App developers are pushing the envelope on a daily basis trying to improve and enhance our smartphone and tablet experiences. In fact, so many Android apps come out every day that it's difficult to keep track of them all. It's difficult to usurp the best of the best but if you're getting bored with what you've got and want to try something new, check out the best new Android apps from the last month! You can watch the videos from past months by clicking here! You can check out our selections for the best Android apps from 2018 in the video above!
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Apex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
Language Navi is an interesting, niche app. It lets users translate foreign languages inside of the app without any additional help. It uses OCR technology to recognize such languages and then translates them for you. It works in most types of apps, including messaging apps, social media, and others. Most apps with translation (Facebook, Twitter, Google Translate) work quite well, but they don't work everywhere. This app is still very much in development and it doesn't work in all instances. For instance, computer generated subtitles in YouTube videos don't work in Language Navi. Still, it's an interesting idea with a lot of promise, especially for people who speak multiple languages.
Memoria Photo Gallery is a rare new photo gallery without a ton of unnecessary extras. The app features quick loading, smooth animations, and an above average Material Design UI. You can easily browse your various galleries, zoom into photos, customize your experience with stuff like themes, and more. It also comes with an encrypted vault for private photos or you can hide whole albums if you want to. This is one of the cleanest gallery apps we've ever seen with a gallery vault so that's a real good thing. The app is free with ads. You can buy the premium version as a separate app that adds a couple of features and removes the ads.
Mint Browser is a new light browser from Xiaomi. The app boasts quick animations, fast load times, and a lighter experience with less bloat. Its features include a smaller APK size for those with lower end devices, a voice search function, and your usual browser functions like incognito mode, a reading mode, and a mobile data saver option. It won't replace Chrome or Firefox for folks fully ingrained in those browsers. However, those looking for something light and quick may like this one. It's completely free with no in-app purchases or ads. It does have the occasional bug, but it is new so we kind of expect that.
MiXplorer Silver is a rare new file manager actually worth talking about. It's a bundle of MiXplorer file manager along with Archiver, SMB2, and Tagger (all by the same developer). It's a highly functional file browser that lets you do all of the usual stuff. That includes an HTML viewer, the ability to unpack almost any type of archive file, cloud storage support, basic stuff like copy and move, root access, and more. You can even use as an EPub reader and a PDF reader if you really want to. It's an excellent all-in-one solution. There's a single price tag with no additional subscriptions, in-app purchases, or ads.
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National Geographic launched a new app in January 2019. The app is decent. You have access to a bunch of content, including video snippets, articles, and a bunch of informational pieces. It also includes a clean UI, a bunch of photos, and simple navigation. The app also gives access to National Geographic magazine. There is a search function for searching older issues dating back to the late 1800's (not a typo). The search function could be better, but it's useful enough for now. We expect improvements as time goes. The in-app subscriptions are for the magazine itself. The rest of the app is free.
RedPapers is a niche customization app that we actually kind of liked. It automatically sets wallpapers at regular intervals from the subreddit of your choice. The developer recommends a few, including r/wallpapers, r/earthporn, r/skyporn, r/space, r/art, and r/mostbeautiful. The app service scans that subreddit and puts one of the images on your screen automatically. It's a nice way to go if you like consistently revolving wallpapers and you want a service that does it automatically. The UI won't win any awards and the settings may take a second to get used to, but those are our only real complaints.
Remote Fingerprint Unlock is a unique security app. It lets you unlock your Windows PC with the fingerprint scanner on your phone. It requires quite the complicated setup comparatively speaking. You need the right stuff installed on your PC as well as this app on your mobile device. Thankfully, the developer has the links for everything in the Google Play Store. Once you set it up, your computer will ask for credentials and you can answer with a fingerprint scan. The free version works as advertised. Meanwhile, the premium version removes ads, lets you add multiple computers, multiple accounts per computer, and a few extra customization features.
Shine is a newer meditation app with a focus on self-care. The app operates mostly as a chat bot of sorts. You get daily reminders to be grateful for stuff and recommendations for things like meditation music and other such things. The app also has a healthy supply of articles for things like self care, productivity, burn out, creativity, motivation, reducing stress, and other such things. It definitely needs some work, but it has a lot of potential. There is an optional subscription that adds some additional features, including full access to the website version as well. It's not terrible if you're into this kind of stuff, but we'd like to see it improve over time.
Super Bowl LIII Fan Mobile Pass is the official app for this year's Super Bowl by the NFL. It's mostly for people actually going to the Super Bowl. It has things like event schedules, instructions on how to collect badges for those events, and a map of the area so you can find your way around. There are some things for people who aren't going, including the time for the game itself, photo and video content, and some other stuff. It's a companion app for sure and it'll be useless after the big game. However, until then, football fans may find a use for it.
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