By Sarah Perez

Welcome back to This Week in Apps — the easiest way to keep up with everything that happened in the world of apps over the past week — from the breaking news to the trends and all the other information an industry watcher needs to know. The app industry is as hot as ever, with 194 billion downloads in 2018 and more than $100 billion in consumer spending.

 

By Adam MacDougall

There’s a new horror movie in cinemas this week (even if the scariest thing about it seems to be the reviews it has been getting) called Countdown. The idea is so simple it’s hard to believe someone hasn’t done it already, though the critical response so far might just explain the delay.