Cool apps for your phone. Which apps to install on Android first?

When choosing programs for your Android device, many, especially beginners, get lost in the choice. Below is a list of applications that can be used on similar devices. Naturally, everyone has their own view on the set of applications.

Office, Calculators, Converters

Office Suite Pro- viewer for DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX and PDF files and attachments.

Smart Office+- office suite for Android, a very good application: user-friendly interface, multilingual. View and edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel of all versions: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010. View PDF, view images in JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WMF, EMF formats.

ezPDF Reader- convenient and functional reading of PDF files with an excellent interface. You can add bookmarks, highlight text and copy it to the clipboard. The language is English, but easy to learn.

Notepad+- notepad with auto-detection of encoding.

RealCalc Scientific Calculator- one of the best calculators for Android, not too fancy, but functional.

Scan2PDF Mobile- the program allows you to convert a photo to a PDF file (for example, you took a photo of a document and converted it to PDF). The result may not always be excellent, but you can read it.
QR Droid Private- an application with the ability to create QR codes, as well as scanning QR codes with a camera and then going to the browser.

Finance, electronic clients

QIWI Client- convenient, simple and fast for a mobile wallet if there are terminals around the city. Interest-free account replenishment, mobile payments, and much more can be done with. If you have a wallet on the QIWI website, a QIWI Viza Virtual card is issued in 5 minutes, then you need to link it to Google Checkout and you can make purchases in almost all online stores.
PayPal- PayPal client allows you to make purchases in different countries of the world. You can view recent transactions in your PayPal account, including money requests sent from your device.
WebMoney Keeper Mobile - a client for a mobile wallet, a universal tool for making payments on the Internet.

Planners, Alarms, Notes

Birthdays- widget for birthdays and reminders. A small transparent widget displays a photo of a contact from the phone book. Has a number of settings for date reminders, playing melodies, etc.
Shopping - The application allows you to create a list of necessary purchases indicating weight and quantity. You can cross out what you purchased. Convenient for going to large supermarkets.

Control optimization

Root Explorer - root user rights are required. Allows you to view system partitions, hidden folders and files, edit them, copy, move, etc.

A few more similar applications:

ASTRO File Manager does not require Root rights
EStrongs File Explorer is a complete alternative to Root Explorer if you have Root rights, the manager is free.
Total Commander - a well-known file manager for PC and now on Android.

SPB Shell 3D- in the recent past, a paid desktop and Yandex.Shell, currently free. A beautiful desktop with 3D graphics and a luxurious set of full-screen widgets.
Go Launcher EX- a fast desktop launcher with a lot of settings.

Apex Launcher Powerful - fast new launcher for ICS, the undisputed leader with many settings. Root rights are required to select widgets from the application menu.

CircleLauncher- a small widget that allows you to group applications and contacts, very convenient on a small screen.

Dock4Droid- a pop-up dock bar with icons of applications added to it and the most recently opened ones. The application works on the RocketDock principle.

SystemPanel- task manager/task killer. The application monitors a high-consuming resource for its destruction, provides data, graphs and information about loading, battery consumption, shared memory, network traffic (currently). One of the best applications of this kind, but it itself consumes a lot. It is recommended to use it to detect "guzzling" applications with high battery consumption.

System applications

GreenPower- a fully automatic application for saving battery life, after configuration it works and saves battery consumption in the background, turning off mobile data transfer if it is not needed.

Autostarts(root user rights are required) - the application allows you to remove unnecessary applications and widgets from autostart when the system starts, which can always be launched from the desktop. This way, resource savings are achieved at startup and their complete absence in background processes.

Titanium Backup(root user rights required) - the application allows you to backup applications and user data (sms/mss/contacts).

LuckyPatcher by ChelpuS(root user rights required) is a patcher for most programs and games.

AnTuTu Benchmark- ability to test memory, processor, 3D graphics performance, SD card read/write speed.

SCleaner- an application for cleaning the device from garbage, has programmable settings for monitoring and cleaning processes, creating backup copies of deleted data, etc.

ShootMe(root user rights are required) - the program allows you to take screenshots by shaking the phone, the pictures are saved to /sdcard/ShootMe.

Internet, communication

In Contact Amberfog- client for VKontakte.

Jasmine I.M.- short message client, supports ICQ, Mail.ru, Jabber, VK, Ya.Online, QIP, GTalk. The latest versions have the ability to transfer data, a rich selection of settings, themes, including transparent ones, and the widget now supports them.

Palringo Group Messenger Multi-protocol IM client. Facebook Chat, windows Live Messenger, aol, yahoo messenger, gtalk, icq, jabber, iChat, gadu-gadu. The most interesting thing, of course, is voice and photo messages; you can create groups based on interests or communicate in existing ones.

2.0. - the new official application Odnoklassniki 2.0 allows you to constantly stay connected to the social network of the same name.

Internet, communication

Kaiten Mail - email client, supports IMAP Push, POP3, Exchange 2003/2007 (with WebDAV), and also supports multi-user folder synchronization, search, custom notifications and much more.

K-9 Mail- one of the few POP and IMAP email clients for Android.

w3bsit3-dns.com- an unofficial client for viewing the website 4pda.ru. Viewing topics, reading and sending personal messages (PM), QMS, catalog of applications and games, always at hand.

3G Watchdog- the application allows you to track traffic consumption, has a small transparent widget on your desktop. The program not only monitors traffic consumption, but also sets up a cycle with the volume of your tariff plan with notification of its excess.

SwiFTP - FTP server with the ability to receive and transmit data via Wi-Fi. Works great in conjunction with Totall Commander on PC.

AirDroid - control the device from your computer's web browser using Wi-Fi.

Server for storing data on the network. For SGS3 users, the amount of free space has been increased to 50 gigabytes.
Yandex Disk- cloud service with 20 GB.

HD Widgets- clock and weather widget, customizable colors, transparency, has a large number of widgets displayed on the screen, both clock and weather separately, and together.

Multimedia

DicePlayer- player with hardware acceleration for 720p video. Supports formats: AVI,MOV,MKV,FLV,AVI,3GP,3G2,ASF,WMV,MP4,M4V,TP,TS,MTP,M2T.
Supports video codecs: HW: MPEG-4,H.264,H.263
SW: MPEG-4,H.264,RMVB,XVID,MS MPEG-4,VP6,H.263,MPEG-1,MPEG-2
Supports audio codecs: DTS,AC3,AAC,Vorbis,FLAC,MP3,MP2,WMA
Supports subtitles: SSA,SMI,SRT

Poweramp - audio player with a huge number of possibilities, plays MP3, MP4/M4A (including loseless ALAC), FLAC, OGG, WAV, TTA, WMA, APE/WV. Optimized 10-band graphic equalizer for all supported formats, separate tone control, equalizer presets, ability to edit and add presets, assignment for songs/audio outputs. Skin support, automatically downloads covers for songs, tag viewer and editor, .cue file support, reads flac image, etc.

Shazam- the application determines the composition and artist. To determine the melody, you need to bring the phone to the speaker and after 15 seconds you will know what the composition is and who the artist is.

TuneIn Radio- Internet radio with recording function.

QuickPic- fast and easy image viewer with multi-touch. Can be used instead of the standard gallery.

Camera360- camera with many effects. It has a lot of effects applied to the frame after shooting, and the ability to save both the original and processed frame.

HDR Camera+- a good camera for shooting static elements such as backgrounds, landscapes, macro photography. To achieve the HDR effect, the application creates three images with different exposures and combines them into one, preserving detail in the dark and light areas of the photo. After shooting, you can choose the saturation of the frame.

Zedge Ringtones & Wallpapers - a program for viewing, downloading and installing high quality wallpapers and ringtones. More than 380,000 ringtones, about 6,000 wallpapers.

Navigation (GPS)

2GIS / 2GIS Mobile: 2GIS - free electronic organization with a city map.
More than 11,110,000 PC users in 140 cities in Russia and Ukraine regularly use 2GIS to find the necessary information. Convenient application: you can search, you can get directions. The application will also be convenient for walking searches around the city. By specifying your destination, you receive detailed information on the map indicating travel by public transport and route numbers.

Navitel- navigator for Android presents a navigation program with offline maps, routing and traffic jam support. The program is paid.

PROTOWN- GPS/GLONASS navigation with current maps of Russia.

Phone, SMS

Handcent SMS- a utility for SMS with a large selection of various appearance settings.
GO SMS Pro - Convenient SMS communication. The program is designed in iPhone style.

cluBalance - widget for monitoring funds on an account with detailed statistics. Does not support Beeline and Tele2.

Programs for reading books

Cool Reader - a ported version of the famous program for reading e-books Cool reader.
Supports formats: .fb2, .fb2.zip, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .epub, .chm, .pdb, .prc, .mobi.

Moon+ Reader- support for fb2.zip, TXT, HTML, Epub, UMD and chm files.

FBReader- program for reading electronic books, supports formats: epub, fb2, fb2.zip, rtf, html, mobi, txt. It also supports working directly with .zip archives.

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After purchasing a new phone, the owner usually wonders what programs he needs to install on the phone first? Phones differ in technical characteristics and the operating system installed on them. The most popular are iOS from Apple and the well-known Android operating system. The systems, in turn, are constantly developing and newer versions are being released that work more stably and reliably without brakes or freezes. Therefore, the newer the phone model, the newer the OS (operating system) is installed on it. Typically, most manufacturers preinstall a minimum set of programs that are installed immediately after the phone or tablet is released. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the list of the most necessary and necessary programs on your smartphone after purchase.

Basic programs that need to be installed on your phone first

Programs for working on the Internet

Then you can get any popular messenger. allow you to communicate for free! You will be able to write SMS and call anywhere in the world without paying a penny. is WhatsApp Messenger, which has 800 million users around the world. Recently, WhatsApp added the ability to make free calls; if your interlocutor cannot receive the call, he just needs to update the application to the latest version.

There are also separate applications for users of social networks, Facebook and Google Plus. With them you will be aware of all the news and events with your friends. It is convenient to listen to music, update photos and conduct correspondence.

Antivirus to protect your smartphone

To work comfortably on the Internet, you need to protect yourself from viruses and malware, you need to install. Which antivirus to choose for protection? It all depends on your preferences too. The danger and likelihood of your smartphone becoming infected is low, but we still recommend choosing and protecting your data.

Navigators and maps

If you use your phone as a navigator, you can install programs on it, or. In order not to waste mobile traffic, you can download a cache of maps of your city and save them immediately in memory. Now you can use maps even without the Internet; GPS will be enough. There are also Metro maps for different major cities. It will be very convenient to calculate the travel time so as not to be late for meetings.

For people who often use taxi services, the application is suitable - Yandex Taxi. The convenience of this service is that you immediately enter the departure address and destination. The program automatically calculates the route taking into account traffic jams and shows the approximate cost of the trip! In addition, you will receive an SMS with the phone numbers of your future driver. Very convenient and not expensive.

Games, widgets and entertainment

Those who like to shoot and pass the time on the road can install various games on their phone.

Have you bought a new Android gadget? This is great, but now it needs to be equipped with some useful software. There are about 700,000 apps in the Google Play app store, but not all of them are suitable for tablets. Therefore, we are going to tell you about those applications that you simply must have on your tablet/smartphone/smartphone or anything else. This will be especially useful if you have a good knowledge of English, since some applications still do not have Russian localization.

If you love racing or water skiing, then Riptide 2 GP2 is one of the best games in this regard. It was presented at Google I/O, and now this toy is called one of the best Android applications for a tablet, thanks to its stunning graphics and addictive gameplay.

Prepare to be out of play for just half an hour. Once you get into Riptide GP2, you'll be racing for hours.

If you like to keep up with the latest happenings in the world of Android, then the Android Authority app will help you do that. You will find various videos about various Android smartphones, tablets, etc. Android news will always be with you as soon as there is something, and this is the official application of our partners.

One of the best Android apps for tablets is Amazon Kindle, which makes reading books unobtrusive and comfortable. You will have access to an endless number of books in a convenient form.

At the same time, the Amazon Kindle application allows you not only to read books, but also view documents, newspapers, etc. But it’s not just the functionality of this application that is impressive, but the huge library from Amazon to turn reading a book into a real pleasure.

Flipboard is not your run-of-the-mill news service, but a beautiful magazine that organizes its content based on your preferences. The app also allows you to share your photos with friends, as well as access the news that your friends are viewing.

If you've ever played Call of Duty, then you won't have any difficulties mastering Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. The essence of the toy is the same - terrorists are going to take over the whole world, and you, in turn, must eliminate the threat.

The only annoying thing about this game is the awkward controls.

Adobe Flash Player stopped working with Android some time ago, and they now use HTLM5 instead. The problem is that many videos still require Adobe Flash Player. Luckily, there is a way to activate Adobe Flash Player using Boat Browser in just a few steps.

Chrome browser is one of the best mobile browsers. It has features that allow you to sync history between two devices, browse the web in incognito mode as well as offline mode. You will also have easy access to creating tabs.

Chrome comes pre-installed on Nexus devices, so Nexus 10 or Nexus 7 owners won't have to worry about installing the browser. Other users will have to manually install Chrome via Google Play.

Agree that it’s nice to lie in bed and watch your favorite movie. The Netflix app is great for exactly this. It has an extensive movie library.

One of the most important benefits of having the Netflix app on your tablet is that all the latest movies and TV series are available on it.

This is another application for watching movies, even those that came out 20 years ago. Of course, here you will find all the modern and latest films, and watching them will be especially comfortable.

This toy is no longer free, unlike all the above applications, its cost is 6.99 USD.

Minecraft is one of the most popular toys nowadays. Compared to its PC counterpart, this toy certainly does not have the same quality, but it certainly serves as an excellent application for Android tablets.

The controls are almost the same as in most games, but they are much more convenient.

If you've ever heard of music recognition through Shazam, then the SoundHound app is considered even more advanced. He can recognize any song by listening to any excerpt from it.

SoundHound also offers options to search for a song on YouTube.

OfficeSuite Pro 7 allows you to create and edit documents from Micosoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. It also has a built-in file browser and integration with popular cloud services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. OfficeSuite Pro 7 has a beautiful design optimized specifically for tablets and easy editing. The fact that it contains the most comprehensive suite of office applications makes OfficeSuite Pro 7 one of the best Android apps for tablets.

If you're looking for a good note-taking app, then we recommend you try Papyrus, which lets you take digital handwritten notes using a regular stylus, finger, or even the S-Pen. In addition, Papyrus allows you to save the file in formats such as JPG or PDF. You can also easily upload your notes to the cloud service on Dropbox.

Every Android user needs ES File Explorer. The app supports over 30 languages and is compatible with many services such as Amazon S3, Dropbox and Google Drive. However, it works as an FTP client, application manager, etc.

Programs for the tablet are growing in number not every day, but every hour. With the variety of operating systems available, different application stores, choosing good software for your tablet is becoming increasingly confusing. Users looking for apps focused on work, productivity, and more casual tasks are faced with a difficult choice.

[Price: Free | $3.99 (iOS)]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

While Google's native on-screen keyboard has improved significantly, neither it nor any of its competitors can beat SwiftKey. This keyboard offers intelligent text prediction, which greatly reduces errors. If you use SwiftKey, you know that the program can analyze text in Gmail, SMS messages, and even blog forms, making the mobile typing experience much less painful.

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

For those who store most of their work in Google Drive, having access to documents and spreadsheets from a tablet can mean freedom at its truest. While the Google Drive app may not be as polished as its iOS counterpart, Google has done an excellent job of bringing editing capabilities to the tablet's mobile platform.

QuickOffice

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

Google has acquired QuickOffice, a tablet application that makes it completely free, and if you register the program with your Google account, you get 10 GB of additional Google Drive storage (limited time). This is a great application for working with documents.

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

Hipmunk should be on every traveler's tablet because it helps redefine the route-finding experience. The system implements a unique “Unhappiness Index” algorithm for flight evaluation. You'll find detailed descriptions and hotel ratings, many available destinations and much more. The program is only available in English and is more suitable for searching for overseas flights.

FlightBoard

[Price: 125 rub.]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

This is not just a useful program for the tablet, it offers functionality and an attractive appearance, which is not available to everyone. FlightBoard displays the arrival and departure of any flight at any airport in the world. It is updated every five minutes, allowing you to see all international air traffic on your tablet.

AirDroid

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android]

AirDroid is similar to programs for remote control of a computer's desktop. It lets you control your Android tablet (or phone) from your computer, making it easier to do things like move files, respond to messages, and other basic tasks without having to go to another room to get your tablet.

G Cloud Backup

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android]

While you can back up your Android tablet using a Google account, it's not the most complete or seamless option compared to iCloud on an iPad, for example. There is the best tablet software, G Cloud Backup, which provides a detailed and comprehensive solution. The program allows you to select file types and offers direct control over what will be saved.

Flipboard

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

The same elegant consumption experience that Flipboard brought to the iPad is now available in tablet form on Android/Windows 10. Users can now create their own magazines and share them with others.

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

The strength of Android and Windows is that there are many third-party browsers and the user is not limited to just Chrome, he can choose according to his taste. Firefox is the best tablet program for web surfing because it combines attractive design and the speed of Mozilla.

WordPress

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

For those who manage a WordPress site, there is a tablet program of the same name that allows you to write and edit messages. It also includes visitor information if you use the WordPress analytics tool.

Simplenote

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

Simplenote is a clean, simple app for short notes. It boasts cross-platform syncing that lets you take notes on your iPad and access them later from the web or through your Android tablet.

AdobeReader

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

If you work with PDF files, Adobe Reader is the best tablet program for storing and reading PDF files from Android, iOS and Windows. The program offers excellent zoom capabilities and reading modes in different lighting settings.

GoogleKeep

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android]

Google Keep is a great Mountain View-based app for quick note-taking with an easy-to-navigate interface. Your notes are presented in the form of sticky notes, which can be edited in different colors to make it easier to find among others.

Teamviewer | Remote control on tablet

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | iOS]

Remotely accessing your work computer from a tablet was a popular solution that first debuted on the original iPad. A great option for Android tablet users, Team Viewer. The free tablet program offers a full keyboard and functionality for basic and more complex tasks on Windows or OS X.

Evernote

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android]

There's no program that comes close to Evernote when it comes to a full-featured system of notes, web clippings, PDFs, along with support for a huge number of other formats. The Android app was built specifically to support Google's native platform and features on tablets.

EyeInSkyweather | Weather on tablet

Twitter has finally released a program optimized for Android, iOS and Windows tablets. Unfortunately, the application does not work on all Samsung tablets, but the developers promise to fix the situation in the near future.

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android]

Feedly has become the obvious replacement for Google Reader. The program offers a clear and consistent cross-platform interface that displays feeds in a hundred different (customizable) ways.

[Price: For free]
[Platform: Android | Windows | iOS]

The Kindle program for tablets based on Android, Windows and iOS will be useful for those who have a significant library of books on Kindle. Relatively recently, the program received a good update, which includes a tablet-friendly interface. Another benefit: Unlike the iOS version, you can easily walk around the store and buy books directly from the app.

What programs should be present on every smartphone? Read the article about the most useful applications for Android and why you should download them.

No smartphone or tablet comes with a completely bare operating system. No, you can immediately use at least a couple of dozen applications. However, pre-installed options are often limited in their functionality. And some tasks cannot be handled at all by any of the preinstalled programs. For example, with your smartphone running by default, you most likely won't be able to open a PDF document. In a word, let's find out which useful programs are worth downloading for Android. At the same time, do not forget that this is a strictly shortened list - on our website you will find much more detailed collections of Android applications dedicated to specific topics.

Navigation and maps for Android

How many of us still use paper maps? It seems that none of the readers of “Smart Beaver” are definitely involved in such a matter. All of us have a smartphone in our pocket that is equipped with a GPS chip. And by default, Google Maps is installed on it. But is it the best navigation app? Probably not. Although the product of an American company is close to this status. We recommend installing 2GIS. Especially if you live in a large Russian city. With this program you will receive the most detailed map. Here you can visually determine the height of the houses, see almost all the paths, and learn about all the organizations present in each building.

With 2GIS it is not difficult to find a cafe, restaurant, sports ground, cinema and other establishments. The construction of the route can also surprise you - the program will take you to the very door! In total, the application is capable of working with maps of approximately 300 cities in 9 countries. Of course, the whole of Russia is not yet covered by the project - sparsely populated areas are left behind. This is the only serious drawback of the application.

Alternative: you can also look towards the Yandex.Maps program. It contains navigation maps of a huge number of settlements, including very small ones. Some of the maps can be downloaded to your device so that you can view them without connecting to the network. But if you are interested in this particular function, then it is better to pay attention to OSMAnd+. This application uses the OpenStreetMap service, developed by users themselves. But for the most comfortable work with the program, you will have to pay a small amount - after that, absolutely all restrictions will be removed from you.

News

The most useful applications for Android in 2017 should also be able to provide a person with information. You can now read the news on various websites. Google Now provides them. Some branded shells also show them. But sometimes even this is not enough. In this case, we recommend that you download RIA Novosti. This application is from the information resource of the same name. Here all the news is sorted into categories. But most importantly, the program has a “Photo Gallery” section. It is a must-visit for anyone who wants to see the agenda but doesn't want to read the text. RIA Novosti also creates excellent infographics that will appeal to absolutely everyone.

Alternative: There are hundreds of news aggregators on Google Play. For example, Flipboard commands respect. This is a kind of digital magazine with appropriate layout and animation, compiled, among other things, by the users themselves. An equally interesting option is Meduza. It contains not only text notes, but also tests with mini-games.

Video players for Android

Smartphones and tablets are often used to watch movies. In this case, you need a video player. By default, the device is usually installed with a low-functional application that is not even capable of displaying subtitles. Therefore, we recommend downloading VLC to your device. This is an excellent player with a lot of features. It understands subtitles of different formats, and allows you to customize their display. Among the supported video formats, there is almost everything here, right up to DVD ISO! Now it is a real hit, which has been downloaded by more than 100 million people.

Alternative: many video players have approximately similar functionality. For example, MX Player performs well. And some will prefer the paid nPlayer, which officially supports DTS Headphone X and DTS HD. It also allows you to work with streaming services and cloud storage.

Internet browsers

By default, many smartphones are equipped with a relatively good Internet browser. But many people lack its capabilities. In this case, it is better to download Google Chrome to your device. And you definitely need to get them if you have a similar browser on your computer! This is one of the best products from Google - it has full synchronization (even passwords are transferred from the computer), and Internet pages open as quickly as possible. The application also has a traffic saving mode, when pages are first compressed on the developer's server. In a word, you can talk about this program for a long time - you better familiarize yourself with it.

Alternative: Free, useful Android apps include many browsers. Some of them differ from Google development by supporting plugins that expand the capabilities of the application. For example, the Firefox browser can boast of such a function. And some people like UC Browser, which makes searching for videos much easier and adequately blocks ads.

Messengers

Messaging applications were used even in the days of push-button mobile phones. Well, now such programs have reached a completely new level. One of the most popular applications of this kind is WhatsApp. Surely many of your friends have it - that’s the only reason you need to install it. It also makes it much easier to transfer media files to another person. You should also like the application interface, designed in a very nice manner.

Alternative: gradually more and more people prefer to download Telegram to their smartphone. The most intelligent encryption is implemented here - an unauthorized person will definitely not be able to gain access to your correspondence. And in terms of other functionality, this application does not disappoint at all. Viber is also very popular now, but most often this program is used for making video calls.

File managers

A very controversial type of application. No one argues that useful programs for Android should include utilities of this kind. But in fact, the vast majority of smartphones come with a pre-installed “explorer”, the capabilities of which are more than enough for many people. But if you are one of the select users who are trying to maximize the functionality of their device, then pay attention to ES Explorer. It is distributed free of charge, providing access to almost all files contained on the device or memory card. Moreover, the application can be connected to cloud storage - a variety of services are supported. There is also FTP support, which should appeal to site owners. Other features of the utility include support for working with archives in ZIP and RAR formats.

Alternative: You can also download and install X-Plore. This file manager first appeared on the Symbian operating system. Its main difference lies in the special display of the file system - it is displayed in the form of a tree.

Translators

Quite often we turn to text written in a foreign language. For example, this can happen when visiting a foreign site. In this case, we need a translation of a note or an entire article. And certainly useful travel apps for Android should have this function. Google Translate is the best solution for this task. As they say, the search giant ate the dog on automated text translation. For some time now, his creation has been able to translate even signs and road signs - you just need to launch the application and point the camera at them (or open a previously taken photo). And you don’t have to be connected to the Internet - 52 languages are translated offline. Interestingly, the application even recognizes handwritten input.

Alternative: Oddly enough, Google's product simply has no competitors. Almost all applications of this kind are very far behind in their development. But you can try Yandex.Translator - its developers are mainly busy improving the translation function into Russian, without scattering their efforts on other languages.

Weather forecasts

Nowadays, many people use their smartphone to check the weather forecast. We recommend installing Gismeteo Lite for these purposes. This is a program from a well-known weather service. It has installed hundreds, and maybe thousands of weather stations throughout Russia. In this regard, the forecasts of this service quite often come true. At the same time, in the application you can see the weather forecast not only for the next couple of days, but also for the whole week. You will also get a set of widgets that display the current weather.

Alternative: if you decide to download useful applications on Android by visiting Google Play, you will find dozens of all kinds of weather widgets. The best program of this kind is eWeather HD. Why didn't we mention it first? Everything is very simple: they ask for about 200 rubles for its use. But if you don't skimp, you'll get the most comprehensive weather forecast from two weather agencies. There is a barometer, geomagnetic storm forecast, earthquake information, surface temperature of oceans and seas, tide information, moon phases and much more.

Music players

Almost every smartphone owner uses his device to listen to music. And it is extremely rare that a pre-installed player is used for these purposes. Usually, a creation of third-party developers is installed instead. For example, PowerAMP might be a good choice. Yes, after 14 days of using the application you will have to pay. But you will get a music player with very wide functionality. There is a competent sorting of tracks, cutting off areas with silence, a well-thought-out equalizer and many other useful features. You can upload covers manually or rely on automation - it will download them from the Internet. The program also has excellent widgets.

Alternative: If you need a free audio player, we recommend downloading AIMP. Many people use this application on both their computer and smartphone. There is support for playlists and many audio formats. In general, the program is only slightly inferior to its paid counterparts.

Useful Android apps for dessert

It's hard to put Shazam into any specific category. This is the most unusual application. It allows you to understand what is coming from nearby speakers right now - you just need to turn your smartphone towards the sound source. Some songs are identified literally in a matter of seconds! Others take a little longer to identify. There are practically no mistakes. The only disappointing thing is that the program will not let you download an MP3 - it will only give you a link to a track available for purchase on Google Music.

And also: a smartphone can even help in finding cheaper food products. To do this, you just need to install Edadil or some other similar application (there are more and more of them lately). In fact, the program is an aggregator of discounts in large supermarkets. Convenient sorting is implemented here; the products you like can be added to “Favorites”. By the way, the application contains not only food, but also cosmetics, children's products and many other everyday items. After all, supermarkets have been selling not only food for quite a long time.

Summing up

In this article, we tried to look at many useful applications for smartphones and tablets. But believe me, in reality there are many more of them. We did not touch on the topic of e-readers, alarm clocks, calculators, calendars, fitness applications and other global topics. However, stay tuned for new articles! Tell us in the comments: which apps do you find most useful?