GeekWire Radio: Fun games, useful utilities and more of our favorite apps

We’ve received an app-apalooza for you this week on the GeekWire radio present, as we spend all the time speaking about a few of our newest, biggest, favourite apps — helpful utilities, enjoyable video games, and even an electronic mail app that may let you know if somebody has opened your message.

Becoming a member of us for the dialog are Amber Osborne, a.okay.a. “Miss Destructo,” the chief advertising officer of Meshfire, the Seattle-based social media know-how firm; and Nick Elsberry, a software program engineer and co-founder of 47 Levels, the Seattle-based cellular app design and improvement firm answerable for apps together with Leafly (our GeekWire Awards App of the 12 months) and GeekWire’s personal Android and iPhone apps.

KIRO Radio’s Erynn Rose, who engineers the present every week, additionally joins us for a second tackle Dropbox Carousel, which we lately featured as an App of the Week.

We additionally give the reply to final week’s Identify that Tech Tune problem. (It was “Goonies 2” for NES.) Congrats to our winner, Sean Jones, who was chosen at random from the proper solutions to obtain a Poppy 3D for iPhone — winner of Gadget of the 12 months on the GeekWire Awards.

Take heed to the present within the audio participant beneath or by way of this MP3 file, and proceed studying beneath for hyperlinks to all the apps we talked about.

Utilities

Test: A free app for iPhone and Android that reminds you when payments are due and allows you to make funds.

Drippler: A free app for iPhone and Android that retains you updated with information, suggestions and updates about apps for your cellphone.

9 Playing cards House Launcher: Developed by 47 Levels, this launcher for Android organizes your apps primarily based on utilization patterns, and makes suggestions for extra apps.

Venmo: Straightforward money transfers for splitting payments and sharing cash with buddies, for iPhone and Android. (Much like Sq. Money, a current GeekWire App of the Week.)

Alerts: E-mail monitoring app for Gmail, permitting you to see who opened your electronic mail messages (and who didn’t).

Feedly: Desktop and cellular RSS reader for maintaining on the information.

Sports activities

Sounders FC: The newly up to date app for Seattle’s different favourite soccer group, free for iPhone.

Emerald Metropolis Supporters: The official app of the unbiased Sounders supporters group, full with lyrics and songs that members of the EMC sing on match days.

MLB At Bat: The official Main League Baseball app, for iPhone/iPad and Android.

Video games

Flick Golf: A enjoyable, easy, addictive golf recreation for iPhone (99 cents) and Android ($1.99).

7 Little Phrases: Chunk-sized phrase puzzles for Android and iPhone.

Massive Fish On line casino: On line casino video games from Seattle’s Massive Fish for iPhone and Android.

Snap Assault: New aggressive word-building recreation for Home windows Telephone from the group behind the favored Wordament recreation.

Geocaching: Actual-world treasure searching, powered by GPS, for iPhone and Android.

GeekWire App of the 12 months Finalists

Full of life: Live performance audio and video, straight from the board, for iPhone, Android and Home windows Telephone.

Parallels Entry: Mac and Home windows in your iPad.

Workplace for iPad: Microsoft’s flagship productiveness apps on Apple’s pill.

Cloak: Wi-fi safety for Mac, iPhone and iPad.