App Recommendation Thread
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If you know of any good apps, Android, Blackberry, Windows, or iOS, post them here in the following format. Spoil large descriptions, and pictures or videos of the app.
OS:
App Name:
Paid/Free:
Use: Game/Utility etc.
Description:
Here are mine:
OS: Android
App Name: StudyDroid
Paid and Free versions availiable.
Use: Educational
Description:
StudyDroid puts the flashcards right in your pocket. Create flash cards online or on your phone, then sync them. Never lose your flashcards again. Longpress on a pack's name to shuffle or switch card side.
This app is really helpful. You can make a free account to download and upload study packs and easily synchronize them. I suggest not making the pack over 10 although you can put over 100 if you wish.
OS: Android
App Name: AirPush Detector
Free
Use: System Care
Description:
This is a simple Android application which detects other installed applications which appear to use known notification ad frameworks and offers the user the ability to easily uninstall them.
Have you ever installed an app and noticed that you get ads in your notification bar? Well, that is called AirPush and is extremely annoying. I haven't used this app in months, but it is so small there is no point of deleting it since if I ever do unknowingly download an app that uses AirPush, I just need to run this app and it will pinpoint which app is the culprit.
OS: Android and Blackberry
Name: Mango
Free but not available on the the Market anymore. Available from developer site here. Actually I just checked the Market and it is there, but it seems to be a little different than mine since it says install and not update. I don't really see a difference between the screenshots. They get taken down occasionally hence the develepor link.
Use: Entertainment
Description:
Mango is free to download and is packed with tons of nifty features to make reading manga on smaller screens more enjoyable, including page auto-resizing, preloading, multitouch zoom, touchscreen/keyboard controls, a robust bookmarking system, and lots more, making the Mango manga reader app the best way to read manga on your smartphone.
This is the best reader I've used. One of their sources, Mangahere has pretty much every title available and I can download on the go which is nice. I love the notifications they send you on your phone whenever there is a new chapter available.
OS: Android
Name: MAL for Android
Free
Use: Utility/Social (It says social on the store but there is nothing social about it.)
Description:
Native app for managing your account on myanimelist.net.
you can...
view your list by status ( watching, completed, ...) and sort by # completed, title, score
view detail and synopsis on each anime and manga
add/delete from the list
change score, status, and # watched
*First Sync can take long time*
Nice and easy way to keep track and update your MAL account.
OS: Android
Name: Download Everything Pro
Free
Use: Utility
Description:
I'm not really sure why there is "Pro" on the name since it is free, but this app is a lifesaver with the resume download function. My phone loves to bail on me halfway through a download. Not anymore. Not anymore.
OS: iOS
App Name: Tap Studio
Free
Use: Game (Music)
Description: It is exactly like Tap Tap Revenge, but much better. You get to make the Taps from YOUR own library. This means that all of the songs are free as long as you have them on your ipod. There is no online, and I'm not sure if the newer versions support 16x/star power etc. You can also play with four rails to raise the challenge and play in different modes like Landscape, Vertical, Vector and others. Look up Roxas187 if you want a real challenge. I make them insanely difficult, mainly for myself and upload them to back them up so I don't lose all of them if shit hits the fan for my ipod.
OS: iOS
App Name: Beat Gather
Free
Use: Game (Music)
Description:
It's pretty much a cross between Tap Tap Revenge, DJ Hero, and the regular Japanese twist, which the area you tap, the "Tap Bar", moves. So you can be playing normally, but the the bar may switch from normal to vertical and you would have to play with the Taps and holds coming from both sides. The downside of this app is that you cannot have unlimited songs, but it works the same way with Tap Studio with getting music. You must play to earn BG points which will then unlock another slot which you may place a song. You can also make your own beatmap, download someone else's, or take a chance and use the beatmap creator. Sometimes they are good and sometimes they are just terrible.
*NOTE* This game is only available on the Japanese App Store. You will need a Japanese iTunes account to get it. If you are jailbroken there is a small chance that you can find it in Installous or whatever is used now.
It's possible that some of these apps may have an iOS counterpart, but since my iPod Touch is from the 2nd Generation (2008 FTW!) coupled with the fact that I only have two apps (Tap Studio and Beat Gather), I don't download any apps anymore and most apps are no longer supported anyways.
OS:
App Name:
Paid/Free:
Use: Game/Utility etc.
Description:
Here are mine:
OS: Android
App Name: StudyDroid
Paid and Free versions availiable.
Use: Educational
Description:
StudyDroid puts the flashcards right in your pocket. Create flash cards online or on your phone, then sync them. Never lose your flashcards again. Longpress on a pack's name to shuffle or switch card side.
This app is really helpful. You can make a free account to download and upload study packs and easily synchronize them. I suggest not making the pack over 10 although you can put over 100 if you wish.
OS: Android
App Name: AirPush Detector
Free
Use: System Care
Description:
This is a simple Android application which detects other installed applications which appear to use known notification ad frameworks and offers the user the ability to easily uninstall them.
Have you ever installed an app and noticed that you get ads in your notification bar? Well, that is called AirPush and is extremely annoying. I haven't used this app in months, but it is so small there is no point of deleting it since if I ever do unknowingly download an app that uses AirPush, I just need to run this app and it will pinpoint which app is the culprit.
OS: Android and Blackberry
Name: Mango
Free but not available on the the Market anymore. Available from developer site here. Actually I just checked the Market and it is there, but it seems to be a little different than mine since it says install and not update. I don't really see a difference between the screenshots. They get taken down occasionally hence the develepor link.
Use: Entertainment
Description:
Mango is free to download and is packed with tons of nifty features to make reading manga on smaller screens more enjoyable, including page auto-resizing, preloading, multitouch zoom, touchscreen/keyboard controls, a robust bookmarking system, and lots more, making the Mango manga reader app the best way to read manga on your smartphone.
This is the best reader I've used. One of their sources, Mangahere has pretty much every title available and I can download on the go which is nice. I love the notifications they send you on your phone whenever there is a new chapter available.
OS: Android
Name: MAL for Android
Free
Use: Utility/Social (It says social on the store but there is nothing social about it.)
Description:
Native app for managing your account on myanimelist.net.
you can...
view your list by status ( watching, completed, ...) and sort by # completed, title, score
view detail and synopsis on each anime and manga
add/delete from the list
change score, status, and # watched
*First Sync can take long time*
Nice and easy way to keep track and update your MAL account.
OS: Android
Name: Download Everything Pro
Free
Use: Utility
Description:
Spoiler:
I'm not really sure why there is "Pro" on the name since it is free, but this app is a lifesaver with the resume download function. My phone loves to bail on me halfway through a download. Not anymore. Not anymore.
OS: iOS
App Name: Tap Studio
Free
Use: Game (Music)
Description: It is exactly like Tap Tap Revenge, but much better. You get to make the Taps from YOUR own library. This means that all of the songs are free as long as you have them on your ipod. There is no online, and I'm not sure if the newer versions support 16x/star power etc. You can also play with four rails to raise the challenge and play in different modes like Landscape, Vertical, Vector and others. Look up Roxas187 if you want a real challenge. I make them insanely difficult, mainly for myself and upload them to back them up so I don't lose all of them if shit hits the fan for my ipod.
OS: iOS
App Name: Beat Gather
Free
Use: Game (Music)
Description:
It's pretty much a cross between Tap Tap Revenge, DJ Hero, and the regular Japanese twist, which the area you tap, the "Tap Bar", moves. So you can be playing normally, but the the bar may switch from normal to vertical and you would have to play with the Taps and holds coming from both sides. The downside of this app is that you cannot have unlimited songs, but it works the same way with Tap Studio with getting music. You must play to earn BG points which will then unlock another slot which you may place a song. You can also make your own beatmap, download someone else's, or take a chance and use the beatmap creator. Sometimes they are good and sometimes they are just terrible.
*NOTE* This game is only available on the Japanese App Store. You will need a Japanese iTunes account to get it. If you are jailbroken there is a small chance that you can find it in Installous or whatever is used now.
It's possible that some of these apps may have an iOS counterpart, but since my iPod Touch is from the 2nd Generation (2008 FTW!) coupled with the fact that I only have two apps (Tap Studio and Beat Gather), I don't download any apps anymore and most apps are no longer supported anyways.
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Swype or SwiftKey, because the keyboard is probably going to be the #1 or #2 most commonly used thing on your phone. I prefer the former, mostly because I'm just used to using it, but really it's down to personal preference.
For Apple devices, lolsuckforyou.
j/k I think there's one called iSwipe, but it needs a jailbroken device to work because Apple have locked out anyone wanting to make such an app by not allowing Access to the keyboard API or something.
For Apple devices, lolsuckforyou.
j/k I think there's one called iSwipe, but it needs a jailbroken device to work because Apple have locked out anyone wanting to make such an app by not allowing Access to the keyboard API or something.
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rage reader: it will make even the lamest days better
advanced task killer: trust me, you will need it
advanced task killer: trust me, you will need it
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PT_Adrock wrote...
advanced task killer: trust me, you will need itTried it, RAM Booster is better.
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devsonfire
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OS: iOS, Blackberry, Android
App Name: Whatsapp Messenger
Paid/Free: Paid ($0.99)
Use: Messenger
Description:
A decent messenger for any type of phone you have. Because I use an iPhone, I just have to pay for the app once, whereas for other phone I THINK you have a yearly fee. Not the best app around, but great to have FOR ME because lots of my friend use them. No need for a username, they'd need your phone number instead, so once you added your friend's phone number on to your contact list, you'd have them on your Whatsapp friend list straight away.
App Name: Whatsapp Messenger
Paid/Free: Paid ($0.99)
Use: Messenger
Description:
A decent messenger for any type of phone you have. Because I use an iPhone, I just have to pay for the app once, whereas for other phone I THINK you have a yearly fee. Not the best app around, but great to have FOR ME because lots of my friend use them. No need for a username, they'd need your phone number instead, so once you added your friend's phone number on to your contact list, you'd have them on your Whatsapp friend list straight away.
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[color=#2e1a6b]I've got a itouch 3rd gen with only 2 downloaded apps:
Chess (Free), and Tae Kim's guide to Japanese (free)
The guide is a almost exact copy of the guide on his website. The only difference I noticed is that vocab words are not listed before the paragraph, instead, the Japanese characters are just hyperlinks to a pop-up that tell you what the word means. Definitely recommend
Chess (Free), and Tae Kim's guide to Japanese (free)
The guide is a almost exact copy of the guide on his website. The only difference I noticed is that vocab words are not listed before the paragraph, instead, the Japanese characters are just hyperlinks to a pop-up that tell you what the word means. Definitely recommend
