1. myWalls
MyWalls is a wallpaper app supported by Android 4.4 and above. It has a jaw-dropping collection of high-resolution backdrops and wallpapers. This app curates the best wallpapers from Unsplash and what’s more, the collection is refreshed every day or two.
The app is free at the Play Store, however, you can choose to make a donation which is as low as INR 35 ($0.54) or as high as INR 110 ($1.7).
2. Look Up – A Pop Up Dictionary
As suggestive of its name, Look Up is a dictionary meant for use in offline mode and proves to be immensely helpful for online research. All you have to do is select the word, tap on the three-dot menu and tap Look-up. Bam, the literal meaning of the word will be displayed right away, along with the pronunciation.
3. Privacy Screen Guard & Filter
Tired of your neighbors peeking into your phone while you are chatting? This super annoying habit of our traveling companions can be quickly fixed through an app which goes by the name of Privacy Screen Guard & Filter. It overlays a dark screen over the display, with only a tiny inch of the screen visible.
The overlay can be simply switched on/off through the arrow button. And if it can’t get any better, the shape can also be switched to a circular one.
4. Pocket Sense
Pocket Sense is a security app with a unique functionality. As it name suggests, it will make sense of its surroundings when it’s in your pocket, and if by any chance it’s lifted out, it will sound an alarm. This app makes use of the phone’s accelerometer to catch the thief.
And if you want to take it a notch above, there’s the motion sense mode which will alert you even if there’s the tiniest movement sensed by the sensors.
5. InstaSwipe
Surely, with Instagram updating its features, you can easily upload multiple photos in a single post. Yet, if you want to impress your followers with the impressive panorama that you just clicked, then sadly, it can’t be done. But what if you can you could divide your panorama, upload it and yet it looks like one? Say Hi to InstaSwipe.
6. Notifications in Bubble
Remember the floating chat heads of FB Messenger? A lot of apps tried to mimic the action for a number of messaging services (Remember, FlyChat?). And the latest in the rat race is an which goes by the name of Notifications in bubble. Its job is a simple one — it would take notifications from the apps and present to you in the form of a bubble. You, on the other hand, need not take the trouble of opening an app every time a notification comes.
7. Night Screen
Surely, we all know that a bright screen in a dark environment or a dark screen in a well-lit room can be the perfect recipe for eye-strain. The built-in night mode can help you in such scenarios, but what if you want to lower the brightness even more than the system allowed threshold? Night Screen is the answer to the above question. It creates an overlay on top of your screen, and in the process shielding your eyes from the offending light. Overall, it’s simple, easy to use and very effective tool to have.
8. Cursor Control
Text browsing can be a tad annoying at times, especially on phones with smaller displays. The cursor lands in all the places, but the places of your choice. Though keyboards like Gboard and SwiftKey have the answer, but then, not everyone uses these apps. If you are one among them say Hi to Cursor Control.
It lets you move your cursor with the pressing of the volume keys. Either it can be enabled for all the apps or a few can be chosen manually. Cursor Control needs accessibility permissions to work.
9. Pixbars: Energy Bar
Looking for a pixel bar display for the battery or the processor in your status bar? Pixbars is the answer to it. It creates an overlay at the top of the screen to show the progress or the decline of battery juice or Wi-Fi signal.
You can choose to have an indicator too along with the pixel line display. Plus, the of the pixel bar and its thickness can be customized as per your wishes. Moreover, the refresh rate is set at 1000 ms by default, and if you don’t want instant updates on the life of the battery or the strength of the Wi-Fi, you can have it decreased.
The free version lets you have only one bar enabled at a time, however, the updated version lets you have more than one display at your status bar. The colorful pixbar along with zero ads makes this a must have application.
10. Decision Crafting
Have you ever been plagued by decisions that you can’t take? It may be as simple as choosing the restaurant for your dinner date or something as serious as selecting the place for your vacation (yep, that’s serious for me!). Decision Crafting is the app that raises to the occasion and helps you take the right decision by weighing the pros and cons.
Of course, it requires a lot of manual work, but then, if you aren’t able to arrive at a decision then you can call it your next best friend.
Try ’em Out!
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