Must Have Android Apps and Games?

This is a request so apologies if it's not for this thread. Mods delete if so.

Looking for decent apps for a 2-year old on a tablet. I've an old Touchpad not getting much love since I got a Nexus7 and wanna set it up for the little lad.

Before someone says some crap about bad parenting blah blah blah, don't bother.

Cheers all.

BenThere wrote: »

Hi Pique,

This might help - http://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-android-apps-for-kids

Ben

Cool. Good source. Thanks!

Have a look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand

The free version is limited to 10 map downloads rather than a time based limit.

One of the free downloads will be the world base map so in effect 9 free map downloads.

James74 wrote: »

Wanted to check with those in the know here if there were any opinions on offline GPS apps. I was about to spend the £20 for the Sygic app as I used and liked the weeks trial, anything else I should look at before spending that sort of cash? Thanks all.

NavFree. Free, works well.

Just posted this over in the motors forum, should recommend it here too I suppose.

Fuelio. For tracking petrol etc, very detailed and easy to use with a dedicated developer who regularly updates. Free version is fully functional or for €1.50 the Pro version adds more useful functions like auto back up etc. Of all the apps I have on my phone this would receive my highest recommendations!

Quazzie wrote: »

Do you find that you need to have data roaming enabled to get the initial GPS signal?

I honestly can't remember but I don't think so.

Easy way to find out is to disable data on your phone and then try and navigate. If it works without data enabled locally I guess it will work without data enabled internationality.

Ben

Monument Valley is an incredible game. I played it on both IOS and Android, and the Android version is very true to the original IOS release. It hasn't been officially released on Android yet, but should be available in the next few weeks (I couldn't find any bugs in the early access beta). They may also re-open the early access program (you still pay for the game, but €0.89, instead of the full release price (keep an eye on their Twitter account). Genius - getting idiots like me people to pay for beta testing, but well worth it if you were going to buy the game anyway, as you get it at a fraction of the cost. The only problems I found were related to sensitivity, probably caused by a malfunctioning device. It's very short (you could probably play through in 90 minutes), but well worth it for the visual/interactive experience.

corkie wrote: »

Anyone here recommend it?

Played it on the iPad and for free it's grand. A few tweaks from other versions.

seligehgit wrote: »

Is there any app to make the phone sleep if you turn it over?

What do you mean by sleep?

There is Deep Sleep Battery Saver

Deepsleep battery saver constantly puts the device to deepsleep mode while screen offLifeHacker: "Plenty of apps save your battery life, but this one takes the idea to a whole new level"
During deepsleep mode, Wifi, 3G are turned off, background apps are stopped. Therefore, most apps are not working, including Facebook, Google Service, etc,. It then constantly wakes up in order to download email, sync Facebook status, etc,. It's defined by deepsleep frequency and woke up duration
In advanced mode (PRO), you can customize more parameters, including day/night settings, active period, screen timeout, sync strategy, ignored apps, etc,
Features
☆ 5 pre-defined profiles: Gentle, Balance, Strong, Aggressive, Slumberer. They varies on frequency, duration and other settings. The former is less disruptive, but save less battery and vise versa
☆ Custom profile (PRO) - for advanced users. If you need more customization, select this profile and modify it
☆ Custom profile settings
- Separate between weekday vs weekend settings
- Frequency: device is turned on DS mode at a selected frequency
- Duration: device is woke up after for a selected duration after a each frequency cycle
- Wileless & network: control radio setting during DS on
- Sync: Control sync strategy and sync account, auto-sync
- Apps: Select apps that will be stopped during DS on
- CPU: Process twist - root only
- Night period: During this period, device is always in DS mode
☆ General settings
- Screen off delay: a short delay before DS start. This option is used to avoid quick screen toggles
- Whitelist: Apps are always ignored when DS on, such as online music player
- Ingored recent apps: ignore recent apps
- Use APN settings: twist 3G/4G/mobile data toggler
- Check background data: If selected, it will ignore DS mode if traffic is above a defined threshold
- Traffic threshold & traffic sampling frequency
☆ Tasker plugin, Locale plugin
Notice
☆ During deep sleep mode on, this app may disrupt your normal activities, such as your email notification comes with larger delay
☆ If your setting (ex. Wifi) is off, DS Battery Saver does not control it during DS mode on



https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaver

Thanks so much jeffk for your incredibly comprehensive reply.I meant activating the screen timeout by turning the phone over so that the screen is facing down.

jeffk wrote: »

Then i use the following apps to save battery


2G-3G OnOff-They say 2G saves on power,this is a widget to a shortcut to change from 2G to 3G when on Wifi or not using data

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.network2g3gonoff

Auto Pilot Mode,Airplane mode when there is no signal

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ProjectZed.autopilotmode

Greenify,everyone probably knows what it does,the donation pack is a must

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify

Setcpu to under/over clock and control the phones cpu,you can set profiles like screen off or when the battery gets hot or performance for when a set game or app is running

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking

Startup Manager,control what loads at boot

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.startupmanager

Synker,turn off autosync and create a widget/s to sync what and when you want

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afterhoursdevelopers.android.synker

CleverConnectivity,turns Wifi/Data on and off with set rules

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyagapen.cleverconnectivitynoads

You can also try looking up beta versions of apps(i have facebook/messanger to name two),where you get the latest stuff that will include better features(but will crash or be buggy from time to time).Google the app and you will need to join a google+ community and then click on a link to become a tester and youll get the beta more often than not straight away in the play store

http://www.androidcentral.com/beta

Using that many apps to save battery must drain the battery!

Put the effort into listing apps to help save battery/a better phone and get one thanks and the rest knock it without trying.

What are these peoples tips to a better battery/phone experience so??

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Jeff, great work on the listing of apps, you can't please everyone unfortunately but I appreciated it

Couldn't agree more with this, fair play, that was a great list, exactly the kind of post I read this thread for!