Best Free Android Apps

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.
	Kodi is an award winning media center.
	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.
	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.

Utilities
	ZArchiver is an archive management tool.
	Cx File Explorer is a powerful file manager with an easy to configure network support function.
	PDF Viewer Lite is a lot more than just a PDF viewer.
	KeePassDX is a password manager to help you manage passwords in a secure way.
	Termux is a capable terminal emulator and an extremely useful Linux environment.
	CPU-Z is an Android version of the popular CPU identification tool.
	Joplin is a popular note taking and to-do application.
	Orgzly is an outstanding outliner. It’s the perfect app for making notes and managing tasks.
	Pure Writer is a plain text editor which helps the writer focus on writing content.

Science
	Google Earth lets you discover the world in depth.
	SkyWiki puts astronomy at your fingertips.
	OpenWeather offers a simple way to access the latest weather forecast from your Android device.

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.

Games
	Beach Buggy Racing 2 is a 3D off-road kart racing game.
	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.

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.

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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.