Wednesday 14 December 2016

10 lesser known Android Apps Everyone Should Install

The app market is filled with millions of app. We are always busy in installing and using the most known and apps developed by major tech companies. But there are many other apps in play store which are smaller in size but efficient than the most downloaded ones. These apps don’t get heavy updates too often and is easy to use without complications. Here are the 10 lesser known (equally useful) android apps that you should definitely try:


1. Google Arts & Culture (Education)

It is an educational app that allows you to explore the traditions and history of various parts of the world. A person who is interested in getting deep into the history of a country can use this app. We can go through photos, videos, artworks, museums and all. With Google’s 360* technology and VR we can explore every other museum in different countries which gives us a real life experience. Artist display their artworks on this app. Through GPS we can find out the historical places and museums near us. The feature I like is that it gives us daily remainder of the historical event happened on that particular day.  


 2. Notebook by Zoho Corp (Productivity)


This app is similar to Google keep where you can take notes, set remainders and you can also record audio files and save pictures as a remainder. The material design is a good feature of this app. You can create notebook and organize your tasks accordingly. Syncing with Cloud and other device is also possible, so no fear of data loss. We can even use multiple colors on our note page and even share our notes through E-mail. Gesture writing is also a given feature of this app. Comparing google keep and notebook, notebook has more exciting and advanced features and is easy to use.

3. Learn Hindi Numbers by Ajeic (Education)


A person coming from south India will always have a problem of speaking Hindi. So, this app allows to learn Hindi numbers as fast as possible with it’s tips and practice sessions. We can listen to the numbers and write which will definitely make our Hindi good. Those who have problem in conversing with shopkeepers, drivers regarding some money talk can install this app and make yourself comfortable in the near future. There are numbers from 0-1000. Flash card practice is there to remember the right words for the right numbers.


4. 30 Days abs Workout Challenge by PlaySimple (Health & Fitness)


Are you fat?, do you want the perfect body with 6 pack abs, so download this app . It is a 30 day workout app which guides you with various exercises starting from crunches, kicks, lifts and pushups. A total of 10 exercises are there for everyday to perform for 30 days. It keeps daily record workout you do.  We can set reminders, reset time and the workout as well. We can set the difficulty level of the exercises according to our ability. If we really have a good diet and an app like this, then we can really achieve a good physique. It is simple and free and no instruments required.


5. Ridlr by Birds Eye System (Travel & Local)


It is one of the best travel app which you can definitely use if you are in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Ridlr app has support from public as well as private transport companies in the state. You can know every details regarding a Bus, Metro and Rail. We can have the real time data of arrival and departure as well as book tickets and recharge travel cards. The best thing is that you can get real time traffic data which saves a lot of time. Parking information is also available through this app. Through GPS, nearby stops can also be located.


6. Learn Programming by Jan Tursky (Education)


If you are a code creator then you should install this app as this app has more than 30 programming languages in it. We can have interview questions, tutorials, documentation, source code of any language we want. Some of the major languages include .Net, java, Html5, C, C#, Hadoop, linux, php and many more. It is like a digital textbook of software languages. We can even write codes on the built in IDE and test it to find out the mistakes. It is built on a material design. Comparing other apps like Udacity and SoloLearn , this app is free to use and does not require internet.


7. Birthdays for Android by Open me (Social)


In these busy days, it is difficult to remember everyone’s birthday but ‘birthdays for android’ helps us in doing that. The main feature is that it syncs with our Facebook account and transfers the birthday list to the app which reminds us through daily notification or widget and we never forget to wish any friend. We can also save anniversaries and important event, set remainder for the next birthday, see the zodiac sign of a person and even send gift cards. The data will never be lost and can be transferred from one device to another. The person’s age is also visible with the birthday date.


8. BatterySaver System Shortcut by Florian Draschbacher (Tools)

This app helps in saving the battery by switching on the battery save mode in just a click. It is better than the DU battery and cheetah’s battery doctor as the size of the app is just 45Kbs and does not use much resources in the phone. It is free and no rooting is required. A toggle shortcut is created on the home screen from where we can launch the battery saver mode whenever we want instead of taking a long route through the system settings. It works only on android 5.0 lollipop and above. It is a must app for every smartphone which eats out a lot of battery power.


9. Bluetooth App Sender by Lucky Developer (Productivity)


This app helps in sending any kind of app from one device to another through Bluetooth technology as the name suggests. It is very easy to use, we just have to select the app and then send button and then the recipient. Not only through Bluetooth but with Dropbox, E-mail, Social networking sites like Whatsapp also we can share apps. The apps apk file is send to the other device with this app. In the app list we can see a long range of apps from the inbuilt system apps to the apps we have installed from the play store. It works like ‘share it’ app but is less complicated to use.


10. Unclouded-CloudManager by Christian Gollner (Productivity)


Unclouded is an app that help you in managing multiple cloud accounts that you have. Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive, Box and Mega – these are the accounts that will be linked to the Unclouded app and we will get every details from storage spaces to duplicate files in the various account. We can see which files are using maximum space, know the various categories like image, video, documents etc. We can also see the most recently added files in Last modified section. This a must needed app as it helps in managing our most important cloud documents.

These are some of the unknown efficient apps that available in the market. Hope you liked the apps mentioned above and if you have any other less known apps , mention in the comments below or at http://julinjames.bloggspot.com.