best android apps & games

[Ibby]

Think there was topic similar to this a while back but couldn't find it.

 

So cmon then let's be having you!!

[Tommok]

SwiftKey - best keyboard

Citymapper - great transport info app

Taptu - news aggregator

One Football - set Liverpool as your team and it'll pull together stories from other sites

LFC Fancal - basic but puts all LFC fixtures in calendar format along with stuff in default calendar

ESPN cricinfo and ECB apps - best two for cricket

Flixster and IMDB - film and TV show reviews

Clean Master - seems to get rid of stuff that can slow your device down

[Ibby]

Thanks for the above tommo. Any good games worth getting?

[Tobes Rafa]

I can't answer about games but Show Box - if you like tv

Edited October 11, 2014 by Tobes Rafa

[Owen1978]

If you like puzzles.. Then check out the room and room 2

[Tommok]

Thanks for the above tommo. Any good games worth getting?

 

Don't really play many games but 2048 is a decent puzzle game and New Star Soccer is amazingly addictive footy game.

[Jonesy]

Don't really play many games but 2048 is a decent puzzle game and New Star Soccer is amazingly addictive footy game.

 

I loved new star soccer when it first came out. They've made too many changes to it for my liking.

[Tommok]

I loved new star soccer when it first came out. They've made too many changes to it for my liking.

Yep I agree the improvements aren't great. Thankfully I didn't update it on my tablet so still have a decent version.

[Jonesy]

Yep I agree the improvements aren't great. Thankfully I didn't update it on my tablet so still have a decent version.

 

Ha wish I'd done that. I deleted it as I was spending way too much time on it. When I downloaded it again I had a little play and went no thanks. I'm going to see if it's possible to get the old apk.

[cymrococh]

I like the changes they've made, especially the captain thing and the offside thing makes it more realistic.

[Jonesy]

I like the changes they've made, especially the captain thing and the offside thing makes it more realistic.

 

I'm just too much of a tight a*** to upgrade it. Damn it if I want that kind of fun I want it for free and not 2.99 or whatever it is these days.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Jonesy

[PhilM]

Feedly is a great newsfeed aggregating tool.

 

Where's My Water is a great puzzle game. It's geared at kids, but it's really addictive.

[cymrococh]

Desert Golf is brilliantly frustrating and bleak in its relentlessness.

[JonShar]

Circa - best news app out there, love it.

Fenix - best Twitter app I've used

Any.do - best todo list app I've used

Mailbox - best email app I've used (if you use GMail, ymmv if you use something else)

VSCO - best photo editor I've used

AcDisplay - best lockscreen I've used

[Hus]

Greenify, system - absolutely awesome app, allows you to put apps into hibernate that would otherwise run in the background without you realising

Wakelock detector, system - best used in combination with the above, tells you all the apps that are constantly waking your CPU up (and therefore killing your battery) even when the phone is in standby

 

(Greenify and Wakelock, gave a new lease of life to my aging S3, it became more responsive and battery life was much improved)

 

Nova Launcher, system - allows absolute customisation of your home screen, notification bar, icons, grid (i.e. how many shortcuts you can have horizontal / vertical) widgets, etc etc...loads and loads of options

Twicca - Twitter app, good lightweight but is starting to date a little now

Dolphin Browser - t'internet browser, easy to use, flash built in

Poweramp - music player, really good, loads of options, widgets etc

 

Another vote for IMDB (also does cinema times now) and Swiftkey, some of the first apps I install whenever i get a new phone

[Benitez]

The ones I used most on my tablet:

 

Evernote - I use it on my puter, tablet and phone. Invaluable.

Pocket - great for saving articles from the web to read later.

Kindle - Android app

gReader (used to use Feedly, but it started crashing constantly)

Tapatalk - forum app

Weather Bug - best free weather app that I've found

The Score - for sports scores

CloudMagic - email app

 

Not hugely into games apart from basic ones like Spider Solitaire. But I like Flick Shoot and Flick Shoot 2 footy games.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Benitez

[Tommok]

The ones I used most on my tablet:

 

Evernote - I use it on my puter, tablet and phone. Invaluable.

Pocket - great for saving articles from the web to read later.

Kindle - Android app

gReader (used to use Feedly, but it started crashing constantly)

Tapatalk - forum app

Weather Bug - best free weather app that I've found

The Score - for sports scores

CloudMagic - email app

 

Not hugely into games apart from basic ones like Spider Solitaire. But I like Flick Shoot and Flick Shoot 2 footy games.

Even reading the blurb on the Play Store about tapatalk, I couldn't really see what it did.

 

Does it work/do anything with this forum for example?

[Benitez]

Even reading the blurb on the Play Store about tapatalk, I couldn't really see what it did.

 

Does it work/do anything with this forum for example?

 

 

I don't think this forum is on it. I use to read / post on 3 or 4 other forums I go on. It just reads much easier than looking at forums on tablet / phone browsers.

[Bailo]

Hey, I wonder if this keyboard is better than the other one I used.

 

SwiftKey seems great!

[Ibby]

Some great suggestions folks thanks

 

Just got SwiftKey it's brill

[autumn319]

car run is a decent car game.and it's free.

[jimbolala]

Do I need an app to play my music from the SD card, just be to android from iPod so not sure

[Hus]

Do I need an app to play my music from the SD card, just be to android from iPod so not sure

 

Nope - i would think you can point your built in music player at your SD card - should be in the music player settings?

 

Most phones will scan and locate all the music automatically - otherwise download poweramp from the play store.

[jimbolala]

AV streaming let's you watch movies and any sports live,worth the 4/quid

[Barnesy_10]

AV streaming let's you watch movies and any sports live,worth the 4/quid

Just got that... Its a bit fiddly and temperamental but seems to have tonnes of stuff on there..

 

It locked my phone up for first time since I got the phone which ain't great