Best Windows apps this week
One-hundred and eighty-four in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 in the past seven days.
Duplicate Cleaner has been selected as application of the week. It is a sophisticated duplicate files cleaner for Windows 10 that competes with desktop programs in regards to functionality.
As always, if I missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email instead.
Discounts this week
The following discounts are provided by Red Stripe Deals, a weekly changing list of offers, and the Deals Hub application.
- Codec Packs, media player that supports many media formats for $4.99
- Total Manager Pro, a file manager for $4.99
- DjVU PDF Viewer, a DjVU and PDF reader for $1.49
- Geocaching Pro 2016, client for geocaching services for $2.99
- Crayola Bubbles, a game for kids for $0.99
- Daily Budget Planner, personal finance app for $2.99
- Resume CV Templates, resume creation app for $3.99
- PhotoSmile, photo app that only takes photos if it detects smiles, for $2.99
- Nextgen Reader, a feed reader for $0.99
App of the week
Duplicate Cleaner scans the selected folder hierarchy for duplicate files, and displays those its finds in the interface.
It displays a handful of suggestions -- videos, images or music -- but supports custom searches as well.
The results are listed in groups based on the selected parameters. The default matches files by size but supports name or modification date filters as well which you can add or set individually.
Files are displayed with their path and name, size, creation date, and modification date, and you may preview any with a click on the preview icon before you start the deletion process.
Duplicate Cleaner supports an advanced mode that gives you better control over the scanning as you may specify custom file types and enable hash comparison on top of what the quick scan mode offers.
All in all a well designed application that is ad supported. You may get rid of the ads by making an in-app purchase.
Other apps
Arcane Soul is a side-scrolling action RPG in which you fight goblins, slimes and other monsters, use special powers, and upgrade your equipment to become more powerful.
The game features a variety of monsters, including bosses, and quite a few items that help you complete levels.
The game is somewhat chaotic at times which can be attributed to the rather small area that fights take place in.
Bank of America makes a return to Windows 10. The mobile banking application has been redesigned for the new OS, and supports the following features:
- Transfer money between accounts.
- Pay bills.
- Deposit checks.
- Send money to others.
- Find an ATM near you.
- Open a new account.
The travel application Cleartrip puts its focus on India mostly. It enables you to search for flights in an easy to use interface.
The mobile version of the application supports hotel and activity searches on top of that, while the desktop application is currently limited to flights.
Druids: Battle of Magic is a match-3 puzzle game featuring 110 levels and four powers in the full version.
The game is free to download and play, but limited to the first ten levels until you purchase the full version from within the game.
If you like relaxing match-3 games that don't enforce a harsh time or move limit on you, this may be worth a try.
Realarm offers alarm clock functionality with a twist. Instead of playing the same sound over and over again when it is time to wake up, it supports multiple sounds for each alarm.
The application will pick an alarm sound at random each time, and supports a couple of extra features such as voice commands, custom repeat periods, or recurrence.
Notable updates
LINE app picks up an update with bug fixes and performance improvements.