Pranks Timebomb
The best practical joke apps all seem to be centred round timing. Pranks Timebomb is one that executes the art of timing perfectly. The app is simple to use, simply set a timer, choose the sound you want the app to make and put your phone near your soon-to-be victim.
There are a number of sounds to choose from – shell, explosion of a building, air bomb and explosive – but the end result is always the same: a load sound that will quickly shift even the most docile out of their chair.
Ghost Cam: Spirit Photography
Sometimes practical jokes aren't enough to get your friends jumping around – occasionally outright scares are needed to get some sort of response. And, you'll be pleased to hear, that things don't get much scarier that Ghost Cam: Spirit Photography.
Of course, ghosts aren't real but this app will make it look like they are. Simply load up a picture, from the GALAXY Note II's fantastic image gallery, and you can add a spooky apparition into the image. From floating hands, to full-on spectres the app isn't short of a scare or two, which makes for a great spooky practical joke.
Animal Translator
While we think we know our pets, there's a fair chance that what we perceive as them being loving and obeying their masters, may well be a ploy to take over the world at some point.
Well, now you can find out with the fantastic Animal Translator… okay, you may be starting to form a pattern with these apps – most of them pretend to do something but don't actually do it. And that's the fun of animal translator. Load it up and capture the voice of your cat or dog and a translation will appear. Your friends will forever know you as the dog whisperer, while you will know the joke's on them.
Prank and Record
Not one for the faint-hearted, Prank And Record is quite a devious app. Give your Note II to a friend with this app loaded on it and they will think that they are playing a simple spot the difference game.
But what they are really about to have is a very good scare. Because, a way into the game they will get a shock when a scary face appears. And the best thing about the app is that it will record the reactions of those who use it. Great (if a little scary) fun.
Advanced Lie Detector
Now, as fantastic as the Samsung GALAXY Note II is, one thing it cannot do, like all other phones on the market, is tell the truth from lies. And while Advanced Lie Detector is all-good fun, it can't tell fact from fallacy but this doesn't mean that you can't have great fun pretending to do it.
And the great thing about the app is that it doesn't let on that it is fake, it merely plays with the pretence that it will find out who took the last biscuit from the cookie jar by recording people's voices and offering up results as to whether they are lying or telling the truth. Yes, it's a lie detector app that lies but that's a big part of the fun.
Fatbooth
One of the most famous apps around is still one of the best. There's no better way to joke around with your friends than by adding a few virtual pounds to their face and show them just what they would look like if they actually decided to eat all the pies.
Free for Android, and an app that makes good use of the Note II's 5.5-inch screen, Fatbooth allows you to take a picture of anyone and, well, resize them. A quick snap then adjustment to where the eyes, chin and mouth, and within seconds you have a great plus-sized portrait. Big fun all round, then.
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