5 Featured Windows Phone Apps You Must Try (XVIII)

We have a new selection of interesting applications to try on our Windows Phone! In recent times there has been a reduction in new applications to comment on, so from now on we are going to make this delivery biweekly

Total Commander, a file explorer for the most demanding

Total Commander is a file explorer for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 mobile, which stands out for all the many features it brings.

Total Commander, first of all, has two search columns, which allows you to search in two places at the same time. This is very useful when we want to copy a file elsewhere.

With this application, in addition to viewing the files on our smartphones, it also lets us browse services like Dropbox and Google Drive, and even FTP serversin case you have something stored in another accommodation.

Total Commander's interface is quite simple, but very functional and easy to understand. The application focuses on offering the best experience when browsing our smartphone, and it does that perfectly. In addition to being completely free.

Total Commander

• Developer: Ghisler Software GmbH
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free
• Category: Utilities and Tools
• Spanish Language

Opera Mini, an alternative when Internet Explorer is not enough

If we need a different browser because Internet Explorer doesn't meet our expectations, taking a look at Opera Mini would be a good start. The app has been around for a long time, but since it came out of beta, the app has received various updates and improvements

With Opera Mini we can visit all the web pages we want on the Internet. When we enter we will have the main screen where the sites we visit the most will be. If we go to the options below, we can go to the tabs, to general options, and to the main screen again.

The objective of Opera Mini is to reduce as much as possible the weight of downloading from all web sites to save us data plan. That's why when we open the menu in the middle it shows us how much it has saved since we used it.

The loading of web pages is fast, and it is easy to use. Without a doubt, it is a great option to keep in mind if we are looking for, as we anticipated at the beginning, an alternative to Internet Explorer. Also, this application is completely free.

Opera Mini

• Developer: Opera Software
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free
• Category: Utilities and Tools
• Spanish Language

News360, articles that interest you on your smartphone

ews360 is an application that allows you to obtain articles that interest you on all kinds of topics. The application will understand your tastes and will order the content to offer you only what you want to read.

When we enter the application we can perform a quick search for articles, or register to begin configuring the type of content that interests us. When we click on an article we can start reading or open the page in the browser. The application also allows us to increase the font size to our liking and share the article to social networks.

The interface is functional, although somewhat outdated. In the same way, the application for Windows that you have still has the interface of the eighth version of the operating system.

News360 is a free application, and is available on Windows Phone and Windows 8/RT/10.

News360

• Developer: News360 Subsidiary LLC
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free
• Category: news and weather
• English language

Notes 4U, a simple but fast note manager

If you are looking for an application to take notes from your Windows Phone, and OneNote may not convince you, Notes 4U is a good option to look at.

Note 4U stands out for having an attractive interface but with simplified (or simple, depending on who is looking at it) features.In other words, the application obviously allows you to create notes of all kinds and save them on your smartphone. But apart from the possibility of generating notes with tags (using hashtags), it does not have any other outstanding functionality.

Staying at that, the app makes it simple and straightforward. We can bring a note to the main screen or synchronize it with our OneDrive account to have a backup in case of loss. And the interface runs smoothly.

Notes 4U is a free app, but unfortunately we can't get it with a purchase.

Notes 4U

• Developer: Clever-Software
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free (with)
• Category: Utilities and Tools
• English language

LeadStory, featured news on your Windows Phone

LeadStory is an interesting application that allows you to read all kinds of featured articles from your smartphone. It has a design focused on making us read comfortably, although the interface can be somewhat annoying in terminals with a large screen.

When we enter the application, the first thing it asks us is to enter where we are from so that it brings news related to our country. Then we will have a list of global news and other local ones. In addition to that, we can also search for news on a particular topic.

Once in an article we can read it and, if we want, share it on social networks. The downside is that the application has the common options a bit far from each other, and for this reason on large screens this can be a bit uncomfortable.

LeadStory's options let us change the color of the application to a lighter shade and the font size. In addition to that we can also make a purchase of $0.99 to remove the .

LeadStory is an interesting application to try and see if you like it.

LeadStory

• Developer: Movil Mobile Software
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free
• Category: news and weather
• English language