Mobilewalla: Apps that engage humans with robotic fun
With the release of Terminator Genisys and AMC’s new show Humans, robots and cyborgs are having a big summer. Play the following apps to enjoy robots that you control.
Apple apps
Robot Unicorn Attack 2 (Free)* This groovy game has the gamer controlling a robot unicorn that rides through an exotic landscape, restoring or destroying it. (Score: 98/100)
Ironkill: Robot Fighting & Boxing Game — Battle of the Mech Fighters (Free)* This robot-battling game features robots that the player customizes and prepares for fighting. (Score: 97/100)
Toca Robot Lab ($2.99) This darling app features robots your little one can build from virtual scraps and test in the Toca Robot testing facility. (Score: 93/100)
Terminator Genisys: Revolution (Free)* This shooter is set in the science-fiction world of The Terminator. Escape Skynet’s human prison and fight to destroy the cyborgs. (Score: 90/100)
Robot Battle (Free)* On a distant world, humans are fighting each other with robot proxies to find resources and bring them home. Can you design a winning robot? (Score: 89/100)
Android apps
Robot Squad Live Wallpaper (99 cents) This wallpaper has a battery-saving feature so you can enjoy more or less of the four interactive robots that inhabit your screen. (Score: 97/100)
Real Steel World Robot Boxing (Free)* Real Steel WRB is a battle game with a complex social element: Fight your friends in a series of regular and special-event combats. (Score: 96/100)
Ultimate Robot Fighting (Free)* This robot-battling game is driven by robot character cards that you collect to build an unstoppable, customizable robot force. (Score: 93/100)
BrainPOP Featured Movie (Free)* BrainPOP is an educational video series with a robot host who brings in-depth history and sociology lessons to kids. (Score: 92/100)
Battle Robots! (Free)* Battle Robots! features 120 stages of combat. Every time you defeat an enemy, you take its parts and make your robot stronger and stronger. (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 August 7, 2015 at 1:21 PM with the headline "Mobilewalla: Apps that engage humans with robotic fun."