PARIS, May 5 ― The Rock takes stock of your personal schedule with “The Rock Clock,” while “Risky Road” carries a fragile egg up regional app chart rankings.
More details on these apps by country for the week, by number of downloads and recorded on May 4, 2016, can be found below.
USA
Slither.io (Games)
Wind your way around the playing area as a slithery snake. Crash into another player and you’re out, but eat exploded snake remains to get bigger. Mobile phone classic “Snake” meets modern browser hit “Agario.”
itunes.apple.com/app/id1091944550
United Kingdom & France
Risky Road (Games)
Use a simple one-tap approach to keep a giant egg in the truck as you jump broken bridges, loop the loops, and bumpy hills. $1.99 to remove ads.
itunes.apple.com/app/id1081132864
Australia & Canada
The Rock Clock (Utilities)
Actor, bodybuilder, and pop culture personality Dwayne Johnson dons his Rock persona once more for this all-out, goal-based motivational alarm clock that comes with exclusive video messages, custom alarm tones, and even a Rock Time alarm if you want to get up exactly when The Rock does.
itunes.apple.com/app/id958796099
China
Bigbang Live [cn. 映客-BIGBANG] (Social Networking)
Interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and social networking for fans of iconic South Korean boy band and K-pop kings Bigbang, whose member G-Dragon is particularly big in China. Bigbang’s Daesun celebrated his birthday on April 26.
itunes.apple.com/app/id978985106
Germany, Malaysia, India & Singapore
WhatsApp Messenger (Social Networking)
Multimedia messaging and voice calls via wifi or carrier data connection ― thus avoiding standard charges where wifi coverage or data cap allowances are sufficient ― plus instant integration with existing phone contacts lists, and support for group chats. A recent update offers private, automatic, end-to-end encryption.
itunes.apple.com/app/id310633997
South Korea
Dragon Hills (Games)
As a tunneling, leaping dragon, help a furious princess wreak her revenge on her captors ― dashing knights and gallant princes are surplus to requirements. Usually paid but on a free promo.
itunes.apple.com/app/id963093508
Japan
Marvel Tsum Tsum (Games)
Connect identical marble-shaped Marvel characters with a finger-traced line to win in this licensed twist on a popular game genre.
itunes.apple.com/app/id1069759793
Store rankings courtesy of App Annie. ― AFP-Relaxnews
