But what about your phone? Yes, that ever-present companion of yours needs some attention as well when it comes to getting ready for l Hallow’s Eve. Your smartphone can keep track of where the kids are, zombify yourself, keep the party going with some dark delightful tunes. However, the ay Store is loaded with the smartphone equivalent of junk cy. For every good app there’s five more that are practically unusable due to oppressive ads or from neglectful developers who have let it rot for years. You want the full-size Snickers, not the tiny packages of cy corn. Here are some of the more solid options, which will help you get into the mood as the holiday approaches. Track Treat from Glympse is made just for such situations. You don’t even need an account – just an email address or phone number will suffice for you to temporarily share your location with others. It can help ease the anxiety of seeing the little creatures head off into the night. Track & Treat by Glympse (free) Mickey’s Spooky Night is a fun little book that includes Daffy, uto, other Disney characters on a Halloween adventure. There’s an interactive element too in hunting down the ghosts that are hidden inside the book. It should be great for little kids if you need some “me” time want to h them your phone without feeling like they’re going to warp their mind on something mindless. It’s also simple in the payment department—just buy the app then don’t worry about annoying ads or worthless in-app purchases. Mickey’s Spooky Night ($1.99) It’s easy to use. From the Halloween Stickers app you can open a picture from the gallery start throwing in some spiders, ghosts, or blood splatters. It’s loaded down with ads, but you can probably push through them in order to throw together some clever images for Halloween. Halloween oto Stickers (free) ke many of the other free choices, get ready for some advertisements. Halloween oto Stickers (free) ay Music is my service of choice, every year it’s delivered solid options for Halloween. There’s a playlist just for kids, music for a dance party, some spooky sounds if you’re going all out to turn your dwelling into a haunted house. Any streaming service will be able to find you good stuff, so hit up Spotify, Apple Music, or whichever you may have a subscription to. ay Music (free, $10 monthly subscription) It’s loaded up with in-app purchases, so best to decide in advance what you want to buy before you end up with a $500 party on your phone. Halloween rty 2 (free) If this one’s not to your liking, there are many other Halloween watch faces to choose from. Halloween tch Face ($0.99) No one does it better than the people from The lking Dead series. You can take a selfie from the app or import an existing picture to turn a friend, pet, or in this case a stuffed bear into a flesh-eating zombie. Dead Yourself (free) If you’re using ’s llpaper app, you’ll see a new section for live wallpapers appear when you install it. Otherwise, use your normal procedure to change the wallpaper. You’ll then have a live screen that screams Halloween. Halloween ve llpaper (free) I led on this title because the ads aren’t overwhelming you can select from different levels of difficulty. It’s not too gory, so little ones can tap away on the screen try to catch all of those objects that are hiding behind ghosts pumpkins. Hidden Object – Happy Haunts (free)
