Photoshop comes to your phone or tablet, albeit in a cleverly re-crafted version. Designed to look and feel familiar, the app tries to give creatives just enough power to work on a tablet. When you're done making, you can share.
Verdict: Don't expect a watered down version of the artist's friend. It's been remixed for touch and works very well indeed.
Available on: iTunes App Store, Google Play
Price: $5
Platform: iOS 5.0+ or Android 4.0+
Opera browser beta
Oslo-based Opera's claims are brave: do more using less data. In this latest version you should find improved 3G performance, various fixes and stability improvements. Under the hood it has a WebKit engine, which we weren't expecting. It saw Opera jilt its Presto system.
Verdict: The revamped frontend is an improvement. We say download it and have a tinker. It's time well spent.
Available on: Google Play
Price: Free
Platform: Android
Readr
The iPad and the blizzard of innovations it's whipped up have changed how we consume magazines forever. Readr is another wannabe game changer: sign up and you can graze the digital newsstand for free for 20 minutes. Pay to read more.
Verdict: You've got to hand it to Readr, it's an impressive and innovative way of helping readers to discover new digital titles.
Available on: iTune App Store
Price: Free trial / £6.99 a month
Platform: iOS 5.0+
The Particles
Lifelong learning is the defining habit of the successful. If you fancy taxing your grey matter, why not explore particle physics? The Panicles app aims to bring the subject to life through design smarts and tablet technology.
Verdict The app makes a good fist of turning unapproachable science into something you can graze and enjoy.
Available on: iTunes App Store, Windows Store
Price: £4.99
Platform: iOS 5.0+, Windows 8, Surface
