Apps Of The Month – June

As usual, our resident technology lover, James Stapleton, has been on the lookout for the best new apps available this month. From football to music and gaming, he’s got it covered, so make sure you check out what he’s found this month for all you smart-phoners.

Euro 2012
Football, football, football! It’s time for Euro 2012 and UEFA, in partnership with Orange have designed this handy little app to keep you in touch with every kick, flick, goal, dive and controversy accompanying this much-anticipated tournament.

It won’t help in a penalty shoot-out, but is very much a one-stop shop for all things Euro this summer. They’ve really made an effort on the detail here, providing a wealth of stats, team profiles, photo galleries videos and the option to personalize alerts so you can keep in touch with England’s latest attempt to disappoint the nation.
Price: FREE, available on iOS and Android.

Max Payne Mobile
More than a decade after he first moodily stomped onto the home PC, ‘Max Payne’, the critically acclaimed, third person, film-noir actioner, finally makes it onto the small screen.

The anti-hero cop who “plays by his own rules” caused a stir back in the day with its intricate, film-worthy storyline and Matrix style “bullet-time” action sequences, a bit like a Steven Seagal film but with a plot.

The transition here has been seamless, gorgeous HD rendering bringing to life the originals jaw-dropping detail. With a well thought out, customisable user interface to match, ‘Max Payne Mobile’ immersive gameplay is ideal for wasting away long, arduous train and bus journeys. One of the great games of our time.
Price: £2.99, available on iOS and Android.

TuneIn Radio
Forget buying an expensive and overly fiddly digital radio for leisure or pleasure. TuneIn Radio marries an easy to use interface with over 60,000 digital stations to ensuring that you can easily access whatever music takes your fancy for the setting you are in. It has a couple of nifty features, such as live pause and rewinding of any station in case you couldn’t hear the DJ’s garbled pronunciation of a new tune you’ve heard. It can also be used in the background of other apps as well as doubling as a handy alarm clock.
Price: FREE, available on iOS and Android.

TV Catch Up
We’re kinda surprised this app exists, God knows what clever loophole they’ve used but TV catch up is essentially, “we’ll turn your phone into a UK freeview box….for free.” So whether home or abroad you can catch up on the latest Apprentice, Country file, Cash in the Attic – whatever takes you fancy. Grab it while it still exists.
Price: FREE, available on iOS and Android.

Soundcloud
It’s fantastic. Simply fantastic. Fast becoming the go-to place for new music, demos, artists and remixes, Soundcloud now boasts a huge library of tunes, many of which you won’t hear anywhere else. The nice people at Soundcloud have not only provided an app that will keep your ear canals complemented till Christmas, but have in fact installed a laughably easy to use record function so you can lay down and upload any musical tinkering’s you create on the move.
Price: FREE, available on iOS and Android.

By James Stapleton