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Driving simulators can be incredibly exciting games as they offer a real world element that most other games don't. Speed Parking 3D is an unusual driving simulator primarily because the player can only park the car.

At less than ten megabytes this is most likely the smallest driving simulator available. It features three dimensional graphics and fully functional controls. Unfortunately all the controls are touch based and do not respond to tilting the device or shaking it. While Speed Parking 3D has cheesy graphics and generic background sound effects it is still entertaining. It has very predictable intuitive controls, … Read more

The Android market offers a plethora of different applications that let you apply various effects to photos. Aside from how complex or easy to use it is, we tend to judge them based on the final product. While Pencil Sketch Free is easy to use, it does lack some great features that its competitors have, and the final outcome leaves much to be desired.

The installation of Pencil Sketch Free takes only a few seconds and the program loads very quickly. The interface is very intuitive and well designed. Upon startup users are presented with the option of selecting an … Read more

Has your carrier yet to bless you with Android's latest operating system? This launcher makes your home screen look and feel like you have Android 4.1 instead of an older version. There are a few weird hitches in the execution, but Jelly Bean Launcher is a nice compromise if you don't want to root.

You can make this launcher your full-time home screen by making it the default app. The launcher grabs a few widgets from your current app's menu to paste on your home screen. It doesn't check your current home-screen layout, though, so … Read more

Flashlight apps are a must-have on just about any smartphone. That's why they tend to top the Google Play charts. You won't find IQ Light up high with them, though, and that's not just because it isn't in the Play Store. This app fails so soundly at doing what you need it to that it isn't even worth downloading.

This app isn't available from Google's official market, so you need a side-loader to install it. Instead of using your camera's flash to light up the dark, this app turns your screen bright … Read more

Editing your photos doesn't have to be a PC-only experience. However, Insta Photo Editor will require plenty of patience. You have to sift through ads and tons of other junk to get to the goods this app offers. Once you find them, you'll probably be disappointed.

Before you use this app, you have to page through two different ad requests. These want to put ads on your browser, status bar, and more. You can only say no to one of them, and it keeps coming back every time you load the app if you do. As for the … Read more

You probably back up your computer once a month, so why wouldn't you do the same with your smartphone? Helium App Sync & Backup does it for you if you don't want to do it yourself. It includes an app backup in addition to backing up your sensitive files, but it's a major pain to set up. It takes most of the appeal of automatic backup away.

Helium App Sync & Backup is made mostly for rooters, but it will work with some unrooted phones, too. To be sure it works with yours, check developer options in … Read more

The iPad is a perfect study aid for children at just about any age. It's easy to use, loaded with thousands of educational apps, and kids are always eager to use one. Not all study aid apps take full advantage of this, however, making it hard to find options that are both engaging and effective. Math 'n Me, while not a very attractive app, is loaded with practice quizzes and exercises, making it a perfect fit for children studying early math concepts.

Math 'n Me has quite a few features, all of them free and easy to use for … Read more

It's hard to say what's more surprising - the fact that someone made a heads vs. tails coin flipping game with high production values or the fact that it's actually quite good. Either way, Heads vs. Tails manages to take the least skill based competition on the planet and create a compelling and engaging game out of it - albeit one that will not entertain for too long.

When you first open Heads vs. Tails the options are limited. The higher-level "game" components remain locked until you've flipped the coin at least 20 times. … Read more

The purpose of eGallery Lite is to help users create a digital, interactive gallery in which they can store and track items. The concept is smart and the tool (the iPad) is a perfect one for it, but the execution of this particular app leaves quite a bit to be desired.

To start, eGallery Lite is unnecessarily hard to use. It opens to a blank item entry and offers no clear direction on how to fill out the boxes on the screen. You must create a category, then load that category, then create an item, load that item, and finally … Read more