Thanksgiving is just days away, ’s new otoScan app could be a useful way to maximize your time with family next week. The app leads our latest Five to Try roundup, you could use it to scan old books of photos, as otoScan removes glare crops the result so the digital versions are ready to send share. Elsewhere, the new Attenborough’s Story of fe app serves up 1,000+ dazzling wildlife videos that you can watch with your entire clan.
On the other h, if you’re looking for distractions to pull you away from meal prep mouthy relatives next week, we’ve got three enticing games to check out: the mobile MOBA action of Titan Brawl, the thrillingly intense RunGunmpGun, the mystical adventure of de Empire: Special ition. ’re off next Friday for the holiday, but check back when December rolls around for fresh ay Store picks.
otoScan
Steadily hover to each dot on the photo the app hles the rest.
Digitizing your old photo prints can be a time-consuming /or expensive process, but ’s new otoScan app is both fast totally free. Rather than simply catalog quick digital snaps of your physical photos, otoScan uses the phone’s camera to capture the image from four different vantage points as you move the reticle to the four dots. And when it’s done, you get a digital version that removes glare, auto-crops, cleans up old prints.
It’s kind of like magic, the results can be very impressive. otoScan automatically removes the glare via its stitching process properly crops the image so you can easily share it as a digital photo. The app launched this week alongside advanced new editing tools in otos, making it a one-two punch for scanning, fixing, archiving your old photo collection.
Some early otoScan users have complained about fuzzy, low-res images or loss of contrast, so it may take a couple of app updates for to work out all the kinks. Still, it’s fun fast probably worth a shot.
Titan Brawl
It’s the MOBA made very simplistic, but still strategic.
’ve seen the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) formula of games like ague of gends Dota 2 adapted for mobile, most successfully in Vainglory, but Titan Brawl attempts to streamline the action much, much further. Here, the goal is still for one team of powerful heroes to topple the the giant totem found at the other end, but now you’ll comm the entire squad— see everything from a fixed, top-down perspective.
Instead of actively controlling one hero, then, you’ll drop up to four different warriors into the battlefield watch them battle it out. It’s essentially the Clash Royale take on the MOBA, while simplified lacking the team play component of typical genre entries, Titan Brawl (not to be confused with mech shooter Titanfall) makes a lot of sense on mobile. And it still has real-time online battles clans, along with single-player missions.
RunGunmpGun
This is one of the early levels—it gets a lot crazier later on.
Have fond memories of the days of old-school, tough-as-nails, twitch-based action games? If so, you’ll want to point your eyes thumbs towards RunGunmpGun ($3), a remarkably intense throwback that looks plays like a lost game from the 8-bit era. It’s a fast-moving platform game in whcih your only weapon resource is a very large gun: hold the left side of the screen to jump (like in tpack yride), or hold the right side to shoot forward as your hero automatically sprints.
The 120+ stages are loaded with hazards, from barriers to saw blades, crisscrossed laser beams, plenty more, it’s absolutely chaotic—but the relentless pace means you have no choice but to meet each challenge head-on. RunGunmpGun is a perfect fit for mobile, given the super-simple controls, the trippy, flashing colors thumping beats make it a delight to see hear. st be warned: it’s incredibly hard, but also loads of fun.
Attenborough’s Story of fe
This polished app has a heap of free, streaming wildlife video.
have to wait until nuary for the BBC’s anet Earth II, which is airing in the UK right now, but you can dig into a vast treasure trove of stunning wildlife video now on Android. anet Earth presenter Sir David Attenborough has been producing narrating wildlife content for decades, now more than 1,000 clips behind-the-scenes moments from anet Earth, Blue anet, other docu-series are available in Attenborough’s Story of fe.
It’s a wealth of content it’s all pretty fascinating, plus there are introductions from the man himself. The BBC’s app is slick features brilliant photography, you can view clips either in premade categories or by making your own collection of favorites. Everything streams, so you’ll need a steady connection (use -Fi!), be prepared for the occasional commercial before the real content rolls.
de Empire: Special ition
de Empire can still look pretty nice for an 11-year-old game.
Biore is one of the most beloved developers in all of gaming, thanks to its epic role-playing quests like Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate, Star rs: Knights of the Old Republic— now you can play another one of the studio’s classics on Android. Released in 2005 on Xbox ( later ), de Empire: Special ition ($10) is an original adventure set in a world of mystical powers martial arts.
It’s similar to Knights of the Old Republic in approach, as you’ll guide your created character through the role-playing quest make decisions that align you towards the light or dark side, essentially. This is a hearty campaign, promising 40+ hours of gameplay, the original version was widely praised upon release. The virtual button controls aren’t ideal for a 3D adventure, but they’re tolerable, plus de Empire has optional controller support.
