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 program~~ Just 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

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

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 –