Tap Tap Revenge: With Tap Tap Revenge, you tap the targets on your touchscreen to the beat of music from a variety of beat pop combos. Tap along well and you score points for accuracy and timing. Our teenage correspondent said she likes how you can choose different songs for the game.

Temple Run: You know that bit in every adventure film where the hero or heroine gets their hands on the treasure but has to navigate a maze of booby traps to get out alive? That's this game, in a nutshell.

Hairstyle Lite: This app lets you choose and pick which hairstyle looks good. You have up to 15 free hairstyles in various lengths that you can try on.

Dumb Ways to Die: Originally conceived as a public safety animation for an Australian metro company, Dumbs Ways To Die morphed from a brilliant cartoon and maddeningly catchy tune that kids love to sing into an equally fun game of 15 potentially lethal possibilities.

Subway Surfers: The aim is to help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Inspector and his dog. There's hoverboard surfing and paint-powered jetpacks.

Instagram: Still as popular as ever, this app is about sharing photos. Similar to Twitter, you follow people and they follow you. New photos show up in a news feed, where you can comment and like photos. It's a good idea to consider privacy settings as once photos are uploaded, anyone can have access to them.

Robert Morgan is the managing director at PIT Group. Check out pitgroup.com.au.