Essential applications for android devices

Well, well, today's road will be long. This is perhaps the most extensive article so far brought to Professional Review, at least from me, and I hope it does not disappoint you. With this article we leave you a good handful of applications for Android that we hope will be very useful to you, but now, at some other time. Anyway it doesn't hurt to take a look at some, right? We promise that you will not regret it. We begin:

Instagram

The app currently belonging to Facebook is the example of social photography par excellence. It offers us many styles of photo editing, such as the popular “vintage” filter, giving our snapshots a retro and “aged” but elegant touch. Its 100 million users confirm this.

Dailymotion

The Dailymotion app also lands on Android, the famous video player that is marketed as an alternative to the YouTube titan. It has a very fast reproduction capacity and a good search engine; In addition, its "offline synchronization" mode offers us the opportunity to watch videos without being connected to the network. The DLNA utility gives us the possibility to play video on televisions compatible with this content transmission standard. The option to share content on Twitter and Facebook could not be missing.

Lookout

It is an application in charge of protection against viruses and spyware, which is updated quite regularly. It includes other functions such as the possibility of locating lost phones from a computer, in addition to making backups and system restorations. It can be ours for free by downloading it from Google Play.

ES File Explorer

As its name suggests, we are talking about a file explorer for Android with the ability to manage compressed files (ZIP) and the possibility of accessing the hard disk of any server or our computer remotely thanks to the FTP and SAMBA protocols. We cannot forget to mention its compatibility with services such as DropBox or Google Drive, included in the cloud.

SwiftKey 3

The best substitute for Android's "virtual keyboard". It offers us very accurate corrections and predictions. An application very suitable for anyone, with the objection that once we get used to its keyboard it will be very difficult for us to return to the traditional one, more than anything because it is uncomfortable.

Mobo Player

Here we leave you another video player, which in this case is compatible with practically all types of format, including MOV, AVI and MKV that contain audio tracks. It reproduces with excellent speed, without the image jumping even on more modest terminals. Mobo player also supports playlists and is compatible with the most popular subtitle formats: ASS, SAA and SRT.

Joyn

Instant messaging "beta" application with which to chat with our friends, send audio files, photos and use video functions. Once the app is installed, those contacts that use Joyn will automatically appear in our agenda.

Hoot Suite

We could define it as the best (or one of the best) social network designed for Android. Through HootSuite we can manage our profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc., thus saving us the need to download specific applications for each of them. It has an elegant, simple and easy to use interface.

Trip Advisor

This time we are talking about a perfect travel guide that owes its popularity to the large database of tourist places, in addition to its user rating system. Thanks to GPS, you can find any hotel close to our status at the time you want, based on a quality relationship given by users.

Sky scanner

Most likely, the best flight search engine created for Android. Compare in a very short time flights from more than 1000 airlines, a million routes and most importantly for many: low cost, thanks to its multiple search criteria. In addition to all this, we can purchase and reserve our tickets directly with the travel agency or the regular line.

The lazy man's corner

A classic from high school. The application contains more than 75, 000 documents in its database between works, notes and exams. They are classified by categories in a very clear way and if we still have problems, we can use their search engine.

Kindle

As we already said in the article on "reading applications for Android", here we bring you among the best applications for Android in general, Kindle: the ebook reader that has more than a million and a half books in its digital library, among those found magazines and newspapers. It also highlights its dictionary that redirects us to Wikipedia or Google to find more information about the books that interest us.

Touch Calendar

It would not cease to be a normal and current calendar if it were not because it is also tactile, which allows us to scroll through all the dates and zoom in on them to observe our tasks in more detail, which we can classify by color. We can create a widget to access directly from the home screen of our Smartphone.

Circa News

An app that gives us a quick tour of those news that interest us, having as a source more than one information network, so we can see that the different media tell us. The negative: it is only in English, but it does not stop being a very interesting application to keep up to date with everything that happens in the world.

Skitch

We are talking about a free application designed to annotate and edit images that we want to share later with our loved ones and contacts. It gives us both playful and professional opportunities, for example from playing a prank on a friend to making annotated images that we can project at a conference.

TuneIn Radio

We are talking about nothing more and nothing less than a free radio application, but not just any one, but capable of sending us frequencies from the other side of the Atlantic and the rest of the world; about 70, 000 in total. We find them classified by theme, region and audio quality. For those who also want to record their favorite radio program on their device, they will only have to assume a small cost of € 0.70.

Shazam

Bottom line: a song locator. This musical application is responsible for capturing the sound of the song that interests us and instantly removes doubts about its title and authorship, in addition to being accompanied by a link to buy it online. Just move our terminal closer to the sound source, obviously having Shazam activated. It is perfectly integrated with Spotify and the main social networks. It also has the option of showing us the lyrics of the songs while we are listening to them.

Airdroid

Here we bring you the perfect tool to synchronize our Android device with a computer. Thanks to this simple and free application, in addition to our ADSL router and two simple steps, we can transmit any content from the phone to the computer and conversely, without the need for cables (WiFi) and without installing anything on our PC. Everything is managed from the computer's web browser. AirDroid: Copying photos, sending SMS from your computer or transferring videos is now easier than ever.

Dropbox

We could define it as a "virtual hard disk", what we know as "cloud" with other examples such as Sky Drive or Google Drive. Dropbox offers us a good service, with a very simple interface that allows us to store our most important files securely on a server that we can access from any platform (Smartphone, PC, tablet…) using a username and password.

QR Droid

As its name suggests, this time we refer to a reader and creator of QR codes. It is enough to approach the camera of our terminal to any code that we find in our environment to make a capture that gives us the possibility of going to a web page, a video on the internet or some social network profile. Free download from Google Play.

Snapseed

First it did on IOS, and now it comes to Android. The Snapseed app is used to apply filters and improve brightness, color and contrast, or even add frames to our snapshots. We can obtain high quality results without having to be photography professionals, surprising our family and friends with excellent photo montages. It is available for free on Google Play.

Dolphin Browser

We are talking about an excellent free web browser that includes various functions such as tabs, programmable voice and gesture navigation, security and a host of downloadable add-ons with new features.

Flipboard

It is an application whose purpose is to read news that we can configure in such a way that it keeps us informed about what interests us most. Its design and edition for Spain stands out, with very interesting default information sources. Possibility of synchronization with Facebook and Twitter to receive status changes instantly.

Spotify

A great app that allows us to listen to music both on our computers and on our tablets and smartphones. Thanks to its most important updates we can already say that it can be used for free on our mobile terminal.

Power Toggles

We can define it in 3 words: toolbar. Power Toggles can be used to connect and disconnect WiFi, 3G or bluetooth, sound, brightness, flashlight, etc.

PicsArt

This photo editing and composition application stands out for its many options: collages, borders, masks, frames, text effects, labels, captions, clip art, color adjustment, rotation and an important social charge.

ES Explorer

File, task and application manager: all in one. It also serves as cloud storage (Sky Drive, Dropbox, etc.) and ftp client.

Feedly

We will not find a better way to follow our favorite publications in a comfortable, fast and with a very nice design: news, podcast, blogs, etc. It easily adapts to any screen size (4, 7 and 10 inches).

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Pocket

Pocket will allow us to enjoy web content without having to be connected to the internet, something that makes sense if we take advantage of it in cases such as removing ads from a digital newspaper article or enjoying a video while traveling by plane, with the mobile radio off, without internet connection. We can save almost any content to allow us to enjoy it when we feel like it.

Sygic

Although Google Navigation is the GPS navigator par excellence in Android terminals, it never hurts to have another application in this regard for what may happen. We refer to Sygic, which stands out mainly for receiving a large number of free updates and its offline maps. Although sometimes it may be "lost" the truth is that in general it is quite reliable. The version for the peninsula, Andorra, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands costs € 19.99, a price that is really worth it.

Evernote

This application allows us to take voice and text notes, search for text within images and make to-do lists, among other functions. These services are always available regardless of the platform we use to access the service (tablet, pc, Smartphone…). It is available for free.

Kingsoft Office

Office automation app available for Android since version 2.1. It supports 32 different types of documents, including DOC, PPT, XLS and PDF, and also with cloud services such as Dropbox. We could summarize this application as a free Office package. To find a catch: it is not available in Spanish.

Endomondo Sports Tracker

We could classify it as a “healthy application” since it allows us to save our routes, calorie consumption and even the control of pulsations (in this case, as long as the appropriate accessory is available). Something very attractive about this app is also its ability to perform challenges with friends. All a personal trainer in our Android terminal.

Beautiful Widgets

The app of the widgets par excellence returns to stay with fresh airs and perfectly adapted to the Android Jelly Bean system. It offers us all kinds of widgets, including more than 1, 000 free ones. Its great attraction: personalization.

WhatsApp

There are plenty of presentations, who does not have this instant messaging app on their terminal? We could consider Whatsapp as the queen of applications, despite having many competitors.

Nova Launcher

We already know that Android has a great capacity for customization. If you like to change the appearance of your terminal, this is your application, Nova Launcher can not miss on your Smartphone.

Timely

An application in the form of a magnificent alarm clock with numerous options: very peculiar alarms, volume buttons to postpone, animations, progressive sound appearance, pause… It is perfectly integrated with Google Now. It is freely available, although that is, with advertising.

IMDB

Yes, indeed we are referring to the famous website about series and movies that makes the leap to Android devices.

Hassle Me!

The most clueless are in luck: Hassle Me is coming! (tease me) an application specially designed to remind us of things we do not want to forget, such as sealing unemployment or a date with that girl you have been waiting for so long. Its design is simple and customizable; you decide how many times you want it to "bother" you. The notice details all pending tasks. Without a doubt, this app can become something essential for many.

Any.DO Task List

As if it were the shopping list, thanks to this application everything we have pending to do, we will carry it out. This app allows us to create our list of tasks and to program them over time, even once they are done, we can mark them as "done" and they are eliminated successively. We can synchronize it with the cloud.

BBM (BlackBerry Messenger)

This messaging service has always had good press and although it has not been surpassed in quality by any other, we cannot say the same about the number of users, where WhatsApp continues to rule. The advantage of BBM is that it identifies contacts through a PIN system, which is more practical and helps to maintain privacy with respect to the phone number.

Weebly

This time we are talking about an app that allows us to create web pages in a simple way and with good results. Weebly also allows us to know the statistics of visits on our page and the entries received through web forms, which we can respond to at any time.

Microsoft Remote Desktop

With this Microsoft application we can merge the world of smartphones with that of computers, allowing us to control the pc from our mobile, no matter where we are, but of course, as long as we have the computer on.

Well and up to here this very long article that I hope has clarified any doubt about certain applications for Android. As you see, you will not have time to get bored as long as you have an Android Smartphone at hand and this article on your monitor.