Recommend some Android apps?

Nemephosis · Jun 23, 2013

Recently dropped the iPhone 4 and upgraded to an HTC One (a hell of an upgrade if I do say so!)

So, starting over on a whole new ecosystem, I need to populate this sucker with some games and tools. Anyone got any recommendations?

DarkED · Jun 23, 2013

Here's a few apps I use on my Nook Color running Cyanogenmod 10:

*Moon+ Reader Pro <- Awesome e-book reader
*Netflix <-- This one is obvious
*K-9 <-- This is by far the best e-mail client I could find for Android.
*File Manager <-- Good free file management app, supports network shares and such.

Thrash123 · Jun 23, 2013

Lookout Mobile Security. Best free AV I've used for Android.

Lruce Bee · Jun 23, 2013

Can't really recommend individual apps but I can tell you which one to avoid at all costs - Facebook.
Do not, I repeat, do not install that **** on your phone.

Bi()ha2arD · Jun 23, 2013

Mort Player Music (and the Widget for it)

_Lynx · Jun 23, 2013

Dolphin Browser - good alternative to the Chrome
Alarm Clock extreme - really good alarm clock app
SwiftKey Keyboard - IMO the best keyboard for Android
Wolfram Alpha - client for the Wolfram Alpha search engine
Kindle - Kindle app, in case you have some books on Kindle. Not sure how good is this on the phone though - I've Nexus 7

Godfrey.Payans · Jun 23, 2013

Some apps that I've found useful are:

MX Player - media player
Shortyz - crosswords, great while waiting for meetings
JuiceDefender - power management
FX - file manager
SwiftKey - on-screen keyboard replacement
Steam - has working chat

I also like some of the remote control type apps:

ConnectBot - ssh client
Yatse - XBMC remote control
LG TV Remote - TV remote
Youtube - can remote control the TV's Youtube app

Jackal · Jun 23, 2013

SwiftKey as already stated. Probably the best thing I have on there.
Beautiful Widgets - Customize that clock and weather to look good.
Flashlight - Should be a no brainer.
Flixter - Great for finding local theaters and movie times quickly.
Google Play Music - $7.50/month for unlimited music. It's like Pandora, but much much better. You can skip as much as you want, replay the song as many times as you like, make playlists, and if you are going on a flight, you can download the songs to your phone.
Bank App - Check to see if your bank has an app for you
TED - for watching all your TED Talks clips
aDownloader - For downloading torrents via mobile
Steam - Steam...
AndroIRC - IRC client
Convert Pad - Converts numbers into other numbers for around the world and measurements (C to F, $ to pounds etc)
Groupon - Save some dosh

Ingress - Google game that's pretty neat, check it out.
Meteor Blitz Free
Plague Inc. (awesome little game)
Sentinel3 - Best Tower Defense game imo on android

This is my home screen. Electric Plasma Live Wallpaper. Pretty rad.

Zxanphorian · Jun 23, 2013

Congrats! At the beginning of the year I switched from my webOS-toting Pre to the Galaxy S3. Anyway, here are some select recommendations:

Nova Launcher: I hate the stock TouchWiz launcher, so if you hate your stock Sense launcher, then Nova is the way to go.
BaconReader: An excellent Reddit client.
Amazon Appstore: I only use the Amazon Appstore for Android for the free app of the day, which is sometimes a very fun game.
ES File Explorer File Manager: The file manager to end all file managers.
pressureNET: A crowdsourced atmospheric pressure network, that takes readings from your barometer, if you are interested.

Games:
Plague Inc.: Control a world-wide pandemic.
Ingress: Google's ARG. If you need an invite, I have a few left.
Humble Bundle: Sometimes, like right now, the Humble Bundle has great selection of games that can be run on Android. You just have to be on the lookout for these deals.
Other than those, there are so many great games out there.

Also, I would stock up with various Google Apps, such as Goggles, Google Sky Map, My Tracks, etc.

Twisted Metal · Jun 23, 2013

Swiftkey is a must. Blows away the stock keyboards.

For games, this is one of the most unique experiences I've had the privilege of playing. Sure it's $1.99, but unlike 99% of Android games out there, you won't have to deal with any microtransaction BS.

Gir · Jun 23, 2013

I like this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rsoe.android.edis_pms&hl=en

It has a terrible name so won't put it here. Tracks every sort of biological or chemical threat to the world aside from Morety's Dutch Oven. Well, more than that. Everything from environmental polution to comets passing our planet.

When the zombie horde comes, I'll be ready!
:umno:

Nemephosis · Jun 23, 2013

Lruce Bee said:
Can't really recommend individual apps but I can tell you which one to avoid at all costs - Facebook.
Do not, I repeat, do not install that **** on your phone.

Didn't have a choice, it came installed. It was a system app. It's okay though, I had a friend root it for me who knows all about this stuff, and then I installed Greenify. It lets you hibernate apps, so they can't do anything without you running them explicitly. And I used ROM Toolbox to uninstall it and then put a version on there that doesn't track my location. I can upload the APK if anyone wants it.

Checked these out, grabbed a few, they look pretty good. ES File Manager is pretty good.

Grabbed the live wallpaper, I paid the dollar and two cents for it. It's really awesome, I like it.

I found a game called Pixel Dungeon. It's a roguelike dungeon crawler, it's free and needs no permissions to run. It's actually pretty fun, I like it a lot.

[GU]elmur_fud · Jun 23, 2013

Other then mentioned...

Replace your default sms with GoSMS Pro... more features, better control, themeing.

Colornote is good for notes and shit

Convertpad is useful at times.

cargo decoder - ever wonder what the 4 digit hazardous cargo codes on trucks indicate? Wonder no longer.

Electrodroid - resistor color code index, ohm calculator, reactance/resonance calculator, decibel converter, and so so much more. A literal must have for anybody who tinkers with electronics.

Spectrum analyzer- audio graphing utility for audiophiles/sound engineers.

All free apps.

Sir_Brizz · Jun 23, 2013

Twisted Metal said:
Swiftkey is a must. Blows away the stock keyboards.

For games, this is one of the most unique experiences I've had the privilege of playing. Sure it's $1.99, but unlike 99% of Android games out there, you won't have to deal with any microtransaction BS.

FYI, this is in the humble bundle going right now with a bunch of other excellent Android games.

Al · Jun 24, 2013

[GU]elmur_fud;2593979 said:
Replace your default sms with GoSMS Pro... more features, better control, themeing.

GoSMS (and all Go apps) is bloatware begging you with prompts and messages to buy their terrible product(s). Try ChompSMS for no bloat and excellent features.

SDMaid - Phone cleaning greatness.

Zedge - Wallpapers, ringtones and notification sounds.

Also, if you root, grab Adaway. Removes ads in your browser and in apps.

d3tox · Jun 24, 2013

Can someone throw me an invite for Ingress? Thx. (jkallemeyn@Nospam.gmail.com)

Just to throw my 2 cents in on this...
Go Launcher
Video Live Wallpaper - I roll video clips over and over like a looped gif as a wallpaper with this.
Instant Radar - Live doppler radar for the great outdoors. I probably use this app more than anything else.
Navionics GPS - This one is a bit spendy ($15) but it turns your phone into a portable GPS unit with lake contours etc. With the satellite overlay via Google this kicks the hell out of any handheld GPS, as your maps tend to be much more accurate.
Drisk - Its not risk, but it really is

[GU]elmur_fud · Jun 24, 2013

Al said:
GoSMS is bloatware...

Your opinion has been noted.

A non-biased analysis... If you are the type of person that prefers the simplification of chrome over firefox's pandering to us control freaks, you will probably like chomp better...following that logic... If you are an IE person that standard messaging app is for you.

Al · Jun 24, 2013

[GU]elmur_fud;2594007 said:
Your opinion has been noted.

It's not my opinion, bro. It's fact. Just because you like it doesn't mean it's not bloated.

GoSMS Pro: 7.7 MB

ChompSMS: 4.6 MB

Handcent SMS: 3.4 MB

Zxanphorian · Jun 24, 2013

d3tox said:
Can someone throw me an invite for Ingress? Thx. (jkallemeyn@Nospam.gmail.com)

Done!

[GU]elmur_fud · Jun 24, 2013

Al said:
It's not my opinion, bro. It's fact. Just because you like it doesn't mean it's not bloated.

GoSMS Pro: 7.7 MB

ChompSMS: 4.6 MB

Handcent SMS: 3.4 MB

It has twice, or near there to it, the feature set of it's competitor's so I am not shocked at twice the size (also given that it uses a more graphics rich ui then chomp or handcent did 3 years ago). I am just trying to help the man make an educated decision. It matters not to me what he chooses.

If you have evidence that it is actually bloatware, and not just an app with a naturally larger file size because there is more there to it, you should state it. And spam isn't the same as bloat. Some free apps run ads to make money Go sms sells themes. Make your own theme and it shuts up about it.

Nice edit of your original comment, you now sound like a Monty Python sketch "Try Crelm toothepaste for 100% protection".

But what is bloatware?...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bloat

As a point of fact I don't like Go sms pro. It meets my desire to be in control of every function of my tech better then any other stock SMS alternative, but it also pisses me off in allot of little details like the spam which isn't as prevalent as you indicated but it is there from time to time.

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