A premium subscription removes advertising from the app, allows for playlist downloading, and provides higher quality streaming on Wi-Fi connections. Users can check out curated playlists or create their own, and they can stream music through AirPlay, Chromecast, or Sonos, as well as download music for offline play.
Deezer Android , iOS is another popular music streaming option, with users able to stream an unlimited amount of ad-supported music on their desktop or tablet.
On smartphones, users can access Deezer's signature Flow, a personalized stream of music that adapts to the songs you like and suggests artists and albums that are similar to your preferences. Premium subscription plans remove advertising, improve the audio quality of tracks, and allow users to download songs for offline listening away from Wi-Fi or mobile networks.
Pandora Android , iOS has been providing personalized online radio for years, and while it's no longer as dominant as it once was, it's still a solid choice for users looking to stream music straight to their tablet or smartphone.
This free app allows you to create stations based on your favorite artists, with users able to stream an unlimited amount of ad-supported music every month. Users who sign up for the paid Pandora Plus get unlimited skips, replays, and the ability to download stations for offline listening, while the slightly pricier Pandora Premium removes advertising and more options. There's a downloads market feature as well. The iOS app allows users to stream CD quality classical tracks to their iPhones, with search functions for different recordings of the same work.
You can also filter searches by soloist, album, composer, orchestra or music label. You can save albums for offline listening, create custom playlists, or check out curated playlists by the Primephonic team. If you're worried about blowing through your mobile data cap, you can opt to stream in MP3 format instead.
If concert performances are more your thing, then check out the Stingray Qello app Android , iOS , which lets you stream concert recordings from a vast array of artists, including Queen, The Rolling Stones and Coldplay. Besides concerts, you can check out concert films, documentaries and episodes of live music shows such as MTV Unplugged.
The free tier of the app includes one or more free tracks from each show, plus channels of concert moments and highlights and a selection of free concerts. If you're looking for an app that combines the spontaneity of radio with the convenience of smartphones, iHeartRadio Android , iOS deserves a spot on your device. This free app allows you to tune in to tons of local stations, as well custom-built ones that deliver tunes based on your listening habits.
Premium subscriptions allow you to save and replay tracks, create unlimited playlists, and download music for listening offline. While you already get a good selection of features for free, a PicsArt Gold premium subscription provides a wider array of tools along with more filters and fonts and video editing; the subscription also removes ads. Download: PicsArt Photo Editor. Whisk can bring order to your kitchen and meal planning without costing you a dime. The recipe organizer lets you pull recipes from the web or other cooking apps, adjusting ingredients and serving sizes to your specification.
Then, just one button converts that recipe into a shopping list that you can use for in-store or online grocery shopping. In addition to recipe management and grocery shopping features, Whisk also boasts a community of home cooks who can share recipes that inspire you to try new meals.
And a meal planning feature lets you plot out what you'll be serving all week long. That's a lot of features to pack into one of the best free Android apps we've seen. Download: Whisk. Woebot channels chatbot technology for good, building on proven principles and techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy CBT , mindfulness, and dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotional self-care and help you process difficult emotions and life events.
Don't confuse Woebot with a good — and human — therapist. Instead, the app aims to help you self-assess your state of mind, checking in with you regularly and helping you practice mindfulness exercises to try to help center yourself and improve your mental and emotional well-being. Download: Woebot. Because Transit is a fantastic aid to your commute, it earns a spot on any list of the best free Android apps. Transit helps you plan out the fastest public transport routes to your destination. The app provides routes that combine numerous transportation methods — such as trains, buses, and bike sharing — while also factoring in short walks to each stop and wait times.
Transit can provide real-time data on arrival times of your bus or train, compare routes, step-by-step navigation, and notifications for service line disruptions. You can even book an Uber or reserve a car2go from within the app if public transport has failed you.
Download: Transit. Initially designed as a hub app for Google's Chromecast device, Google Home has since grown into a handy smart appliance command center, offering compatibility with devices like the Google Home smart speaker, as well as smart lights, internet-connected thermostats, home security devices, smart plugs, and more.
We've got a complete look at the best Google Home-compatible devices. Rather than having to continually shuffle between dozens of device-specific apps, you can turn the Google Home app into an all-in-one command center and a true central hub for your smart home.
Download: Google Home. While your Android phone probably has some support for the basics of opening and viewing PDF files, if you want anything more capable, you'll want a dedicated PDF reader app, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. The mobile version of Acrobat Reader is a capable reader, with configurable view modes, support for page search, cloud storage, bookmarks and tables of contents.
It also includes annotation features for your marginal notes, comments, and even digital signatures. You can also check out our picks for the best free PDF editors if you need to make more substantive changes.
In-app purchases and subscriptions unlock professional and productivity-oriented features. Download: Adobe Acrobat Reader. From comics to ebooks, this app can handle it all. It's especially great if you run a calibre server in your home.
You have the ability to set font styles and sizes, backgrounds and spacing, while also tweaking paging modes, autoscroll and the view mode to your liking.
Born from Microsoft's acquisition of Wunderlist, Microsoft To Do is a smart, no-nonsense to-do list app that presents a sleek and distraction-free interface, while intelligently suggesting tasks based on long-term patterns, upcoming deadlines, or stuff that you weren't able to see to in the past days. Users can keep task descriptions simple, or add detailed descriptions, color codes, categories, and more. While the app is free, cross-platform, and works perfectly fine on its own, it also plays well with the rest of Microsoft's Office suite of productivity tools.
Download: Microsoft To Do. The free version of the app features a band graphics equalizer and a number of playback features including crossfading, playback control, and automatic gain control. JetAudio supports a wide variety of formats including. In fact, this free version isn't just one of the best Android apps, it's also one of the best Android music players available.
Adobe Photoshop Sketch is a free app that provides users with a set of expressive drawing tools. Users can choose from utilities that mimic a graphite pencil, ink pen or marker. Clue Period Tracker is a useful mobile addition to the tech-savvy woman's reproductive health toolkit. The app serves as an all-in-one period tracker, allowing you to record period dates, flow heaviness, and menstrual products used; you also can log other factors such as sexual activity, birth control use, cervical fluid, and more.
With that info, the app provides in-depth info about the menstrual cycle, complete with references. Clue also includes a learning algorithm that can help predict your period cycles, PMS, and related fertility data. Find great shows to stream, podcasts to listen to and things to read with the help of these Android apps. Your Android phone is a fine device for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks , and if you know where to go, you don't even need to pay a cent to do so.
Libby works with your local library to provide a digital media management platform for borrowing and returning ebooks and audiobooks.
Just sign in and connect your library card. After that, you can browse your local library's digital offerings. Libby lets you use multiple library cards, sample books, download or stream content, tag titles, and sync data across devices. The Play Store contains a lot of podcast apps, but the best one by far is Pocket Casts.
A long-time player in this game, Pocket Casts has helped get people into podcasts over the course of its lifespan. It sports an attractive design, tons of ways to listen, several playback options, cloud syncing, auto-download, and much more. If you're hooked on podcasts, this app is for you. Android isn't exactly hurting for good podcast managers , but when it comes excellent free options, Xavier Guillemane's Podcast Addict is a great choice.
It covers the basics with automatic episode updates and downloads, as well as automatic deletion features to save space, variable speed playback, silence skip, volume boosting, a sleep timer and other neat features. A podcast search tool allows you to quickly find individual episodes or search through a variety of databases for new podcasts and trending shows.
In addition, the app also supports video podcasts, YouTube channels, audiobooks, streaming radio and other media sources. Finding an online TV show or movie to stream used to be simple: go to Netflix for almost everything.
But as streaming market becomes more competitive and producers and networks scramble for exclusives to make their own streaming service stand out, it can be a pain keeping track of where to go to watch a particular show or movie series. Enter JustWatch , a service that keeps track of the latest offerings from 37 different streaming services, showing you where and when to watch a particular TV show, covering big names like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, and Amazon Prime Video.
You can search for a particular series or browse through what's new. The app also offers latest movie trailers and showtimes, complete with one-click Fandango bookings for your local cineplex.
There's life beyond the now dead Google Play Music. Check out the top Android music apps to add a little melody to your Android phone. Turn to Poweramp if you need an Android music player that can support a wide variety of audio formats, while also offering premium features like a band graphic equalizer and support lyrics.
The app also includes a tag editor, fast library searching, home and lock screen widgets. It's well worth price for music lovers. Users can check out curated playlists or create their own, and they can stream music through Chromecast or Sonos, as well as download music for offline play.
A good Android camera app can give you more control over the pictures you take or add terrific effects to what you've already shot. And the art apps available at Google Play can unleash your creative side. For a feature-packed alternative to the built-in camera app on your Android phone, try Pixtica.
You'll find many shooting features and camera controls in a single package. I was able to download videos directly from Google Drive and start editing them on the phone. PowerDirector offers a familiar timeline interface, where you can combine videos and add multiple special effects, still images, audio, voiceovers, speed adjustments, music and more.
But because of the multitude of features, it takes a bit of tapping around to figure out the interface. After saving your video, you can output at up to 4K resolution and share on social media networks. Be sure to check the specs to make sure that the app will work optimally with your device.
Premium features and content such as full-HD production, watermark removal, ad removal and content packs are available free for seven days and thereafter via subscription. Adobe Premiere Rush — a cross-media, all-in-one app that links desktop with mobile — offers pro-level features specifically designed to quickly get your video out in front of as many eyeballs as possible.
With Rush, everything is saved to the cloud. You can start an edit on your phone or on your desktop and pick it up later on your iPad, or vice versa. Rush packs professionally designed motion graphics templates, letting you change color, size and fonts; more options are available on Adobe Stock.
Premiere Rush operates via drag and drop for handling photos and videos on the timeline. On the iPad, the app supports pinch-to-zoom multitouch gestures. A clip-editing menu occupies the lower left of the screen and refinement tools appear in menus at the upper right.
Check it out first with a free Starter Plan. Here are the system requirements. You no longer need a GoPro if you want to use the company's video editing app. GoPro Quik lets you import any photos or videos shot on your smartphone, and can quickly compile them into a short movie, complete with a soundtrack.
GoPro Quik also lets you edit each image or movie for color, filters, and more, and you can select the background music of your choice. You can also make sections of video faster or slower, take screen grabs, and then share everything with others. With your video assembled, you can add text, still images, voice recordings and music from your iTunes library, or record your own narrative.
Slider controls for contrast, vibrance and saturation give your videos a professional look, alongside a library of sound effects and transitions. Some basic effects and filters are free, but many are available only via in-app purchases.
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