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1 Speed Dating for Ghosts
2 Socratic
3 Powercut, Inc.
R50 / iOS If dating ever makes you wish you were dead, imagine how people who are actually dead feel. In this game, you get the chance to find out by chatting with ghouls.
Free / Android, iOS Want help with something the kids are studying? Socratic points you towards examples that can teach them about relevant concepts. No more copying Wikipedia and getting found out!
4 Summer Catchers
5 Our Galaxy
6 Orc Heist
7 iOrnament Pro
8 It’s Literally Just Mowing
9 Muviz Edge
R50 / Android ● R60 / iOS This endless runner dispenses with tap-to-leap larks. Instead, you kit out a ramshackle cart and trigger power-ups at optimum moments, aiming to reach sunnier climes – and avoid death by monster.
R110 / iPad Remember the Spirograph? This app is a digital take, but with layers, sparkly bits, and the means to wrap your creation around a globe like a bonkers handcrafted Day-Glo planet. Look at all the shiny! 20
R50 / iOS We’re not sure if holding the galaxy in your mitts makes you feel like a god or an ant. Either way, this app gives you an interactive 3D view for understanding the vastness of our galactic neighbourhood.
Free / Android, iOS Actually, this one’s not literally just mowing – there’s a load of IAP too. A pity, since the zone-out mowing is nice. This is considerably less sweaty than mowing your actual lawn.
R46 / Android Power consumption in offices is a problem. This game’s solution is a tad extreme, as you manually toggle power to each room. Staff can’t work or even go for a coffee without you flicking a switch.
Free / Android, iOS If you ask us, lowering a beloved pet on a rope to nab treasure that an orc has carefully balanced on its lip is just asking for trouble. Your thumb becomes the difference between riches and carnage.
Free (IAPs) / Android Music visualisers might seem old hat, but Muviz dispenses with bouncing level meters or glowing 1990s abstract nonsense – it’s a stylish slash of animated colour at the edges of your display.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
TOT POCKET
R300 / iOS A tonic to the countless doc editors and note-taking apps, Tot Pocket is an elegant way to gather copied text and links in one place. It has a simple single-window design and uses a colour-coded dot system to keep your notes organised. Helpfully, it also syncs seamlessly across iOS and macOS… but why is it free on Mac and R300 on iPhones and iPads? Greedy developers? In truth, no. App stores have trained users to expect endless updates for nothing, but it’s just not realistic. Sustainable pricing is the only option if we want nice things to stick around… and that includes Tot Pocket.
