My Android Essential Apps

[faniebraai]

So I found an app a while ago called 'List My Apps' (description at the bottom of this post). Here are my essential apps that I'll always have installed on my Android device.

All the links below are generated by the app. Not sure if all the links will work, but let's sommer test it.

Messaging:

• Telegram the bestestest
• WhatsApp no need to explain this one
• Skype for work on the move chat
• QKSMS current SMS favourite

Customization:

• Action Launcher
• Action Launcher Pro is the bestest launcher ever
• Nova Launcher
• Nova Launcher Prime Second bestest launcher ever
• Unread Count for Action Launcher
• Zedge - For wallpapers / ringtones
• SwiftKey is the bestest keyboard ever
• Swype very nice alternative to swiftkey
• AcDisplay I use this one for my lockscreen replacement, very naais, especially after recent update
• HD Widgets Widget app
• Kairo goes with HD Widgets
• BeautifulWidgets another widgets app
• Bleach lovely icon pack
• Retrorika Icon Pack my current favourite
• Zooper because you want fancy widgets
• UCCW because you want a lot of fancy widgets
• Dashclock lockscreen widget, but useless on my S5

Media:

• QuickPic best gallery replacement app
• Poweramp
• Poweramp Full Version Unlocker Bestest music app
• Chromecast for chromecast
• Cast Store for all chromecast apps
• AllCast essential chromecast app
• Pocket Casts bestest podcasts app
• TuneIn Radio Pro bestest internet radio app
• Kore Remote for my Kodi
• Yatse For watching movies/series streaming tomy mobile devices
• Plex like yatse, but not
• Unified Remote Full Working my HTPC when not in XBMC
• Aldiko for ebooks (offline)
• Google Play Books for ebooks (online, cross device sync)
• Listen Audio book player for audio books (paid)
• MortPlayer Audio Books for audio books (free)
• ComicRack Free for comic books, but prefer
• Challenger as my current comic reader

List made using List My Apps

 

[faniebraai]

Continuing...

Productivity:

• 12hours nice little widget app
• Adobe Reader for ma business docs
• Evernote Note taking app
• Docs Google's
• Sheets Google's
• Slides Google's
• Acompli my daily email driver (with in app calendar)
• Business Calendar Pro bestest calendar app
• UpNext pretty calendar widget
• Google Keep digital post-it notes
• NeoCal bestest calculator app
• Box cloud storage
• TeamViewer for when I'm too laxy to get up and walk to my PC

Other:

• ADH Premium because Samsung
• AirDroid for transferring anything between my pc and handset (used for multiple files)
• Pushbullet for pushing anything between my pc and handset (used for single files)
• SD Maid
• SD Maid Pro - Unlocker with the 100s of apps I install, sometimes space is needed, nifty little app this one is
• Link Bubble
• Link Bubble Pro the way mobile browsing should be done
• Chrome Beta for when not opening a link with Link Bubble
• Galaxy Call Recorder for recording calls with root
• Timely fancy clock app
• Android Central for ma news
• IMDb watching tv, where did i see that chick before, imdb, oh yes...
• Standard Bank MasterPass for the job
• Tapatalk for talking schit with you okes
• Twitter 140chars
• Word Lens downloaded when it became free, still need to find something good to test it on...
• SuperSport streaming supersport anywhere without a drifta over data
• Smart Switch Mobile i switch phones a lot
• Gear Manager for my Gear 2
• Flashlight for the dark
• feedly bestest news appy
• ES File Explorer best file manager
• Appstore Amazon app store
• Device Manager Android device manager, because its cool
• DSTV Remote for when I can't find the remote

Navigation:

• Waze for when i'm tired of google maps
• CoPilot Live Offline navigation
• Glympse for location sharing and tracking
• HERE New! Free! Highly recommended.

 

[DA-LION-619]

BS player - Media player
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free

Hola - VPN
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hola

SwiftKey - keyboard
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey

Timetable - timetable app for students
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gabrielittner.timetable

WiFi Analyzer - just download it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer

Google Now Launcher - simple is better IMO
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher

Screen Adjuster - lower the brightness even more
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa

 

[faniebraai]

BS player

bullschit player? what am i replacing, adding, description, link?

Some effort man, effort!

 

[DA-LION-619]

bullschit player? what am i replacing, adding, description, link?

Some effort man, effort!

Be patient in on my tablet here.

 

[faniebraai]

Be patient in on my tablet here.

haha

/inb4 ninja edit

 

[faniebraai]

Be patient in on my tablet here.

OP updated

 

[upup]

handsent sms better than sms pro
timely alarm clock for the alarm
wifi analyzer to test wifi signal
link2sd link your rooted phone to sd

brand phones ringtones choose lots of tones
smart tools it does help me
lazer refraction game , for the grey stuff
clean master mr min for android

 

[DA-LION-619]

So I made my list with links, I didn't include LinkedIn, Spotify, Tumblr as that's all based on preference.

 

[Peon]

..

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Launchers with in app ads is no-no for me. I chose an iOS8 launcher so i could easily move to Android

 

[faniebraai]

Launchers with in app ads is no-no for me. I chose an iOS8 launcher so i could easily move to Android

which one is that? are you talking about the free versions of paid apps?

 

[Park@82]

Some effort man, effort!

I dont have the time or the willpower to do this properly now, once upon a time i did, but here is a list of the most important apps on my phone currently. I might finish editing it later...

AllCast for chromecast
BubbleUPnP for chromcast upnp etc
Business Calendar Pro cal replacement
Camera ZOOM cam replacement
Cerberus anti theft
chromeChrome
DicePlayer vid player
DiskUsage
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs Google Drive
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop ES File Explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overlook.android.fing Fing - Network Tools
GetThemAll (DL youtube vids)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glympse.android.glympse Glympse
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.unveil Google Goggles
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imdb.mobile IMDb
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep Keep
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama Llama
https://www.google.com/search?q=com.google.android.apps.maps Google Maps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android Microsoft Remote Desktop
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad MX Player
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm My Data Manager
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yschi.MyAppSharer MyAppSharer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator Network Monitor Mini
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime Nova Launcher Prime
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.capigami.outofmilk Out of Milk
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.plexapp.android Plex
https://www.google.com/search?q=com.maxmpz.audioplayer Poweramp (music payer)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilepcmonitor Pulseway (useful tool for system admins)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android Pushbullet
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.in.spd.quickly.activity Quickly (helps me to find apps on my phone - yeah I have hundreds )
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder QuickPic (gallery replacement)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.nickfines.RealCalcPlus RealCalc (calc replacement)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro ROM Toolbox Pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spydiko.rotationmanager Rotation Manager
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.remoteTV Samsung Remote (works with my tv via wifi)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor Screen Filter (dims screen for in the dark reading)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android Shazam
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.publicobject.shush Shush! Ringer Restorer (silence your phone with a timer)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer Smart AudioBook Player
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer Solid Explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey SwiftKey
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity Tapatalk
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=za.co.telkom.android.data8ta Telkom Mobile (to check my data balance)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.flashlight TeslaLED (flashlight used with a nova launcher gesture)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.notifier TeslaUnread Plugin (for nova launcher)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.bitspin.timely Timely (alarm clock)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller Truecaller (block calls etc)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=radiotime.player TuneIn Radio Pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twitter.android Twitter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler USB Mass Storage Enabler (turns micro sd card into removable storage)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waze Waze (gps app)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp WhatsApp
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jaybit.market.wifitethertoggle Wi-Fi Tether Toggle (one tap instant tethering)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer Wifi Analyzer >
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.leetzone.android.yatsewidgetfree Yatse
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube YouTube
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.client µTorrent

 

[faniebraai]

/snip

very similar apps we've got

 

[AstroTurf]

Here is mine more or less (in no particular order).

Watsapp

Jump (RDP)
Teamviewer
Speedtest
Swiftkey
ES File Explorer
Accuweather pro

MX Player
Pho.to Lab Pro
Handy Photo
Photo Studio Pro

Polaris office
World lens
2Do

Electrodroid
Swiss Army Knife.

Sleep genius
Walk me up!

Only real customisation I have is paperland pro and the above does not include things that amuse me (games, astronomy stuff, anatomy stuff and such).

 

[nevadayz]

/follow

 

[Park@82]

very similar apps we've got

Yeah, looking at your list I almost forgot that I had Unified Remote Full - i dont even use it because it got buried under a mountain of other apps.

Some of my favorite apps:
Llama (automate stuff on my phone)
Nova (i use gestures a lot)
Business calendar
Out of Milk (syncs my grocery list with my wife)
Truecaller (keeps my blocked numbers backed up to the cloud)
Solid Explorer
Yatse
Pushbullet
Swiftkey

 

[faniebraai]

Yeah, looking at your list I almost forgot that I had Unified Remote Full - i dont even use it because it got buried under a mountain of other apps.

Some of my favorite apps:
Llama (automate stuff on my phone)
Nova (i use gestures a lot)
Business calendar
Out of Milk (syncs my grocery list with my wife)
Truecaller (keeps my blocked numbers backed up to the cloud)
Solid Explorer
Yatse
Pushbullet
Swiftkey

need to have a look at Out of Milk

 

[Park@82]

need to have a look at Out of Milk

Not really sure if it is the correct way of using it but me and my wife sign into it with the same account (sign up with email) - its great because it syncs stuff to our phones as we are in the shops getting stuff... Often on my way back from work I ask her to update it because I want to pop into the shop...

 

[saor]

Pushbullet

One of my most used apps. Makes sharing stuff between devices so easy. I've also just installed greenify again as it's supporting non-rooted phones - though hibernation has to be done manually via a shortcut.