Best Windows apps this week
Two-hundred-and-one in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 on Windows Store in the past seven days.
App of the week is MALClient this time, a sophisticated app to manage your anime or manga collection in various ways.
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.
Check out last week's best of Windows apps post if you missed it.
Discounts this week
Some apps are discounted for more than one week. Starting this week, only new apps and games are listed below. Check out the previous post in the series for past offers that may still be valid.
The following apps and games are discounted by at least 50 percent this week:
- Digital Artist, a PDF Editor for $6.50
- Full Deck Solitaire, Solitaire game for free
- The Surprising Adventures of Munchausen (Full), an adventure game for $1.49
- Orientate, a compass for $0.99
- Doodle Devil, puzzle game for $0.99
- Total Manager Pro, alternative file manager for $4.99
- Dark Arcana: The Carnival (Full), an adventure game for $3.49
App of the week
MALClient is an unofficial client for managing anime or manga. It supports the two anime communities MyAnimeList and Hummingbird for that purpose which offer databases that it uses.
The app supports manga and anime, and divides them up into different sections for easier access.
You may search or browse releases, and manage your own collection of anime or manga using the app.
It features several useful features such as options to search for characters, pin anime series, update series, or add shows to your favorites among other things.
The application features no in-app purchases or blocked features, everything is readily available right away to all users.
Other apps
One Tap Reminders is a new app for Windows 10 to create and use reminders quickly.
The app ships with some templates, time-based and cooking reminders, and allows you to add your own or edit the ones that are already available.
To start a reminder tap on it in the interface, or on any that you pinned to the Windows Start menu for quick access.
Singuler: Duplicate Removal Tool
Singuler is a free duplicate file finder for Windows. It is well designed and supports features that last week's app Disko lacks.
This includes options to set custom scan locations, different comparison methods (name, size, date or content), type filters, and a selection assistant that you may use to quickly select dupes in the results.
Stackie is a free, ad-powered, Stack Exchange client for Windows Store.
You may use it to pin any of the network forums, e.g. Super User, Stack Overflow or Mathematics, and browse or search questions and answers on those forums.
You may link it to an existing Stack Exchange account to gain access to features, such as accessing your global inbox directly from within the app.
Teslagrad ($9.99, no free trial)
Teslagrad is a beautiful jump and run game in which you use magnetism and electromagentic powers.
The game features puzzle sections that you need to solve to advance and just a little bit of combat and interaction with monsters.
Notable updates
Movie Creator Beta by Microsoft Mobile updated with support for 4K video input, and options to select photos or videos from OneDrive.
World of Tanks Blitz updated for Halloween with new vehicles, a "twisted map", garage updates and effects.