Best Windows 10 apps this week
Three-hundred-and-seventy-four in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 on the Microsoft Store in the past seven days.
Microsoft started to roll out important changes to Windows Update recently that improve the installation of optional updates and third-party drivers.
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.
- Diarium -- Private Diary / Daily Journal, for $5.99
- Earth 3D -- World Atlas, for $0.99
- Finebits AppPack, includes all current and future Finebits apps, for $9.99
- PenNotes, book creation with Windows Ink support, for $3.99
- Scrble Ink, freehand writing app, for $6.99
New Windows apps and games
FilmForth -- Movie Maker is a straightforward video editor that users may use to edit videos and create slideshows. It can be used to make movies from videos and photos, join videos, and add transition effects to the creation.
It supports several popular media formats including mp4, avi, mkv, and wmv on the video side, jpg and webp, as well as mp3, wav, and m4a.
Windows Caffeinated is a simple program for Windows 10 to keep the PC awake while it is active.
It places an icon in the System Tray that you may use to toggle its functionality.
New Windows 10 themes
- Aerial Saltflats PREMIUM, 14 4K images of "parched, ancient remains of large bodies of water"
- Colorful Boats PREMIUM, 14 4K images of bright and showy boats.
- Flower Petals, 18 images of flower petals.
- Seasonal Art PREMIUM, 12 4K images of the cycle of seasons.
- Sunflowers Premium, 17 4K images of sunflowers.
Notable Updates
The latest Telegram update brings redesigned profile pages, a better media browsing experience, and an update to the "people nearby" feature.
Windows Terminal 0.9 introduces support for command line arguments in its app execution alias "wt", better PowerShell detection, and file dragging support.