20+ Best Android Apps & Games: February 2013
by Antonio Wells
Mar 4, 2013 4:47 PM –
Check out some of the best Android apps & Android game recommendations of the month. Watch the vid and get to downloading these gems we’ve curated in February 2013. We delve into best recommended app collections like; productivity, photo editing,, trick out your Droid, even those damn addictive 4 pic 1 word games. They all are vetted for superior quality and we only list apps & games rated 4.0 and higher out of a 5.0 star scale. Download or buy these top apps with convenient one-click tools below:
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Best Android apps reviewed February 1, 2013 – February 28, 2013.
Apps
Games
Productivity
Simple Organizer Pro - a to do task list, notes and events app all in one
Free, (Sale ~$1.53) Regular ~$3.20
Simple Organizer Pro is a multifaceted organizer app that incorporates notes, tasks, events, calendar and agenda. Despite its range of features, it maintains a simplistic user interface that’s easy to use and intuitive. If you’re someone who like to stay organised but use several apps where perhaps one could suffice, this is the app for you. Price: Free or ~$3.20 for the Pro version
n'4get Reminder Pro - never forget an appointment with this app
Free, $1.49
What are you like at remembering important dates? If you’ve ever forgotten a birthday (or only remembered thanks to a Facebook notification!), or an anniversary, an important appointment, bill payment or even a TV program you wanted to watch, n’4get Reminder might just be the app you need! Price: Free or $1.49
Wunderlist - To-do & Task List. Simplicity & beauty meets productivity (Download)
Free
Wunderlist – To-do & Task List is a super powerful to-do app with plenty of functionality. The service offers multiple to-lists, sharing and collaboration, cloud syncing, note-taking and reminders. All this functionality is wrapped in a smooth user interface that’s incredibly simple to use. If your to-do app is a bit lacking for your needs, this might well be worth checking out. Price: Free
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Personalization
Smart Launcher - customize your Android with simple, clean & functional launcher
Free, ~$3.59
Smart Launcher is a simple, clean and intuitive homescreen replacement app for Android. The most striking thing about Smart Launcher is just how simple it makes using you Android. So, whether you want to cut away a lot of the nuances of your native launcher you have no use for or just want to make your experience as streamlined as possible, this is worth a look. Price: Free or ~$3.59 for the Pro version
Full Screen Caller ID PRO - how to customize your caller ID with contact's full picture!
Free, ~$1.28
Full Screen Caller ID PRO is an app that does exactly what you would expect it to; that is, making sure that when someone calls you, or you call them, their image is displayed properly- and in full HD where possible- instead of the often grainy low-resolution images you usually get. However, it also does so much more than this, so read on for the lowdown. Price: Free, ~$1.28
My Soda Clock Live Wallpaper - customize your Android with themed clocks
Free, $0.99
My Soda Clock Live Wallpaper is a customisable live wallpaper application that displays a themed clock on your Android homescreen. Live wallpaper clocks can be very useful in that there is no homescreen space taken up with widgets etc. The app comes with a flurry of cool themes and animation options. Price: Free or $0.99 for the full version
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Social
Carbon for Twitter - try the slick new Twitter app on the block
Free
Carbon for Twitter is, perhaps obviously, a Twitter client for Android. It was a much talked-about and hyped app which demonstrated a beautifully smooth user interface and some intuitive ways of navigating. After missing its originally promised release deadline, it seemed to disappear from the spectrum. Instead, busy Tweeters still keen for something new devoured apps like Falcon and Slices and Carbon was all but forgotten. However, Carbon for Twitter has now arrived and quite frankly looks rather beautiful. Now we can play with it ourselves, the question has to be asked- Is this just a superficial beauty or does it have all the bells and whistles it will require to usurp your primary Twitter app? Let’s see… Price: Free
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Security & Antivirus
Dropcam HD - wireless security monitoring camera, view HD video in an app!
Free App & Basic Service, $149/Camera, DVR Plans Start at $9.95/mo. - $29.95/mo.
Dropcam is one of the easiest wireless security camera solutions on the market that allows you to receive instant alerts, view HD video, talk back, and DVR through video events right on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Price: Free App & Basic Service, $149/Camera, DVR Plans Start at $9.95/mo. – $29.95/mo.
Bitdefender Mobile Security & Antivirus - an all in one, simple & safe mobile security suite!
Free Trial, $9.95/Annual
Mobile Security & Antivirus is, quite clearly, a security app for Android. It is made by Bitdefender who we have already encountered before with apps like Power Tune-up. Bitdefender has essentially created a suite of handy apps which also includes cloud back ups and parental control software. This app provides a live malware scanner, application security audit, web security and anti-theft options to protect your device. Price: Free Trial, $9.95/Annual
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Drawing + Chat
SquibbleBox - draw & chat real-time with friends via this app
Free
SquibbleBox is a new and innovative chat service that allows you to not only send real-time messages to your friends, but also draw, share and collaborate on pictures together. The app lets you use your Facebook log in (or simply via email) and build your SquibbleBox network from existing contacts. The app is free, fun and feels like a whole new way to interact. Price: Free
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Informative/Niche
Generali - niche Android app for one of the largest insurance companies in Europe
Free
Generali is the corporate application for the company of the same name. Essentially created for stakeholders, employees and other connected professionals, the app provides a variety of information about the organisation including contacts, financial information, events and corporate documents. Obviously this app is a little niche and possibly not relevant for many Android users, but for interested parties, it’s an invaluable resource to have in your pocket. Price: Free
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Word Games & Puzzlers
Wordsplosion - play Hangman-style word game with the excitement of a TV game show!
Free
Wordsplosion is a new and engaging word game for Android. Each round gives you a word to solve and you only have the first letter to work with. You have to make guesses and the game will tell you which letters are correct and which are incorrect. You have five guesses to get it right! The game is beautifully designed and comes with great visuals and sound. If you’re a wordie, this is most definitely for you. Price: Free
Trid - think matching shapes are easy? Think again with this addictive brain-bender app!
Free
Trid is a cool puzzle game that has you copying a series of simple patterns as quickly as possible. Time really is against you as you attempt to recreate the grid images in order to achieve the highest score possible. It’s a simple game that is thoroughly addictive and includes a fiendish twist where the copy image rotates to make things even trickier! Price: Free
Guess The Word - 4 Pics 1 Word. Are you playing this addiction word association phenomenon?!?
Free, optional In-app Purchases
Guess The Word – 4 Pics 1 Word (more commonly known as simply ’4 Pics 1 Word’ and recently renamed ‘Guess The Word – Pics & Words’) is a puzzle game that seems to have the casual-gaming world very excited. Available on both iOS and Android, the game sees you working your way through 150 levels where you have to determine one word from four pictures. It has you thinking carefully about what commonality exists between the images and how to use the letters provided. Some levels are easy, some are quite tricky, but the game itself is both incredibly addictive and wonderfully rewarding. Price: Free, optional In-app Purchases
Quento - okay you Mathletes, beef up your simple arithmetic skills with this app
Free, optional $1 In-app Purchase
Quento is a robust, challenging and multi-platform puzzle game that sees you adding and taking away numbers in cute math-based gameplay. No, come back… it’s still good! If you enjoy Sudoku or enjoy being tested on your mental arithmetic, this is a neat little game to get stuck into. Price: Free plus an optional $1 In-app Purchase
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Casual Time-wasters
The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Homer blew up Springfield, help him rebuild it!
Free, optional In-app Purchases
The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a fun tycoon style game, full of the rich Simpsons humor. In a nutshell, Homer has blown up Springfield and needs to rebuild it from scratch, finding fellow characters as he goes along. Thankfully he finds Lisa early on so all is not lost! If you enjoy the Simpsons and tycoon-style accumulative gameplay, you just have to check this out. Price: Free, optional In-app Purchases
Get the Nut - a cute yet challenging puzzle game to help Squirrely get his acorns back
Free, $1.99
Get the Nut is a massively challenging yet enjoyable puzzle game where you help a squirrel collect nuts. Avoid baddies and use mice to make your way to the acorn on each level. Gameplay takes place on a grid landscape where you have to meticulously roll your squirrel and other critters around to make safe passage to your treasure. It’s very tricky, in places very tricky, but a must-try for puzzle fans. Price: Free or $1.99 for the full version
Zombie Road Trip - blast, smash & survive zombie hordes in this physics-based racer!
Free, optional In-app Purchases
Zombie Road Trip is a zombie game. It’s also a freemium title. Additionally it’s a side-scrolling physics-based racer. It ticks more game cliche boxes than I care to type about and should be exactly the kind of game that is so common in the Google Play Store, it should somehow bore us to tears with its over familiarity. But… but somehow… I just can’t put it down. Price: Free with optional In-app Purchases.
Hordz - test your speed & memory to survive barrage of monster hordes!
Free
Battle for survival against the mysterious Hordz! This game will test your finger and brain dexterity to your puny human limits as you fight wave after wave of unforgiving foes. Battle witches, vampires, skeleton bikers and other twisted fiends on your quest to stop fighting! Can you master the many finger-swiping combos required to become master of the monsters? Price: Free
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Action Adventure
Helidroid Battle: 3D RC Copter. Play the sequel with one-on-one combat!
Free
Helidroid Battle: 3D RC Copter is the sequel to Helidroid 3D: RC Helicopter which we reviewed back in October. In this exciting update, instead of just flying around obstacles, you now face-off in one-on-one RC helicopter combat. It’s epic stuff too, as your enemies get progressively more aggressive and stronger. If you enjoyed the first game, this takes gameplay to a new level. Price: Free
Guns 4 Hire – play a combat mercenary like the ‘Expendables’ in this shoot ‘em up game
Free plus In-app Purchases
Guns 4 Hire is a combat game soaked in action. You essentially control a team of four mercenaries as they complete dangerous missions. It’s quite simple to play, with a nice learning curve and plenty of instructions. If you like intense battle scenarios and team-based gameplay, be sure to give this a look. The game features superb graphics and sound and, although it’s a freemium title, in-app purchases are rarely necessary unless you want additional items. Price: Free plus In-app Purchases
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Card Games
PokerStars.net Mobile Edition - free to play poker in the world’s largest online tournaments!
Free to Play
PokerStars.net Mobile Edition is the official app of the popular poker gaming website. It’s a free-to-play game that allows you to dive straight into the action against thousands of online players. You can choose whether you want to play in Ring Games, Zoom, Sit & Go or Tourney before opting whether to play one of three different styles: No Limit Texas Hold’em, Omaha or Omaha Hi/Lo. Price: Free to Play
Solitaire Champion HD - great visuals & slick animations, try this version of solitaire!
Free
Solitaire Champion HD is a cool and ridiculously well animated solitaire game for Android. You need to be aware of the rules and regulations of the game but that aside, it’s a fun and absorbing game that is beautifully recreated on a mobile device. The game integrates with Pocket Change rewards so, if you use that service, you can earn here. Price: Free
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