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Android Useful Apps
- Thread starter Park@82
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NRG Player is by far the best music player I've ever used on Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5tcmdyZWVuc29mdC5ucmcucGxheWVyIl0.
Well worth the few bucks...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5tcmdyZWVuc29mdC5ucmcucGxheWVyIl0.
Well worth the few bucks...
Any.do and Evernote is a must for me, use it every day. Any.do also syncs with Chrome, which is nice. I've also been using Apex Launcher since I got my SII about 1.5 years ago, it's a must in my opinion for customization.
I also rely on Evernote, but imo Tasks is significantly better than Any.do. Tasks has the cleanest, most attractive and functional to-do list widget, and it syncs to Google. There is a free version with the same widgets as the paid version.
I've been using Nova Launcher Prime since the 25c Play Store super sale, and it's clear to me why it's in the top 5 paid apps. Just love it, particularly with nice transition effects, custom icons at 120%, 50% transparency and vertical app drawer scrolling and tabs in the app drawer. This should be stock Android. I imagine Apex is quite similar.
Is it just called Tasks? I will check it out. I've tried Nova launcher as well, the free version, and it's very similar to Apex. All the cool features you mentioned there are available in Apex as well. There are some minor difference, I can't recall now, but all the important features are there like custom drawer tabs, folders in drawers, hiding apps, etc etc.
I agree, vanilla Android could learn a lot from these launchers and these features should be default, to fall inline with the Android customisation philosophy. I don't see myself ever going back to TouchWiz...
linkinpark
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I used to use Tasks until i found out about Google Keep, now that's all i use. The only thing it's missing is password protecting certain entries.
I tried Keep the day it released, but uninstalled it within a few minutes. Can't stand the colourful interface and lack of practicality. I rely heavily on my Tasks widget in my day to day life - I need to be able to list lots of stuff and add and remove tasks quickly as needed, in a manner that doesn't hurt my eyes.
I use Keep as well, but not on a daily basis. I find the organising capabilities in Any.Do and Evernote to be better. I use keep mostly to make picture notes, it has a nice interface for that.
also try JOT. Its a very nice and simplistic widget notepad. Not all those extra fancy shmancy features. It's just what you need if you think of something and need someplace to jot it down real quick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplidget.jot
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplidget.jot
Also, try SwipePad. It's great for productivity. You swipe your thumb from the side of the screen, and then you release it on the app of your choice and it then launches that app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android
Not sure about all the apps you bought? Looks like this could help: My Purchases
AlphaJohn
Honorary Master
Still prefer the greasemonkey script as it allows me to break it down by device as well as paid vs free.
yeah I need to get that working again. Wish Google would just implement it in the play store.
Edit: installed it again and I see it shows I have "Total Purchased $1506.62"
Most of them were on sale when bought though.
Maverick Jester
The Special One
I see your NRG Player, and raise you Neutron Player.
Not the most user friendly to use, but the sound quality leaves all other players in the dust...