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It's been ten years since Android was announced, and what a decade it's been.
But there's never been a better time to jump on board, as the Google Play store has exploded in recent years, with a proliferation of apps that can cater to your every need.The problem is: there are just too many of them, even with Editor's Picks, Featured and Best Selling, Top Paid and Top Free categories there to help.There are things you can do to filter the winners from the wannabes.
Google builds a list of apps it recommends for you based on your previous downloads, so that's often a good place to start.You can also filter by new releases if you just want to see the latest things to hit the store.
Or, if you want something similar to an app you already have, search for that app and see what comes up.And of course using user reviews and ratings is an essential part of ensuring the apps you download are high quality.
But the easiest (and best) way to find top quality apps is to have someone else do the searching for you.What's the best phone of 2018 Check out our video countdown below!And that's why we made this list.
Like you we want the best apps for our Android phones.
The apps that are going to revolutionize functionality or, at the very least, offer something so great that it becomes one of the must-have apps that has to be downloaded whenever you get a new handset.The following apps will be constantly updated and are a mixture of paid and free ones that have been chosen by our Android experts.
So, even if you do dip into actual cash for one of these apps, you are safe in the knowledge that it is a worthwhile purchase.New this week: Lens DistortionsFree + US$0.99/£0.99 monthly subscription“The best effects are the ones no one knows you added.” So says the intro video to Lens Distortions, and it has a point.Rather than flashy, gimmicky effects and photo filters, Lens Distortions has a selection of natural, true to life ones that look like they could have been captured by the camera itself.These include sunlight, rain, snow and fog effects, so tend to be most suited to outdoor shots, but they look convincing and there’s a selection of different looks in each category.Once you’ve applied a filter you can tweak it by adjusting the brightness, saturation, contrast and more, and add extra layers so you can apply more than one filter at a time.The interface is slick and intuitive, and your edited photos can be saved to your phone or shared with various social media and cloud storage apps.You get 40 filters for free at time of writing, but for a $0.99/£0.99 monthly subscription you can unlock additional filter packs and 215 premium filters.
As a one-off purchase it would have been easy to recommend, but as a subscription it’s probably only worth it if you find yourself using Lens Distortions a lot.
Either way though the free version is well worth a download.521573394d628f7fc0bcf42f8baeed13.jpg#
