If it’s new interesting Android apps games you want, we’ve got what you need in our latest Five to Try roundup. Caviar is a food delivery service that brings you meals from eateries you won’t find on GrubHub, while Source offers up an attractive RSS wrangler that doesn’t make you leave the app to read articles. And although Chrooma ve llpaper has odd origins—more on that below—it’s a highly attractive complement to llipop.
On the gaming front, lly mp is a seriously fun challenging endless arcade game, Zeptob’s King of Thieves lets you raid enemy dungeons with perfectly-timed leaps— then tweak your own tricky obstacle course. Clear some space load up your phone or tablet with these hot new app options.
Caviar
Caviar’s app features original photos for every item on the menu, which not only enhances the app experience, but also makes you want to order everything.
Ordering delivery from a nearby restaurant is no problem with GrubHub or Seamless, there are surely dozens of spots willing to bring all sorts of cuisines to your doorstep. Sadly, exceptions always emerge: those wonderful little eateries that just don’t have a delivery service of their own. That’s where Caviar might help.
The food courier service just launched its Android app, which lets you browse the menus of local joints that don’t offer delivery. Instead, Caviar’s drivers/bikers pick up the order bring it to you for a small fee. The app itself is pretty nice, with photos for every menu item plus the ability to track couriers via G. So the next time I want BBQ fried chicken from Smalls—a tiny, amazing place here in Chicago—I’ll turn to Caviar.
lly mp
The gap above your cube is always closing—often quickly, but occasionally slowly— you’ll need to time your leaps to sneak through without getting squashed.
Here’s another endless high score chase to eat up your time this week. lly mp makes you do exactly what it says: jump jelly. You’ll tap the screen to make your gelatinous cube bounce upwards, you’ll have to do so with perfect timing since the gap above is rapidly closing. ap at the right instant you’ll l on the new platform, then repeat for as long as you can.
Mistime your jump, however, your jelly will hit the new ceiling or get lodged between the two ends of the platform; either way, it’ll be drowned in the rapidly rising sea of black goo. lly mp is a simple game, but it’s speedy challenging, the attractive 3D graphics (which regularly change color scheme) look great. The ads can be overwhelming, however, so if you’re enjoying the game, but the $2 in-app purchase to play without them.
Source (News Reader)
Source makes it easy to keep up with your favorite websites, while you can read stories within the app, we hope you’ll visit regularly anyway, dear reader.
Browsing your favorite website feeds is a breeze with Source ($3), a new RSS reader from the maker of Talon for Twitter. ke that app, Source adheres nicely to Material Design guidelines, making it a nice fit with llipop, you can pick from nearly 20 theme colors to personalize the look.
Of course, function must trump form with an app like this, luckily Source is up to the task. It’ll import accounts from Feedly Inoreader, or even Twitter lists, create listings of recent stories with crisp photo previews. Better yet, tapping on a story doesn’t just bring up a small preview (like in Feedly), but rather the entire story which is readable within the app. It’s a great way to stay up to date.
King of Thieves
You’re the little black cube creature attempting to vault over stomping creatures spinning spikes to reach the treasure. And then you’ll create your own gauntlet for others to take on.
Cut the Rope creator Zeptob intends to launch a few totally new games this year, King of Thieves is the first of the lot. It’s an intriguing free-to-play concoction that finds you leaping over hazards enemies to loot other players’ dungeons, but also upgrading customizing your own keep so foes don’t nab your jewels.
The core elements are enjoyable, but there are a lot of freemium elements in play—perhaps too many, although it’s hard to tell at first blush. Having to expend up to a few keys at a time to get into a rival’s dungeon seems like it could be limiting, I can see how spending money might give players a big advantage. Still, there are interesting bits, hopefully long-term play doesn’t diminish the fun.
Chrooma ve llpaper
Chrooma ve llpaper might have started as the menu screen for a puzzle game, but it’s even better as the subtly animated backdrop to your Android phone.
Chrooma is a solid little free game that launched recently on Android, but if there’s one thing that really catches your eye about the app, it’s the menu screen: layers of differently-colored triangles that mesmerize as they slowly shift up down. It’s a perfect look for Material Design, developer Game unge apparently got the memo, because now you can buy live wallpaper based on that menu screen.
Yes, it’s premium ($1) wallpaper based on the menu screen of a free game. But I love it. The colors aren’t customizable, however the scheme changes every time you flip back to the home screen, which makes for a nice surprise. It fits perfectly within llipop, the subtle animation is super attractive. You don’t have to know or even care about the game to dig this wallpaper.
