Android App Recommendations (By me)

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Here I will provide you with some of the best apps I've found and used for a while. Hope you enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Non-ROOT Apps

 

 

• Air Push Detector

This is a simple Android application which detects other installed applications which appear to use known notification ad frameworks and offers the user the ability to easily uninstall them.

If your device is running Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" or higher, you don't need this app anymore! You can just press and hold on notifications and your device will tell you who is generating them.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en

 

• AppLock

Protect Your Privacy.App Lock can lock SMS, Contacts, Gmail, Facebook, Gallery, Market, Settings, Calls and any app you choose, with abundant options, protecting your privacy.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock&hl=en

 

• ArmAmp Music Player

ArmAmp is an audio player designed to be as easy to use as a desktop application. It includes basic features found in desktop players but almost impossible to find in mobile players, for example launching radio stream directly from a web browser. Also it allows advanced playback control hard to find even in desktop players, like ability to set exact frequency in every equalizer's band.

Free version of the player may play ads. If it does they won't be played too often.

Features include:

* Uses FFmpeg for decoding, meaning that it supports almost all audio file formats including mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, real audio (*.ra), windows media audio (*.wma), monkey's audio (*.ape), musepack (*.mpc) and many more.
* Reads playlists: m3u, ram, pls, xspf, asx, cue sheet.
* Plays local files, files on remote filesystems, and any web stream including Shoutcast radio stations.
* Built-in file browser with:
- access to audio files on local storage, Samba servers, Dropbox and Google Drive,
- bookmarks for easy access to often used folders.
* Gapless playback:
- for audio formats that natively support gapless playback,
- for gaplessly encoded mp3,
- for any mp3 option to remove silence.
* Replay gain.
* 10–band equalizer with ability to set exact frequency, width and gain for every band.
* Preamp, postamp.
* Balance.
* Reverb - 5 different parameters can be used to set preferred sound.
* Speed effect.
* Pitch effect.
* Tempo effect.
* Fade in and fade out with configurable time.
* Can be controlled using:
- main window,
- headset and other media buttons (supported actions: play, pause, stop, next, previous),
- buttons in notification area (required Android 3.0+),
- widget (on Android 4.2+ can be placed on lockscreen).
* Last.fm:
- built-in scrobbling (no separate scrobbling app is necessary),
- love track,
- ban track.
* Displays lyrics using LyricWiki.
* Displays Shoutcast/Icecast stream information.
* Bookmarks:
- single song/stream or whole playlist can be bookmarked,
- audiobook mode - current playback time can be bookmarked.
* Playlist sorting:
- by file name,
- by tags,
- easy manual control.
* Automatic playlists containing favorites or random songs.
* Shuffle - as long as it's possible it will not repeat songs. Also whole playlist can be randomized with similar effect.
* Tags viewer with automatic encoding detection.
* Supports devices with ARM, x86 or MIPS processors.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armamp&hl=en

 

• Aviary

Aviary is a powerful photo editor which we created because we wanted a quick and easy way to edit our photos on the go with no fuss.

We’ve included all the tools you need, in a super intuitive interface so you can get right to editing.

 

Features:

 

+ One-tap auto enhance 

+ Gorgeous photo effects and frames
+ Fun stickers
+ Color balance
+ Crop, rotate, and straighten your photo
+ Adjust brightness, contrast, color temperature, and saturation
+ Sharpen and blur
+ Color temperature ("Warmth")
+ Color Splash
+ Focus (Tilt Shift)
+ Draw and add text
+ Create your own memes
+ Cosmetic tools: fix redeye, remove blemishes and whiten teeth

...and we’re adding new tools all the time Got a feature request?? It may already be in the works! Check out the list of upcoming features or submit your own idea athttp://aviary.uservoice.com

Bonus:

+ Purchasable effect packs! (We provide 12 effects for free, but if you'd like to add on more you can.)
+ High resolution output
+ Drag and drop to customize the toolset
+ Scroll through your recent photos in a cover photo-like view from the home screen
+ Long press on photos on the homescreen to see options (including deleting the photo from your device)

>> Developers: Want to add this editor to your own app? You can choose the tools you need, change the colors of the UI, and more. Download our SDK for free to embed Aviary directly inside your app, or create your own customized plugin - learn more at aviary.com.

If you have any questions, please email android@aviary.com.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aviary.android.feather&hl=en

 

 

• B1 Free Archiver

B1 Free Archiver is an application to unzip and unrar archives and extract original set of files.
B1 can open .zip, .rar, .b1, as well as 34 other formats;
open password-protected zip, rar and 7z;
browse files inside archives without actual extraction;
partial extract - extract only selected files, not the whole archive;
create password-protected zip and b1 archives;
and much more...

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.b1.android.archiver&hl=en

 

 

• CamScanner

Turn any Smartphone into a Scanner with CamScanner for Intelligent Document Management
CamScanner is an intelligent document management solution for individuals, small businesses, organizations, governments and schools. It is the perfect fit for those who want to scan, sync, edit, share and manage various contents on all devices.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&hl=en

 

 

• CleanMaster

Clean Master is a free memory booster app that clear cache, deletes junk files, free up ram and storage space.

 

Clean - Cache files and residual files that take up valuable storage space

 

Clear - Protect your privacy by deleting personal information such as sms records, search history and browser history

 

App Management - Move apps to sd card, uninstall system/preinstalled apps and backup apk files

 

Task Killer - Shut down poorly coded apps to save battery and optimize android's performance

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=en

 

 

• DaTuner Pro

DaTuner is an all-purpose chromatic tuner with a simple interface. DaTuner converts the fundamental frequency to the nearest note and error in cents for quick and easy tuning of your guitar, ukelele, violin, bass, cello, mandolin, piano, harp, saxophone, balafone, Ducati timing belt, harmonica, kazoo, you name it.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applicaudia.dsp.datuner_donate&hl=en

 

 

• DecoSketch

Enhance your photos to make detailed masterpieces or minimally affected compositions with Deco Sketch, the geometric effects and drawing suite for professionals and hobbyists. Featuring a diverse collection of unconventional brushes and presets, Deco Sketch lets you organize intricate patterned styles over simple photo filters to produce beautiful, completely original artwork.

A vast selection of unique shape emitting brushes that includes customizable settings allowing creative manipulation of the flow, opacity, size, and angle of your draw strokes with various unique controls. Use one of the 130 presets or customize brush settings to suit your own tastes.

Simple enough for the mobile creator but with advanced tools for the professional designer.

Mobile artistry for the geometrically obsessed.

 

Features:

 

- Enhance your photos with amazing geometric effects and patterns
- Sketch with 10 different brush types in 130 different variations
- Customize your brush strokes with 15 configurable settings
- Instantly apply color extracted from your photo to the geometry being drawn
- Sketch on a blank canvas to produce your own creation
- Output up to 8mp ( 2448 x 3264 ) for high-resolution printing capabilities
- In-app sharing to Facebook, Twitter and email in iOS 6
- Zoom, pan, undo and redo capabilities for precise creation

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.benguerrette.decosketch&hl=en

 

• Documents To Go

View and create native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files & attachments with Documents To Go Main App. Supported file formats include .doc,. docx,. xls,. xlsx,. ppt,. pptx.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dataviz.docstogo&hl=en

 

• DuckDuckGo Search & Stories

DuckDuckGo Search & Stories offers you a better way to search and a new take on Stories.
• Search anonymously.
• Find instantly.
• Stay informed.

 

Search anonymously. We believe in better search and real privacy at the same time. That's why:

 

• We don't track you: http://donttrack.us/
• We don't filter bubble you: http://dontbubble.us/
• We don't collect or share your personal information.
• When you search DuckDuckGo, you are anonymous.

 

Find instantly. Our app has tons of instant answers, which means you have to work less to get what you really want. 

 

• Get answers from hundreds of sources.
• Auto-complete to answers instead of just searches.
• Search directly on thousands of other sites with !bang commands.

 

Stay informed. We only feature the most shared stories from hand-crafted sources:

 

• Just #1 stories like most emailed or upvoted
• No repeat topics per day (even across sources)
• Readability view with search suggestions that tie Search & Stories together.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android&hl=en

 

• Fast Reboot Pro

- Select processes that should be excluded from being restarted/closed!

- Schedule automatic fast reboots (e.g. every day at 4am)

- Option to automatically fast reboot when you unlock your device (from standby)

- Comes with a widget and a direct shortcut to instantly start a reboot

Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes (configurable) and thus frees up memory. Your phone should be much snappier after using Fast Reboot Pro.

Fast Reboot Pro now includes an option to automatically perform a "fast reboot" every time you unlock your device (i.e. when you turn it back on from sleep and "slide" to unlock). This way, your phone will _always_ be as fast and responsive as possible! In addition, you can now schedule a fast reboot so that your phone is fast rebooted automatically at a certain time each day (configured by you, e.g. 4am when you're least likely to be using your phone)

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastrebootpro&hl=en

 

 

• Guitar Chords and Tabs

Guitar chords and tabs is Android mobile application to find and view more than 500.000 chords or tabs from 

hundreds of artists.

 

App includes:

 

- Оffline access to favorite tabs
- Autoscroll
- Chord diagrams with multiple variations
- History browsed songs
- Sharing
- Synchronization (only in PRO version)

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xssembler.chordsplus&hl=en

 

• Infinite Design

Infinite Design is a professional vector graphics app which lets you create complex and beautiful designs effortlessly on your mobile device.

 

Key Features:

 

- Infinite canvas (pan, zoom, or rotate)
- Infinite layers and unique layer options: split, merge, flip, duplicate, and perspective transformation
- Five types of symmetry: hoizontal, vertical, angular, radial, and kaleidoscopic
- Infinite undo and redo system
- A relative menu system designed for speed painting
- Import images from your gallery, camera, or the web
- Special Effects include four types of blurring, inner or outer shadowing, and embossing
- A fluid interface fully optimized for touchscreen devices
- Path editing and a unique pen tool
- Save as JPEG or PNG (with background or without background), or PSD
- Export images as large as 100 megapixels
- Export path data to SVG for editing in your favorite graphics editor 
- Export design to Infinite Painter

 

• Live Art

"LiveArt" is an application that shows you the making of illustration quite easily.

 

Currently more than 1500 illustrations/comics have been uploaded to "LiveArt" and are available to viewers. You can enjoy illustrations from a different aspect during your spare time!

 

You can learn how to draw an illustration by watching the animated instruction.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.portalgraphics.liveart&hl=en

 

 

• LiveLeak Viewer

LL Viewer is an unofficial app that allows you to view videos from the LiveLeak.com RSS feeds.

 

Because LiveLeak does not provide an API, the app works like a web browser. It formats the HTML to display nicely on your mobile interface.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.insidiousx.liveleakviewer&hl=en

 

 

• 3D Maven Music Player

Take a music trip with MAVEN Music player, and find out its fantastic control features and unbeatable audio quality. It delivers all the Maven 3D surround effect which presents dynamic and fantastic sound to listeners with real time synchronized lyrics.

Even when using external stereo speakers, multi-channel virtual surround effect offers you highly immersive listening environment.

MAVEN Solution (Multiform Audio Virtualizing & Enhancing Nexus) 

 

1. XOME-i
No headaches, no hurting ears on earphone use. Sound comes out of head and ears, so it creates a feeling like listening through speakers while using earphones and headphones. It provides richer and cleaner sound quality. Enjoying High fidelity audio is available on mobile devices with XOME-i.

 

 

2. LIVE 
Realization of 3 dimensional presence of powerfully reverberating sound when listening with earphone or speaker by creating the feeling of appreciating music in an actual live concert hall.

 

 

3. MEX
Reinforce insufficient reproductive capability of low-pitched and high-pitched sounds, while reinforcing stereo component of sound in order to further widen width of the stereo sound.

 

 

4. EQUALIZER 
Equalizer will adjust levels of each frequency band of sound, enabling the user to adjust the quality of a tone to his taste.
This Solution is provided with a type that the user can adjust levels of each band like 9 band, or in preset type or in userset type. Provided preset can be configured with maximum 13 kinds including VOICE, JAZZ, CLASSIC, ROCK, DANCE, etc.

 

5. EVS 
Now, you can enjoy virtual surround sound through your normal stereo speakers. Virtual 5.1 Speaker is a solution that enables creation of wider and affluent stereo sound images under such environment. Voices are placed in front of you and ambient sound appears all around you… just like a live performance

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maven.blueplayer&hl=en

 

• MX Player Pro

MX Player - The best way to enjoy your movies.

 

a) HARDWARE ACCELERATION - Hardware acceleration can be applied to more videos with the help of new H/W decoder.

MULTI-CORE DECODING - MX Player is the first Android video player which supports multi-core decoding. Test result proved that dual-core device’s performance is up to 70% better than single-core devices.

c) PINCH TO ZOOM - Zoom in and out with ease by pinching and swiping across screen.

d) SUBTITLE SCROLL - Subtitles can be scrolled to move back and forth faster.

e) KIDS LOCK - Keep your kids entertained without having to worry that they can make calls or touch other apps. (plugin required)

Subtitle formats:

- DVD, DVB, SSA/ASS Subtitle tracks.
- SubStation Alpha(.ssa/.ass) with full styling.
- SAMI(.smi) with ruby tag support.
- SubRip(.srt)
- MicroDVD(.sub/.txt)
- SubViewer2.0(.sub)
- MPL2(.mpl/.txt)
- PowerDivX(.psb/.txt)
- TMPlayer(.txt)

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro&hl=en

 

 

• Device Storage Analyzer

 Device Storage Analyser displays information on sdcard, usb devices, sd-cards, external and internal storage in a simple and clear graphical form (infographics). 

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile_infographics_tools.mydrive&hl=en

 

 

• Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO

A professional audio modeling processor allows you to reproduce surround sound and high-quality content on movies, music or games. Creates non-channeling virtual surround sound from any audio source, including stereo and mono.

 

Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO takes stereo/mono content and uses a virtualizer to create place phantom speakers around the headphone/room, providing a realistic and enjoyable virtual surround sound experience. This equipment is carefully tweaked under "Noozxoide Workbench", the audio research and design laboratory up to 1/24 octave high precision instruments.

 

Sound images dialog or vocal is tad narrowed, designed to sounds soft in the other words, less aggressive. When master volume is leveling up also increase the aggressiveness dramatically and you got an expensive audio on-the-Go.

 

The HDMI-audio through HDMI output connection, take over digital sound effect on TV Soundbar, Dedicated Soundbar Speaker or even A/V Receiver System. Soundbar Speaker Size Response supports 100Hz, 200Hz, 300Hz via Noozxoide Psychoacoustic II settings. It is a digital audio with uncompressed sample sizes of 24-bit / 192 kHz. Sounds like a DAC-to-HDMI instead of DAC-to-USB.

 

We deliver you the new [FOCUS] room size, a close-range firing virtual surround sound experience. Sound images are coming from everywhere at a close distance is about 1 meter velocity, makes your contents more exciting and fastpace. Every bit is amazing.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noozxoidelabs.eizo.rewirepro&hl=en

 

• Orbot: Proxy with Tor

Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world.

 

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

 

Orbot is the only app that creates a truly private internet connection. As the New York Times writes, “when a communication arrives from Tor, you can never know where or whom it’s from.” Tor won the 2012 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Pioneer Award.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en

 

• Orweb: Private Web Browser (To be used with Orbot)

Orweb is the most private and anonymous web browser on Android for visiting any website, even if it’s normally censored, monitored, or on the hidden web

 

Orweb is the safest browser on Android. Period. Orweb evades tracking and censorship by bouncing your encrypted traffic several times through computers around the world, instead of connecting you directly like VPNs and proxies. This process takes a little longer, but the strongest privacy and identity protection available is worth the wait.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.browser&hl=en

 

• Perfectly Clear

Perfectly Clear 2.0 for Android is a photography app that removes the limits of your smartphone’s camera and allows you to take professional looking photos at a tiny fraction of the cost and without all the expensive, bulky gear.

 

With powerful capture technology like sophisticated panorama, blazing-fast burst, single-tap HDR, and advanced facial detection, Perfectly Clear brings out all the warmth, texture, and intensity in your images and lets you take photos as if you were using an expensive camera, yet it’s incredibly easy to use.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.worldiety.athentech.perfectlyclear&hl=en

 

• Pocket

When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro&hl=en

 

 

• Radio Alarm

You wanna wake up to radio music streams?
This alarm clock radio app is absolutely FREE, it offers you a variety of streams with every kinds of music!

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asicotrade.radioalarm&hl=en

 

• Save to Phone

"Save To Phone" simply saves all content behind the "Share" or "Export"-Functions many apps have, to your external storage. May it be an SD-card, or an integrated storage - you choose the directory. Text can also be saved to your clipboard.

 

To use it, just tap the "Share", "Export", "Send" -or whatever it's called- button of any app and select Save To Phone to save all content behind the share function directly to your device!

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapps.savetodrive&hl=en

 

 

• Skifta

Skifta for Android is a DLNA Certified® software app that combines media shifting with DLNA/UPnP and lets you play your digital music, photos and videos on connected devices anywhere – no wires, no downloading. Control digital media on your phone, from the Internet, or remotely from home, and stream it over WiFi to your TV, PS3 or stereo.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skifta.android.app&hl=en

 

 

• SwipeDialer Pro

Swipe Dialer Pro is your everyday dialer, powered with pure android design and speed, fast T9 search, call log, favourites, contacts, and much more.

Effortlessly swipe between your dial pad, contacts lists, recent calls and big favourites with no LAG! Finally have a stock android feel on your Samsung, Sony or HTC device.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mb.swipedial.donate&hl=en

 

 

ROOT Apps

 

 

Coming soon.

[Plumbers Crack 4,062]

Nice post! Any suggestions for removing unwanted "embedded" apps that come pre-installed on a Samsung handset? I don't want to "break" it in case I really do break it!

[Palle 491]

Nice post! Any suggestions for removing unwanted "embedded" apps that come pre-installed on a Samsung handset? I don't want to "break" it in case I really do break it!

Pre-installed apps that are not really needed is called bloatware. Usually you need to root your phone to use apps like Titanium Backup which can un-install or freeze them. Rooting can be risky if you don't know exactly how to do it but there are good tutorials on the internet. One thing to keep in mind is that it voids your warranty if it breaks and you return it rooted. There's is a built in counter that show how many times the software has been modified. This can be fixed too but as said before it's quite risky so you need to know what you're doing or the phone might end up in an unusable state.

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Thanks for the advice, I'll leave it bloated