Android was born as an operating system without charm, not very fashionable, very flexible, ideal for geeks and low cost smartphones. For this reason the applications were more complicated, difficult to use and ugly to look at.
Luckily Google has decided to take care of Android's appearance with version 4 and the applications have therefore changed design, becoming cleaner and much easier to use, even with better and more powerful features. To return to the list, we see here the 30 best apps for Android that modify the system and the behavior of the mobile phone or tablet, which use the sensors integrated in the smartphones to adapt it to the surrounding environment and which allow you to customize the use of Android. All these applications can improve the usability and experience of Android by making the mobile phone easier, faster and more powerful .
There are often a free and paid version of these apps without ads or with more functions. Only free versions will be indicated in the article.
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1) Rotation Control allows you to manage the screen rotation lock flexibly, only for some apps or based on the position of the phone. The ability of phones to automatically rotate the orientation of the screen when they are turned is fantastic when you really want to do it. Most of the time it happens accidentally when you turn on the phone a little tilted. This application is the ideal solution to this problem, to manage the rotation of the screen in various ways.
2) AirDroid to manage the phone from the PC browser is the best app to transfer files from computer to mobile via wireless connection, to send and receive messages from the PC, to locate the lost phone, to manage applications, to use the camera remotely, to manage the address book, share notes, and much more described better in the dedicated article.
3) EAS: Easy App Switcher allows you to quickly call and launch applications.
4) Safe Areas is an application that replaces the way of blocking the phone when it connects via bluetooth to a trusted device or home wifi. In practice you keep the PIN lock active, but when you go home, the PIN lock disappears and rod swipe your finger to unlock the phone.
5) App to remap the Android keys
6) Clipper is the app to keep the cut and paste notes in memory, also synchronized between different devices.
7) Cloud Print is the app to print from Android on any printer .
8) Chronus: multifunction widget is the best widget to customize the lock screen and Android home screen with additional information.
This app was discussed in two different articles:
- Widget for Android lock screen
- App to change Android's Daydream or daydream mode.
9) Edge allows you to add the Edge function of Samsung Galaxy to all smartphones, so that by sliding your finger from the edge of the device screen the list of the last used apps and other shortcuts appears.
10) Simple Dialer is one of the best apps for contacts, Contacts and Phone (dialer) on Android.
11) File Manager is one of the best apps for managing and browsing files on Android.
12) Flash Led allows you to use the camera flash light as a led. This is useful if the smartphone is upside down or to make it ring only with light.
13) Heads-up Notifications shows notifications with a floating bubble on the screen, almost completely replacing the classic notification bar.
14) Gravity Screen On Off uses the accelerometer and the proximity sensor to automatically turn off the screen when the mobile phone is turned downwards, making a significant contribution to saving battery.
15) Sync.ME is the app that automatically updates contacts in the address book with photos taken from Facebook .
16) Light Flow to choose the LED colors for each notification by deciding colors and flashing speed.
17) Loader Droid is a download manager that integrates well with Android web browsers, intercepts downloads and makes sure that downloads are done only in Wi-Fi.
18) Nights Keeper allows you to manage the phone at night so that the caller receives a pre-configured message and does not disturb.
19) Nova Launcher is, for me, the best launcher that you can have on your Android phone and tablet. Unfortunately, the free version is very limited and you need to buy the full app.
If you don't want to pay, in another article the best 20 launchers for Android are listed
20) Quick Settings is the set of switches to activate and deactivate the functions of the mobile phone with a touch on the notification bar.
It is one of the apps with control bars and widgets with ON and OFF switches for Android
21) Screen Filter is a button that allows you to set a brightness lower than the default minimum, ideal for the night.
22) Silent with Timer that automatically reactivates the ringtone is the app called Shush, described in another article.
23) Simple Redial NC redials the last number of the call log with a touch on the button of the main screen.
24) Smart Lockscreen Protector is useful for integrating the phone burglar alarm. In practice, it prevents the mobile phone from being turned off by the thief by giving us more time to track him down.
26) SMS Backup and Restore automatically backs up SMS in Dropbox or Google Drive to be able to recover them if you change your mobile phone or reinstall the operating system.
27) Assistive Touch for Android, mobile button for fast access
28) Autospeaker allows you to answer calls only by pulling the phone up towards your ear and hanging up by placing the phone face down.
29) All-In-One Toolbox allows you to manage which apps should be started when the device is turned on and contains over 20 smartphone management, administration and optimization tools. This is one of those apps that should never be missing.
30) Swiftkey is considered by many to be the best keyboard for Android, free.
In another post, the best apps to change Android writing method and keyboard .
31) Macrodroid is the number one app, to perform automatic actions on the device that allows you to do almost all the things listed above, with a single app. It would take a dedicated guide to cover only half of its possibilities. Macrodroid is very similar to the famous Tasker app, with the differences being free and easier to use.
32) Quickclick to assign different actions to the volume keys, such as taking photos, recording audio, making a phone call and more.
33) Easy Copy to improve the copy and paste of Android on each app .
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