Best Windows 10 apps this week
Two-hundred-and-twenty-seven in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 on the Windows Store in the past seven days.
The Windows 10 Creators Update is available through Windows Update now. If you prefer an image on USB or DVD, check out Wayne's post on how to do so.
The Windows Store Spring Sale has also started now, featuring discounts on games, apps and more.
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.
The following list is a selection of the best deals. Make sure you check out the Store for all offers.
Some apps are discounted for more than one 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.
- Drawboard PDF, PDF Editor for $6.99
- Forza Horizon 3 Ultimate Edition, for $59.99
- Gears of War 4, for $29.99
- Grapholite - Diagrams, Flow Charts and Floor Plans Designer, for $9.99
- Ori and the blind forest: definitive edition, for $9.99
- Quantum Break, for $23.99
- Recipe Keeper Pro, for $2.99
- Shadow Complex Remastered, for $5.99
- Silence - The Whispered World 2, for $14.99
- Typing Instructor Platinum, for $17.99
New Windows apps and games
djay Pro ($49.99, no trial)
Djay Pro, a popular toolkit for DJs, is now available on Windows 10. The app integrates with Spotify, iTunes and Windows Explorer.
It features up to four decks that you can arrange to your liking. It displays information, such as BPM, in the interface, and gives you access to a variety of audio and DJ tools such as skipping or scrubbing tools, audio recording, live sampling, crossfaders, audio effects and processing options.
The Windows 10 version supports touch and keyboard/mouse access, the Surface Dial, and the Surface Studio with PxelSense displays.
Hexy Lights is a free time-based puzzle game in which you try to turn off all hex tiles by passing over them before you reach the exit tile.
The game is fast paced, especially the first ten or so levels of the introductory level pack.
The next level packs, double, triple and so on add more complexity to the puzzle game. Some tiles need to be passed multiple times to complete the level.
Manager for Devices Gold displays detailed hardware and device information when you launch it.
This includes information on Windows, built-in hardware like the processor or battery, networking, and sensors.
The application supports reports that you can generate with a click, and a bunch of Cortana commands that allow you to copy network data, or display CPU information.
Notes may be added to reports on top of all that.
Notable updates
CodeHub, a GitHub client for Windows 10, supports GitHub notifications now.
Enpass update introduces attachment support, and an option to disable updates and analytics.
VMware Horizon Client update brings BEAT and PCoIP protocol support, screen rotation, and more.
Zonos, a Sonos app, has been redesigned completely. The new version features usability improvements on top of the new UI.