We’re compiling the best free Android apps you can download today, so you can find exactly the best apps without spending an inordinate amount of time exploring the Google Play Store.
There are apps for everything you can imagine, and many of them on the Google Play Store are free to download and use. While there’s a large range to choose from, only some are quality apps. And most free apps in the Google Play Store don’t meet our eligibility criteria. The ones featured here are the cream of the crop!
Given that finding apps that meant our high standards can be difficult, we hope you appreciate this series.
This is a new series with apps being added on a regular basis.
Multimedia
VLC is a fairly complete port of VLC media player supporting a huge range of formats.
Musicolet is an offline music player sporting an extremely stylish interface.
foobar2000 is an advanced music player with DNLA support.
Podcast Guru is an amazing podcast player with a sublime interface.
Shazam identifies music, movies, advertising, and more, from a short sample.
Radioplayer lets you listen to hundreds of UK radio stations.
Voice Audiobook Player is a simple to use audiobook player. The app sports a good range of features including bookmarks and configurable playback speed.
Skywave Schedules is a shortwave radio listing guide and lets you listen live to remote receivers.
Internet & Networking
Tor Browser lets you stay safe while surfing the web.
WhatsApp is a hugely popular messaging application with more than 1 billion users.
Discord lets you communicate directly via voice, video, or text.
Gmail is an easy-to-use email app for both Gmail and non-Gmail addresses.
Feeder is a RSS Feed Reader which doesn't track your activities.
JuiceSSH is an all in one terminal client including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.
Remote Desktop lets you work with Windows apps and desktops directly from your Android device or Chromebook.
Tusky is a well designed Mastodon client that works seamlessly. Mastodon is a social network.
Data Wing is a story-driven, racing adventure with an immersive soundtrack.
DroidFish is a very strong chess playing software sporting an attractive interface with stylish pieces.
Vector Pinball is a fun pinball game sporting simple vector graphics.
SudoQ is a sublime implementation of the classic Sudoku logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest for the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.
Freeciv is an empire-building strategy game. It's a clone of the classic Civilization.
OpenTTD is a reimplementation of the Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe” with lots of new features and enhancements.
Maps & Navigation
what3words is an app to ensure you never get lost again when you're out and about. It offers lots of use cases.
Education
GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.
AnkiDroid is a simple to use flashcard app. It has a great feature set including spaced repetition, text-to-speech integration, and the ability to sync with AnkiWeb.
Sugarizer is a learning platform. It's an implementation of the Sugar Learning Platform offering a whole raft of educational activities.
If you have any suggestions for other apps that meet the eligibility criteria below, drop us an email at android@NOSPAMlinuxlinks.com. Remember to remove the NOSPAM.
For an Android app to be awarded our love, it must satisfy the following criteria:
High quality with a good set of features, stable in operation and mature software;
No charge to use the app;
No intrusive ads in the program;
Open source and proprietary software can be included;
Apps where additional functionality is available for a payment can be included where appropriate.
