One of the great things about having a smart phone is all the things you can do with it. But which apps are good? Which apps are good for you?
Here’s the one I currently use, which I hope helps you make some decisions.
ESSENTIALS
- SwiftKey – replacement keyboard. Genius word prediction, learns from what you type, will Swype as well – first thing installed
- Action Launcher – Awesome replacement launcher – second thing installed (Buy the Pro key – Action Launcher Pro)
- Evernote – Awesome, awesome app, for phone and PC – Evernote Widget
- LastPass – brilliant password management for phone and PC
Business Calendar Pro – excellent calendar programJust using the new Google Calendar app now
- Pushbullet – Genius way to hook the phone to the computer – push data, notifications, etc. Unreal.
- Facebook – you know what it does. Haven’t seen the need for a 3rd party app
- Pocket Casts – my podcast app of choice, despite it being developed in Adelaide
- Threes – excellent game, great for when you’re listening to a podcast
- Link Bubble Pro – the best way to deal with browser links on Android
- Lightflow – making intelligent use of your notification light and alert sounds
- Out of Milk – great shopping list (Buy the Pro key – Out of Milk Pro Unlocker)
- Auto Reboot – I’ve got it set to reboot at 3am, every day – thus it reboots and brings in all the new app updates, etc, when I’m usually asleep. Nice.
- List My Apps – it lists my apps #whoknew
- QuickPic – view images
- Todoist – the best todo list, although not all that good
- Viber – messaging/VOIP program. Uses your mobile number so it’s easy for people to find you, and for it to use your contacts list to see who is on it.
Phone utilities
- Muzei – Brilliant wallpaper manager
- My Data Manager – track your data usage
- MightyText – SMS from the PC
- List My Apps – lists your apps. Yep.
- Activity Monitor – track what you’re doing on the phone
- Commandr for Google Now – adds more voice commands to Google Now, Open Mic+
Photography
- Add Watermark – have a guess at what it does? #dareya
- VSCO Cam – good editing software
- DoF_Calculator
- Snapseed – excellent editor
- QuickPic – view images
- Camera Remote – run your Fuji camera from your phone
- InstaKrop Circle
Other
- Twitch! Contacts Formatter – reformats your number to proper international format
- Screen On – keeps the screen on in selected programs
- TuneIn Radio Pro – radio over IP, therefore from anywhere in the world
- App Eater – delete apps
- Barcode Scanner – have a guess
- Better Open With – saves you the hassle of having to choose only one default app handler when you click a filetype
- Archos Video – video player
- Amazing Flashlight
- ABBYY BCR – Business card reader
- Lux – auto brightness solution
- Amazon Kindle – read yer stuff
- CamScanner Full Version – document scanner using the camera in the phone
- CCleaner – Remove junk, reclaim space, monitor your system and browse safely
- Dropbox
- Dropsync – Dropsync Pro Key – makes Dropbox usable
- Autosync for Google Drive
- OneDrive
- cloudGOO – control your cloud files from one app
- ES File Explorer – file manager
Rooted
- Xposed Installer – the basis for a lot of very cool things
- SwiftKey Goodness on More Fields – forces Swiftkey into fields its normally barred from
- ROM Manager (not currently using it, as I’m running the stock ROM, but it’s good stuff)
- Titanium Backup PRO – best backup utility
- Always Correct! – allow all keyboards to use their auto-correct function for all TEXT fields
- Chrome New Tab
- All-In-One Toolbox (AIO Toolbox Pro Key) – AppLock Plugin – Ad Detect Plugin – Auto Tasks Plugin –
- BusyBox Pro
- Trigger – Automatically sets your phone up depending on variables like location, etc – Call Plugin for Trigger –
Games
- Greedy Spiders
- Greedy Spiders 2
- Minecraft – Pocket Edition
- Minesweeper Classic
- 250+ Solitaire Collection
- Bonza – word game loved by Cha
- Fieldrunners 2 – love this game
Audio
- iSyncr – sync playlists, etc, with iTunes
Fitness