New Android Apps & Games: Best of December

Applications

Striving

If you can't focus on work or school and get distracted all the time, try Striving. This program will allow you to finally concentrate. It is based on the Pomodoro method: you will work continuously for 25 minutes, and then rest for 5 minutes.

The application not only serves as a timer, but also collects detailed statistics of your distractions so that you can evaluate your own productivity. Striving's interface is beautiful and user-friendly, which makes it stand out among a bunch of similar timers.

reWASD

This is an application that allows you to control your computer using your smartphone - the latter will be used as a touchpad or keyboard. The program can simulate keystrokes and mouse clicks, move the cursor, and it can also turn the phone into a gamepad with support for a gyroscope and rotation sensors. The application has a lot of settings, and advanced users will surely like it.

Brainly

This is an application for schoolchildren and students who can't cope with their homework and want to get help. Ask a question in Brainly, and after a while other users of the program who have already encountered similar problems will answer you.

The application contains useful information on a variety of school subjects: mathematics, algebra, geometry, Russian and English literature, history, physics, chemistry, geography, social science and etc.

notifya

An impressive application with an extremely interesting idea. It uses your smartphone's sensors to monitor changes in indoor air pressure when doors and windows are opened and closed. When someone opens the door to your apartment, Notifya beeps and also makes a log entry. The program can integrate with Google Assistant if you have a speaker with this assistant at home.

The way to use this application depends on your imagination. For example, it can be used to find out if any of your household members entered the room without your knowledge. Or find out about the arrival of guests, sitting in the room farthest from the door. And of course, if you have an unnecessary smartphone lying around, you can make something like a burglar alarm out of it.

The developers of the app intend to add integration with IFTTT or Telegram bots in the next updates, so you can automatically send messages to yourself or, for example, remotely turn on the light if someone enters the room you have chosen without permissions.

Games

North Kingdom

Beautiful tower defense game. Your task is to build bigger walls and stronger castles so that the archers can hold back the constant influx of enemies. Upgrade your towers, set up palisades and plan your defenses carefully or you will be overwhelmed by hordes of aggressive Vikings.

1 Bit Survivor

A mix of Roguelike and Survival Horror games. Your task is to survive in a world inhabited by zombies and other evil spirits for 28 days and save your cat. The project has primitive pixel graphics, which contributes well to the atmosphere of fear.

Vampire Survivors

An extremely addictive game in which you must survive, fighting off hordes of brutal vampires and other monsters. To do this, the hero of the game is thrown at them with whatever hits - axes, knives, bombs and other deadly projectiles. Weapons and character can be pumped between rounds to stay alive as long as possible.

Ninja Must Die

Stylish runner game. In it, you are a ninja running through a Japanese fantasy world populated by dragons, demons, and giant birds. You must defeat these monsters on the run, as befits a real shinobi. By the way, he runs with his hands back.

Talking Tom Time Rush

Another runner, but not as stylish as the previous one, but more cartoonish. In it, you play as Tom the cat (not the one who hunts Jerry) and must run through long routes full of dangers and obstacles, collecting prizes and gold bars. The graphics are nice, the levels are varied, the gameplay is simple - what else is needed for a simple casual toy.

Miko Era: Twelve Myths

Pretty exciting MMORPG in anime style. In it you have to travel through the open world, complete quests and fight various evil spirits and monsters. The graphics are not bad, the gameplay is addictive, so the game allows you to have a good time. It is especially pleasing that it has the option of manual control in battle - this will appeal to mobile game fans who are tired of the dominance of auto-attack combat in modern MMORPGs.