Here is a mega list of Android applications that are needed for every phone. Do note that we have not included quite a few well known official applications like Facebook, Whatsapp, Official Twitter. The first part of the list has applications that are absolutley recommended for every Android user and the second list has apps that are used by those who squeeze as much from the phone as they can.
9gag
9Gag.com is go-to webpage for funny memes, gifs and viral videos. 9gag application for Android gives you access to best collection of these photos and videos for free. You can also vote for content, join discussions with community, share content on other social networks. Given how much this one relieves stress, we highly recommend this application.
Link : http://bit.ly/INzXHw
Price: Free
Android : 2.3.3+
Size: 4.2Mb
Airdroid
This is another application that we highly recommend. Simplicity of sharing content between phone and PC is one of the best features of Android. What if this is made even simpler? What if you don’t even have to connect the phone to PC to share content? What if you can control the phone from the PC without connecting using cables? AidDroid can help you do these tasks and more. With AirDroid, you can remotely access your phone or tablet‘s files, notifications, messages, camera, location and many other things on a computer, from anywhere. Best part is that this works on Windows, Mac, Chromebook and Linux.
Link: http://bit.ly/18qLUwJ
Price: free
Android: 2.2+
Size: 11Mb
In-app purchases: No
ASTRO file manager
This application is one of the oldest, best, highest rated and most feature rich file managers for Android. You can not only access files on your smartphone, you can also access files that are saved on your Facebook, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and SkyDrive cloud storage. There is a built in app backup feature and a task killer. You can also access files that are on your computer (if connected to same network). Best part is that ASTRO indexes the files that are on a non-local storage so that you can search for files even though you are not connected to the network (though, you cannot open the files without network connection).
Link: http://bit.ly/1edNpNw / http://bit.ly/1tgoVBw
Price : Free / Rs.219.13
Android: varies
Size: varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Avocado
This is a chat application that is meant for those who want the chat to be private, secure and fun. This is definitely the best application for couples. Apart from the usual things that a chat app does, you can send your location data, low battery notification, send hugs & kisses, create a sketch, share lists (to-do), calendar to your loved one. If you are not near your phone, you can also access the chat from the web. All the messages are encrypted. You can also do a complete archive of your chat including photos and videos so that you will never lose that conversation history.
Link: http://bit.ly/N6hZlZ
Price: Free
Android: 2.3.3+
Size: 12Mb
In-app purchases: Yes
Buffer
A must have application for bloggers who want to send tweet/post at specific time. You can schedule when and on what days a tweet/post need to be sent and buffer will do the rest. You also get analytics to check which posts have wider reach. With support for twitter analytics, Facebook analytics and LinkedIn stats, you get pretty accurate stats. You can share to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and App.net from Buffer. Buffer works from news apps like Flipboard, Zite, Taptu, TweetDeck, Evernote, Pocket, Instapaper, Pulse, Feedly, UberSocial, Plume, Seesmic, Google Currents and almost all other reader apps. You also get Twitter analytics, Facebook analytics & LinkedIn stats.
Link: http://bit.ly/1pJs5Xc
Price: Free / Rs.432.79
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app purchases: no
Bytnotes
bytnotes can be used to add notes to contacts so that when you get a call, the note is displayed as a pop up, acting as a reminder of what you want to inform/discuss. This way, contact related notes is displayed before making or receiving calls. All that you need to do is create a note and assign the note to contact(s).
Link: http://bit.ly/1wNLxZz / http://bit.ly/1wNLxZz
Price: Free / Rs.55.57
Android: 2.1+
Size: 371kb
In-app purchases: No
Clipper
More than once, you would have felt the need to have an option to save multiple chunks of text one by one and automatically save copied content to a list. Clipper is a clipboard manager that just does that. Whatever text that you select and copy will be stored and you can access the saved content from the application.
Price: Free / 129/-
Link: http://bit.ly/1wqIp0I / http://bit.ly/1xkLcMT
Size: 2.9Mb
Android: 2.3+
In-app purchases: No
Disk usage
DiskUsage , as you see in the screenshot above, gives a very detailed view of storage usage and this helps a lot if you want to clear files to free disc space and are not sure which file/folder is taking up space. And thanks to the blocks layout, just one look and you will get to know which file/folder is taking up space.
Price: free
Link : http://bit.ly/1oqAjq8
Size: 155kb
Android: 1.0+
In-app purchases: no
Evernote
Started way back in 2008, Evernote is still one of the best cross platform note taking applications available for Android/iOS/Windows Phone/Windows/OS X. This application has generated so much of revenue that Evernote Corporation followed it up with five applications ( Web Clipper, Food, Skitch, Penultimate, Scannable). Yet, with more than 50 million downloads and superb collaboration features, this one is the most used note and collaboration tool. Using Evernote, you can take notes, create projects, add text, photos, PDFs, create and share workspaces for collaboration, create to-do lists, create agendas for meetings, create expense reports using receipts, bills and invoices that are saved periodically and even save reservations and tickets for trip planning.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1ftOvbd
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Flickr
Flickr, for long has been one of the best online photo management tools avilable on the internet. Flickr for Android is the official application from which you can upload and access your photos from anywhere. The best part is that, on Flickr, you get 1000GB of free storage which means that you can upload hundreds of photos to the cloud and never worry about that hard drive or DVD disc give up on you. You can use powerful live filters to add fun to your photos, edit using in-app tools to adjust various settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, white balance, color balance etc). Flickr has built-in integration with Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks so you can share your photos with one click.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1hQXHKP
Size: 19Mb
Android: 2.3.3+
In-app purchases: No
Flipboard
Flipboard is a cross platform news application that organized your favourite feeds into your own personal magazine. Gone are those days when we go to dozens of websites that provide varies news to see what is happening across the globe. Thanks to the advent of RSS (Rich Site Summary), we now subscribe to rss feed and import them to applications like Feedly and Press news reader. In the end, what you get is a long list of news feeds that look too simple to read. With Flipboard, all you need to do is select or follow topics during setup and Flipboard creates a magazine like interface that is personalize to your interests. You can also share an article to social networking sites. You can also follow people on Flipboard, provide your facebook, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn accounts to get photos and interesting articles that are posted to your respective timeline, appear on your Flipboard magazine. You can create multiple magazines in Flipboard if you prefer differentiation between magazinges.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1axsTtW
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Goodreads
For avvid book readers like myself, Goodreads is the only solid social networking platform and its a damn good one. There are countless book reviews, there are book recommendations, you can tell the world what book(s) you are currently reading and share progress, your thoughs. You can start discussion about a book or an author or you can do chit-chat. There are challenges, there are polls. GoodReads for Android is the official application that connects bookworms to the social network. If you read a lot of books and never heard of Goodreads, head to www.goodreads.com NOW! With a catalog of 12 million books, this is one network that you should not miss.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/OUm1hV
Size: 2.7Mb
Android: 1.6+
In-app purchases: No
Google Translate
While Duolingo helps you learn European languages, Google Translate helps you translate text and speech to a different language and this is done weven when the phone is not connected to the internet. This is one application that I recommend to whose who love traveling across the globe. Google Translate can translate between 80 languages. You can provide speech, typed text, written script, text on a picture as a source and Translate will translate the same to whatever language you choose (from the support languages list). You can also save your translations and access them from any device.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1dPxz1l
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Groupon
Groupon(India site: www.Groupon.co.in), launched in April 2011, features one daily deal on the best things to do, see, eat, and buyIf you love coupons and deals, Some of the products or services (hotels, rooms, spa etc) comes at unbelievable discounts. Groupon for Android is the official application for those who love checking daily deals and buy products and services using deals. Its as simple as this: Open Groupon app, check daily deals on restaurants, purchase discount coupon or buffet coupon at crazy low price, download the receipt, head to restaurant and have a nice time. For products though, what you do is buy a product at a heavily discounted price and more units you buy in single transaction, more discount you get.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1olp5TH
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Helium
Those who switch between ROMs on their Android phone know the pain of re-installing and re-configuring all those applcations and more the apps that you use, the higher the headache is. Thanks to Helium application (previous Carbon backup), you can now take a backup of application data to phone’s SD card and restore app data when you install a new ROM or do a full reset of Android OS on your phone (for various reasons). Best part is that this backup application does not need you to root your phone. For those who are in constant fear of app or OS corruption can schedule app backup at specific intervals.
Price: Free / 268.76/-
Link : http://bit.ly/Szv1vL / http://bit.ly/1xs52ZJ
Size: 5.6Mb
Android: 4.0+
In-app purchases: No
Kindle
Ever since Amazon launched Kindle e-book readers, e-book store and application for various smartphone operating systems, there has been steady decline in sales of books made out of paper. I read more than 20 books in the year 2014 and out of them, 18 books were e-books and I read 17 of them on Google Play Books and Amazon Kindle applications. Gone are those days when you have to carry multiple books while traveling. Gone are those days when you have to fill cartons with your books collections when you reloate your home. Kindle is the best cross-platform e-book reader for book lovers. There are over a million free books and many more paid books on Kindle and Kindle store offers better pricing for majority of books when compared to competing apps/services. You can also subscribe to magazines, newspapers and read them on Kindle.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1dqh0TJ
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Last Pass
There are truckload of websites that need login id and password these days. Those who use a single password for all these websites live happily but are at constant risk of losing all data and confidential information if their password is cracked by a hacker. Alternative is to have a different password for each website and that is a major headache. Thanks to password manager services, you can save all your userid-password combinations at one place and then use one master password. Though this is not so secure, this one is much better than having one password for all websites. Last Pass takes it a step further. Using Last Pass, you store your login data, create shopping profiles, generate strong passwords and keep track of personal information. When you open a webpage or service, deatil of which is stored in Last Pass, your login data is filled in automatically by Last Pass. You can use the service for free for 14 days after which you have to pay $12 per year. You can also save your membership data, credit card data in secure notes, you can search for login detail, enable multifactor authentication to lock your Last Pass account, you can share your login data to friends and family, access your data from various devices and from lastpass website.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1oOUJqy
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Lookout Security & Antivirus
It it a known fact that Android is prone to malware and other security issues. For those who are security consious, Lookout is one of the best security/antivirus applications available on Android. You can scan applications and data on your phone, setup ‘Find My Phone’ to track lost phone, take a contact backup, setup theft alerts, make use of privacy advisor and make sure that you are not providing too much of personal data to apps, do a remote wipe and lock when you lose your phone.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/198PHiS
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
MX Player
Hardware acceleration, wide range of video encoding and formats support, gesture support and kids lock make MX Player the best video player available on Android. There isnt much to say here. If you want a great application that can play wide range of formats, this is the one to get.
Price: Free / Rs.370
Link : http://bit.ly/1bKkxk8 / http://bit.ly/1wJ0A2o
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Photoshop touch
For years and years, when someone asks ‘what is the best tool for photo editing?’, the first thing that comes to mind is ‘Photoshop’. For Android phone users who love Photoshop application, ‘Photoship Touch’ is a great companion application to do on-the-go photo editing and photo sharing. Notable photo editing features include crop, red eye removal, one touch adjustment for contrast, exposure and white balance, add borders and frames, one-touch filters. You can subscribe to ‘Revel Premium’ to get unlimited photo upload to private albums and video imports.
Price: Free / Rs.270
Link : http://bit.ly/1eMDthg / http://bit.ly/1hBJhId
Size: 38Mb
Android: 4.0.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
Plex
Plex organizes all of your personal media, wherever you keep it, so you can enjoy it on any device. With Plex, you can easily stream your videos, music, photos and home movies to your Android phone or tablet from your home computer running Plex Media Server. Head to https://www.plex.tv, download plex server installer, install the same on a computer as a Plex Media Server. Once the server tool is online, connect your devices and you can sync media on phone or tablet or other PCs for offline viewing and you can also sync media to cloud services like Good Drive, Dropbox. When you pause a video on one device, you can continue the playback on another device. Plex also provides wide range of channels like TED, TWiT.
Price: Rs.125.33
Link : http://bit.ly/1haxBS9
Size: 5.9Mb
Android: 3.2+
In-app purchases: Yes
Plume
Plume is one of those very few Twitter applications that managed to stay alive while other apps are falling like nine pins due to the token limit imposed by Twitter. Plume is highly customizable, comes with a superb home screen and lockscreen widgets, you can organize tweets by color, supports live streaming, supports multiple accounts, comes with internal web browser. In short, this applications offers features that many paid apps cannot provide. If you are looking for a free Twitter applicaiton, look no further than this.
Price: Free / Rs.301.92
Link : http://bit.ly/1kMjPYk / http://bit.ly/1rxesk3
Size: Varies
Android: 2.1+
In-app purchases: No
Sleep Better
Track your sleep, monitor your dreams, improve your bedtime habits & wake up feeling better with Sleep Better from Runtastic! Sleep Better offers you a simple way to improve your sleep quality, whether you struggle to fall asleep, want to learn how your daytime activities influence your sleep efficiency or simply want some new alarm sounds to help you wake up feeling refreshed and ready to seize the day! First I thought that this is just another app, but when I tried it for few nights, it did show my sleep cycle accurately (when I was in deep sleep, when I was not) and on long term, it does help have better sleep cycles. Start the app, click on sleep and set it next to your pillow on your bed and the app starts tracking (don’t know how). Setup a smart alarm and the alarm will ring at the right time based on how you slept during the night. You can also monitor moon phases, keep a dream diary, input the activities during the day, what food/drink you had during the day to make it more accurate.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1vPS0OS
Size: 26Mb
Android: 4.1+
In-app purchases: Yes
Soundhound
Hearing a song, be it on radio or as a background tune in a tv show and not able to recognize the song name is one irritating feeling to have. In such situation, start this application, and let the app hear the song and recognize the song and if the song is over by the time you start the application, you can try singing or humming on your own. Soundhound will show live lyrics if the song is still playing in the background and you can save the discovery to the songs list, see music video if there is one avaiable and you can even go. Soundhound will also provide twiter/facebook udpates from your favourite artists.
Price: Free / Rs.370/-
Link : http://bit.ly/1d8spZB / http://bit.ly/1AfQviV
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Speedtest
Available on Android, iOS, Windows Phone and for web browsers, Speedtest is the app that you need if you want to check how fast your internet is and how it is when compared to other regions in the world.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1caF4Jr
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Stumbleupon
Stumbleupon.com is a content discovery site where you provide a list of topics and areas that you are interested in and the site gives you articles to read, one by one in a way that you stumble up on article when you open the site. This application is the official Android application that connects you to the same network. You can follow your friends and share your discoveries to them, share content to social networks, create topic list and follow lists created by others.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1pTtonk
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Sugarsync
SugarSync is used to access/transfer data between PC and Android device.With SugarSync, you can access (read/write/manage) your data on a computer from your phone and you can setup sync of files and folders that are on the cloud. You can also backup your content to the cloud, share content with your friends in private and secure manner. In short, SugarSync if simply one of the best data sync and management apps available on Android.
Price: free
Link : http://bit.ly/1flC79Y
Size: 3.3Mb
Android: 1.6+
In-app purchases: No
Swiftkey
With support for emojis, powerful prediction and correction algorithm and truckload of themes, SwiftKey is a must have virtual keyboard for Android users and the best part is that this is now a freeware with in-app purchases (for themes). You can save your customization and the learning that swiftkey did, to the cloud so that the next time you reset the phone or when you move to the phone, you dont have to teach SwiftKey your usage.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1chQe4A
Size: Varies
Android: 2.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
Swype
It was Swype that the world that Android users need not stick to the stock keyboard, it was swype that first introduced swipe gestures for typing instead of pressing keys and this was later adopted by nearly every other keyboard, including stock keyboards for major brands. Years after its release, Swype now supports typing, swiping, writing and voice input and is still one of the best vitrual keyboards.
Price: 60/-
Link: http://bit.ly/1erk5cz
Size: Varies
Android: 2.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
Sygic
Having offline maps application/device is a must for every traveler as there are lot of regions that does not have internet connectivity. For me, Sygic is first choice as offline maps application and this has saved me from getting lost, a handful of times. Powered by TomTom maps, Sygic is the also the most feature rich and one of the widely used maps application. Download the maps for states/countries that cover your trip and you are good to go. A new feature is head-up display where the application projects the maps on to the car’s windscreen (like HUD) so that you dont have to look at the phone’s screen. Othere interesting feautes are speed limit warning, speedcam warnings, car audio integion, TripAdvisor POIs (free download in Sygic Store).
Price: free
Link: http://bit.ly/1inklb8
size: varies
Android: varies
In-app purchases: yes
Tapatalk
Online forum is a place where people form a community and discuss on various topics. There are sub categories based on topics, there are discussion boards, there are message inboxes. Logging in to half a dozen to talk/discuss is a headache. Tapatalk connects you to such forums and people that/who share your own passions and interests. If you dont know what forum to subscribe to, you can search for forums based on your interestes and subscribe to the forums.
price: free
link : http://bit.ly/1aIgEXK
size: varies
Android: varies
Telegram
This application is in many ways similar to Whatsapp. But thanks to the new material UI based design, it has surpassed Whatsapp in usability. The best feature though is that you need not be near your phone to respond to messages. You can read and respond to messages from a PC browser, you can install Telegram on your Mac, Windows as a native application. This features has helped me many times and hence, this has been my primary internet messaging client.
price: Free
link: http://bit.ly/KEIqP0
size:9.3Mb
Android : 2.2+
in-app purchases: no
Timely Alarm Clock
There are countless alarm applications for Android but there are very few that are as feature rich as Timely Alarm Clock and very few that are as gorgeous looking as this one. The interface is clean, the animations are awesome and the interface is highly customizable. This application also supports gestures to snooze the alarm or to reduce the volume (turn to snooze, lift to reduce volume). If you cannot wake up to one alarm, you can install the app on various device and sync alarm settings and if you get too irritated by handful of devices ringing in the morning, you can snooze alarm on all these devices with one click. Timely Alarm Clock also provides fun challenges to snooze the alarm to make sure that you ‘really’ wake up. The app comes with a widget, support for Google Now, a DashClock extension.
price: free
link: http://bit.ly/1f8UfH4
size:10M
android: 4.0.4+
in-app purchases:
category: lifestyle
Tiny Flashlight
These days, most of the phones come with built-in flashlight. If your phone does not have such feature, this application is the best one you need. Using this application, you can use the phone’s LED flash (if your phone has one) as a torch light that you can use when it is too dark. If your phone does not have a LED flash, you can use the phone’s display. The application will create white screen and set the brightness to maximum so that you can use your phone’s display as a torch light. Do note that using LED or display as torch will drain your phone’s battery, so use wisely
price: free
link: http://bit.ly/1hkefaQ
size: 1.1Mb
Android: 1.5+
in-app purchases : no
Truecaller
When I get a call from an unknown number, there is a very good chance that it can be a spammer or by some sales person from Country Club etc. It was hard to identify and sometimes I used to cancel calls from my relatives/friends when they call from a new number thinking that its a spam call. Truecaller is one application that helps people like me. Once truecaller is installed on the phone, when I get a phone call (and if my phone is connected to the internet), I will get a floating notification that shows whether the call is spam or not and if the person who ownes the number has entered his/her detail in Truecaller database,the same data is shown in the floating notification. As a result, it has become much easier for me to know whether a call is spam or not.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1gIXkgO
Size: 4.6Mb
Android: 2.3.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
TVShowFavs
Those who watch lot of TV series knows the pain of tracking the episode schedule and follow the episode list. TVShowFavs provide an extremely simple layout to track your favourite TV shows. All you need to do is search and add the TV shows that you watch to ‘My Shows’ list. Then, from the TV series section, you mark the episodes that you have watched as ‘watched’. Once you open the to-do list now, what you get is the full list of episodes sorted by TV series that you are yet to watch along with the schedule (when the episode was aired and when the next episode is going to be aired). Once you marked all the aired episodes of the series as watched, the series will not appear in the ‘to-do’ list unless a new episode is aired. The app comes with a great widget that provides excellent view on list of episodes. This is the must have application for TV lovers.
Price: free/274.60/-
Link: http://bit.ly/19lRtNy / http://bit.ly/1zr5X7y
Size: 7.4Mb
Android: 2.3.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
Unified Remote
If you have never tried application like this one, you better try this RIGHT NOW! Install Unified Remote server on your PC or Mac, install Android application on your phone/tablet. Make sure that both the devices are connected to same network. Once the server app on PC/mac is in sync with the client app on your phone/tablet, you can control various applications and desktop of your PC/Mac. For most popular app, you get similar looking remote control in Unified Android app. You can even use your phone/tablet as a trackpad to control mouse. There are 18 different remotes in free version and whopping 40 remotes in paid version. You can even use voice commands to control your PC/Mac, setup widgets to perform quick actions, create custom remotes and even perform NFC actions. Popular remotes include VLC, Keynote, YouTube, PowerPoint, WMC, iTunes, MediaMonkey etc.
Price: free/100
Link: http://bit.ly/1x5XzNY / http://bit.ly/1B6K2Fd
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Utorrent
For those who love downloading torrents on their phone, utorrent is best application for Android. Do note that downloading pirated and copyrighted material is illegal and can land you in jail. Also, the way a torrent downloads, this can stress the phone’s memory to the maximum. provides simple search and discovery, download and content playback. Thanks to the integration with BitTorrent’s licensed content, you can download media without breaking any rules. You can also subscribe to RSS feeds on content, play downloaded music files in a playlist using integrated media player.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1ig8wab
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Wattpad
Not every one gets a chance to publish their story by collaborating with major publishers. Wattpad is a place for such writers who can share their stories for others to read. With 75 million stories to read, 35 million registered users, Wattpad is world’s largest community of readers and writers. While goodreads is a social network to discuss about books, Wattpad is a network where writers showcase their talent. Wattpad can be access from a web browser and using iOS and Android applications.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1eu1dba
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Wolfram Alpha
To start with, Apple’s Siri uses Wolfram Alpha’s data computing algorithms to generate answeres to questions as vague as “is it going to rain today?”. Wolfram Alpha has the best collection of algorithms and data to computer answers and generate detailed reports. Be it Maths, Science, Biology, Astronomy, Sports, Units and measurements, weather, date/time, music, finance, medicine, you can get your answers for your questions. Only thing you need to know is ‘ask’!
Supported fields are : Mathematics, Statistics & data analysis, Physics, Chemistry, Materials, Engineering, Astronomy, Earth Science, Life Sciences, Computational Sciences, Units and Measures, Dates and times, Weather, Place & geography, People & History, Culture & Media, Music, Words & Linguistics, Sports & Games, Colors, Money & Finance, Socioeconomic Data, Health & Medicine, Food & Nutrition, Transportation, Technological World, Web & Computer systems
Price: 164.24
Link: http://bit.ly/18MJ2Y4
Size: 2.2Mb
Android: 2.1+
In-app purchases: No
Wunderlist
Wunderlist is one of the best cross platform to-do list applications. Using this application, you can create lists, share the lists, create reminders, chat about the lists, attach photos and documents to the list. You can even assign the lists to others using this application, access and edit list from Android wear devices like smartwatch and you can change the looks and feel of lists using custom backgrounds. The best part is that the lists can be access from various types of smartphones (iOS, Android, Windows Phone), from a web browser and from a computer.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1dTA12j
Size: 21Mb
Android: 4.0+
In-app purchases: Yes
Zomato
These days, it is hard to find ‘quality’ restaurants and there are lot of posh restaurants that make you say ‘all that glitters is not gold’. Unless you are like walking bible of restaurants in the city, you will need something that can help you track down best restaurants and eateries in town. You don’t want to carry a 500 page book with you every time you go out, right? With Zomato, you can find reviews, suggesions, contact detail, menu for restaurants across the city. If you are clueless as to what to eat or where to eat, head to the collections section and in a matter of minutes, you will make up your mind.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1fQQoAb
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Zombies,Run!
Running with music on is so old style. Running from Zombies is the new style. Put your running shoes on, connect headphones and start the application ‘Zombies, Run!’. The application starts a story with various missions that you have to finish and you do that by running. Sometimes, the feeling is so surreal that you actually feel as if the zombies are right behind you and breathing down your neck. This is the best fitness app with a twist. 33 missions, custom music playlists, storyline where you save hundreds of lives, detailed statistics, export/share session detail using zombie link. What more do you need from a fitness app!
Price: Rs. 245.25/-
Link: http://bit.ly/1jGlTgG
Size: 39Mb
Android: 4.0+
In-app purchases: yes
You can also try these amazing applications that add a bit of fun and geekism to your Android world.
Androidify
This is pure fun application. Create, accessorize and share Android characters that look like you, your best friend, your relative. There are 25 animations that make the character laugh, dance etc. You can use these characters/animations as GIFs, emoticons etc. In short, with Androidify, you create a cartoon version of yourself.
Link: http://bit.ly/1edwYXH
Price: Free
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Antutu
Benchmarking is process of running specific tests on a device to assess its performance relative to an object. Antutu is one of the best cross platform benchmarking tools available today and there are hardly any reviews out there that does not provide Antutu score for the phone. If you want to see how powerful your phone is relative to other devices, this is the application to try. Once CPU, RAM, GPU, I/O, User Experience tests are run, Antutu displays a score that can be then compared with scores generated by other devices.
Link: http://bit.ly/19kgENp
Price: Free
Android: 2.3.3+
Size: 33Mb
In-app purchases: No
Any.do
To-Do list application cannot get any simpler than this one. The interface is clean and yet is filled with features. You can organize your todo’s, family tasks, work projects and also collaborate with others in finishing tasks. You can attached photos, videos, audio and Dropbox files to the task. If you are too lazy to type the content, you can speak out for any.do to change the voice to text. Any.do can be accessed from a smartphone, as a web app and from Chrome browser. When you pay for premium subscription ($4.99/ month or $49.99/ year), you can setup location based reminders, heavily customize reminders.
Link: http://bit.ly/19kgENp
Price: Free
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Applock
Worried about someone playing your favorite game and ruin it? Worried about someone taking your phone and going through your messages and photos list? With applock application, you can lock the applications so that the applications can be opened after entering a pre-set pin. You can also hide your photos and videos from prying eyes.
Link: http://bit.ly/1coQMDT
Price: Free
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app Purchases : No
App sales
Not everyone is ready to pay a premium for applications. Every now and then, we see applications sold at a discounted price. This apps will help you track the price of applications that you are interested to buy, give a list of apps that are sold at a discounted price right now, check pricing history for application and also let you share the sale/offer detail with your friends at the click of a button.
Link: http://bit.ly/1oJKTtk / http://bit.ly/1x5OO6l
Price: Free /Paid
Android: 2.3+
Size: 4.8Mb
In-app purchases: Yes
AutomateIT
Think about automating tasks like powering off 3G when the screen is off, do a task when you reach a specific location, change volume when headset is plugged or unplugged, perform specific action when you get a all from particular contact. All this can be done using AutomateIT application. You can either create your own rule or you can use any of the dozens of rules that are available in the application. This is a must have application if you want the phone to do the work for you.
Link: http://bit.ly/1q6f5JI / http://bit.ly/1iChI6x
Price: Free/Rs.194.08
Android: 2.2+
Size: 11Mb
In-app purchases: Yes
Bacon Reader
Reddit is a social networking service where registered users can submit content and comment on content, where content is organized by areas of interests called subreddits. This is the only application on Andorid with support for Redditorial and is definitely among the best apps for Android.
Link: http://bit.ly/1vwqxCq / http://bit.ly/1m9xBF3
Price: Free/Rs.107.72
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Beyondpod
Podcasts is a digital medium consisting of an episodic series of audio, digital radio, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device (wikipedia). Beyondpod is the best application to subscribe, download and view/listen to podcasts.
Link: http://bit.ly/1f1jCyb/ http://bit.ly/1iA2mQW
Price: Free/Rs.432.79
Android: Varies
Size: Varies
In-app purchases: no
Camera360
With hundreds of filters, a dozen camera modes , skin smoothening and other features that enhance skin tone, editing tools and unlimited cloud album, Camera 360 is simply the best alternate camera application available for Android devices. Best part is that the application is free to use and there are no ads.
Price: Free
Link: http://bit.ly/1gBqGxx
Size:26Mb
Android: 2.3+
In-app purchases: No
Couch-to-5k
There are countless guides, books and webpages that help you succeed in completing a 5k marathon. This application is the best one among such applications for Android. The training plan is created by experienced trainers from active.com and is designed to make sure that runners are not injured by over-workouts. You can also track your progress, share progress to facebook.
Price: 118.83/-
Link : http://bit.ly/1kBG9lI
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Dashclock
If you love those widgets that display temperature, time etc, dashclock widget is the grand-daddy of such widgets. Set it to lock screen to get wether updates, notifications for calls/texts/mails, next calendar appointment, alarms etc and this one looks absolutely elegant.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1kBG9lI
Size: 1.1Mb
Android: 4.2+
In-app purchases: No
DoubleTwist
DoubleTwist is one of the best music players available for Android. Best features of DoubleTwist that is that you can sync music and playlists from iTunes over USB or using AirSync over Wi-Fi. In case you dont have album artwork, the same can be downloaded for free. DoubleTwist also supports and subscription to podcasts, downoad podcasts automatically over 3G/WiFi. Other features include streaming vidoes/photos/music to Xbox, PS3 and sonos.
Price: Fee
Link : http://bit.ly/1gjJJPd
Size: Vries
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Duolingo
If you want to learn various European languages using your Android smartphone, Duolingo is the best one. Awarded ‘’Google Play Best of the Best” application for 2013 and 2014 years, Duolingo offers free way to learn languages like Spanish, French, German, Portugese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish and English.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1aByo6j
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: No
Fenix
Fenix is one of the best paid Twitter applications available for Android. Fenix twitter application comes with a clean and a refreshing interface with great conversations layout. Fenix also supports multiple Twitter accounts and you can save multiple drafts. You can use the internal web browser to open web links faster and inside the application.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/13xWbro
Size: 13Mb
Android: 2.3.3+
In-app purchases: No
Light Flow
If you have an Android phone with a notification LED and if you feel that the notifications are not enough for you (well, most phones have only three notification styles and that is boring). Using LightFlow, you can heavily customize notification LED and set different color for apps/contacts. Given the nature of the customization, try the LightFlow-Lite first and if all is good, go ahead with full version.
Price: Free / Rs.150
Link : http://bit.ly/1c3e3eR / http://bit.ly/1m8ZOdy
Size: 5Mb
Android: 2.2+
In-app purchases: No
Office Mobile
If you life is centered around Microsoft Office application suite, this is a must have companion application. Office Mobile is official application from Microsoft that lets you edit Office documents with ease. You can also add comments and share your document to your contacts. With seamless integration with Ondrive and with SharePoint, you can access and edit documents on the cloud and save them to the cloud.
Note: Sign in with a free Microsoft account to create, edit and save documents for home use. A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to create, edit and save documents for business use. Qualifying plans include: Office 365 Small Business Premium, Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4 (Enterprise and Government), Office 365 Education A3 and A4, and Office 365 ProPlus.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/1hqlXTz
Size: 27Mb
Android: 4.0+
In-app purchases: No
Path
There is Facebook/Twitter like social networks that connect you to the whole world. There are these chat applications like Whatsapp/Telegram/Hike that connects you to your more personal friends and family. One is too open while the other has extremely limited featureset. Path is a social network that sits somewhere in the middle. The interface is absolutely beautiful and is feature rich. Given the limited number of users, you can invite your friends and have an amazing personal social network. The down side is that, given the tiny number of users, you never know when Path will discontinue this application.
Price: Free
Link : http://bit.ly/147AorR
Size: Varies
Android: Varies
In-app purchases: Yes
Robird
Robird is one of the best paid twitter clients available on Android. The interface is clean and intuitive, push notifications are supported, there is a tablet specific UI, multipile images can be uploaded at once, there is TweetMarker sync, multiple twitter account support, pebble smartwatch support and DashClock widget integration. The UI is absolutely smooth and is highly customizable. Thanks to the material UI update, it looks absolutely gorgeous.
Price: Rs.62.76/-
Link : http://bit.ly/1B1IOx0
Size: 2.4Mb
Android: No
In-app purchases: 4.0.3+
ROM Toolbox
This is the most comprehensive ROM management application available on Android. You can search for and install ROMs and themes, create/manage/restore nandroid backups, wipe data and cache, backup and restore application data/messages/contacts/bookmarks/accounts, freeze/defrost system/apps, move applications to SD card. If you want to uninstall multiple apps at once, there is a batch uninstaller. The built in task manager can be used to clear RAM. You can create your own scripts and run them as root, the built in file manager has two panel for easy management of files/folders. You can play with recovery options, boot options, create themes, heavily customize status/notification bar, change logos and icons at will, play with CPU and governors, tweak kernel. In short, you can literally play with every part of the operating system using ROM Manager, period!
Price: Free / Rs. 369.97
Link : http://bit.ly/1A7ZGRl / http://bit.ly/1kowPQv
Size: 9Mb
Android: 2.3+
In-app purchases: Yes
Root Browser
While other file browsers access files in the phone, they cannot access hidden and operating system files. Two file manager panel layout helps managing files, batch copy/paste is easier on this compared to other file managers, you can explore apk/jar/rar/zip files that are hidden, bookmark folders, install zip files using clockwork recovery, send files to others using email.
Price: Free / Rs.53.04
Link : http://bit.ly/1qZBwDT / http://bit.ly/1EF2tGW
Size: 2.4Mb
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