We bring you a collection with 16 hobby apps for your mobile phone, both Android and iPhone. These are games of all kinds, such as word searches, self-defined, sudoku, word guessing games and some more. Sometimes it is an app for a specific game, although there are others that have several.
Just as we once made a list of online hobby websites, now it is the turn of the mobile app format. In each of the proposals we are going to include a description of the specific game, and we will also give you the links to download them to your device.
CogniFit
It is a portal full of mental games and hobbies, which It also has a mobile version. All of these games are focused on exercising your mind and your cognitive skills, and they even have a statistics page in which they use the data from your games to tell you how you are doing.
But underneath that focus on mental health, what you have is an app with a large number of hobbies and gamesfrom sudoku to crossword puzzles. Thus, you will train aspects such as your coordination, concentration, reading or memory.
Hobbies – 30 Minigames
It is an application that offers you 30 different hobbies. It does this through mini-games that range from crossword puzzles to tic-tac-toe, minesweeper or 1024, with very simple games but with which you can quickly pass the time.
Although the name of the developers is different on Android and iOS, it seems that both are the same, and the game is the same on both platforms. Even so, it is possible that there are some games or functions that are different between both operating systems.
Palora: Word hunt
A few years ago, el Wordle burst into our lives as a new hobby. It’s a browser-based game, but there are many apps that have adopted its mechanics, and this is one that has done so for both iOS and Android.
It is about guessing the hidden word, with several attempts for each of them in which you have to write five letters. You will know if the letters are there but not in their place, or if you have guessed them in their place, and you will have to guess the word in each game.
Asked
One of the best trivia games you’ll find, and it’s already been around for 10 years. offers you thousands of different questionsand even the possibility of creating your own questions. It’s about answering them all and showing that you know more than your rivals.
The game has a high social component, since you play online with other people and you can chat with them. As for the mechanics, you pull the roulette wheel to get a topic for the question, which will have four possible answers, and you have to guess the right one.
Words
This is possibly the most popular version of Scrabblein which you face an opponent on a board on which you have to put words. You are given letters, and with them you have to form the longest word possible, and in the end the one with the most points wins.
The game is entirely in Spanish, and you rise in ranking depending on the games you win, and on the board there are multipliers to earn more points per word. You can challenge random opponents, use classic mode, and use power-ups.
Spanish word search
But if what you like are word searches, those boxes full of letters where you have to find words, then you will surely like this other game completely in Spanish. It’s free and perfect for the whole family.
The objective is the classic one, to find words in the word search, but the developers have added a little spice to it with some special powers and a coin system.
Crossword – Self-defined
This is a multi-device application that offers you 2,800 crossword puzzlesso you will have a long time to entertain yourself with them. The interface is quite simple, and you have up to 4,000 questions different in these crossword puzzles.
The app has light or dark modeso that you can use the one you like the most or save mobile battery when you use it. You also have a list of questions so you can focus on everything you have left to complete. You can use it offline.
CodyCross
An application of crosswords in spanishwhich also seeks to give a twist to such a simple game with a reward system and special powers with which to obtain help.
Its mechanics are the same as in many casual games, with several worlds to explore, in each of them having their own crossword puzzles with specific themes. Enough to motivate you to continue playing.
Words of Wonders: Crucigrama
Another crossword game that invites you to travel the world discovering the secrets of the seven wonders. In this game, you will start with few letters and a single trackand you will have to complete all the words.
2048
This is another mobile game that will have you spending hours combining numbers in an attempt to get as far as possible. You simply have a board in which you have to join numbers that match to make them bigger, and continue combining them, until you can’t go any further.
It is a game that will require not only joining numbers and that’s it, but do it with a strategy so you don’t run out of space quickly, and be as organized as possible. A good challenge for all audiences.
Everyday Puzzles
An application that collects various pastimes in the form of mini-games. Some are known as hangman, word searches or sudoku, but there are also others for guessing secret words or grouping words. Thus, a minigame hub for both platforms.
The idea is to offer you different games in a single application that is free. Perhaps one of its difficulties is that there are many lesser-known words, so it will help you improve your vocabulary.
Cross
Kryss is a new type of game that seeks change the way crosswords are played. It’s a social game in which you will always find another person to play against, adding a competitive layer to capture your interest.
It’s a turn-based gamein which in each one you receive five letters that you have to place in one minute within the self-defined time. And here, the one with the most points wins, being able to earn them by guessing where each letter is or by completing words. It also has a strategy component in case you want to save some key letters for later.
Blockudo
This is a game that mix a Tetris with a sudoku. You have blocks like Tetris, and you have to combine these blocks to earn points. Each turn you have three that you have to place, and you will lose the moment there is one that doesn’t fit.
Therefore, it is like Tetris in terms of being able to eliminate rows and columns, but it adds a puzzle component that suits it very well. Also, by taking turns you can take as long as you want to place the blocks.
A sudoku application, without more or less. It is not very complicated, you will simply have to advance through the different levels completing sudoku that are being proposed to you. You have thousands of them to explore, so you never run out of them.
Wordling!
Another incarnation of Wordle brought to a mobile application. Its great peculiarity is that has different levels of difficultybeing able to choose words that range from four to seven letters. You can play in different languages, and you will have statistics so you can see your progress.
GeoGuessr
And we finish with GeoGuessr, a game in which you have to guess the location of the photos that are presented to you. You see a photo, and you have to place it on the map, and whoever is closest to the participants wins. You can play alone or compete against other players from around the world.
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