Paper Aircraft by Cloud Bunny - Android App Featured
We on Android Review Center have quite a tough job. We are dedicated to finding and presenting the best apps on every subject, from entertainment to communications to security and even some mobile office app. Our job is tough because google play has more than a million apps, making finding the good ones quite difficult.
However, now and then we stumble upon a real gem, an app that really shines, if it is because of its beauty, functionality or other traits. In the case of Paper Aircraft, it was all of the above and more. Read on to find out why ...
First of all, let's see what Paper Aircraft by Cloud Bunny does. The app is a repository for aircraft paper models, and not just any paper models but those without cutting the paper, just folding (which is a GIANT plus for anyone who ever tried to make an aircraft model). The app presents a selection of models and the user just needs to select one to receive folding instructions.
So, why did we love the app? First of all, the instructions for making the paper aircraft models are simple, detailed, colorful and self explanatory. Even people with two left hands can understand what they need to do and how to do it. Even some of our own staff here managed to make some very impressive aircraft that flew flawlessly.
Now, the models themselves are varied, beautiful and very practical. We spent some time making quite a few of the available models and the results were great airplanes that flew and glided perfectly! The variation in the models was also jaw dropping as the app contains models from spaceship to different kinds of gliders to other models with specific aerodynamic properties.
The simple fact is that EVERYONE loves paper aircraft, making and flying them. We're not quite sure why but it's a given. Perhaps is has something to do with our childhood ... Of course, kids loved the the app, making the aircraft themselves or just flying the planes if they were little. In any case, it was great exercise for the kids and some well received rest for the parents. To sum things up, Paper Aircraft is a must on anyone's mobile device, for making office life a little more bearable or making the kids play without destroying anything. With a simple and functional interface, a huge selection of models (You can pay a few measly dollars to get EVEN MORE models), this app has become our instant favorite.
Digital Clock Widget by Super Droid Studio - Android App Featured
Let's face it, people. Although there are a LOT of uses for android smartphones and mobile devices with a huge number of apps that will do almost anything, the thing we use the most and the thing that runs most of the time is our homescreen watch widget, if we have any. Whenever we open an app, close an app, unlock our phone or lock it yet again, we always go through our homescreen.
Besides, the homescreen watch widget should be something that will help us do whatever task we need to do with our smartphone as quickly and as comfortably as possible. Since it is already taking up quite a lot of real estate on our smartphone's homescreen, it should be useful to run things and not only show us information.
But there are a LOT of watch widgets for Android smartphones, what should we choose for our our smartphone? Well, we chose Digital Clock Widget by Super Droid Studio whose apps we've already covered in depth on Android Review Center before. Let's take a quick look and see why this app is one of the favorite ones with our reviewers.
First of all, design and beauty. Say what you will but a widget that is displayed so prominently on the smartphone's or mobile's homescreen should be eye pleasing and Digital Clock Widget has fifteen designs, all beautifully made. There's the bomb clock (our favorite!), the ship window, the old style digital clock design and many more. All lovely!
The second thing is functionality. Digital Clock Widget has a very useful smart tool bar which is completely configurable. All and any apps can be configured to be launched straight from the widget, making operating the tons of apps and utilities on our mobile device so much easier and faster. It is a much more natural way to handle the smartphone. Try it and you'll see what we mean.
In addition, the widget has some smart setup options, which are both very useful and simple to use, from setting up the smart notification bar with any apps we want to selecting the exact way we want our watch to appear, with time, date and appearance settings. You cannot go wrong with this app, as it has both functionality and appearance and it really has the potential of transforming your smartphone's user experience.
Wrath of Obama by Ankaar Productions - Android App Featured
Innovation is the true key for success and apparently some game studios would go to any lengths and leave no stone un turned to make a truly innovative and refreshing game. Of course, as gamers and users of Android smartphones and mobile devices, this is what we love.
The Wrath of Obama is truly an innovative game, actually making an alternate history version of the Earth where a Lenin demon creates hordes of communists undead and Obama and Putin unite to combat this new and unorthodox threat to humankind.
The game itself has a really interesting and surprising plot, while the gameplay varies between several types of action game. The graphics are quite good, even great at times and the interface as a whole is very slick and easy to use.
To sum things up, this is a game for those looking for thrills, deep and surprising conspiracies and straight and furious action. Then again, you get to play not one but TWO of the most powerful men on earth ...
The great thing about Android smartphones and mobile devices is the apps. There are already millions of apps on google play, all ready to be downloaded and run instantly on your mobile devices. These apps can be broadly divided into several types, from mobile office apps to mobile entertainment apps, gaming apps and last but not least, security apps.
But actually, the apps EVERYONE love the most are those that save us money. What can we do? We are all people with limited funds and everything that saves us money is welcomed. Of course, saving money is also fun, regardless of the amount saved but doubly so if the amount is substantial.
Well, we decided to dedicate this article to one app that allows us to save substantial amounts of money in the are we need the most. Moms. As everyone who had a baby (or has had a baby born in the family or to a close friend) knows, babies (and moms!) are expensive. There is no end to the things you need to buy for them, starting from a carriage to diapers and bottles and the list goes on endlessly and VERY expensively.
This is where PatPat comes into play. This app helps moms do the shopping they need for the babies and themselves by presenting every day deals and sale events from quite a lot of manufacturers and online retailers. The user needs only to open the app to see which items are on sale and where, with savings reaching up to ninety percent, not including various giveaways.
The app also has a search function to help the user find sales on things he or she needs and notifications on especially interesting sales and events appear on the smartphones notifications bar. More useful features are the "pat" button which lets the user share the news of his or her purchase among the PatPat users (and receive credits for the share) and the ability to share on Facebook good purchases info, and receive credits as well.
PatPat is exactly what is needed to save money for purchases for the mom and baby. More than just an app that brings you news of sales, PatPat is a community of users, selecting together the good sales and products, all designed to help us find what we need and be able to purchase it as cheaply as possible. Of course, this app is a must for any seller of baby and mom stuff, but's that for another article ...
Galaxy Wars: Space Defense by Psycho Sandwich Studios - Android App Featured
Android Review Center is a professional review site for articles and reviews about any and all apps and games for Android smartphones and mobile devices. Okay, how do you differentiate between the professional and amateur review sites? Well, it is quite simple, really. A professional site and article writers adhere to a strict set of rules when reviewing an app.
In other words, it is not enough just saying we like an app or a game. We have to say WHY we like (or dislike it) and then use the same set of rules or guidelines when reviewing all apps. Well, what about Galaxy Wars: Space Defense? It's got spectacular graphics but is it any good as a game?
Galaxy Wars: Space Defense is a space shooter, an action game where the player gets to pilot a ship (or space fighter, to be exact) and fight against hordes of enemies, all shooting back with missiles, beam weapons, mines and a lot more ... The game is has a 2D setting where the player looks from above on the unfolding action and pilots his or her fighter with finger swipes across the mobile device's screen.
This game has a lot of things going for it. Its graphics are amazing, crystal clear and vibrant, even in the midst of furious battles. The fighters the player use can be upgraded and the enemies along with the bosses are many and varied.
Well, our rules for reviewing games and apps state that each app and game must be measured up against the goals its type of app or game aim for, and Galaxy Wars does great job. The game is simple to operate and the player gets right to business, to the combat. Control is simple and easy and even the various upgrades are simple and easy to operate.
Psych Sandwich Studios create an action game that is ideal for those who want quick and furious combat RIGHT NOW and those who want to test their minds by coming up with various strategies and not only their reflexes, though in this game both will be tested sorely. A great action game, varied and colorful, Galaxy Wars takes a seat of honor among the space shooters on Google Play.
Will it rain? Weather alerts Smartcode Software - Android App Featured
In our modern day and age, one of the most unpredictable things that has the greatest impact on us is the weather. Let's face it, our choice of clothes, the protection we bring to our devices, whether or not to bring along an umbrella and a rain coat may all depend on the whether. And it's not just a comfort thing. Decisions such as whether to drive, what to plan to do with the kids or where to take our date all depend on the whether.
But the most important thing we need to know about the whether is about rain. Everything else can be managed but rain is the factor that may decide for us what we do and what we plan. There are on google play quite a lot of apps that report the weather accurately and comprehensibly, so what do we need another weather app for?
Will it rain ? Weather alerts does something which is both simple yet very necessary. After installing and configuration (of location and things like that), the app stays dormant and only pops up a alert whenever it knows that in the configured location it is going to rain tomorrow.
Such a simple functionality is nevertheless very important. We already said there are quite a lot of weather apps for Android smartphones on google play but the problem with most of them is the wealth of information they supply, from two week forecast to satellite weather maps to temperature in famous locales, to specify just a few.
The obvious result of this is that our user, who only wants to know how to dress and how to plan his day tomorrow, will usually be too lazy or busy to wrestle with the weather apps to get the info he or she needs.
That's why Will it rain? Weather alerts is so useful. It notifies the user without making the user search or work, whether it will rain tomorrow. And that is the most important and most useful piece of information the user needs to know.
