Check out the new and notable apps we think you should be downloading this week.
Lost in Harmony
Price: $3.99/£2.99 • Version: 1.0 • Size: 382 MB
Lost in Harmony combines rhythm-action and obstacle-dodging runner gameplay for a unique, incredible adventure. Landscapes change and evolve as you dodge cars, tapping out sequences in time with an epic and genre-spanning soundtrack. Plus there’s a level editor!
Momoka: an Interplanetary Adventure
Price: $6.99/£4.99 • Version: 1.0.1 • Size: 74.7 MB
Explore an entire solar system in this planet-hopping game of adventure and platforming. With vibrant, stylized low-poly graphics and a clever control scheme that utilizes gravity and guns. It’s non-linear story-driven fun!
Music Memos
Price: Free • Version: 1.0 • Size: 116 MB
A great alternative to the Voice Memos app for songwriters looking to quickly capture musical ideas. Record high-quality audio of you strumming or singing a tune and the app will automatically detect the tempo, rhythm and feel and throw in a realistic backing track to match.
HYPERSPEKTIV
Price: $1.99/£1.49 • Version: 1.0 • Size: 56.8 MB
A different kind of photography app that aims to distort reality in bizarre and slightly trippy ways. Billed as a “techno-kaleidoscope,” the app features a series of transformative filters which can be altered with quick swipes around the screen. What results is a lot of surreal imagery, adjustable in real time. Unlike anything else we’ve seen!
Rocket Ski Racing
Price: Free • Version: 1.0.3 • Size: 45.5 MB
What is there to explain? It’s a ski racing game. With rockets. More specifically it’s a high octane 3D racer where you can either race fellow rocket-powered skiers or chase down a series of moving checkpoints, slalom-style.
Drafts 4
Price: $9.99/£7.99 $4.99/£3.99 • Version: 4.5.7 • Size: 11.8 MB
This powerful note-taking app is one of the best around, and though usually a little expensive it’s currently half price! It’s got a great writing and editing interface, loads of useful features and it’s extremely customizable.
Hundreds
Price: $3.99/£2.99 Free • Version: 1.45 • Size: 40.4 MB
Grab this classic minimal puzzler while it’s free! Tap the gently bouncing circles to grow them, while avoiding collisions. Hundreds is a hypnotic multi-touch game of timing, dexterity and deep thinking.