Circa News - concise & elegant news reader app. By Paul Wilks Dec 4, 2013 10:22 AM – Install Circa News is a news reader application with a difference.
Essentially stories are condensed into easy to read and consume bite-size chunks. You can essentially absorb the headline and main news points quickly and easily without having to wade through unnecessary filler text. Stories are to the point, concise and simple to read. Timely Alarm Clock - a mind-blowingly gorgeous alarm & clock app. By Paul Wilks Aug 29, 2013 1:15 PM – Install If you’ve not already heard about it, Timely is a mind-blowingly gorgeous alarm and clock app.
Blending the functionality of the native Android clock application with a cool re-sizable widget and customizable themes, it’s an app that manages to be both minimalist and stunning at the same time. Atom Launcher Android App Review by AndroidTapp. By Paul Wilks Sep 5, 2012 8:09 AM – Install Atom Launcher is a homescreen replacement app for your Android.
Now, we’ve seen lots of launcher in the past, from excellent ones like ADW Launcher Ex, GO Launcher Ex and Apex Launcher, to expensive eye-candy like SPB Shell 3D and TSF Shell Pro. While we all have a much-loved favourite, now perhaps Atom Launcher should be vying for your attention. Available for devices running Android 4.0 and above, I personally think it would be how GO Launcher Ex would be if the GO Dev Team started again from scratch… Price: Free. Aviate Launcher (Alpha) - a homescreen launcher that smartly adapts to you.
By Paul Wilks Aug 22, 2013 9:41 AM – Install Aviate Launcher is a new, and very different, homescreen launcher.
Currently only available via invite only, the app boasts some exciting and intuitive features including intelligent organisation, customisation, themes and integrated ‘spaces’ where apps are categorised and suggested at the right time. It currently lacks the same kind of personalisation you find in apps like Apex or Nova Launcher, but if you’re ready for something quite evolutionary, you’ll want your name on the waiting list. Google Keep - ultimate note-taking & to-do list app? By Paul Wilks Apr 24, 2013 8:41 AM – Install Google Keep is a cool productivity app that perhaps steals a yard on existing similar applications such as Evernote and Springpad.
Being a Google product is sits very nicely with fellow Google Apps, most notably Google Drive. Offering a simple note-taking feature, a to-do list creator, a voice-note maker and including the ability to upload pictures directly, it’s subtle, user-friendly and incredibly simple to integrate. Price: Free Tested on: Nexus 4Content Rating: Everyone. Springpad Android App Review by AndroidTapp. By Paul Wilks Jun 28, 2012 1:32 PM – Install Springpad is a smart notebook app that lets you collate and access all manner of content in a variety of different ways.
From taking a picture with your phone and adding it to your photography notebook to finding the perfect pair of jeans online and saving the URL to a shopping notebook, the multi-platform app lets you save virtual content easily and conveniently. Price: Free. Flipboard beta Android App Review by AndroidTapp. By Paul Wilks Jun 11, 2012 12:46 PM – Install Flipboard is a gorgeous and functional news application on Android where you ‘flip’ through your news with cards.
Price: Free Tested on: HTC One XContent Rating: Everyone AndroidTapp.com Android App Review: Pocket (formerly Read It Later Pro) Android App Review by AndroidTapp. By Paul Wilks May 18, 2011 4:02 PM – Install Pocket (formerly Read It Later Pro) lets you save webpages to read later, even without an Internet connection.
If you like to keep up to date with the latest news: whether it be Android news, politics, sports, entertainment or perhaps the latest blog by that guy that does that thing… or web page, then Pocket might just be your thing. Pictarine Android App Review by AndroidTapp. By Paul Wilks Aug 14, 2012 10:37 AM – Install Pictarine is an aggregator that gathers all the images from your various social networks and presents them into an easy to view stream.
You can also create playlists of your favourite snaps. The UI is really impressive and using the app couldn’t be easier. With so many social networks taking up our time, apps like Pictarine offers a useful service for viewing the best pics from your streams. Origami Live Wallpaper - a gorgeous geometric LWP to personalize your Android! By Paul Wilks Aug 30, 2013 11:54 AM – Install Origami Live Wallpaper is a gorgeous geometry-based live wallpaper that is as customizable as it is good looking.
Featuring oodles and oodles of settings, you can make the wallpaper as unique as you like. CameraAce - automatically organize & add cool filters to your flicks with this camera app! By Paul Wilks Jun 12, 2013 2:29 PM – Install CameraAce is a cool and user-focused photo editing application that’s fun to use and offers a few tricks you will not see elsewhere in the Google Play Store. Features include advanced organisation of images and ‘theme’ which can be customised to suit the different type of photos you take. It comes with a slew of great filters and plenty of functionality.
Cool Photo Transfer Free. Repix - try this creative photo editing & remixing app. Themer (Beta) makes customizing your Android with beautiful themes easy! By Paul Wilks Oct 14, 2013 11:05 AM – Install Themer Beta is a powerful customisation app, from the creators of the best Android theming website mycolorscreen.com. If you love the styles found both here and the popular YouTube tutorials, this is an app that’ll blow your mind. We’ve talked about theming before, but this goes far, far deeper and integrates deep levels of personalisation.
The beauty of the app is that it makes this one-click easy. Readmill - a beautiful ebook reader (Review) By Paul Wilks Oct 31, 2013 10:59 AM – Install Readmill is a modern, intuitive, simple, yet beautifully designed ebook reader that includes an innovative feature set, impressive user interface and certainly offers a great alternative to the likes of Kindle and Aldiko Book Reader. Shuttle Music Player - a beautifully simple music player for Android. By Paul Wilks Nov 20, 2013 4:39 AM – Install Shuttle Music Player is a beautiful yet simple music player for your Android device. It offers just the right combination of features without being a mobile equivalent of a sound studio and is fantastically easy to use. If you want something different to your stock music player, Shuttle is definitely worth a look. Price: Free or $1.99 for the full version (see below for details) Reaper - play this awesome hack & slash RPG platformer.
Cut The Box - a physics puzzler mash-up of Fruit Ninja meets Cut The Rope! By Paul Wilks Sep 6, 2013 12:20 PM – Install Cut The Box is a cute and powerfully addictive little physics puzzler that tests spacial awareness and problem solving abilities. You simply have to lace cuts across a box which hoisted onto platforms. Boxes have to be cut in a way so that they fall to the floor. Things begin simply and easily but the difficulty level soon cranks up. Price: Free to play, $0.99 to remove the ads plus in-app coin purchases. Sheep Happens! Play this hilarious endless runner game.
Start - all your apps & features conveniently on a fantastic lockscreen. By Antonio Wells Nov 1, 2013 7:02 PM – Install Start is a lockscreen with more in store than simply sliding to unlock your phone or tablet. It puts everything you’ll need and more within convenient swiping distance right on the lockscreen. Everything starts here… easy access to calls, messages, fav apps, social media, photos, search, themes, and more. Read on to see how it could replace your default lockscreen in this review!