{"id":5744,"date":"2014-06-04T06:32:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T15:36:17","slug":"apps-with-russian-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/apps-with-russian-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps with Russian Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a> If you have a\u00a0smartphone, and statistics show that 22% of the world’s population does (1), then you likely have downloaded an app or two or ten. What you may be surprised to know is that some of the most successful apps were created by people from\u00a0Russia\u00a0or countries that used to be a part of the former Soviet Union. Just to let you know how big apps are these days, in May of 2013 Apple reached 50 billion app\u00a0downloads\u00a0(2). While there are thousands of apps created by Russian people, I will focus on three that I enjoy.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a><\/a> Since many of you already can read and write the Cyrillic\u00a0alphabet, you may find AlterGeo<\/b><\/span><\/span> exciting; you may even enjoy it if you are still learning. AlterGeo is a\u00a0social networking\u00a0app that can \u201cmake your city more friendly and visiting places even more interesting and fun,\u201d according to its description on iTunes. You can share places you\u2019ve been, what you liked about them and what you didn\u2019t, get discounts to places your friends have visited, and so on. AlterGeo is similar to Foursquare and was created to challenge it (3). It has been downloaded more than one million times. For those learning Russian, it could also serve as a great tool to help you along your way.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> Cut The Rope <\/b><\/span><\/span>is one of the most downloaded apps of all time, being downloaded more than 400 million times according to iTunes. The goal is to feed the cute\u00a0little monster, Om Nom, candy by \u201ccutting the rope.\u201d Colorful creativity combines with\u00a0physics\u00a0to make this little game addicting at times when you don\u2019t have too many minutes to kill. Created by the Russian game studio ZeptoLab, CTR is giving Angry Birds a real run for its money. You can check out a nice, but slightly older, review of the app below.<\/p>\n