Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Must Have Android Apps and Games? (Part II)

1…3435373940…58

Comments

  • #1082
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    You have the choice to use or remove Android apps as you like, I'm not sure the same could be said for apple. Google have done a great job with their apps, nearly all are on material design, look great and are easy to use... Sometimes users want a little more and are free to choose another third party app...


  • #1083
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,387 ✭✭✭corkie


    33 temporarily free and 43 on-sale apps and games to start the week




    14 new and notable Android apps and live wallpapers from the last two weeks including Serial Box, Playground: Love, and NBC Sports (2/16/19 - 3/2/19)




    16 best new Android games released this last week including Skylanders Ring of Heroes, Mister Kung-Fu, and A Life in Music





    Hermit • Lite Apps Browser (IAP's €0.99 - €6.49 per item)
    ^^^ Someone mentioned it in a reddit post anyone use it, maybe expensive for what it is reported to do? >>>> Website: - https://hermit.chimbori.com/

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #1084
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,286 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    corkie wrote: »

    16 best new Android games released this last week including Skylanders Ring of Heroes, Mister Kung-Fu, and A Life in Music

    Mister Kung-Fu is a port of a ZX Spectrum homebrew game! (a remake of Kung-Fu Master). There's a competition most years for new Spectrum games and this was one of them.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #1085
    jeffk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭jeffk


    corkie wrote: »
    33 temporarily free and 43 on-sale apps and games to start the week




    14 new and notable Android apps and live wallpapers from the last two weeks including Serial Box, Playground: Love, and NBC Sports (2/16/19 - 3/2/19)




    16 best new Android games released this last week including Skylanders Ring of Heroes, Mister Kung-Fu, and A Life in Music





    Hermit • Lite Apps Browser (IAP's €0.99 - €6.49 per item)
    ^^^ Someone mentioned it in a reddit post anyone use it, maybe expensive for what it is reported to do? >>>> Website: - https://hermit.chimbori.com/[/url    ]

    I got it from having Vodafone credit over and doesn't do half as much as people claim. The big one is battery saver, not a big difference in hermit facebook or official app. There is a free version with some limitations but think not enough to make it functional

    In its basic form you can use "apps" they make or make your own (from webapges), handy say for boards who dont have an app or one someone made years ago

    There is also a early release programme for a euro but sure its eleven days off two months since app was updated


  • #1086
    Suckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Teach Your Monster to Read - Phonics and Reading is currently free. Normally €5.49.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teachyourmonstertoread.tmapp
    Offer also on amazon
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Your-Monster-Phonics-Learn/dp/B01HDXUH0O


    And for any ios users reading this, it's also available on itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/teach-your-monster-to-read/id828392046


  • Advertisement
  • #1087
    Mango Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Mango Joe


    Hi All - I promise I am not being a prick and I do recognise that people are contributing on here selflessly so others may benefit from their good nature.

    But as someone who came on here specifically to look for "must have Android Apps and Games" then this thread is utterly useless, pointless and self-defeating.

    1,087 posts over 73 pages and 26 months in chronological order with no short list, long list or any kind of list of actual "must have Android Apps and Games".

    Its not your fault - Boards.ie never evolved - It doesn't rank posts on any merit whatsoever - Just forces the reader to wade through every post in the order it happened to have been added without any thought or refinement.

    If posts were ranked and upvoted by the userbase as on other sites then the worthwhile stuff would make its way to the top....

    Someone above mentioned theres no point in posting a list as its too subjective (my words/interpretation) - But surely that's what this thread was supposed to be for?

    Obviously anyone with an ounce of cop-op knows that tastes and requirements vary and one persons must have app is going to be of no value to some other people.

    Anyway - No offence intended to anyone - Just some feedback.


  • #1088
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,664 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Ah it's more like a running diary of good games/apps that are found on a day to day basis rather than a comprehensive list.

    Forum software like vbulletin doesn't lend itself to maintaining dynamic lists.

    If you go back to my original post nearly 10 years ago, I don't use any of those apps any more.

    Visit this thread daily rather than digging back through the archives. That's what I do.


  • #1089
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,011 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Mango Joe wrote: »
    Hi All - I promise I am not being a prick and I do recognise that people are contributing on here selflessly so others may benefit from their good nature.

    But as someone who came on here specifically to look for "must have Android Apps and Games" then this thread is utterly useless, pointless and self-defeating.

    1,087 posts over 73 pages and 26 months in chronological order with no short list, long list or any kind of list of actual "must have Android Apps and Games".

    Its not your fault - Boards.ie never evolved - It doesn't rank posts on any merit whatsoever - Just forces the reader to wade through every post in the order it happened to have been added without any thought or refinement.

    If posts were ranked and upvoted by the userbase as on other sites then the worthwhile stuff would make its way to the top....

    Someone above mentioned theres no point in posting a list as its too subjective (my words/interpretation) - But surely that's what this thread was supposed to be for?

    Obviously anyone with an ounce of cop-op knows that tastes and requirements vary and one persons must have app is going to be of no value to some other people.

    Anyway - No offence intended to anyone - Just some feedback.

    This thread serves a purpose but as you said because it is not based on a rating system, which I don't ever foresee boards going down that route, it will not ever be a definitive list. Taste is subjective and are user needs. It's more an informative thread than anything.
    Look on any of the android sites like Android Police, Phandroid etc they issue lists but there never will be a definitive list. Some people use the charts on the play store but others operate outside of Google so their feedback is not going to show on there either.


  • #1090
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,113 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Mr E wrote: »

    If you go back to my original post nearly 10 years ago, I don't use any of those apps any more.

    Lol. I don't think I've ever heard of any of those apps (possibly Notepad but it might be a different one in thinking of). I must have been a total technopobe those days.


  • #1091
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,664 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Ah it was a different time, for sure. :)

    I loved my HTC Hero back in the day!


  • Advertisement
  • #1092
    bidiots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭bidiots


    Mr E wrote: »
    Ah it was a different time, for sure. :)

    I loved my HTC Hero back in the day!

    The Hero was my first venture into Android, still miss that quirky phone, unique to say the least


  • #1093
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,387 ✭✭✭corkie


    26 temporarily free and 40 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday, including Evoland 2

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #1094
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    GBX wrote: »
    This thread serves a purpose but as you said because it is not based on a rating system, which I don't ever foresee boards going down that route, it will not ever be a definitive list. Taste is subjective and are user needs. It's more an informative thread than anything.
    Look on any of the android sites like Android Police, Phandroid etc they issue lists but there never will be a definitive list. Some people use the charts on the play store but others operate outside of Google so their feedback is not going to show on there either.

    It's not even that there's no list and ratings, it's that nobody ever recommends an app any more and instead it's now a special offer thread. Though I think the main reason for that is that there aren't apps to recommend any more. People use what they use and there's nothing new coming out worth talking about.


  • #1095
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,011 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »
    It's not even that there's no list and ratings, it's that nobody ever recommends an app any more and instead it's now a special offer thread. Though I think the main reason for that is that there aren't apps to recommend any more. People use what they use and there's nothing new coming out worth talking about.

    Yeah there's not a huge of blow you away must have apps being released. The needs of most people are covered in what's out there already.


  • #1096
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    GBX wrote: »
    Yeah there's not a huge of blow you away must have apps being released. The needs of most people are covered in what's out there already.

    Yeah it's all covered. At best we might see something that improves a current app or service but that's a rare occurrence.


  • #1097
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,168 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Mr E wrote: »
    Ah it was a different time, for sure. :)

    I loved my HTC Hero back in the day!
    A frontend for Wikipedia! Everyone needs that with the price of data these days.


  • #1098
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,664 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    The new Pocketcasts update is awful. Such a backwards step in usability. :(


  • #1099
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Mr E wrote: »
    The new Pocketcasts update is awful. Such a backwards step in usability. :(

    Never liked it as much from the first beta. Queueing is cumbersome and it's a pain getting unwanted old podcasts in your feed. Still don't know if there's any I'd change to, it's a pity Google never bothered making theirs more functional.


  • #1100
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,664 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    The latest reviews on the Play Store are all negative. They have to sit up and take notice.


  • #1101
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Mr E wrote: »
    The latest reviews on the Play Store are all negative. They have to sit up and take notice.

    They were very good at support and taking feedback when it was owned by Pocketcasts themselves in Australia, but you'd be unsure how it will go with NPR owning it now.


  • Advertisement
  • #1102
    ImARebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ImARebel


    Don't suppose anyone knows a good dialler app (to essentially replace the phone on MIUI, it's the one bit of it I hate)

    I used to like the old way of going into phone and see a log of all missed calls in the order they happened. Not like the way MIUI do it grouped together.

    plus that "X rang 5 times" still puts the heart across me when I see it next to my mother or fathers name until I reason it's not what it looks like.

    i'd love to be rid of it.


  • #1103
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,387 ✭✭✭corkie


    You could try Google's Phone app, if it is not the version used by MIUI?

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer&hl=en

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #1104
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Contacts+ is one that's popular and has been around ages too. If the Google one above works though I'd definitely recommend that too.


  • #1105
    Mango Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Mango Joe


    OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »
    It's not even that there's no list and ratings, it's that nobody ever recommends an app any more and instead it's now a special offer thread. Though I think the main reason for that is that there aren't apps to recommend any more. People use what they use and there's nothing new coming out worth talking about.
    GBX wrote: »
    Yeah there's not a huge of blow you away must have apps being released. The needs of most people are covered in what's out there already.

    I use what I use but am sure I'm missing out of some great, interesting and wonderful Apps.

    Surely a "These are my current top 10 (20?) Android Apps - As of March 2019" type thread would be great.

    People could highlight great apps they've been using or recently discovered and then there would be a bit of debate and disagreement, cue further alternative recommendations where everyone gains.

    Should be a sticky I reckon.


  • #1106
    ImARebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ImARebel


    corkie wrote: »
    You could try Google's Phone app, if it is not the version used by MIUI?

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer&hl=en

    I even went looking for a google one and didn't find it! :rolleyes:

    Thanks a million


  • #1107
    ImARebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ImARebel


    ImARebel wrote: »
    I even went looking for a google one and didn't find it! :rolleyes:

    Thanks a million

    In my defence, I've search google play store on my phone and "phone" doesn't come up in the list of apps returned.

    The only one I can see is contacts, but it seems to make a hames of your contacts if it goes wrong. I'm not sure I want to risk it

    Might try contact+


  • #1108
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,387 ✭✭✭corkie


    Mango Joe wrote: »
    I use what I use but am sure I'm missing out of some great, interesting and wonderful Apps.

    Surely a "These are my current top 10 (20?) Android Apps - As of March 2019" type thread would be great.

    People could highlight great apps they've been using or recently discovered and then there would be a bit of debate and disagreement, cue further alternative recommendations where everyone gains.

    Should be a sticky I reckon.


    Your flogging a dead horse, your posts are something that pops up once or twice a year.

    tenor.gif?itemid=3799565


    You could try starting a New Thread, but it would probably be closed by the MODS and get you pointed at this thread.


    Here is some more links of the kind of thing your looking for: -

    Top 7 Best New Android Apps for March 2019

    15 best Android apps of 2019!
    ^^^ Did I link that already in another reply.

    Another problem is the websites, with these kind of lists are protected with anti-adblock and usually full of annoying ads when you disable your adblocker.

    Some youtube's you may be interested in https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=android+apps+march+2019
    ^^^ Mostly just ads for VPN services, and apps they have affiliation links for.


    Also there is category of apps (streaming), we can't even discuss due to boards rules. Which is where new development kind of happens.

    Edit: - Also nearly every Monday, I post roundup links of new apps, sometimes people comment on the apps they find in them.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109585815&postcount=1083

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #1109
    Lucas Hood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Pocketcasts just ruined the best best podcast available on android.


  • #1110
    dougm1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭dougm1970


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    Pocketcasts just ruined the best best podcast available on android.

    i actually find acast best


  • Advertisement
  • #1111
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    corkie wrote: »
    Your flogging a dead horse, your posts are something that pops up once or twice a year.

    tenor.gif?itemid=3799565


    You could try starting a New Thread, but it would probably be closed by the MODS and get you pointed at this thread.


    Here is some more links of the kind of thing your looking for: -

    Top 7 Best New Android Apps for March 2019

    15 best Android apps of 2019!
    ^^^ Did I link that already in another reply.

    Another problem is the websites, with these kind of lists are protected with anti-adblock and usually full of annoying ads when you disable your adblocker.

    Some youtube's you may be interested in https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=android+apps+march+2019
    ^^^ Mostly just ads for VPN services, and apps they have affiliation links for.


    Also there is category of apps (streaming), we can't even discuss due to boards rules. Which is where new development kind of happens.

    Edit: - Also nearly every Monday, I post roundup links of new apps, sometimes people comment on the apps they find in them.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109585815&postcount=1083

    Why do they close them or merge them here though, now that the title doesn't fit the content?

    Now, I don't think we actually need a thread probably, but the militancy about it is strange. Especially as the Android forum could have ten different threads asking the same thing about the same phone and there's never anything closed or merged.


Advertisement