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About LinkBacksRead more.Out of the hundreds you've probably tried, which are indispensable?
Read more.Out of the hundreds you've probably tried, which are indispensable?
Boring but for me it's Facebook, Instagram, Google Fit, Google Photos, Google Drive, Onedrive, Gear360 and TouchOSC
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Oh and forgot - Nationwide banking app!
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
I find the Met Office app and the satnav useful but, not essential. Most others I have tried are either hampered by intrusive advertising, just plain crap or, more likely both. I am soundly peed-off by the number of pre-installed apps that cannot be prevented from running in the background and cannot be uninstalled.
Too many to list but a few slightly less standard ones:
Monzo Bank
Discord
Inbox
Waze
Duolingo
KFC Colonel's Club
POF
Those last 2 aren't related
Nova Launcher - gives you the same familiar interface on all of your Android devices
HD Widgets - great weather/time widgets
Automateit Pro - simple if this then do that app
ES File Explorer Pro - the free version is hot garbage, but the paid for one is awesome
Google Keep - a Gmail users dream of a note taking app
Google Maps - detailed offline map of your area
UK Bus Checker - essential if you live in a major UK city
Google Translate - don't go on holiday without it
Unit Converter - another one of those utilities that you should not leave the country without
Clipstack - great clipboard manager
Ebay - nothing like outbidding someone in the last few seconds, while standing in a queue at the till in ALDI
Gett - finding a taxi the easy way
Deutsche Zeitungen a plethora of German newspapers and magazines neatly organised in one app
BBC News
Poweramp Easy on the eyes music playback
ACR - Call recorder
Paypal
Paypal Here - for taking card payments while out and about
Fing - network discovery tool
PingMeter - 'The machine that goes ping'
IP Tools - combo tool for trouble shooting network problems
PingTools - another network utility
Wifi Analyzer - another WiFi discovery tool
Pinouts Pro - essential app for anyone who ever wanted to attach a new plug to a cable
Adaway - brilliant adblocker for rooted devices
Root App deleter - remove/turn off junk apps on cheap China phones that are rooted
Teamviewer - remotely control other devices
Anydesk - another remote control app
Tinycam - watch your CCTV cameras
BT WiFi - the essential WiFi app for road warriors
AF Wall+ - easy to use firewall frontend, because cheap Chinese phones/tablets can not be trusted
Lastpass - Password manager
Google Authenticator - two factor authentication across many websites
Eset Mobile Security - Anti malware scanner
CCleaner - because the rubbish needs to be taken out even on non-Windows devices
Google Rewards - sell your soul in exchange for some Google Play credit
Last edited by SUMMONER; 01-06-2018 at 06:08 PM.
blokeinkent (01-06-2018)
Tinder. And solitaire.
Whats app, reddit poweramp and the google ones are essentials.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
Whatsapp, youtube and reuters. The rest I can ditch really.
Grab that. Get that. Check it out. Bring that here. Grab anything useful. Take anything good.
Kindle, ColourNote, Compass, WhatsApp, MX Player, Fuelio, Torque, D&D Spellbook, D20 SRD, MyFiles, Adobe Reader, ConvertPad, MyVodafone, eBay, Steam.
Plus the usual utilities that come with it. I deleted as much of the Google guff as I could get away with.
My most used apps are Tunein Radio, Android Auto & Solitaire. I use these everyday all the rest are as and when.
These days I mostly just browse the web, youtube and use my phone for my 360 camera. My essential list for 360 photos/videos is:
Ricoh Theta app
Vanish360
Ricoh Theta+
Snapseed
Retouch
Lightroom CC
Collect
Street View
Insta360 Air
Golden Hour
None... I dont use a smart phone and will never need one
Essential? None at all.
Since I don't find a smartphone essential, or even particularly desirable, but really just occasionally convenient, there certainly are no individual apps that I find essential.
Like Rubarb, don't have a smartphone, don't need one and, unless the privacy issues are resolved to MY satisfaction (not holding my breath on that), don't want one. Everything I want, aznd the utterly minimal things I really need from a mobile phone can be satisfied by an old-fashioned dumb phone, that being a dozen or so number memories and the ability to make/receive phone calls.
On iPhone the built in apps were good enough so suit my essential needs.
On Android i have had to download a "Notes" app, since the built in one didnt meet my essential needs.
Now if the question had been for nice/fun to have apps, the list would have been longer
MX player
Opera mini
FreeCell
DNS66 - If you really want to stop most ads
Last edited by Faiakes; 02-06-2018 at 09:31 PM.
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