Top 5 of the week: Grab these five iOS and Android apps

Also this Sunday I present you five apps or mobile games from the app stores that I think are worthwhile. Of course, I spare you in-app cost traps or the like. It doesn’t matter whether it’s productivity apps, gaming secrets or wonderfully useless applications: everything can end up in my selection here and let’s get started right away. Here are the five recommendations I went for this week.

Floating Calculator (Android)

This app was discovered by the NextPit community and shared on our forum. It is a calculator app that can be viewed in a floating window. More specifically, it’s the icon that floats and behaves like an Android speech bubble that you can move around as you like. If you tap it once, the calculator will appear in windowed mode.

Floating Calculator can also be viewed in full screen and offers a dark mode. The interface is clean, the operations are simple but everything necessary is there. There are no ads or in-app purchases.

• Price: free / advertising: no / in-app purchases: no / account: not required / German language: no

Home Widget for HomeKit (iOS)

With this app you can control your HomeKit devices via widgets directly on the home screen of your iPhone or iPad. You can link the app to your HomeKit household and all connected devices that belong to it. Then you simply create widgets for any desired device.

The widgets, whether single or multiple (3×1, 3×3, 4×2, 4×4), are then displayed on the iOS home screen. You can even assign a specific function to a widget instead of a device. For example, if you want to have a button under the calendar widget that opens the lock on your front door, you can do that.

Home Widget also tracks the status of devices, similar to iOS’s Control Center. When a lamp is on the button is bright, when it is off it is dark. Finally, you can place your HomeKit widgets on the “Today View” (when you swipe right on the home or lock screen). Then you can access it without having to unlock your iPhone.

• Price: free / advertising: no / in-app purchases: yes / account: required / German language: yes

DoForMe (Android)

DoForMe is a productivity application that allows you to automate certain recurring actions on the smartphone based on your geo-location. Essentially, you can place markers on the map with a range of up to 500 meters and configure what you want the phone to do when you enter or exit the perimeter.

you can e.g. For example, you can set your smartphone to automatically switch to vibrate or silent mode when you get close to your office. You can also turn up the brightness when you leave the house to make the screen readable outdoors. In short, it’s a niche application, but for automation fans, there are sure to be more use cases that are more relevant to you than the above.

• Price: free / advertising: no / in-app purchases: no / account: not required / German language: no

PhotoShade (iOS)

PhotoShade is a rather strange app that lets you browse photos in your gallery by their dominant color palette. You can give the app access to all photos or just selected ones. A slider with a spectrum of colors will then appear over the selection.

I think you got the principle. To be honest I’m not entirely sure what this app could be used for. Maybe for artists and other photographers. But I find the concept interesting and original.

• Price: free / advertising: no / in-app purchases: yes / account: not required / German language: no

Inua – A Story in Ice and Time (Android & iOS)

This mobile game published by Arte looks very promising and I will really (but really) try to offer you a review of it. It is a narrative point and click game.

She follows journalist Taïna as she travels to the far north of Canada to investigate what really happened to the crew of the “Terror” that disappeared on an expedition to Antarctica in the 19th century. Recently, this true story (which is surrounded by numerous legends and conspiracy theories) was processed in a series entitled “The Terror” on Prime Video, which I really enjoyed and recommend if you like folk horror.

I just bought the game as I write this. But I already like the art and storytelling, which has a lot to do with time travel etc. In general, games with the Arte stamp are rarely disappointing.

• Price: €4.99 / advertising: no / in-app purchases: no / account: not required / German language: yes

What do you think of this selection? Do you have other favourites? Tell us in the comments!