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5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring help in keeping your camera roll clean, a security camera and a way to hail Hypnotoad.
EACH WEEK, WE highlight five apps that are worth downloading for your smartphone and tablet. There are a lot of apps released on a daily basis, but not all of them are worth paying attention to.
This week features help in keeping your camera roll clean, a security camera and a way to hail Hypnotoad.
Gallery Doctor
For: iOS
Price: Free
- We all take a lot of photos. Sometimes too many. Gallery Doctor automatically identifies bad and unwanted photos.
- This will come in handy for anyone who has an issue keeping their device memory clear.
- You can review the photos that the app suggests you delete, in case one of those blurry ones is an arty shot or a treasured memory.
Futurama: Game of Drones
For: Android
Cost: Free (In-app purchases)
- Futurama is great. Just great. In this game, you get to go to your certain death on the fun planet Ecstasia 9.
- You can explore a full 3D universe in the Planet Express ship.
- There are a number of minigames and adventures, plus chance encounters with the likes of Zapp Brannigan.
- Shut up and take my money!
Security Robot
For: iOS
Cost: Free
- You know the drill, you want to leave your hotel room but are worried someone will steal your bag.
- Or you’re afraid someone is robbing from your desk or you just want some good old-fashioned home security.
- Security Robot allows you turn an iPhone or iPad into a security camera.
- Records 679 hours without any intervention (provided your battery is working, of course).
Shadowgate
For: Android
Cost: €3.39
- An old-school dungeon-crawling RPG
- Based on a classic PC game, it contains puzzles, fighting and dragons. Obviously.
- Point and click games just work on touchscreens, don’t they?
UEFA 2016
Cost: Free
- Ireland are in the Euros, so this is handy.
- From Uefa, it gives all the details you need ahead of next summer.
- Some nice features on competing teams.
- Did we mention Ireland are in the Euros?
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