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Best new apps and games – May 11, 2017

It’s only been five days since our last app roundup, as we move to a regular Thursday slot for these posts. However, despite the shorter week there have been a lot of great-looking releases to dive into!

We’re excited to get stuck into out the latest offering from the team behind the snarky CARROT apps, and we’ve also got some interesting photography apps and a great productivity update to take a look at. Add to that some games that just look straight-up fun and there’s a lot to check out here – read on for more details on our faves of the week!

Artificial Superintelligence

Price: $2.99/£2.99  • Version: 1.0 • Size: 41.2 MB


The first game from the makers of the hilarious CARROT Weather! You’re a startup founder building the world’s first sentient supercomputer! Slide either left or right to train your AI, handle the bizarre requests of Silicon Valley residents, and explore parallel universes.

Artful Pro

Price: $2.99/£2.99 • Version: 1.3 • Size: 110 MB

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Artful is a and simple image editor that creates clean, beautiful, and unique images for you to share with the world. Artful Pro includes all of Artful’s premium masks, allows for text, drawing, cropping, and many other features like over 60 filters, saturation/clarity editing, and focus effects.

Run-A-Whale

Price: $0.99/£0.99 • Version: 1.0 • Size: 111 MB

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Are you ready to dive into the world of Run-A-Whale? So ride your whale in an endless adventure! Tap to dive and release to jump, avoid obstacles, collect coins and try to go as far as you can. Control your whale in 3 different styles: swim, slide and fly. Progress through 90 goals and face different bosses in epic battles!

Camera RX

Price: $2.99/£2.99 • Version: 1.2 • Size: 36.3 MB

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High-performance manual camera that takes photos by tapping anywhere on the screen. Functions are concentrated at the bottom of the screen, so it’s easy to operate, even on large devices. There isn’t even a shutter button, so your device can be held comfortably while taking photos.

Crash Club

Price: Free • Version: 1.1.1 • Size: 181 MB

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No races, no rules! Drive anywhere you want in a big coastal city, break everything and take down other drivers for points to rule the leaderboard! Massively multiplayer action with over 30 players live and real time in every game.

PDF Expert 6 [Updated]

Price: $9.99/£9.99 • Version: 6.0 • Size: 126 MB

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PDF Expert 6 is an essential app for anyone who reads, annotates or edits PDF documents on their iPad or iPhone. This is the only app that allows you to actually edit PDF text, replace images and hide sensitive information. The big version 6 update bring a whole new redesign, cloud save, and additional editing features!