What are Reddit's favorite android apps in the category game educational?

I used to have an app where it would select two random articles and you would have to get to one from the other

Edit: The Wiki Game

there's an app based around this concept - get from one wikipedia page to another in the least amount of clicks. ridiculous time sink

No reason to downvote this, it's true. There is currently no way to run Gear VR software on any phone besides the Note 4 and Galaxy S6(edge). And even on these it only works with Gear VR, which provides external, USB connected sensors for which the Oculus SDK checks when launching an app. The Open Gear project tries to create an alternative by building a compatible sensor set and later finding a way to run the software on other phones than the Note 4/S6, but so far they haven't come very far, and it may never work. "No" may be a somewhat short answer, but it is still the correct answer. Only apps ported by the developers from Gear VR to Cardboard SDK like Titans of Space will work on other phones.

I found learning hiragana / katakana on Duo was good, think it depends on your learning style, but it worked for me. Biggest problem as others have said is you get to the end and it's "over" so to speak... I was recommended this app and found it perfect to follow up with:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.writeit.jpn

I try to do a 20 character review now and again, it picks 20 characters at random and asks you to read / write them a few times each, a bit flash-cardy.

Relatively cheap too!

When I click the link, it asks me to install a web browser app?!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.air.TakosJapanese&referrer=utm_source%3DBlog%26utm_medium%3DApp%26utm_campaign%3Dfeatured_sale#details-reviews

Let's shorten it up a bit:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.air.TakosJapanese

This is kind of obvious but: download a dictionary app to your phone. The merriam-webster one is free, takes about 40mb, and works offline. That way you don't ever have to skip over a word you don't know - whip your phone out immediately and look it up. The process of typing it in and defining it will probably help you remember it.

There is a vocabulary builder app, but I've never personally used it. Good ratings though.

You can also check out /r/logophilia, though for obvious reasons you will mostly end up learning obscure, niche-type words.

Speaking of: merriam webster does have a word of the day page you can check, which is often quite interesting.

Now a word of warning: I spent a large part of my life learning all the words I could and applying them to my speech. Later on, in my adolescence, this lead many people to view me as pretentious. So when you learn all the new fancy words, be judicious about their use! And don't be afraid to mix them with a fair amount of colloquialisms.

Ich oute mich mal hier als Spießer: Dieses Wikipedia Spiel gibts als Android App Zwar nur auf Englisch ist aber trotzdem moderat unterhalten

There's a vr app on android which takes you on a journey across the solar system + known biggest stars..

It really freaked me out looking at the sheer magnitude & luminance!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.titansofspacecb

The guided voice addon is just cherry on top!

I was about to come and post the same thing!

Also, I'm a fan of InMind VR: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nivalvr.inmind&hl=en

The successor, InCell VR, made me a little too nauseated.

Deep Space Battle VR is pretty cool too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamearx.spacerumble&hl=en

These all have some variant of "look to fire/do action" mechanism.

Titans of Space stands head and shoulders above the rest of the stuff I've tried. Especially if you're interested in the solar system, check it out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.titansofspacecb&hl=en

Titans of Space https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.titansofspacecb

Vrse- Evolution of Verse. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shakingearthdigital.vrsecardboard

There's an app called "Write it! Japanese", which is specifically for hiragana and katakana https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.writeit.jpn I haven't used it much personally but I know that it works.

As far as the basic Korean vocabulary is concerned, another flashcard too you could consider using is with apps like Beginner Korean or StartFromZero_Korean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

Unless you purchased the Memrise Pro subscription.

EDIT: If you like to learn Japanese, this app is perfect. Learn Japanese with Tako

I've had this trouble with different programs too. ジャ is ja. Why some turn it into jya I don't know. Either keep this those programs and just accept that jya is right for them but ja for everyone else or just find another program to work with.

If you have android may I recommend this app for learning the kana? You have to pay to get the custom test option but it helps you learn how to both recognize and recall the kana and all the translations are correct. Finding a program that asks you to recall the kana is so hard to find.

They say a journey of a thousand miles begin but with one single step. If your heart is in Korea, I would suggest you start learning some Korean.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

Here you go :)

I'm not particularly fond of in-app purchases but after the first tour I decided to buy the narration add-on ($2.99). Feels good to support the work and honestly it's adds a lot to the experience.

One of the first games I downloaded for Google Cardboard was like that - you shoot viruses (virii?).

EDIT: It was shooting neurons, actually

Did you think about or even try to control jumping through doing a jumping motion (bend your knees and push up fast)? You might be able to detect it reliably through the positional tracking of the head.

I once played a Cardboard game (Wizard Academy) which had this feature in. More as a gimmick then a game mechanic.

It might turn out to be tiring, but you will get enormous quads ;)

This is already in that wizard type game made by the same people that made germ buster. Unfortunately its not always responsive and is really underwhelming

Edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realiteer.wizardacademyvrcardboard

Don't let the demos that it come with deter you from what Cardboard VR can do.

There's so many good VR apps right now and they keep getting better. I highly suggest InMind and InCell

Titans of Space is a really good one that started as an experience for the Rift. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.titansofspacecb

I liked this for the cinema feeling if you want to watch a movie. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.couchgames.apps.cardboardcinema

You can also find a bunch of 360 videos on Youtube now that are cardboard compatible if you click the icon on the video.

/r/cardboard and /r/GoogleCardboard/ are subs you can check out for more :)

Try Titans of Space and VR Design Lab by Google.

Edit: Here are the links: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.titansofspacecb https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.cardboard.apps.designlab&hl=en

Write It! Japanese is a free one I've used. Their flashcard mode costs money, but you can pick parts of the syllabary and practice section by section for free.

Isn't this basically just a solver for the Wikipedia game where you try to find the shortest route between articles? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armadill.thewikigame&gl=US

Also, people on this sub might like this game.

It took me a couple days to learn hiragana and katakana, I just used this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.writeit.jpn

I think with kana you can write each character out a decent amount of times and then quiz yourself on the recognition of it and you should be fine, you'll be reading it all the time so you won't forget it

Yes it does! It sounds out the character and shows you how to write it. I think it starts off with romanji like, a - あ and how it sounds and how to write it with correct stroke order

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.air.TakosJapanese

Man you might Like the app, The Wiki Game. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armadill.thewikigame

You got a start topic and end topic, you got to try and link articles to get to the final goal. I hope you like it anyway

There's an app version, too, and it looks like there are several versions of it.

Here's the one with the same name on Google Play.

There is a cell phone game based on this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armadill.thewikigame&hl=en_CA

I believe there is a web version here but I haven't played it. https://www.thewikigame.com/

Sounds like you would enjoy The Wiki Game or Wikiracing where you are given 2 random articles (like Mango -> Andorra) and have to find your way from one to the other by clicking links within the articles. You can find some online versions and there are mobile apps. I enjoy The Wiki Game (Play Store link)

To help further build on your Korean vocabulary, easily and efficiently learn on your own some of the basic Korean words and phrases from scratch with flashcard tools like the Beginner Korean app and the StartFromZero_Korean app.

You could try using free flashcard tools like the Beginner Korean app and the Beginner Japanese app to easily begin learning on your own some of the basic words and phrases to both languages at your own pace and convenience.

Beginner Korean app is a free flashcard resource you could try to use to learn on your own some of the basic Hangul words and phrases from scratch.

As a start, you could try free flashcard tools like the Beginner Korean app and the TOPIK Locker app that you could use to easily begin learning on your own some of the basic Korean words and phrases from scratch at your own pace and convenience.

Just to share, for anyone interested, you could try flashcard apps like the Beginner Korean app and the Topik Locker app to help learn or practice your Korean vocabulary at your own pace and convenience.

Beginner Korean app and the StartFromZero_Korean app are some of the resources you could try to learn on your own some of the basic Korean words and phrases from scratch.

As far as basic vocabulary is concerned, you could try free flashcard apps like Beginner Korean or StartFromZero_Korean to get started at learning on your own some of the common Korean words and phrases.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

You could try the following apps to start learning some basic Korean phrases and words from scratch

Beginner Korean https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

StartFromZero_Korean https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

To improve your Korean vocabulary, I would suggest you try using free flashcard tools like

Beginner Korean app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean)

and

Topik Locker app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.topiklocker)

Just to share, if you are interested to learn some Korean vocabulary on your own, you might want to consider using flashcard apps like Beginner Korean (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean) to build up your Korean vocabulary from scratch.

Also, if you are interested to practice or grow your kanji/hiragana vocabulary, I could also recommend you the JLPT Locker app thats pretty efficient, vocabulary wise.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.jlptlocker

I like Write it! for hiragana and katakana. I just wish it was a little more flexible with regards to the review quizzes, but other than that it's pretty decent. And free.

Write it! Japanese: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.writeit.jpn Although the update made the option to do a custom test paid you can still learn the hiragana and how to write it out with proper stroke order. Also the katakana is there to.

Learn the words. Or at least some of the basic words of the language. This will be your anchor to learning other aspects of the language, i.e. grammar, pronunciation, syntax etc.

There are many apps and websites that helps you build your vocabulary for free. I'm actually learning Korean now and am using this app call Beginner Korean, that helps me get started on my Korean vocabulary (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean). I believe the Beginner series have other languages too e.g. German, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, French, Swedish etc

To learn the common Korean words, I would suggest Beginner Korean, StartFromZero_Korean apps. Its a vocabulary specific app that would help build your Korean vocabulary to let you get a start in the language

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

Fyi, there are also a similar apps for Spanish, i.e. Beginner Spanish and StartFromZero_Spanish app

There are loads of resources to learn some basic and commonly used korean words provided you put in effort and time. Personally, I've used this app called Beginner Korean (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean) which has really helped with building my Korean vocabulary. You might want to try it out too.

I would suggest learning the Korean language a little. Knowing a bit will help you go a long way (and you get brownie points from locals for trying).

Tryout these apps to learn some of the common Korean words.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

Instead of shifting through dictionaries without knowing where you stand, why not try out apps like Beginner Korean or StartFromZero_Korean that uses SRS method on learning Korean vocabulary. With the apps, at least they help you keep track of, and differentiate between the words you learned and the words you thought you learnt. ;-)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.startfromzero_korean

I'd recommend spending a week learning as many useful words and sentences as possible in a certain topic, then getting a tutor or language partner on italki.com and trying to use them. Keep doing that every week.

Don't focus too much on flashcards and book learning without actually trying to use them in a conversation. A lot of people spend too much time doing that and then they freeze up or just refuse to talk since they don't feel ready yet, or lack confidence in speaking.

Learning the basics of hiragana and katakana will also be really useful for reading things. I made an app that teaches you how to write and read the kana. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.writeit.jpn

If you are a complete beginner, start with Beginner Korean app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean&hl=en

Else, if you already know a few basic words in korean, Topik Locker is the way to go. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.topiklocker&hl=en

If you like this and you get the opportunity, check out Titans of Space

It's a 3d Virtual Reality tour of the universe.
There's a Google Cardboard version available here

The VR aspect of it really drives home the scale of things in a way that's hard to grasp on a monitor.

You might want to give 'Beginner Korean' app a try. It works on the basis of 'a word a day', except this app gives you up to 12 words a day. Its free, works offline and not too bad an app to get your foot in the door.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerkorean

Further, if you are looking to learn Korean long term and need to practice, you might want to check out TOPIK Locker app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.topiklocker

Titans of Space does something similar to what you describe. It's made in Unity and runs okay on Android. Making the right design decisions and optimisations for mobile in Unity takes a little experience, but what you are describing isn't beyond it's capabilities by any means.

I like Tactics Trainer for tactics. Although you have to pay a bit for offline tactics. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thecvsi.tactictrainer&hl=en

I think Shredder chess (also paid) has the best AI to play against - most human like play rather than kicking your ass for a while, then giving you a free knight before kicking your ass some more.

The best chess app overall is probably Droidfish. It free and has the stockfish engine in it. It's good for analysis and reviewing game pgn's. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have any training tools though unless you have some problems in pgn form and play them out against the engine.

Hijacking this comment to point this out if it was missed: if OP just wants 'VR on the cheap', Google Cardboard or the plastic kits that mimic it is where it's at.

There are apps out there like this, which lets you fly through space and view astronomical objects.

EDIT: wording

Well, one of my guild mates has had some success with Takos Japanese, so much so that he's got me starting it.
For a language-learning minigame, it's not bad!