Recommended Android Apps

Locke · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:09

Since the old thread is so cluttered, I have made a Google Docs Spreadsheet with a list of apps that have been recommended frequently.

Here it is.

Any suggestions welcome since there isn't going to be every app in there, only the good ones.

MichaelHo · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:16

Can't see anything in that spreadsheet apart from a link to the ocuk thread and 'please put suggestions here' text.

Here are some of my favourite apps:

Notes - Evernote
Todo - Any.do

Fallen god · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:33

For fitness I love My Fitness Pal it has a website that it sync really nicely with, can record exactly what you eat, your work out. Has a barcode scanner to scan things which I find is very useful, instead of finding something similar you get the exact thing you eat.

For Travel I use 3 apps, Tubemap, really good for underground, gives you all the normal things you could need and also gets updates from tfl and tfl twitter account. Also use it to check what time a train is coming if a station doesnt have the HUD. London Bus Tracker, you can bookmark your bus station, use it for the few I need and it is very easy to find other stations and so on. Rail planner, does what it says plans you rail travel works well like it.

Devious · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:34

subbed

chiggz · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:34

^^ there's different sheets at the bottom

snapdragon · 28 Oct 2012 at 18:54

MichaelHo said:
Can't see anything in that spreadsheet apart from a link to the ocuk thread and 'please put suggestions here' text.

Here are some of my favourite apps:

Notes - Evernote
Todo - Any.do

Check the tabs at the bottom it's split into cats

nice work

millsy888 · 28 Oct 2012 at 19:17

App i use daily is Catch That Bus. Developer is very quick to solve problem if they arise.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...MsInVrLmNvLmFzaHRvbmJyc2MuY2F0Y2h0aGF0YnVzIl0.

benjo · 28 Oct 2012 at 19:20

Good work. We just need to point new android users to that spreadsheet now

Leave the other thread for random app discussion

Cyclone · 28 Oct 2012 at 19:30

Any chance of getting this stickied???

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 28 Oct 2012 at 21:53

Haha perfetc timing! Just got my phone, added to bookmarks, this should come in handy

Ice Globe · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:08

Adding a description of what the app does would be quite useful.

weringo · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:24

Ice Globe said:
Adding a description of what the app does would be quite useful.

Yep, honestly pretty useless without it.

Amraam · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:24

Ice Globe said:
Adding a description of what the app does would be quite useful.

Was just about to write this. An extra column with a one line description would be awesome!

Locke · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:33

Can't you just click through to the Play Store? That's why I omitted any descriptions.

Nexus18 · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:34

Or you could just click on the play store link and read the proper description.....

EDIT:

Beaten!

koooowweeee · 29 Oct 2012 at 01:57

early days of thread. well over due a thread like this.

as said in essential apps thread locke is open to suggestions and i think he will improve the thread in time.

EniGmA1981 · 29 Oct 2012 at 13:12

XBMC Remote needs to be added too - otherwise, that's a cracking list

MeMeMeMe · 29 Oct 2012 at 13:20

Locke said:
Can't you just click through to the Play Store? That's why I omitted any descriptions.

You have multiple sheets of apps, with multiple appas per page. Why would I click through to a the play store for every single app?
Plus the market description often doesn't tell you what you need to know, so it may be a wasted trip!

Great thread idea, though. Still useful, could be more useful.

Locke · 29 Oct 2012 at 14:54

That sounds perfectly reasonable, I've started to add small descriptions

shaffaaf27 · 29 Oct 2012 at 17:52

so are we still using the old thread?