Android App of the Day: Heyzap

Do you enjoy playing games on your mobile device, but don’t know how to discover new games quickly? Or maybe you’re just tired of playing Angry Birds and Cut the Rope and want to find out what else your friends are playing? Well, the Heyzap app for Android aims at helping you discover new games to play and interact with your friends at the same time.

Pros:

• Check-in to your favorite games and share them with your friends.
• Need more neighbors for your farm or mobsters for your gang? Make friends with people across multiple games using our Play With Friends feature!
• Earn awesome gaming badges by playing your favorite games.
• Get and share tips. Receive the wisdom of players who came before you,
• Launch games 10x faster. All your games are conveniently grouped in Heyzap’s “Play” tab.
• Become the Boss. Check in to a game more than anyone else and you’ll officially become the Boss.
• Discover the absolute best games on Android

Cons:

• Not too many of my real-life friends were on Heyzap so I had to find new people to follow

How it works:

• Download the app
• Create a user account or tap to login
• Add your friends from phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook, Twitter
• Search for friends by tapping the magnifying glass icon
• If you don’t have any friends using Heyzap, tap on the “Get Suggested Friends” icon
• Dashboard displays an activity feed of all your friend’s activity on Heyzap
• See what games your friends are playing by scrolling up and down the activity feed
• To discover new games tap on the “Games” icon
• Games are categorized by new, popular, friends, and you
• To download a game, tap on the game description and it will link you to the Play Store
• To get personalized game suggestions check in to your favorite games and add friends or follow people who play games you like
• To personalize your Heyzap profile, tap on the “Profile” icon to add a picture or leave say something to all of your followers

Conclusion:

Heyzap is a quick and easy way to discover new games. Within a few taps you can find interesting games by popularity ,or see what your friends are playing. I love that Heyzap allows you to check in to all of your favorite games, and then takes that information to provide game suggestions. You can also share and trade game tips and secrets with fellow users, which is always a plus. If you’re a gamer and need help finding some new addictions, download Heyzap today.

Heyzap is available for free in the Google Play Store. Requires Android 2.1 and higher. Play Link

This is part of our Android App of the Day series. We take our favorite app for Android for each day and post it here for you to check out. Feel free to check out all of our App of the Day posts here.