Here’s what’s currently topping Amazon’s Free Apps ‘most downloaded’ list, in order. Note that since these apps are free, and not just free for one day as an Amazon App of the Day, most of them are ad-supported.
1. Sky Burger (4.5/5 stars, guidance suggested)
Sky Burger puts you to work stacking burgers to order! Catch the right ingredients as they fall from the sky, and don’t forget that top bun when you’re done! Build over 50 unique burger orders that grow taller and taller the more orders you complete. Complete enough orders in a row and build an unlimited SkyBurger!
Earn cash for each burger and get promoted up the Sky Burger corporate ladder. Watch your business grow with each promotion! Look back at your career stats and compare them to the top Sky Burger employees.
2. Mind Games (4.5/5 stars, guidance suggested, currently comes bundled with a $1 Amazon MP3 Store Credit)
This is a great collection of games based on principles of cognitive psychology to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes all 13 of Mindware’s brain exercising games. All games include your score history, a global top scores list, and graph of your progress. The main app shows a summary of your best games and today’s scores on all games. Using some principles of standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a standardized scale so that you can see where you need work and excel.
Attention Training Game – Exercise your brain’s attention. Based on the flanker attention task. Practice your ability to ignore competing information and processing speed.
Face Memory – Memorize a group of faces and then see if you can recall them.
Math Star – Practice your basic arithmetic skills, speed, and attention to detail.
Memory Racer – Practice for your brain’s working memory and processing speed.
Memory Span – Practice your verbal and nonverbal working memory to increase the span of your immediate memory.
Mental Categories – Practice your processing speed and quick categorization skills.
Mental Flex – Practice your cognitive flexibility and ability to ignore competing information.
Serial Memory – Learn a series of 10 numbers and faces in as few trials as you can.
Spatial Memory – Memorize the locations of the tiles that flip over with increasing numbers of tiles.
Speed Trivia – Test and improve your knowledge of general trivia and information.
Visual Memory – Test and improve your skills with visual memory.
Vocabulary Star – Improve your vocabulary and spelling skills.
Word Memory – Memorize 30 words and see if you can remember them.
3. Farkle Live (4.5/5 stars, rated Mature)
“A New Challenging Farkle Dice Game You Can’t Stop Playing!” – appeggs.com
Farkle Live brings a brand new look to the classic Farkle dice game. Join the best Farkle game made for Android and play ONLINE against thousands of users!
Farkle Live is a dice game played by one or two players over the Internet. The players take turns rolling the dice, with the objective of collecting 10,000 points quicker than their opponent in an ONLINE multiplayer game or reach a target score from 5,000 to 10,000 in 10 rounds in a solo game.
Each player’s turn starts by rolling six dice to score points. As long as they roll scoring combinations, they can roll the remaining dice, or collect their points.
If your roll does not score any points, you get a ‘FARKLE’, losing all points accumulated for that turn.
If the player manages to score on all six dice, they get a ‘Bonus Round’ and may choose to roll all six dice again or collect the points.
4. Netflix (3.5/5 stars)
Access your favorite TV shows and movies with this free Netflix app and enjoy instant streaming right to your Kindle Fire! Internet access and a valid payment method are required. Use your current Netflix membership and watch your favorite movies and TV shows as often as you want. Resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer and browse movies and manage your instant queue. Conveniently search by title or peruse genre listings.
5. Temple Run (4.5/5 stars, guidance suggested, currently comes bundled with a $1 Amazon MP3 Store credit)
The addictive mega-hit Temple Run took the mobile gaming world by storm. Now it’s available on Amazon’s Appstore for Android! All your friends are playing it–can you beat their high scores?
Go On, Take the Idol and Run
Well, now you’ve done it. You stole the cursed idol from the temple, and the Evil Demon Monkeys are nipping at your heels. There’s only one option: run for your life!
Test your reflexes as you race down ancient temple walls and along sheer cliffs. Swipe to turn, jump and slide to avoid obstacles, collect coins and buy power-ups, unlock new characters, and see how far you can run!
Review
“In every treasure hunting adventure movie there’s one scene in which the plucky hero finally gets his hands on the treasure but then has to navigate a maze of booby traps in order to get out alive. Temple Run is this scene and nothing else. And it’s amazing.” -SlideToPlay.com
You can view our full list of free apps currently available on Amazon here, and use the handy drop-down box at the top of the list to sort by release date, bestselling (a.k.a. most downloaded) and average review rating.