Apps are at the front and center of any smartphone experience, and with over a million apps on the Google Play Store and new apps being submitted to our forums every day, staying up to date on the latest apps and games can be a hassle. At XDA we don’t discriminate apps – if it’s interesting, innovative, original or useful, we mention them. The XDA Portal Team loves apps too, and here are our top picks for this week.
Francisco Franco is a well-known developer, especially around power-users. His latest application is Focus, an attractive gallery app that brings neat tricks to try and take on giants like Google Photos and Quick Pic. Focus lets you tag pictures for organizing with both preset and custom tags, you can access any bit of media directly from the main screen, and there are collections to have organized galleries. Most importantly, though, the app is responsive and features beautiful Material Design. So if you are in line for a new gallery application, give Focus a go!
Arrow Launcher is a new homescreen replacement by Microsoft which aims to bring a sleek, stylish and functional experience. The application still has a long way to go, but Microsoft’s effort shows in the attention to detail that went into the app’s design. With a nice glass UI, Arrow Launcher can fit plenty of custom themes and skins from different manufacturers. It doesn’t look the best with Material Design, mind you. But nevertheless, if you are looking for a prepackaged launcher and want to see a new project develop, this beta is worth following.
Monospace is a simple and extremely minimal writing pad app for laying down all kinds of thoughts, and it was designed specifically for touchscreens to deliver a pleasant writing experience. This writing app only has the essentials, but it does allow for different formatting styles and it has Dropbox integration for cross-device sync. You can also use hashtags to organize your writings, and the app allows for Markdown support to export your creations to services like WordPress. For an early beta, this app nails its concept rather well, so if you are into blogging, check it out!
Super Drawer is a fresh application that lets you fire up your favorite apps without the trouble of searching for it, as it has Fuzzy Search support that also allows for intelligent partial matching. You can also search for contacts to quickly dial a call, send an email or a Whatsapp message, and more. To make things easier, you can look up apps by their package name and contacts by their email, contact number, company name, etc. The app has plenty to offer and it works with all the big-name launchers, meaning you can try it without regrets!
This video-chat application is unlike the typical Skype clone: it lets you text while having a video call, minus the sound part. At first, the concept might sound useless, but it allows for a more personal texting experience and it is great for those times where one is in a loud or crowded room but still wishes to see the other person. Considering many video-messaging clients don’t allow for chat and video at once, Livetext turns out to be original by providing something so simple yet at times quite useful. While not for everyone, this app makes long texting sessions much more personal.
A Day in the Woods is a very well-designed puzzle game with excellent graphics that has you sliding across a fantasy world gameboard. You have to help Little Red Riding hood get through the forest and other environments by moving tiles around each board, and you must have her avoid creatures will collecting supplies along the way. There are 60 different levels and plenty of unlockables. The real stand-out, though, is the game’s design and the stylish graphics that are some of the best we’ve seen on an Android puzzle game.
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That is it for this week. We hope that you might have found some of these apps as interesting, useful or entertaining as we did. Whether you are a student, a developer, a designer or a gamer, Android has you covered. We will try to reflect that each week with a variety of picks to spark your interest, and if you see (or publish!) any new apps that you think are worthy of a feature, be sure to send us a tip and we’ll give it a look. Until next time!
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