Anyway,

Anyway, is a bubble-popping toy for people who have had enough of their day. Open it. Bubbles drift up the screen over a sky. Tap one and it is gone: a small synthesized pop, a little vibration, a ring of droplets thrown outward. Drag a finger through the field and it clears a path. Tilt the phone and the field drifts toward the raised edge. That is the whole toy. Leave whenever you like. Nothing is waiting for you when you come back. About one bubble in five has something to say, and flashes a short line as it goes. "Finally." "It is what it is." "Good enough." The lines are part written and part generated, so the field keeps making its own small remarks without repeating itself at you. One tap to set the mood Calm, Normal, Chaos, Kids. Each chip writes several settings at once. Normal is the app exactly as it ships, which is always the way back. Calm is the quiet end: the emptiest…