Every Sunday, NextPit presents 5 featured apps for both Android and iOS platforms. From chess to anime style to post-apocalyptic settings, we have plenty of games for you this week. There are also dedicated apps for music producers and AI apps for parents.
As usual, I tried each of these apps to make sure they are of high quality. If you’re looking for a bargain, be sure to check out our free apps of the week as well, featuring a number of apps and games that normally cost money but are now available for free. .
Collapse: Starrail (Android & iOS)
As our resident NextPit Gaming Expert, Dustin has another fun pick for you this week. Honkai: Starrail was officially released on April 27th. Your mission in this 3D action RPG is to save the galaxy from a burgeoning evil (what’s new?). You can summon dozens of characters at will, enjoy a very good turn-based combat system, and have smooth and intuitive controls.
- price: free / advertisement: none / In-app purchases: yes / account required: yes
miHoYo’s latest adventure relies on the popular 3D anime graphics familiar from Collapse Impact 3rd and Genshin Impact. The battle scenarios and effects are certainly amazing. However, most characters are only available through the gacha system. In-game currency can be purchased with real money to speed up the process, but you can also unlock in-game currency via in-game quests, events, and treasure chests.
A detailed tutorial walks you through the basics you need to create your own character in a short amount of time. there is no. You can play not only on your smartphone but also on your PC.
Honkai: Star Rail’s combat system is turn-based and tactical. / © Next Pit
Band Lab (Android & iOS)
With your smartphone, you can listen to music on the go. You can even create music on the move if you prefer. Most of the time, you have to shell out a lot of money for such software, but his Casi, a music fan, has found a free app that does the job well for less than $10. BandLab is a nifty DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that gives you everything you need to write hits on the go.
When you launch the app for the first time, the first thing you see is your news feed. This is where you share your music on the BandLab platform. So BandLab is also a music social network, but would you like to record your own songs? Choose from over 330 instruments, including drum sets, or de-stress with thousands of available samples and loops. You can Play keyboards, use loop stations and samplers, record your own vocals with your smartphone’s mic, and enhance them with effects and auto-pitch.
- price: free / advertisement: yes / In-app purchases: yes / account required: yes
BandLab is not only a DAW, but also a music social network. / © Next Pit
Play around with the app a bit (or watch tutorial videos) and you’ll quickly find your way around it. The app has decent ratings on both Android and iOS, and I honestly haven’t noticed any annoying ads so far. There are in-app purchases, but you can play just fine without them. I wish Casi could tell me more about this amazing app, but he’s gone.
Record tracks, loops, sing songs, or even tune an instrument – BandLab can do it all. / © Next Pit
Chess – Offline Board Game (Android & iOS)
After MaTT shared a “simple kind” game last week, today is going to be a little more challenging. With “Chess – Offline Board Game”, it should be clear without too many words what MaTT wants to sell here. wait a minute. This smartphone chess game is free for both Android and iOS. To enjoy it, you will have to either display constant ads between games of chess or spend $2.99 to remove ads entirely. If you want more hints than “advanced” difficulty, you’ll need to pony up that amount as well.
Chess – Offline Board Game is a simple board game played against AI or a second player with helpful hints. / © Gamovation
The highlight of ‘Chess – Offline Board Game’ by the Dutch development team ‘GamoVation’ is the outstanding rating. It received 4.8 out of 5 stars (293,000 reviews) on the Google Play Store and an even higher 4.9 stars on the Apple App Store. You can wield not only AI, but also other humans. The graphics are relatively simple and can be viewed in 2D or 3D mode. A variety of languages are available, and the game is equipped with optional hints and possible game moves to suit nearly everyone.
- price: free / advertisement: yes / In-app purchases: yes / account required: none
High Water (Android & iOS)
Have you felt deflated and defeated in the last few years, as if the world was coming to an end? If so, High Water is the game to dive into. It caused a massive flood of role-playing games.
In high water you spend a lot of time on the boat. / © Next Pit
You play the role of Nikos, a teenager who lives in a small community called Hightower. This community is supported by a powerful elite living in Alphaville who want to emigrate to Mars as living conditions on Earth are getting worse and worse.
The game gives relatively clear clues as to where to go next. / © Next Pit
This RPG requires you to explore a post-apocalyptic world by boat or land.The game guides you through a story that includes many search and rescue elements, but also includes a combat system with several different characters .
- price: free / advertisement: none / In-app purchases: yes / account required: yes
The earth is not always peaceful. / © Next Pit
Storytime Sam (iOS)
Your little ones always have exotic demands for bedtime stories.Stuffed out about how the penguin pianist will happily travel through Mars’ largest desert?
With Storytime Sam, it doesn’t matter at all. Just give the app a few pointers about your story, wait a few seconds, and voila! How are stories generated? By artificial intelligence, of course. Since GPT 3 is used here, this also works for different languages like English and German.
No time to think of a great bedtime story? Then Storytime Sam and Artificial Intelligence are here to help you – also in German, by the way. / © Next Pit
- price: free / advertisement: none / In-app purchases: yes / account required: option
You don’t have to pay or give up your data to try Storytime Sam. Trial users can request up to 10 episodes for free. After the trial period ends, you will need to purchase coins. This allows Coin to meet his one request. The price for 100 coins is $0.99. This is a good enough investment to keep even the most sleep-deprived child going for dozens of nights.
Games or useful tools: What’s your favorite app? Any other hot app tips? We’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments!
