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Saturday, 11 February 2012

Boost your Brain power with Android Apps

Use your Android phone to improve your vocabulary, boost you IQ and improve your mental skills. These games are fun and addictive too. Here are some of the popular “edutainment” games and apps for Android.

Words with Friends Free, from Zynga, is similar to the traditional word-forming board game, Scrabble. It is a two person game enriched by the fact that you can login with Twitter or Facebook and invite your friends to play with you. There is an online chat to interact during an exciting game. If the game is slow, there is a notification feature that lets you know when your opponent makes his move. You can also opt for Pass and Play game, where two people can play the game on the same phone.

If you think vocabulary building is serious business and would prefer a pile of flashcards to teach you some tough words, turn to the trusted dictionary.com’s app, Dictionary.com Flashcards. It has over 70,000 flashcard decks, and can be customized by grade, subject or by standardized test. You can choose audio pronunciation or definition matching.

Sudoku Free is an android app for the number puzzle that has taken the world by storm in recent years. With four levels of difficulty it has enough puzzles to keep you entertained for a long time. It can give hints if you need them and track your score. You can also play in real time competitions online.

The aim of Math Workout is to exercise the brain with a set of daily mental mathematics problems. You can track your progress with Charts and there is also a World Challenge where you compete with other top players around the world. The paid version, Math Workout Pro, comes without the ads and a few extra features like wallpapers and user profiles.

Chess improves concentration, visualization and strategic thinking. Chess Free by AI Factory is one of the highest rated chess apps for Android. It has 10 levels from Novice to Expert. You can play against the system, or against a friend in the 2 player mode. It has a unique feature “Show CPU Thinking”, which shows the moves the system is considering.

Who becomes Rich, by Mobfish.net, brings the classic pub quiz to your Android mobile. This multiple choice trivia quiz is one of the most popular trivia apps on Android. It has hundreds of questions covering a wide range of subjects from Mathematics to Sports. The monetary value associated with the question and the question difficulty increases as you progress, making the game very addictive.

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