New essential Android apps thread

[Rilot]

Old thread has been closed for archival.

Post your favourite apps here.

 

[~Mike~]

A list in the OP would be nice.

 

[HecFam]

Not new as such, does anyone know when the Room 2 is coming to android? Just says 2014 on the site...

 

[Grrrrr]

Been using Hello sms for a couple of weeks now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=hello+sms

It's quite simple, certainly not feature rich, but it looks great.

 

[Flibster]

My personal preferences:

Launcher - Nova with Beautiful Widgets and Widgetsoid
Email - K9 Mail
Calendar - Event Flow
Media players - BS Player, PowerAmp, Stitcher, BeyondPod, iPlayer, Audible, TV Catchup, SkyGo, BubbleUPnP, Tunein Radio
Other toys - Battery Widget Reborn, Documents To Go, ES File Explorer, Feedly, London Coffee App, VST CoffeeTools, Smart Volume Control+, mSecure,

 

[AndyCr15]

A list in the OP would be nice.

List in second post would be just as good. Well volunteered

 

[Swarfega]

Can't link the old thread for future reference?

 

[Repta]

Any recommendations for an Email app and an SMS app that have widgets like the default ones below?

 

[Grrrrr]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ganic&utm_term=internet+speed+monitor+android

Internet speed meter.

It shows in the notification bar the speed your phone is transferring data. I find it handy

 

[SkeeterUK]

Kitchen timer by Roberto Leinardi i think it is. Very nice timer compared to most others. Tho seems to be off play store for some reason atm and instead just donation fake apps from him, weird..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leinardi.kitchentimer

 

[benjo]

Been using Hello sms for a couple of weeks now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=hello+sms

It's quite simple, certainly not feature rich, but it looks great.

Read quite a few bad reviews about Hello. Apparently it likes to send invites to the app to your contacts list.

Check this reddit thread http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1tp4ve/thats_the_last_straw_hello_sms/

 

[DFish]

Whats a decent video player? Having some issues with the default Samsung player and no audio. I have thought about the Divx player, but wondering if there's anything coming recommended.

Fish

 

[Matteysan]

Read quite a few bad reviews about Hello. Apparently it likes to send invites to the app to your contacts list.

Check this reddit thread http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1tp4ve/thats_the_last_straw_hello_sms/

I haven't had that at all

I have been using it since it was able to work on KitKat.

Post above MX Player

 

[benjo]

I haven't had that at all

I have been using it since it was able to work on KitKat.

I used it for a while and never had it either, just a heads up.

I'm using the aosp sms app on KitKat now.

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ganic&utm_term=internet+speed+monitor+android

Internet speed meter.

It shows in the notification bar the speed your phone is transferring data. I find it handy

like that , thanks

 

[DFish]

Matteysan, thanks I'll download it.

Fish

 

[Jasseh]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ganic&utm_term=internet+speed+monitor+android

Internet speed meter.

It shows in the notification bar the speed your phone is transferring data. I find it handy

Nice, installed now, thanks .

 

[lsg1r]

this is what I have on my phone (moto g) and slate (nexus 7 2012)....

Launcher - Nova
Calendar - cal and/or business calendar pro
Email - Cloud Magic
GPS - Navfree - for the times when you don't have access to mobile data

Office
Office Suite Pro - although the now free Quickoffice isnt bad for a freebie
PDF Viewer - pdf reader with a 'gallery' of your pdf, which is good for books/magazines etc

Utilities/Tools
Wifi Analyzer
Cyanogen Calculator
ES File Explorer
ezNetScan
Flib Converter
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Barcode Scanners option 1 option 2

Media
AllCast
Skifta DLNA Server
VLC Media Player in beta but no issues for me so far
DicePlayer

Plugins for making life easier between PC/Android Device - these may need extra on the pc side
Chrome to Phone although I am liking the more feature rich Pushbullet as well
Airdroid - browser based 'homescreen' of the android device, this used to be better with support for more than one device without needing to pay (expensive subscription model) but it's still arguably the best option out there

Obviously you have things like skydrive/dropbox/box and facebook/pinterest etc if you like them

 

[benjo]

Good idea listing what we've got installed at the moment. I think a few people will come to the first page of this thread if they get a new Android device.

500 Firepaper

AnTuTu Benchmark

Autostarts Root required

BBC Weather

Barcode Scanner

BusCountDown

Drive

Dropbox

Facebook

FasterGPS Root required

FolderSync

FotMob

Gmail

Google Play Music

Google Play Newsstand

Greenify Root required, although not anymore apparently?

HaxSync

HaxSync JB Workaround

Holo Icons

KeePassDroid Useful android version of KeePass

Keep

LinkedIn

List My Apps Used to make this list

MX Player

Maps

Nationwide

Nova Launcher

Nova Launcher Prime

Oyster Master+

Pocket

Pocket Casts

PocketGrib Detailed weather map viewer.

Poweramp

Poweramp Full Version Unlocker

Poweramp ICS Widget Pack

Poweramp KK/JB/ICS Skin

Pushbullet Send between phone and chrome, and vice versa.

QuickPic

Quickoffice

Reddit News

SD Maid Root required

SMS Backup & Restore

Screen Filter

SmallWhites icon theme

Snapchat

Snapseed

Snapshare Root required, useful Xposed plugin that lets you send any photo from your gallery over snapchat

Solid Explorer

Solid Explorer Unlocker

SoundHound ∞

Speedtest

Street View

SwiftKey

TV Show Favs

TeamViewer

Titanium Backup Root required

Train Tickets

Unified Remote Full

VSCO Cam

Wakelock Detector

WhatsApp

XDA

XPrivacy Root required

Xposed Installer Root required

YouTube

imgur for Android

 

[Slobbo]

Any recommendations for a simple, clean WIFI tethering app?