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Like I do every week, I’m going to tell you about five free and paid apps and mobile games that are worth checking out on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. To my own discoveries on the app stores, I will also add the pearls found by the NextPit community and shared on our forum.
From mobile games to productivity apps, here are the five free and paid Android / iOS apps that stood out to us this week at NextPit.
Zenchat: a messaging app with a built-in planner
Zenchat is a messaging app that isn’t so Zen after all. Its particularity is to integrate a task planner that allows you to directly transform certain messages into tasks. Concretely, you can associate the application with almost any type of account (Google, Apple, etc …) then invite your contacts and create discussions. In these discussions, each message can be turned into a task.
If, for example, I chat with my colleague Julia to organize a meeting next week, I can directly create a task, assign it to contacts, create a reminder calendar, etc. The task then becomes a “thread “under which you can continue to chat so as not to mix everything up in your discussion.
Each task can then become a separate discussion in which the people involved can interact. This is a good way to segment discussions, have one main discussion as a “central hub,” and then create secondary discussions around whatever topics you want. The app is free, I haven’t seen any ads, and there doesn’t appear to be any in-app purchases either. The interface is also very pleasant and ergonomic since it is quite reminiscent of WhatsApp.
Zenchat is primarily intended for business use, but if you have an active social life it can be useful. / © NextPit
You can download the Zenchat app from the Google Play Store
Hyperburner: a therapeutic space odyssey
Hyperburner is an obstacle course game like Temple Run but with a spaceship and it takes place … in space. The gameplay is not really innovative and this type of game is ubiquitous in the app stores, but I found the game really calming, even therapeutic with its smooth graphics and futuristic graphics universe. If you’ve ever run a 3DMark benchmark on your smartphone, Hyperburner strangely reminds me of those animations that I see regularly when I do my tests, maybe that’s why it has this effect on me.
The game is paid for, but you can get it through the Google Play Pass subscription if you are a subscriber. No advertising of course or micro-purchases in this game which is a nice little nugget to pass the time.
You can buy the Hyperburner game from the Google Play Store or from Apple App Store
Task Air: finally an agenda with a nice interface
Yeah, that’s a lot of productivity this week. For once, a task planner with a nice interface is here. I wanted to talk about it in this selection. Task Air doesn’t offer much more than your normal task planner, but the interface is pretty minimalist. The app does not require an account, you can also use it offline. Visually, the graphics are really cool, especially in dark mode.
The options cover the essentials, and adding tasks and then programming them is very simple and above all fast. Ad-free and in-app purchases, Task Air is a nice breath of fresh air for power users and other organization freaks.
Task Air is one of the few task planners with a neat and elegant interface. / © NextPit
You can download the Task Air app from the Google Play Store
AppLocker: to protect your sensitive applications
It is an application that I discovered in the Google Play Pass catalog this week and which allows you to protect access to your applications. Concretely, the application provides an additional layer of security by allowing you to define a password and / or to lock access to all or part of your applications via the fingerprint reader.
The interface is very nice and easy to use once you give the app all the necessary permissions. No advertising but purchases through the application.
AppLocker allows you to secure your most sensitive applications. / © NextPit
You can download the AppLock app from the Google Play Store
Block the live wallpaper: to “Pixelize” your home screen
This is an interface customization application that allows you to apply a “live wallpaper”, a dynamic wallpaper inspired by the design of those displayed on Google Pixel smartphones.
Cubism, geometric collages and primary colors, nothing transcendent or extravagant. If you want a simple, minimalistic yet colorful wallpaper, Blocks Live Wallpaper is an unpretentious app without any ads or in-app purchases.
The app is not visible in your app drawer, it integrates directly into your system’s personalization settings just like a “ normal ” wallpaper. It’s also really cool if you like Pixel 5 wallpapers, but don’t want to pay £ 600 for a flagship with a mid-range SoC.
Blocks Live Wallpaper brings a touch of Pixel to your Android smartphone. / © NextPit
You can download the Blocks Live Wallpaper app from the Google Play Store
What do you think of this selection? Have you already tested some of the apps on this list? What would be your apps for the week? Share your opinions in the comments!
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