Llama – Location Profiles A handy automation utility, less versatile than Tasker, but free.
NFC Task Launcher Lets you use NFC tags and stickers to control your phone, put it on silent mode when you put it on the bed stand, and more.
Sanity Filters calls, announces callers via audio, records calls, and can even automatically answer calls.
Shush! Ringer Restorer An application that lets you silecen your phone for a set time, and then un-silences it.
Silent Time Pro Silences the phone according to a weekly schedule, in case you find Tasker too complex. $1.99
Tasker The ultimate automation utility — some people buy an Android device just to use it. $6.49
eBuddy Messenger A chat client for multiple networks, including MSN, Facebook, and more.
chompSMS An alternative SMS application with its own optional SMS service for cheaper rates
Go SMS Pro A fancy replacement for the built-in SMS utility, with theme support.
imo.im An IM client for Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, Myspace. Woah.
Postman: SMS Spam Blocker A simple, powerful way to filter spam text messages. Helps tune out the noise.
Skype It’s bloated, it’s quirky, but it’s Skype. Absolutely essential for long-distance calls.
SMS Popup If you don’t use Go SMS Pro, install SMS Popup to instantly see new SMSes.
Viber : Free Calls & MessagesA VoIP client that lets you call and text other users for free, worldwide. Very popular.
Xabber A simple chat client for XMPP (Jabber) networks like Google Talk, Facebook chat, and more.
AnkiDroid flashcards Memorize information efficiently while on the go with Anki’s smart algorithm.
TED Air Provides a way to watch TED talks on your device. Get smarter on the go.
Wapedia Wikipedia’s mobile website is good. Wapedia is better. Also supports other wikis.
WolframAlpha Amaze your friends with crazy facts and figures. How much sodium is in a banana? $1.99
Aldiko Book Reader A customizable book reader which also lets you purchase books from within the app.
Moon+ Reader An very customizable ebook reader with full-screen support, rich gestures, and lots more.
Beautiful Widgets Check out the weather or the time in style with these huge, gorgeous widgets. $1.99
Embiggen Display short messages in huge, full-screen text that can be clearly read from meters away.
Pattern Wallpapers A collection of beautiful, soothing pattern wallpapers. They say there are over a million of them.
WeatherBug Check out the weather everywhere in the world in excruciating detail, synoptic maps and all.
WP Clock A huge, in-your-face, live wallpaper with the time, date, battery and Wi-Fi network.
3D Weather Widget A large time/weather widget, similar to HTC Sense or Beautiful Widgets, but free.
Endomondo Social sports training. Compete against your friends, get real-time feedback.
Sleep As Android An alarm clock that uses motion sensing to monitor the quality of your sleep.
Libra – Weight Manager Log your weight. An essential part of my morning routine. Syncs with DailyBurn and Withings.
RunKeeper Fantastic guided fitness training, with a powerful website. Not just for running.
JEFIT Massively popular weight training and bodybuilding app, with a workout planner, workout logs and a companion website.
Gesture Search Draw letters on the screen, and it finds the app you want to launch. By Google.
SwipePad Launch your favorite apps in a flash, from any app. Transformed my Android experience — a must-have.
MX Player A do-it-all video player with zooming, multi-core decoding, and more.
doubleTwist Player Sync your Android device with iTunes. Requires free Windows/Mac companion app.
PlayerPro A powerful, skinnable audio player with advanced filtering capabilities. Pricey. $4.99
Shazam Competes with SoundHound. Tries to figure out what music is playing in the background.
Winamp The classic audio player for llama lovers comes to Android. Free and awesome.
PowerAMP A powerful audio player, supports multiple formats, downloads missing album art, and much more.
TuneIn Radio Listen to radio stations from all over the world; a great way to discover new music.
NodeBeat Create beautiful soundscapes with this visual musical instrument; great for jamming.
PicsArt – Photo Studio A lovely, simple, photo editor with effects and clipart.
Instagram Oh, just a little phothography app you may have heard of. Owned by Facebook, installed over 50 million times.
Snapseed An amazing photo editor with tight Google+ integration and gorgeous effects.
Vignette A powerful, menu-driven camera app with lots of manual control options, 84 effects and 59 optional frames.
TouchDown for SmartphonesFor corporate types: Syncs contacts, email, and calendar with Exchange.
Out of Milk Shopping List An easy to use shopping list app that can double as a to-do list.
Astrid Task A to-do list manager that syncs with Google Tasks and Producteev.com.
Barcode Scanner Makes sense of those square squiggles everybody’s pointing their phones at.
Call Log Calendar Free Saves calls and SMSes on to Google Calendar, optionally with location info. Great for billing clients.
Catch Notes A fast notes application for text, voice, images and locations. Syncs with catch.com.
Diaro – personal diary A powerful and easy-to-use personal diary app, with tags, categories, and an online companion website.
Dropbox The official app. Doesn’t support continuous sync, but allows access to your files when you need it.
DropSpace Uploads files from SD onto Dropbox whenever they change. Backup to the cloud.
Evernote The do-it-all notes application. If you use Evernote on Windows/Mac, this is a must-have.
Flick Note A full-featured notes app with real-time Simplenote sync, tags, and more.
Habit Streak Pro A fantastic way to keep track of daily habits using Seinfeld’s chain method. There’s a free version, too, but Pro is worth $3.
Ovo Timer A super-slick and elegant timer app, with simple, one-handed operation and speech recognition.
ShopSavvy Barcode ScannerScan barcodes on store products and compare prices on the go.
Simple Notepad A beautifully simple, powerful notepad app. Supports Dropbox sync, and is a joy to use otherwise.
Taskos A powerful to-do list manager with Google Tasks sync, customized categories, repeating tasks, and more.
Waze A crowd-sourced GPS app, aware of traffic conditions. For drivers only (not pedestrians).
App Protector Pro Selectively block access to certain applications. Can toggle locking as needed. $1.99
KeePassDroid If you use KeePass on the PC, this is a must-have. Manage your passwords with absolute security.
Press A Google Reader client inspired by Reeder for iOS. Beautiful and classy. $2
RedReader Beta A powerful, lightweight, and currently free Reddit client. Requires few permissions.
Falcon Pro A gorgeous Twitter client with sliding side panels and a slick interface. $1
GetGlue A social recommendation engine for books, movies, and more. Available on the Web too.
HootSuite A single app for Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. The mobile companion for HootSuite.com
Seesmic Supports multiple Twitter accounts, as well as Facebook and Buzz. Features fast shortcuts.
UberSocial for Twitter A powerful, customizable Twitter client. Used to be known as Twitdroid.
Plume A Twitter client with a multi-column mode for tablets and extra-shiny graphics.
Twicca A beautiful, minimalistic Twitter client. Multiple accounts are “experimental”.
Nimbuzz A
text messaging and VoIP app which supports importing friends from
multiple networks, and has a desktop companion for Mac and Windows.
AirDroid Lets you manage your phone without touching it, from the comfort of a browser.
Lux Auto Brightness – FreeAutomatic brightness settings as they should have been in the first place. Powerful and customizable.
Minimalistic Text Lets you create stylish text widgets showing time and system data.
Elixir 2 A powerful way to toggle phone settings and get system information. Has a widget and status bar module, too.
ES File Explorer A powerful file manager. Supports cloud storage, FTP, and of course, managing your device’s local files.
File Expert A powerful file manager with a built-in FTP/HTTP server, SMB client and more.
Hola Accelerator & UnblockerUnblocks geographically restricted or censored websites so you can enjoy them from anywhere in the world.
ROM Manager Download ROMs and flash your device seamlessly. Requires root access.
SlideIT Soft Keyboard A fantastic sliding keyboard, supports Colemak, Hebrew, and many other layouts.
SwiftKey 3 A powerful keyboard with predictive text abilities. It knows what you’re going to type next. $1
Titanium Backup The must-have backup utility. Saved me numerous times. Rooted devices only.
WiFi Analyzer Use your phone to see in-depth info on all WiFi networks in range, and configure your own network for best connectivity.
Pocket Mark things to read and watch later on the PC, then read and watch them with this app while on the go.
YouTube Remote Control YouTube on any computer or Internet TV with this free app from Google.
mVideoPlayer A powerful video player with subtitle support and built-in IMDB search.
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