Here are four apps, all currently (as of 6/1/16) FREE, to keep that gray matter from losing its edge this summer. These apps offer puzzles to solve, hidden images and objects to find, and patterns and colors to match. Brain Yoga (4/5 stars) Train your brain the relaxing way with Brain Yoga. Ten puzzle games … Read more
College-bound high school students entering their sophomore or junior year in the fall can get a head start on studying for the SAT and GRE with these fun, vocabulary-building apps. Vocab Genius – SAT and GRE definitions (4.5/5 stars, currently FREE) Get ready for the most serious word game you will ever play. Use … Read more
Ready for a brain-vocabulary workout? Give these FREE word game and puzzle apps a try! WordBrain (4.5/5 stars, currently FREE) It starts very easy but gets challenging quickly. Find the hidden words, slide your finger over them, see the puzzle collapse. Do it all in the correct way and order and you will be able … Read more
Finally, there are some Marvel game apps available for the casual gamer! There are free sim and match-3 options, and a 99 cent pinball game. MARVEL Avengers Academy (4/5 stars, currently FREE) Civil War has begun at Avengers Academy for a special limited-time event! Captain America and Iron Man face off in this battle-packed new … Read more
Beginning readers who love superheroes will be motivated to keep learning with these interactive storybooks from Marvel Reads. Iron Man: Armored Avenger (4.5/5 stars, all ages, currently priced at $1.99) Read Along and Explore the origin of IRON MAN meeting THE MANDARIN with this Interactive Marvel Storybook! Includes a 3D third-person-view ACTION-PACKED IRON MAN mini-game! … Read more
Tormentum – Dark Sorrow (guidance suggested, currently priced at $4.69) is new to the Amazon App Store, but it’s racked up an average review rating of 5/5 stars in other app stores and has even managed to impress the gamers who normally turn up their noses at point-and-click puzzle adventure games. From Amazon: Tormentum – … Read more
Piano players, from beginning students up through composers, will find many useful features in the Piano Companion PRO app (4.5/5 stars, all ages, currently priced at $4.99). This is an app that can support a musician’s growing abilities. From Amazon: Piano Companion PRO is a flexible chord & scale dictionary with user libraries and reverse … Read more
Angry Birds began as a simple, physics-based puzzle game app, but in the years since its release it’s spawned MANY more apps and now, an animated film! The first Angry Birds game was just about firing projectile birds from slingshots to destroy towers, but now there’s racing, a role-playing game, special Star Wars and Transformers … Read more