Mobilewalla: Off-seasons sports at your fingertips
Virtual sports games allow players to enjoy their favorite sports off-season and gain bragging rights by competing with friends.
Apple apps
Ice Rage ($1.99)* This hockey game finds the player challenging the game or a friend with pass-and-play. It also features special characters, like Santa and Enviro-Bear. (Score: 98/100)
Touchdown Hero (Free)* In Touchdown Hero, you are a player on the football field scrambling to grab the ball and make the big play. (Score: 97/100)
FIFA 15 Ultimate Team by EA SPORTS (Free)* In FIFA 15, the gamer builds a fantasy soccer team, choosing from over 10,000 players from licensed teams. (Score: 94/100)
Slam Dunk King (Free) If you want to be the Slam Dunk King, grab the virtual ball bouncing through the screen and use skill and strategy to get it in the hoop. (Score: 92/100)
Madden NFL Mobile (Free)* Madden NFL gives the player a chance to build a team of current players and NFL legends and field them in competition with other teams. (Score: 89/100)
Android apps
8 Ball Pool (Free)* 8 Ball Pool is a virtual pool tournament in which the player collects coins for each win and plays progressively more difficult opponents. (Score: 98/100)
True Skate ($1.99)* In True Skate, a virtual skateboarder faces the challenges of a skate park and controls his or her ride with touch controls. (Score: 94/100)
NBA JAM by EA SPORTS ($4.99)* If you like to play pickup basketball games and two-on-two, you’ll love challenging your friends to this virtual version of the game. (Score: 92/100)
MyNBA2K15 (Free)* This card-collecting game allows the player to build a fantasy NBA team, train them and play them against other players’ teams. (Score: 91/100)
Sumotori Dreams ($1.39)* In this simple but challenging sumo wrestling game, the player attempts to win by forcing an opponent out of the ring. (Score: 90/100)
* Available on Apple and Android
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published March 23, 2015 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Mobilewalla: Off-seasons sports at your fingertips."