Best Windows 10 apps this week
Three-hundred-and-seventy-nine 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 announced this week that it is pausing non-security updates for Windows starting in May 2020. Security updates released on Patch Tuesday will still be produced on schedule.
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.
- Affinity Designer, for $24.99
- Affinity Photo, for $24.99
- Affinity Publisher, for $24.99
- iXplain Pro, pencasting app for $4.99
- Recital, play and classify music app, for $0.99
- WritingFX, ebook writing app, for $0.99
New Windows apps and games
Spacedesk turns Windows desktop, tablet and phone devices into an extra screen that may be used on Windows desktop or Surface devices.
A driver needs to be installed on the main PC and the application on the client device.
Taskade is a task manager application for Windows 10 that supports collaboration and lots of other features. The application is designed for teams and organizations; workspaces are used to separate data between different teams and projects, and features such as chat options are readily available for communication.
New Windows 10 themes
Notable Updates
Dell Mobile Connect update brings screen mirroring and file transfer support among other things.
Telegram Desktop update introduces new picture-in-picture feature and options to control playback speed in the video menu.
Twitter app update improves direct messages, lists and adds support for WebM videos.