On-demand radio service Mixcloud has been available on iPhone for a while, but now Android users can join in the fun. Starbucks has added its mobile payment features to the UK version of its Android app, enabling people to pay for their skinny latte drinks from their smartphones. There's also a personal trainer mode to improve your skills by playing against the clock. IPhone Official Scrabble Words: Collins Scrabble Checker and Solverĭispel those destructive rows over the Scrabble board with this app from HarperCollins, which presents the official list of eligible words for the famous board game. With its developer Tapulous now part of Disney, it's got a new version promising more than 300 tracks to tap along to from famous names. Music game Tap Tap Revenge was a huge iOS hit from the early days of the App Store (and, indeed, before when it was available for jailbroken devices). Launched by the Braille Institute, it sorts apps by category, price and star rating, with a forum for people to swap tips on their favourites. This is a very good idea: an app to recommend other apps that are suitable for blind and visually-impaired iPhone and iPad users. Educational, yes, but also really playful and fun. It counts from 0 to 10 depending on how many fingers and thumbs are placed on the screen, with colourful number characters and simple maths mini-games. UK studio Cowly Owl has come up with a wonderfully creative iPad app for children learning their first numbers. For more on Amazing Alex, see this separate story. Expect 100 levels of physics-puzzling, with an editor to create and share your own levels. Rovio's first post-Angry Birds game is Amazing Alex, a rebranded version of existing game Casey's Contraptions (which in turn was inspired by an older game, The Incredible Machine). But this also means a brand new iPad version of Tiny Wings, complete with the ability to play against friends on a single device. There is a sequel to iPhone hit game Tiny Wings, but on iPhone it's been released as a free update to the original – something for which developer Andreas Illiger deserves every ounce of praise he's currently receiving online.
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