10 best new Android apps of April 2016
App developers are pushing the envelope on a daily basis trying to improve and enhance our smartphone and tablet experiences. In fact, so many Android apps come out every day that it’s difficult to keep track of them all. It’s difficult to usurp the best of the best but if you’re getting bored with what you’ve got and want to try something new, check out the best new Android apps from the last month!
5217
[Price: $0.99]
5217 is an app that aims to increase your productivity. The central premise is that you can use it to time intervals where you work for 52 minutes followed by a 17 minute break. This routine is supposed to help you work better and the app will log how many cycles you went through during your work day. It’s a simple app with a clean, colorful design and recent updates have added Android Wear support. It’s inexpensive, which is nice, and has no in-app purchases.
Beme
[Price: Free]
Beme is a social networking app that allows you to take video of what you’re doing and post it online. Unlike most other networks that do a similar function, this one doesn’t let you see or edit the video before you post it online so whatever your phone sees is what everyone else sees. It’s a fun concept, and refreshing since there are no filters or editing. It’s worth a shot if you’re looking for something unique.
Dark Sky
[Price: Free / $2.99 per year]
Dark Sky made some waves when it came out because it charged Android users a yearly subscription while iOS users only got charged once. Even so, Dark Sky is a pretty decent weather application that is a lot of fun to use. It has your basic stuff, like forecasts and weather radar. Paid users will get up to the minute weather updates along with widgets, alerts, and a daily summary about the weather. Even if you’re not up for paying a yearly subscription, the free version is still good if you need something simple.
Fallout 4 Live Wallpaper
[Price: Free]
Fallout 4 Live Wallpaper is, as you may have guessed, a live wallpaper app that is themed like Fallout 4. It’s a simple wallpaper and it will display five bobble-heads that move, wobble, and sway depending on how you move your device and your home screens. There is also a camera panning effect as you scroll. The bobble-heads you can pick are customizable but overall, you can’t change it all that much. It strikes a good balance between being fun, but not too flashy and it’s entirely free.
foobar2000
[Price: Free]
Back in the day, foobar2000 was one of the more well-known audio players on PC and it’s still used by many audiophiles today. Now it’s on Android and like its PC counterpart, foobar2000 employs a simple, if slightly antiquated design with a decent amount of features. It also includes support for lesser-known codecs like flac and Musepack, just in case you have a high quality music collection. The music app is completely free with no in-app purchases and it’s worth a shot if you want something simple.
Join
[Price: $4.99]
Join is a pretty nifty little app that can do some awesome stuff. It’s a service that connects your Android device to your web-enabled PC similar to how Pushbullet does it except this costs $4.99 once instead of a subscription. You can reply to messages from most services, check notifications, share your clipboard, and it even comes with Tasker integration, encryption, and file sharing. You can try it out for free with a 30-day trial before you buy it. There is a Chrome extension and a Windows 10 app.
Poncho
[Price: Free]
Poncho is a cute little weather app that’s currently in beta. The premise is simple, there is a weather cat that tells you the weather. It has a pretty basic set of features, including a twice daily forecast for your zip code, the general forecast, pollen, allergy, and humidity levels, and there’s an adorable little cat that sends you funny gifs and makes comments on the weather. It’s free with no in-app purchases, but you’ll have to join the public beta before you can download the app.
Quik
[Price: Free]
Quik is a video editor and one of the few that even exist on Android. Unfortunately, it’s not a hardcore video editor, but rather a video composer where you can pick video clips and images that all get warped together into a little video that you can share with your friends. It comes with filters, a simple to use interface, music that you can use, and you can re-order your various clips to make the video flow how you want. It’s not on Final Cut Pro’s level, but it’s definitely better than most on mobile.
Science Journal
[Price: Free]
Science Journal is an app that allows you to use the various sensors in your device to record data for use in various types of research. You can measure things like how loud something is, how much light is being produced, and more using the sensors on your device. You can also connect hardware sensors to the device and then record data that way with those. It’s meant for academics more than the casual consumer, but it’s still pretty nifty and it’s completely free.
Spaces
[Price: Free]
Spaces is a new kind of social media platform where you can join groups and then post about various things in the group. Each post is its own thread that can generate its own discussion. Think of it like Google’s version of Reddit with each Space being like a subreddit. There is no limit to the types of spaces you can create or join right now and it’s a decent little way to have conversations about specific topics. It’s also partially integrated with Google+ in that you can see Spaces notifications there.
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