it says “Fash of Clan”.

There are a few more, such as the word achievement, which is spelled ‘achivement’ or the word ‘chose’ being used instead of ‘choose’.

Although these small errors do not take away from the ability or function of the game, it is just something that I noted really stands out and can mean the difference between being a good game and absolutely awesome game. There are also a few functions that when tapped, do not work as anticipated. I am hoping those get sorted soon as they limit the fun of the game.

The description says that the game is filled with obstacles, challenges. However, the game instructions are not clear and one is not 100% sure how to navigate through your setup. The best feature of all is that you are able to join an existing clan or create your clan.

The colors in the game are vibrant, but I would have preferred to have been able to choose my own background colors. I am not a fan of pink and the color, for me, just takes away the idea of the game being challenging. Another great feature is that the game links to social media such as twitter and facebook, this a great way to bring friends together and really get to know your clan.

I noted that this game is the first development of this dev ops team and is still in the growing phase. I think they have an awesome idea and that with a little more detail, this will be an absolutely fabulous game.

Rating: 8.5/ 10

Price: Free

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The name was a little confusing and really does not describe the game well enough. The concept of the game represents the use of the fingerprint icon to follow a path that follows the block path on the screen. You have to follow a certain path and only qualify to jump blocks at certain access points.

There are no frills with regards to graphics. You have sold the blue background with white blocks. The fingerprint icon is also white. I thought the pattern of swirls designed to look like the center of a fingerprint is a brilliant idea. It was the one part of the game that I was capable to quickly figure out.

The music is very monotonous and rather than encourage you to want to play further, the music, in fact, has an extremely deep relaxation effect which actually takes away from the excitement and thrill of the game’s challenges. You can turn the music or game sounds off, I think it would be an absolutely noteworthy feature if one was capable adjusting and choosing your own background music and sounds. You have sold the blue background with white blocks.

The game has 54 levels. Each level is essentially the same, all that differs from one to the next is the actual challenge pattern. There are the in-app purchases but I found that it lacked detail. I was not sure what I would actually be buying. If I am going to be spending money, I will at least like to know on what it is being spent. There are also no purchase options, you press buy and one amount is pulled up. I would have preferred to have received options on what I would like to purchase.

The game was fun for a few rounds but I got stuck on the 7th level and there are no hints or instructions that actually guide you through the blue background rules or processes. I would have like to have seen some sort of detail on how to get through each level.

If I am going to be spending money, I will at least like to know on what it is being spent. It requires thinking and planning but after a few rounds of basically the same thing, boredom is sure to kick in.

The game has many potentials and I think with a few changes, this would be a really awesome game. I would also like to have the opportunity

Rating: 8.5/ 10

Price: Free

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This is a really great game, it is fun and interactive. I, however, did not find the name fitting. The only thing remotely connected to a bear is the few random teddy bears that feature in the background. The game is based on the whole monster truck experience. It is about achieving challenges, which are based on getting to the finish line and completing the obstacle of jumping over cars, trucks, rocks, houses and more with your little monster bug.

I found the whole game fun and exciting but there are a few things that take away from the fun and potential of the actual game. Like the name for one. There is no indication of the age range for which the game is intended but I cannot see a child managing to strategically navigate the obstacles. The game would have been great with a name that makes reference to the monster truck experience.

Each level and challenges are basically the same, They differ with the type of obstacles on each level. In some, you have to get over trucks, rocks and maybe a house or two. In others, there are cranes and structures to get over. I actually found the teddy bear background a little monotonous. You see the same thing over and over which also takes away from the experience of each level or challenge.

There are a number of icons on the front screen but really only two that work so I am not sure what the purpose of the other is. I would have like to have been able to customize my car/bug. Maybe choose the color, styles etc. The sounds should also be different, maybe increase tempo towards the finish line or when you end up on your roof.

There are no instructions so you basically start the game off blindly and figure it out from there. It took me a while to actually figure out the controls. Although at some point in the game, you can see the controls, they do not feature as a prominent part of the game. I would have like to see the controls, it is, after all, a racing game but I am basically .limited to moving backward or forwards.

The game is fun but has so much more potential. I would have enjoyed building my own truck or car, the game writer could actually use that feature as an in-app purchase opportunity. I also would have liked to have seen more variety, in the background or even the obstacles. The current graphics seem to dwarf the possibilities and potential of the game. The game is fun for a short while but really after the fifth of the sixth round, you realize that you are doing nothing more than holding the forward button. There should be more of an interaction required, perhaps a few more control buttons.

As the games is now, I am sure that a child might find the colors and background a little entertaining but that would also be limited.

Rating: 9/ 10

Price: Free

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While the concept has spread like wildfire, the notion of cryptocurrency can be daunting at best for many. However, if you are well versed in this variation of monetary manipulations, then you should seriously consider downloading Cryptosaur.

While the app has nothing to do with dinosaurs, it packs a huge punch in terms of functionality and visibility into the crypto world, which is vital for those who trade this type of currency and are looking to make a few bucks.

Simple by design, but rich in features, Cryptosaur presents you with an abundance of information that’s real time and critical to the decisions you make throughout the day. No more guessing. No more wondering about what’s happening in the market. No more logging into different websites to see what’s happening with the different currencies. Cryptosaur brings it all together.

What I liked about Cryptosaur, given the issues with personal data these days, is the fact that you don’t have to register to use it. There is not account and there is no sign ups required. Hallelujah!!

The layout is clean, making it efficient and easy to use. The app is also very all encompassing, connecting into and presenting real time data for the almost every cryptocurrency out there. The following is just a short list of the more well known ones that are supported:

• Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Cash
• Ethereum
• Ripple
• EOS
• Litecoin
• Cordano
• Stellar
• IOTA
• NEO

The app already lists the 7 day pricing for each currency. If you want to hone in on one particular currency, simply type its name in the search box at the top and the app will only show those graphs with that particular name. For instance, if you type in just “Bitcoin”, the app will pull up graphs for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash/BCC, Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond, and several more. At first you’ll see a few, but if you swipe up, the app will search more and will present more graphs, if any exist.

When you do find the currencies you are most interested in tracking, you can tap on the star by its name to make it a favorite, so it stays at the top of your list. Splashed across the top in bold is the total volume trading – an instant overview of what’s happening in the cryptocurrency marketplace.

What I did not quite like about the search function is that it did not present all hits at once. I had to swipe up to see all of the graphs for currencies containing “Bitcoin”. When I first performed the search, I only saw 4 graphs, then for some reason, one more showed up, then I dragged the screen up and the app started to display more. It’s kind of misleading.

As a real time window into what’s happening with the cryptocurrency market, Cryptosaur is an app that should be on the device of anyone who deals with anything crypto.

Rating: 8 /10
Price: Free

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There’s no doubt that a strong command of any language you communicate in is a strength that cannot be measured. If you know the right words to use for any purpose, your purpose is well understood and you get results. You also get your point across better. You connect better. For those of us who use the English language extensively, we know all too well how social media is slowly destroying it, with users typing in words using spelling that does not even exist, just to type faster and use less characters. It’s no wonder that we’ve lost the ability to communicate clearly.

Addalets could change that.

Addalets is a word game that works the mind to learn more about the letters that make up words and helps you to learn more words and what they mean. There are several word games out there, where you have to create words from a jumble of letters, but Addalets takes it a step further by providing you with the meaning of the different words you could be creating.

The object of the game is to take a set of words and create new set of words using the letters in the word given as the theme word. You tap on one letter and insert it into one of the listed words to create a new word. This invariably forces you to think of new words and, hopefully, know what they mean. If you don’t know what they mean, you can tap on the definitions once you’ve completed the game to see what they are.

The goal is to collect as many coins as possible. As you complete games and daily challenged, you get more coins. Daily challenge completion earns you even more coins than if you completed a few puzzles a day.

As you drag a letter into its new place, it will turn green if correct and red if not. Note that it could turn green for a choice you’ve made, but if that letter truly belongs in another word, then you’ll figure that out when you get to that last word and find that the only remaining letter simply won’t fit. Another catch is that the letter can be inserted in front of a current word or anywhere in between, but not at the end.

The initial set of words is easy, of course, but as you make your way through the puzzles, you will find the word choice grows more sophisticated and will challenge your vocabulary. Puzzles start with three words that need to be placed all the way to six letters. After that, there are challenges and seasonal sets, which cost between $1.99 and $2.99. You can also buy coins if you wish, allowing you to purchase additional puzzle sets.

I really could not find anything wrong with the app. It has a tutorial and the ability to shuffle puzzles if you want to see some variety. The only thing I would like to see is maybe the ability to see the words you built once more and view the definitions later. Once you click to move on to the next game, I don’t think you can read the definitions. At least I have not found a way.

Addalets is a very fun game to play if you love letters and building words. Some people have a knack for it, and will easily solve puzzles, but for those of you who are looking for a vocabulary building game app, Addalets is one to try.

Rating: 10 /10
Price: Free

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If you’ve been scouring the app marketplace for the best way to rip DVDs, homemade and commercially made, then MacX DVD Ripper Pro should be the first place you go to get the quality copies you deserve.

MacXDVD Ripper Pro takes as input almost all types of DVDs and converts them into various video formats that are viewable on iPhones, iPads and even Androids and works its magic to find the fastest way to copy its contents and save them for easy viewing on your Mac. The magic behind MacXDVD Ripper Pro is the 3-Level GPU hardware technology it leverages to read, convert and create the final content, maintaining the high level of quality found in the original file.

The biggest advantages that MacXDVD Ripper Pro offers that make it stand out amongst the rest are:

• DVD Support – MacXDVD Ripper Pro offers the widest support, so you can save just about any type of DVD you can get your hands on – like recently released movies on DVD, homemade DVDs, 99-title DVDs, DVDs of TV series, exercise DVDs and even damaged DVDs.
• Speed – MacXDVD Ripper Pro has the fastest ripping speed, so you don’t have to wait long to save copies of your DVDs. It takes just 5 minutes at most – not many apps can beat that. Many other apps can take over 1.5 hours to extract and then save content. Handbrake, another well known ripper app, uses 130 FPS, while MacXDVD Ripper Pro uses 320 FPS.
• Quality Output – Saved copies look like the original, so you can enjoy the same level of quality, as if you were watching from the original media.

To get into some more detail of why MacXDVD Ripper Pro is so fast, we’ll have to dig a bit deeper in the technology that provides the foundation to this app. MacXDVD Ripper Pro takes full advantage of batch conversions, hyper-threading and makes full use of the Macs multi-core CPU and, as mentioned above, 3-Level GPU hardware acceleration technology.

As the best HandBrake alternative, another feature that makes MacXDVD Ripper Pro surpass Handbrake is the number of video formats it supports. While Handbrake only supports about two: MP4 and MKV, Ripper Pro supports a boatload more: MP4, MKV, M4V, H.264, MOV, M4V, HEVC, QT, AVI, MPEG and FLV. It also supports two audio file types: MP3, AAC, AC3.

What’s even better is that the video files created by MacXDVD Ripper Pro can then be viewed on your Mac, your iPhone, including iPhone X and 8, iPad, iPod and Apple TV. You can even watch these files on Samsung, HTC, Huawei, Google Mobile, Microsoft and Sony smart phones and tablets running Android.

Before you are ready to rip DVD on Mac, you can make all sorts of adjustments to the video capture and final format through a wide selection of parameters. People who have done this before know what I mean. If this is new to you, trust the developers of the app, as they have provided a complete set of instructions on how to use the app and what each feature and function means.

There was not much left missing in this app that I could see. I found it extremely easy to use and loved all of the options that were available. I would say that the options and parameters can get overwhelming, so some online chat help would be nice to serve as a guide as you work your way through the app.

 I think some experimentation and trial and error will get you to where you want to go – having video files you can view when you want, where you want, on whatever device you want.

Rating: 8/ 10

Price: $39.95

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So often, events and items we put into our calendars are supplemented with files. Things like invites, lists, presentations, pictures, the list goes on. Most calendar apps these days don’t support the ability to tack on files to events you enter into their calendars, making it difficult to link them. This can get annoying especially if you use your calendar on a mobile device and you need to get to a file fast.

Have no fear, FileCalendar is here! It’s an iOS app that serves as an add on to your device’s calendar app. It lets you attach files to each event. Files can be documents, agendas, shopping lists, notes, photos, videos and more. Not only is it a great tool for work, it’s beneficial for any project or time management needs you have. From planning board room meetings to planning birthday parties, FileCalendar keeps your stuff in one place, so you can focus on the meeting or event, not on searching for information.

The app is free to download and easy to navigate. There is nothing difficult about it. The layout is clean and options are easy to understand and use. For each day, you can view the calendar items as a list or in the traditional calendar block view. When you drill down into one day, you can view the items, see what time they start and end, and easily detect what type of files, if any, are attached, based on the color coding and the file extension. For example, it could say png, zip or doc.

To upload, you simply tap on the plus sign after tapping on the event, and start uploading from the device or from the

Upon download and integration with the iOS calendar, you’ll see the events you’ve already got set up. As you enter more events into the calendar, you’ll see those populate in the FileCalendar as well. You can even add those events in FileCalendar instead, and it will sync up into your iOS calendar.

What I really like about FileCalendar is the multiple levels of functionality you can squeeze out of it. You can attach a shopping list to an event you’ve entered to “get groceries”, or add an agenda to a meeting you have set up. But, what’s really cool is using FileCalendar as a way to engage with invitees before and after the event.

Use FileCalendar to act as a teaser to a party you’re hosting in a few weeks. Upload photos or videos of the events to come to get everyone in the mood. During the party, you can take all the pics you want from the FileCalendar itself, so all the pics are there. If you’re meeting up with a friend to share some pics of a vacation you just took, you can have those pics attached to your lunch date event and in an instant, you’ll be able to pull them all up. No wasted time searching for them from the Photo app.

Photos taken using FileCalendar or attached to FileCalendar events can be uploaded to the Cloud from within the app, so you can easily store them and never lose them. Files can also be sent to FileCalendar from other apps, so you can easily share docs that were created from other applications.

If there’s anything I could recommend in terms of changes, it would be to change their coloring from the current green they use to something brighter or more cheerful. The current green has too much of a military look to it.

FileCalendar has become a productivity tool I cannot live without. It’s added a new dimension of value to my calendar and has saved me tons of time. I would highly recommend downloading it and taking advantage of it.

Rating: 10 /10
Price: $1.99

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Civilizations across time have differed in what they created, how they evolved and what they accomplished. But they all have one thing in common, man’s desire to rule. It’s been there from the very beginning, and in Rise of Civilization, you can put yourself in the shoes of someone who hails from a time lost to us, to build up and rise in power and conquer enemies who stand in your way.

The game covers two sets of civilizations: East and West. In the East, there is China, Japan, Korea and India. All venerable by nature. In the West, there is Britain, Rome, Egypt and Islamic. Each region is probably well known to people who come from those areas; but no region is better or worse than the other in the game. They are all equally enticing and unique in their strengths.

To start, you are transported to the Ancient ages. From there, you must work your way through civilizations, battles, build ups, and time to move on to the next era of civilization. You’ll start from the Bronze Age and then make your way to Ancient Times where you can choose your path in the East or West.

In each phase of play, you must choose your strategy and devise it in such a way that it shines through the troops you assemble and train. You get to choose your army, and if you need a little help, there are inexpensive add-ons you can purchase from within the app to help you strategize and build up resources.

Each world and era has its own strong points and downsides. Your challenge is to seek out the best and build up from there. Battling other offenders so the war of the world does not go out of control, and you come out on top. If you do well enough, you will be able to employ the assistance of special units that have their own unique skills and will help you secure more territory and build your kingdom.

Each world and kingdom also has its heroes. You’ll recognize them from history lessons and books, or documentaries you may have watched. They are all legendary. This sets this game apart from the other strategy warfare games; you get some history and knowledge to boot when you play Rise of Civilization. It’s not just a shooter game, it’s got some solid content worth noting.

In addition to the cultural and historical aspects that have been enmeshed into the game, the creators have also introduced Seven Wonders of the World, as well. How’s that for educational?

It’s also important to note the other teams that are playing and recognizing who could be a potential ally. Creating strong alliances will provide the strength you need to overcome enemy obstacles and create long term relationships that benefit both cultures.

What really pulls you in and captures your attention, for very extensive periods of time, are the 3D graphics and sharp imagery. It’s so realistic and fun to watch, you’ll have a very hard time putting this game down.

There are also treasures and relics to find and collect. There are relics you can explore and find and ones that you can restore to their original beauty at the historic site building. Another way is, of course, when you conquer other civilizations. I really enjoyed this part of the game, because it felt like you were discovering something new and helping advance your culture and your civilization, not just through force, but through enlightenment.

I really couldn’t find much lacking in this game. I thought it was so cool of the creators to include civilizations from both the East and West. If I could suggest improvements, it would be to add more as time progresses. There are so many cultures we no little about, and this app would make it so easy for all to understand and learn more about them.

Rise of Civilization is an awesome game to play and will keep players glued to their devices as they navigate through time and through foreign lands to conquer enemies, forge alliances, and enrich their societies with the teachings and artifacts of those they encounter.

Rating: 9 /10
Price: Free

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In August 2017, Google decided to relax its notoriously hard stance on iGaming by removing restrictions for operators and developers in Western Europe — mainly the U.K., France and Ireland. Finally, organizations operating within these territories were able to directly market their Android apps to target users in the Play store (and take advantage of the business development opportunities this brought), and mobile gamers on the Android platform could get their hands on the same exciting iGaming apps that iOS users have always had access.

It seemed like a win-win situation — the Play store would expand and Google would get an advertising revenue boost, gamers could access a wider range of apps, and the brands would gain more customers.

Leading iGaming brand PokerStars was among the first batch of organizations permitted to enter its real-money app in the U.K. Play store, no doubt gaining several new customers as a result. However, operators and mobile casino fans here in the United States, Canada and other European territories were told that they would have to wait before they could enjoy the same spoils as their British, French and Irish counterparts.

Although no timescale was given for any possible rollout of this new policy change from Google, Degree 53’s Andrew Daniels revealed that emails received from the online behemoth indicated that there would be the “possibility of further expansion…to new regions and countries” following a successful trial period.

So, one year on, what is the progress?

Well, none! As far as iGaming for Android goes in North America, the status is the same as it was last year. Extensive searches online have shown up nothing in the way of updates or follow-ups. According to Digital Fuel Marketing, a U.K.-based digital news site, a total of 245 casino, poker, sportsbook and online slots apps have been added to Google Play since last August, none of which can be played by Android users in the U.S. (who account for over 53 percent of the mobile market in North America). In fact, the closest that Google got to allowing iGaming apps into the U.S. Play store was three years ago when, under a “closed, limited pilot” scheme, a series of daily, fantasy sports apps were approved entry.

The United States’ legislation on digital casino gaming and sports wagers is complex; however, the UIGEA (1996) typically only applies to how and where online casino platforms process the actual financial transactions involved in playing these games. It doesn’t seek to policy the creation and distribution of gaming apps, which is why an array of poker apps and slots games can be found in the U.S. iTunes store. So, it’s only Google’s internal policies that are standing in the way.

iGaming is, of course, a hotly-debated topic with staunch support for both sides of the debate in regulatory bodies across the globe. Irrespective of this, however, the mobile gaming industry is expected to be worth a whopping $115 billion at the close of 2018, and iGaming contributes a significant amount to that sum. iPhone users have been able to download a wide variety of iGaming and real money apps to their devices for some years now, and for the sake of parity, it seems only fair to let Android devotees (above the legal gaming age, of course!) in on the fun.

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Some people can see words pop out of a page that’s riddled with random letters. The rest of us struggle with trying to make sense of them. If they are not already arranged in a way to forms a word, they are just letters. Now, if you like to play word games and have gotten hooked on Ruzzle, you don’t have to be left in the dust if you are part of the latter group who takes more time to create words from scratch. You can take full advantage of Ruzzle Cheat.

Ruzzle Cheat is an app that’s free to download and supports four different languages: English, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. So, if you play Ruzzle in any of those languages, you can use Ruzzle Cheat to make you the master of word creation.

To use Ruzzle Cheat, simply download it. Then start up a Ruzzle game and quickly take snap of it. Upload the snap from within Ruzzle Cheat and it will quickly provide a list of words. All you have to do then is swipe and create those words, and watch the points rack up!

Swipes can go in any direction, but you cannot reuse a letter twice within a words. So, even though you have the list of words, you will still need to find the starting letter, and then work your way around the other letter to formulate the full word.

It’s still a lot easier to doing it all on your own. The trick is to upload the photo quickly and be able to memorize a few words at a time because when you switch between the two apps, the Ruzzle app pauses your game, forcing you to tap to restart it. It’s kind of a pain, actually.

I’ve thought about using two devices, but then, how to you get to your picture quickly. There’s no easy answer, but the fact still remains, Ruzzle Cheat gives you a winning advantage, even if you can’t use all the words it suggests.

Using it a breeze, because all you do in the app is upload a picture, then you are on your own. It took me few tries to be able to remember enough words so that I did not have to go back and forth as much. Ruzzle Cheat also seems to come with some in-app purchase, but I was not sure what that would buy you and there’s no description on the developer’s website.

Even without the in-app purchase, Ruzzle Cheat provides so much in terms of words to create which judges you to come up with even more words fast. It definitely provides a great deal of assistance and puts you at an advantage to help to score big and work your way to the big leagues.

Rating: 10 /10
Price: Free

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While the name of the app may make you laugh when you first read it, this app is far from being anything detrimental to your mind. Crystal Math – Numbers on Speed is exactly that – a way to learn your numbers and quick arithmetic in an environment where speed is key.

You don’t have to be perfect when you start. The game has four different categories from which to select games. I highly recommend starting off with the Free Game, where you play on your own, against a 30 minute timer. This mode of play provides the perfect amount of practice before you take on further challenges.

Once you feel comfortable at that level, you can go on to work with Daily Challenges. These challenges are set up by the game itself, and is a great way to get on the community game board and work your way up to a lead position.

If you are up to a more daring challenge, then invite a fellow player to a duel. First one to solve the problem wins and walks their way past the loser.

For even more practice, there are Time Attack games. This helps you get faster at making quicker calculations in your head. The more you do, the better you’ll get.

Each game is similar in nature. You basically start off with a number and with each swipe up, the app provides the next calculation to perform. It could be an addition, a multiplication, a subtraction, a division, or even a swapping of digits. Once you complete each step in the calculation, you’ll have to enter the final answer. The app will tell you if you are correct.

At first, it was hard to get through the entire arithmetic problem without the timer going off, but the more I did, the faster I got, which made my times get better. To easily see if you are getting better at the game, you can check out the Statistics page. It will provide stats on each type of game that you play.

To add a bit of fun to the game you can create your own avatar and join the community of players, making Crystal Math more game like, which helps increase the fun factor. The challenges can get pretty serious, but that makes you even better.

I liked how the entire app was set on a background that looks like graph paper. What I did not care for was the font being used. It looks like someone’s handwriting, and I would have preferred something cleaner.

I really liked this app. It made doing math fun and it forced me to work my way up to working problems in my head much faster than I’ve ever done before. This is a skill that is handy to have and can save you lots of time.

Rating: 9 /10
Price: Free

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Your next big win could be sitting in the palm of your hand. Ok, maybe not cold hard cash, but the opportunity to win big at slots, poker, and more. If you love the thrill of playing high stakes poker or taking your chances on the roulette wheel, do so easily, whenever, and wherever you want.

Jackpot City Casino is a gaming app loaded with a wide variety of games that are displayed in sharp, vivid graphic, and keeps players engaged for hours. For a limited time, new players who put down a large enough sum of initial playing money can get it tripled – which more to play with!

Visit Jackpot City casino mobile app and find yourself surrounded by so many tables, you won’t know which one to pick first. The app offers up all gaming tables in an organized fashion, so you can easily find what you want.

If you are in the mood for poker, venture over to the Ultimate Texas Hold’Em table. If you are in the mood for simple slots, there are several of those to choose from. Lovers of roulette will rejoice. There is
Evolution Roulette and Lightning Roulette. What more can one ask for?

The sky is the limit, and hopefully your winnings will reach the sky!

What was really neat about this app that I discovered over a period of time is that the app introduces new games, to keep things fresh and allow you to try out different options.

The sounds and graphics are of the highest quality, helping submerge you into the experience – this is further enhanced if you play wearing headphones. The background music adds to the overall effect, as well.

What was most impressive was how smoothly cards moved across the table – almost as if you were handling real ones.

The app version is a spectacular mobilized version of the Jackpot City Casino website. If you can’t be on the site playing, you can get on the app and have just as much fun. If you are new to playing casino, you may find the vast offering of games a bit much.

A really cool feature for newbies, well, just about for anyone, is the Extra Credits. This gives you a chance to play with claimed rewards so you get the hang of the game. The app makes it extremely easy to make deposits and withdrawals in a way that suits your preferences. Because it is fully licensed and closely regulated, you have the peace of mind knowing that you will not be swindled.

The only one improvement I would like to see is information up front on how much space a game will take before you visit the website on mobile. It’s nice to know beforehand prior to starting the process, so you are not stuck waiting, only to find out the download was unsuccessful.

Professional in nature and sophisticated by design, this app will give you hours of fun.

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Have you ever had a thought come to you while you were in the middle of something else, only to find that when you were ready to jot it down along with the details that go with, you couldn’t remember what it was? It was brilliant, but now it’s gone. Well, now you don’t have to lose those thoughts or great ideas. Now you can keep them, in an organized way, using Kotoca.

Kotoca is a productivity app that provides a clean and easy to use interface to help you create workspaces that house thoughts, plans, ideas, lists and more. It allows for easy creation of these workspaces, which are called Books, and to keep them in a way that works best for you. That’s where the easy organization part comes in.

The app has two main screens. There’s a Book List and Recent. Book List shows you all of the Books you have. After downloading the free app, you’ll see it comes equipped with some Books: Todo, Book report, Trip album, Household account. These are all samples and give you an idea of how you can organize your projects or thoughts from a high level, and how they break down into more specific tasks.

Under the main Todo Book, you’ll see there are “chapters” called Today, Upcoming and Someday. The app has created these, but you can edit the names. To create an item you tap on the plus sign at the very bottom and it opens a screen that allows you to name the item and define when it’s due, if and when you want an alert, and all sorts of other details.

Anyhow, beside each chapter, you’ll see a plus sign. This lets you create an item under a chapter. So, it’s easy to create tasks, lists and more directly under each chapter, and not have to worry about moving it around after it’s created.

The neat thing about the app is that you can upload documents and pictures and it even supports OCR (optical character recognition); although, OCR is only supported in the premium version of the app.

Kotoca also allows for a bit of personalization by offering different colors and design themes. By default, the app uses a Classic theme, which I personally found a bit boring. A more lively and colorful them is Crystal, designed by Everaldo Coelho. You can play around with both to see which works best.

Once you’ve got several items in your books and chapters, it’s easy to move them around by keeping one tapped and then moving it up and down to order them as you wish.

The one thing I did not like about the app was the ads that seem to be a permanent fixture at the bottom of the screen. I can ignore them, but they take up valuable app real estate, forcing you to scroll up and down to see all of your items.

As with all apps, using one for a while is always wise. I would highly recommend trying this one out to help you organize your life, and if you find that you like what it has to offer, then you can expand on it by purchasing the premium version. Either way, you come out ahead, and will be able to keep your thoughts straight.

Rating:  8/ 10
Price: Free

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Wish all you want, but until others know what you want, you may never get it, unless you get it yourself. Wish lists are a great way to help your friends and family know more about you, what your interests are and what you may have in mind for your next birthday, Christmas or anniversary.

Now you can share what you wish for through a social media app that also lets you promote those products at the same time and generate revenue.

At a glance, you can create wish lists that serve as gifting ideas for you and for others. You can also create a wish list for things you want to buy and then solicit help from others to buy it. They can make contributions to help you reach your goal. On the more giving side, you can create fundraising and lists for things you may want to give to others.

To use it, you will have to either create an account using an email address or your Facebook profile. Then, head over to the Home page where you can create new wishes. If you move over to the Find screen, you’ll see a bunch of wishes by fellow WishSprouters that you can look at, like and follow. You can even fund their wish, if you like.

Once you have some wishes created, you can Track them, so you can stay on top of how many followers you have, if someone helped fund your wish, or if they outright purchased it for you. You can upload pics of your new finds and gifts to thank your gift givers and the community.

It’s a unique social media app where you can share wishes and help others help you make dreams come true, whether they be your dreams, or someone else’s.

The app is a free download, so you can get all of your friends and family in on the action. Everyone will know what each other wants, which makes it so much easier to give gifts when the time comes. Secret Santas and gift giving parties become easier, too. It also makes it easier for family to help each other out, because you can post something you’ve always wanted, and have your family help fund it in whatever capacity they can.

The real benefits come when you start tagging the products you wish for on sites from which they are sponsored. This earns you points which helps your funding.

Once you are registered, you’ll see a whole community of WishSprouters with all of their wishes and new finds. This makes WishSprout a great place to discover to trends and items that can fill a need you may have. You may get new ideas and solutions to problems that you otherwise would not have considered.

If WishSprout could allow you to make purchases from within the app, that would be awesome, and they could provide links to all sorts of sponsors who want to promote their products.

I plan on using WishSprout to make next year’s birthday giving easier on me and my family, so everyone gets what they wish for.

Rating: 9 /10
Price: Free

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Looking for something new to do at your next function, whether it be at home or with your team? Look no further than Selfie Games.  It’s a new gaming app that involves players ranging in number from 3 to 10. There are no limits to the age; this is a game for all. In a nutshell, it’s a game that’s similar to Pictionary, but involves selfies at the heart of the pictogram.

Sounds interesting? Well, you won’t know how captivating it is until you download it and play it with a few friends. Selfie Games currently has one game to play, and the app is free to download. However, if you wish to play Sketchies, one of the players needs to make an in app purchase to unlock it.

Once unlocked, Sketchies is available for unlimited game play, but remember, a maximum of 10 players is allowed and you must have at least 3 players.

So, I mentioned Pictionary, which probably conjure up some old memories. While players drew pictures based on prompts, Selfie Games has players take a selfie and draw a picture that includes the selfie based on a prompt. Once each player has create their baseline doodle with caption, other players must take that same selfie and prompt and provide a prompt they think is closes to what the originator has. This means everyone’s guess gets shared.

How do you share? Well, that’s where even more fun comes in. Selfie Games can be displayed on computers and tablets, but the real winner is projecting the game on TV. Yes, Selfie Games talks to Xbox One, Chromecast, Fire TV and Smart TVs, so you can get the images on the big screen for all to share in the fun. It’s no party unless everyone gets to share in the craziness of those doodles and captions.

Features include:

• Colored Doodles – you get two colors to choose from in each doodle
• Easy Setup – one person needs to have the app and make the in app Sketchies purchase. The remaining players can either play via the gaming website (screen.slfi.tv) or from within the app. All they need is the 6-digit game code from the player who purchases Sketchies.
• Editing – you can erase you doodle and start all over if you don’t like it or if you change or mind midstream.

While you play, or even after, you can save the pictures that you like best. If there’s one that made you bust at the seams, you just have to save it. There’s nothing better as a quick pick me up as looking at something that made you laugh hysterically.

What would be nice in future updates would be the ability to forward these drawing elsewhere to be shared. I also look forward to the next game that Selfie Games has to offer.

I plan on making Selfie Games a part of a few get togethers I have coming up soon. I’ve tried it on one set of friends, who just didn’t want to stop, and I look forward to getting another group hooked.

This game is also available on other platforms: Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Windows and Xbox One, iPad and Mac

Rating: 10 /10
Price: Free

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Looking for a new way to outdo your friends’ SnapChat and Instagram? Well, now you can. TypeArt takes text and turn it into art, static and animated, to add to any photo or drawing you take or make, so it comes to life and ups the interest factor. Sure, pictures are fun to look at, but they become infinitesimally better with captions and graphics. You will be the top poster on any media site, and you will get followers.

TypeArt is free to download, but to take full advantage of it, there are few in app purchases you can make. It costs just $2.99 to remove their watermark from your creations. If you want a monthly pro edition, it’s just $2.99/mo. The full pro for the year edition costs $24.99. The monthly and yearly subscriptions include watermark removal.

This app makes your story come alive. Whatever it is that you’ve captured, TypeArt adds more life to it, so it’s not just a moment that’s been captured, it says something! You can easily add text that is rendered in all types of fonts and colors and animations. TypeArt is like a drafting board for you to enhance and build upon your photos and pictures.

The creators at TypeArt worked with several animation designers across the globe to compile a variety of moving art, each with its own style. What’s even better is that TypeArt animations never get old, because they keep searching for and collecting different pieces from different artists to enhance the collection that’s in the app.

The artists that contribute to the app are specialists in typography and graphics, so they have create unique type sets and fonts that you won’t find anywhere else, which means your enhancements will be like no one else’s.

Did I mention that this works on videos, too? It does…so, that means you can download your faves and enhance them to reflect just how much you love them. The app also has great filtering capabilities so you can do some pretty cool modifications to your photos and really make them pop and really look artsy. You can go for a Andy Warhol look, or make it look antique…it’s up to you. And the app makes it so easy to do. All you do is upload the photo or video and click through the different options to make your enhancements. Once you are done, you can upload to whichever medium you wish, instantaneously. You can even share with the TypeArt community, which is a great way to share and find awesome ideas.

But wait, there’s more! You can add music to the background, if you wish. There is so much you can do to make your graphics stand out, it’s impossible to enumerate them all and talk about every option. What would be nice would be the ability to save to your device or even print.

The possibilities are endless! You just have to download and play around with TypeArt to really know what you can do with it. My words are just not enough.

Rating:  9.5/ 10
Price: Free

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If you are like almost any other person, you probably have some money invested in the stock market, whether it be money you put in to purchase stock or money your employer put in. It could be in your long term personal investments or in your retirement account. No matter the reason, you owe it to yourself to understand how the stock market works so you can make it work for you.

The first step is to get educated. If you don’t have time to attend a seminar or class, no worries! You can download SMCourse and get all the information you need to get started. It’s a free app that explains the stock market and even provides modules in which you dive deep into certain areas and then get tested on it. The overall purpose of the app is to inform and educate and ensure you understand the material presented. In no way does the app guarantee any type of results in your investments, of course, but it does provide you with knowledge you can use to make better decisions and understand how you can grow your wealth over time and become financially independent.

To start, there’s an instructions page that explains how the app is laid out and how it works. Next, you can open up the course, which starts with an outline of the content, so you have a bird’s eye view of what you’ll be reading. At this level, you can also see how many modules you’ve gone through. If you tap on a module’s title, the app will take you to the content for that subject. You can then read it from the device or you can print a PDF.

The course itself is sectioned into three parts with a total of 30 topics. It is highly recommended that you follow each section in the prescribed order, so you can capture a better understanding of the course. Once you have completed the sections or topic, you can proceed to the Review area of the app, which provides quizzes on what you’ve learned.

To add a dash of fun to the app, the creators have provided a game that you can play called Stock Market Guru. You can play at any time, but it’s recommended that you play after reviewing the course materials. Personally, I would take it first to see how you do, and then take it again after you’ve completed the course, just to have a comparison of how what you learned.

The app stresses that this course is not meant for speculators or anyone interested in getting rich quick. This course offers insight on how to make smart investments that will grow over the long-term, will provide you growth and won’t take deep dips in loss when the market grows cold. Again, no guarantees, but rather, insights on how to make better investment decisions.

If there were anything I could wish for in the app, it would be to have the course content read to me. I would love to be able to play it in my car on my way to work or when I’m driving around.  I think being able to listen to the content will help you extract more.

As it stands, this app is very insightful and helps explain what the stock market is all about and how you can get a smart start to investing in it.

Rating:  8/ 10
Price: Free

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