Each week, a new round of apps and app updates land in the iOS App Store. This week is no exception with the debut of Star Wars – Heroes Path and a major update to Flipboard: Your Social News Magazine. These titles are only a sampling of what is available. Read on for our weekly picks of the best new apps and app updates that you shouldn’t miss.
Apple’s App of the Week
Warhammer: Snotling Fling: $3.99 → Free: The Warhammer Old World trembles in fear as Gorbad Ironclaw leads a thunderous Waaagh! through Black Fire Pass and into the Realm of The Empire.
Apple’s Highlighted Collections
Apple this week updated the iOS App Store and is now featuring games for Dad and last-minute gifts for Dad.
Top iPhone and iPad Apps in the App store
Top Free iPhone: Facebook Messenger [Free] Instantly reach the people in your life—for free. Messenger is just like texting, but you don’t have to pay for every message (it works with your data plan).
Top Paid iPhone: Minecraft: Pocket Edition [$6.99] Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.
Top Free iPad: Inside Out Thought Bubbles [Free] From the creators of Frozen Free Fall and Where’s My Water?, Disney Mobile Games brings you this one-of-a-kind bubble-shooter based on the newest Disney•Pixar film, Inside Out!
Top Paid iPad: Minecraft [$6.99] Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.
Top Grossing iPhone and iPad: Clash of Clans [Free] From rage-filled Barbarians with glorious mustaches to pyromaniac wizards, raise your own army and lead your clan to victory! Build your village to fend off raiders, battle against millions of players worldwide, and forge a powerful clan with others to destroy enemy clans.
New and Notable Apps
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon [$19.99] There is no peace amongst the stars… It is the 41st millennium and there is only war!
Dr. Panda in Space [$2.9] 3… 2… 1… Lift off! It’s time to take off with Dr. Panda in Space!
Omber [$0.99] Omber is an immersive, first-person, role-playing game.
Wellington’s Victory [$12.99] The battle which Napoleon envisioned would resemble ‘le petit dejeuner’, Wellington’s army would be devoured as easily as a light continental breakfast.
BuzzFeed News [Free] The BuzzFeed News app brings you the most important and most interesting stories from around the web, hand-picked by our editors.
RESCUE: Heroes in Action [$2.99] Dive into realistic, suspense-packed missions with your firefighting unit, where your decisions can often mean the difference between life and death.
Star Wars – Heroes Path [$3.99] Lead the Rebel Alliance to victory!
Swing Racers [$2.99] Swing Racers is a 3D racing game with controls that the touch screen has been waiting for!
Xenowerk [$1.99] Be the last hope against the mutant infestation. Enter the aftermath of a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong.
Space Galaga International edition [$1.99] An unbelievable crossover between the popular anime Space Dandy and the classic game Galaga!
Chartcube: Data Presentation – Reporting, Analytics and Collaboration [Free] Data Presentation Reimagined – Instant, Mobile, Collaborative. Chartcube lets you create a data presentation instantly from a spreadsheet.
Watermark Video Square – Video Watermarking App for Instagram Facebook and Twitter [$0.99] Watermark Video Square™ Easily protect your video with your own text watermark.
Spare Lens – Photo & Video Editor [$1.99] Spare Lens is a simple but powerful video and photo editor. Apply filters, adjustments, tilt-shift blurs and sharpen, overlay light leaks, and amazing effects.
Fallout Shelter [Free] Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Attack Drums [$14.99] Attack Drums is a synthesizer designed mainly for drum sounds, but the powerful sound engine can also be used for everything else – including vocals.
LOOPIMAL by YATATOY [$2.99] LOOPIMAL is a building kit of handcrafted animations and sounds. This is the first touch into the world of sequencing for your kids.
Updates you don’t want to miss
WatchList – The Grocery Shopping List on your Apple Watch! [Free] WatchList is the grocery shopping list with full Apple Watch support! . Version 1.3 includes the following changes:
- Added the option to share your shopping list !
Swype [$0.99] Why type when you can Swype? Swype is the most accurate keyboard on the planet.. Version 1.5 includes the following changes:
- Emoji Keyboard
- Living Language*
- A fun new way to learn about recently added features. You can also view version-by-version details in Settings
- New Language: Spanish Latin America
Dark Sky – Weather Radar, Hyperlocal Forecasts, and Storm Alerts [$3.99] Dark Sky can tell you at a glance exactly when it will rain (or snow) up to an hour in advance, so you’re free to walk the dog or run out to lunch and know you’ll stay dry.. Version 4.3.4 includes the following changes:
- Brand new layout, with a detailed hour-by-hour timeline for the next 24 hours (and for each of the next 7 days).
- Advanced Notifications: In addition to providing down-to-the-minute rain alerts for the next hour, you can now create custom alerts covering the next 24 hours for things like temperature, precipitation, snow accumulation, wind, and more. We’ll also push severe weather alerts from the government weather service.
- A new weather reporter, so you can provide feedback on what exactly is happening out your window.
- iPhone 6 users can opt in to have their phones automatically provide us with pressure sensor data. This has the potential to dramatically improve our short-term forecasts in the future.
- Significant speed improvements when launching the app.
- UV Index. Because it’s summer, and you need to protect your delicate skin.
- Landscape on the iPad (even my wife was complaining about that one).
Level Money: Manage Money, Budgets and Personal Finance [Free] Level Money’s award-winning free personal finance app is a simple tool to automatically analyze your financial picture. Version 2.5 includes the following changes:
- Non-monthly income and bills are supported
- Automatic adjustments for income and bills that fluctuate
- View income and bill predictions based on your history
- Set aside funds every month and track spending for unpredictable expenses
- Refunds affect Spendable
- Switch on “burn rate” mode to make your account balance last
Flipboard: Your Social News Magazine [Free] Flipboard is your personal magazine, at your desk, in your back pocket or on your wrist. . Version 3.3 includes the following changes:
- Express yourself by posting original text and images to your magazines
- Use the new compose icon to highlight text for your magazines
- Block unwanted followers or make your profile private
Editorial [$6.99] Editorial is a plain text editor for iOS with powerful automation tools and a beautiful inline preview for Markdown, TaskPaper, and Fountain documents.. Version 1.2 includes the following changes:
- Folding
- Customizable document templates
- Quick settings
- Improved support for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
- Improved in-editor search, including a “Highlight All” option in the editing menu that allows you to highlight occurrences of a word within the document without typing anything into the search bar
- and more
Know of a new app or app update that is not on the list? Then share your personal favorites in the comments.
