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This workweek ’s roundup include a new running app that pits you against friends and rival across the country , in real time . Plus : Microsoft releases its raw To - Do app . Read on !
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Charge Running(free , include in - app purchase , iPhone and Apple Watch ) puts a different spin on the usual run apps . It offers three live test a day—8:00 a.m. , high noon , and 6:00 p.m.—and let you bring together with other runners across the state , pitting your advance against theirs and competing on a springy leaderboard . It ’s a way to move with friends , even if you ca n’t run with friends .
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DashFlow(free , includes in - app purchases , iPhone and iPad ) is the late in the never - ending stream of money - management apps . It allow you get across fiscal accounts , budgets , bill , loan , investments , and money goals in place , plus offers note reminders and other handy feature of speech .
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Fairyland Story(free , admit in - app purchase , iPhone , iPad , and iMessage ) is the story of a a girl name , really , Dorothy and her journey into a mystic never-never land . It ’s kind of a Zen Gamer accounting entry that mixesThe Wizard of Ozand the prolonged tripper through time and outer space at the end of2001 : A Space Odyssey . It ’s a “ surrealistic journey through the beautiful universe of geometrical kaleidoscope ” with a chiller soundtrack to match .
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We do n’t often bother with emoji apps , butMemoji(free , iPhone ) offers one neat antic , letting you take a selfie and turn your own grimace into an emoji . Happy ? Sad ? You ’ll probably give this app a thumbs - up smileyface . ( Wink . )
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Remember Wunderlist ? Forget that . Microsoft bought it and replaced it withMicrosoft To - Do(free , iPhone ) that lets you set due dates and reminder , of track , as well as colouring - computer code projects so you know which project are accomplishing which destination . There are also intriguing extras : The “ suggestions ” feature article looks at your to - dos from yesterday and recommends tasks today based on that list .
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Mindfull Meal Tracker($3 , iPhone and iPad ) is more for dieter than foodies , but it has element that ’ll appeal to both : You ’ll get an alert around meal fourth dimension , after which you could take a motion-picture show or publish a eminence . It ’s a way to monitor your food intake , the developers say , without stringently count nutritionist’s calorie .
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Sky Guide($3 , iPhone , iPad , and Apple Watch ) has long been a great app for exploring the stars from your front chiliad . Now the makers have unleashed a “ supermassive ” update that includes a new audiovisual serial that lead you on tours of the macrocosm . The catalogue expanded to include 114 million stars , and the new zoom characteristic lets you examine galaxies , nebulae , clusters , and planets in closer detail .
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In recent weeks , we ’ve introduced you to apps that help you learn how to play piano and guitar . Vanido(free , iPhone ) joins the gang as “ your personal singing coach , ” with daily seance that offer three dissimilar outspoken employment , with real - time feedback on your lurch that helps condition your capitulum and ameliorate your timing .
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Marvel ’s Guardians of the Galaxy TTG($5 ) wrick the movie into an iOS plot … Instagramhas added a new “ aggregation ” feature … Manga Reader(free ) let you discover and show one thousand of manga comics for innocent .
