Best Windows 10 apps this week
Three-hundred-and-seventeen 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 next feature update for Windows 10 will reserve about 7 Gigabytes of storage for the system on new installations to improve reliability.
As always, if I've 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.
Discounts this week
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.
- Mind Maps Classic, mind mapping app, for $4.99
- My Brother Rabbit, adventure game, for $11.99
- Scrble Ink, freehand writing app, for $6.99
- VikingJourney, survive in the Viking age, for $8.99
- WiFi Commander: 3D Analyze and Monitor, for $4.99
New Windows apps and games
Raw Image Extension is a new app for Windows 10 by Microsoft that adds native Raw image file support to the operating system.
The app requires Windows 10 version 1903 and will add support for Raw image formats to File Explorer and the Photos application (and any other app that uses it or starts to use it).
It is released as a beta version and support for some Raw formats, e.g. Cr3 or gpr, is not available yet.
Story Saver for Instagram ($4.99)
Instagram users may use Story Saver for Instagram -- a free trial version is available that is good for downloading 10 stories per day -- to view and download stories from the service.
Use the built-in search functionality to find Instagram users to view story videos and images, and to download those of interest to the local system.
An option to load profiles in the Instagram app is provided as well.
Sun -- Sunrise & Sunset is a free application for Windows 10 that returns information about sunrise and sunset for a specific date and location in the world.
The app may track your location or you may pick a location from the integrated map. Use the date picker to select a date, and sunrise and sunset information is displayed to you immediately by the app.
Notable updates
Sticky Notes image embedding support incoming. The web version supports the feature already.