Android Apps Of This Week

It's time for our weekly roundup of the best new Android apps and games to have emerged on the Google Play store. To be brutally honest, it's not been a super week for apps, but it's been a fantastic week for games: usually this column aims for 10 of each, but this week, the balance is tilted towards games. It's perhaps the best single week ever for new Android games since the platform launched. As ever, prices are correct at the time of writing, but may have changed by the time you read this. (Free + IAP) means in-app purchases are used within the app. Want more apps? Browse previous Best Android Apps roundups on The Guardian. And if you're looking for iOS apps, browse the archives of Best iPhone and iPad apps roundups instead.

Android fans will be excited to hear about the latest Android apps free download news: Rovio is set to roll out its latest Angry Birds installment, to be called Angry Birds Stella. According to NDTV Gadgets, Rovio – the creators who brought us the massively popular game Angry Birds – will soon release its newest game installment, Angry Birds Stella. Earlier this week, the Finnish mobile gaming firm took to its Social Media account to announce the news. Included in the announcement were the date and the link to the trailer. Reports also indicated the game's all-female ensemble with the names Luca, Poppy, Dahlia, Willow, and Gale with her piggy sidekicks. It is revealed furthermore in the game's website that Stella –"the fiercest and feistiest of the Angry birds" – was good friends with Gale until the latter went "down a darker path" along with her hog minions. On top of that, Rovio also announced the ongoing Angry Birds Transformers; a battle between the so-called "AutoBirds" and the "Deceptihogs." Meanwhile it has been reported of another "freemium" game that Android users should grab a hold of – 'Don't Touch the Spikes,' from the app developer company Ketchapp. The game will possess a similar premise as Flappy Bird in which the user taps the screen allowing the bird to hover in the air. However in 'DTTS,' instead of pipes, the entire expanse of the game will be filled with spikes, from top to bottom, left and right, of the screen. Another difficulty aspect that players will face will be the ever-changing background colors. This will occur each time the player passes 5 levels. Perks in the game include 'candies' that will appear every other level. These candies will be used to redeem other 'birdy characters.'

Android developers are really ingenious! And this is shown with the new Wakie app for Android users Wakie is a fun, friendly community of people who wake each other up in the morning. It’s a brand new way to wake up, made especially for those of us who hate the jarring noise of an alarm clock. When you use Wakie, you get to start your day with a smile instead of a frown! Please note: Wakie is fully available in US, UK, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. In all other countries users can wake someone up, but can't set alarms for a while. Thank you for your patience!

Meet YoWindow - a new weather app for Android. An animated picture reflects the actual weather, time and even season for the given location. It's simple - works like a window. But YoWindow can also show you the future. Just swipe the screen to scroll the time forward. That's how you watch the weather forecast in YoWindow. The sunset and the sunrise in YoWindow happen exactly at the same time as in real life. The moon phase is also accurate. YoWindow comes with live wallpaper and widgets. Combining both turns Android desktop into a beautiful weather station. The best thing here is that you don't even need to run the app to check out the weather. Tapping a widget reflects the day/time/location in the wallpaper.

familiarFamiliar is a new Android app that wants to help you make new, healthy habits for yourself. Touted as a ‘minimal tool for helping you build long-term habits’, it comes with a simple and intuitive interface, which gets out of your way and lets you flexibly manage the things you want to get done. On the main screen there’s a checklist that shows where you are and where you want to be. So, go ahead and give it a try.

Sidebar in IAMA subreddit contain details about the upcoming IAmA's by prominent personalities. This application brings you that information to your smartphone with some added functionalities. The list on the website defaults to eastern timezone. This app converts eastern time into your local time. Ability to add the AMA to your calendar so as to alert you 5 minutes before the AMA session

Stop a crazed superpower from launching deadly nuclear missiles in this action stealth side-scrolling game set during the Cold War. As a budding Agent for C.O.U.N.T.E.R, jump into action, stealthily sabotage dastardly plans and deceptively maintain world peace. CounterSpy™ is packed with slick, stylized visuals that capture the spirit and feel of the era complementing equally smooth side‐scrolling cover‐based shooting gameplay. The game utilizes procedural content generation so missions are always changing to offer something new and challenging. Discover blueprints and dossiers that give you access to new, powerful weapons and features.

Bio Inc is new Android game I just killed a man using a mixture of pneumonia and insomnia. Bio Inc. isn't your usual slaughter simulator. It's a puzzle game with a dark heart that's all about infecting a human body with the worst diseases money can buy. It's an interesting experience. On the one hand you're pleased to succeed, on the other you've just injected a healthy man's respiratory system with the H1N1 swine flu virus. Or you've sent him to the wrong doctor, fattened him up, or started him smoking. There are some decidedly unpleasant overtones here, and they make for an uncomfortable slice of mobile gaming.There's the obligatory star rating system, and a surprisingly in-depth strategic core to proceedings too. You just have to get over the fact that you're butchering people for points.

Back to Bed is a 3D puzzle game set in a unique and artistic dream world, wherein you guide the sleepwalker Bob to the safety of his bed. To achieve this, you must take control of Bob’s subconscious guardian named Subob. The pair travels through a surreal and painting-like dream world, filled with objects used to guide Bob towards the Bed, but also dangers that must be avoided! No ads and no in-app purchases.

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