30+ Best Android Apps & Android Games: November 2012
by Antonio Wells
Dec 7, 2012 2:15 PM –
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Delivering more best Android apps & Android games recommendations than any site in the world, we’re back at it with those apps reviewed by the experts at AndroidTapp in November 2012! Browse by recommended app collections; i.e. action games or photography apps. 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:
Best Android apps reviewed November 1, 2012 – November 30, 2012.
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Awesome Action Games
Angry Birds Star Wars – 'May the Birds be with you'
Free, $2.99, plus in-app purchases
Angry Birds Star Wars is where two fantastic universes collide. On the one hand you have the Angry Birds- determined as ever to do-battle with the evil piggies (who we recently saw garner their own adventure in Bad Piggies). On the other you have Star Wars; the Force, light-sabers, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker- a guy who nearly went to a very bad place with his own sister. Despite being a little disillusioned with the ongoing Angry Birds series in general, I downloaded it immediately. It must have been the Force…
Need for Speed Most Wanted – evade police in exotic cars, one of the Best mobile racing games!
$4.99, plus In-app Purchases
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is an exhilarating high-octane fast paced run from police racing game for Android and iOS devices. Rip through the streets and complete various goals whether it be to win by maintaining a target average speed, win by a number of seconds or simply coming in first place. It’s social gaming and encourages you to play against friends or unknown foes in multi-player online battle. Unlock and upgrade some of the world’s most exotic and fastest cars. Do you have what it takes to ditch the cops and win?!?
Royal Revolt! Awesome 3D action strategy game of attack & conquer enemy castles
Free
Royal Revolt! is an action strategy game where you manoeuvre troops to take down enemy structures, soldiers and castles. The game borrows gameplay techniques from various other titles but deploys them in an original and highly playable way. Easy to play, incredibly rewarding and featuring excellent graphics and sound, Royal Revolt! is brilliant fun and definitely worth checking out!
Clear Vision – how can a stick figure sniper game be so addictive with epic story? Play & see why…
Free or $0.99 for the full version
Clear Vision is an epically cool sniper-rifle game with intriguing story line and lots of levels and gameplay. You take the role of disgruntled supermarket employee Tyler Smith who decides he has had enough of abuse from his boss and decides on the life of an assassin. Surrounding the cool in-game action is a gripping storyline which pans out over a series of cut scenes. The game is remarkably gritty too and very engaging. I should also mention that Tyler, and those who inhabit his universe, are all stick people…
Contract Killer 2 – gung-ho action Snipper shooter sequel. Sneak in & shoot your way out!
Free, In-app Purchases
Contract Killer 2 is a freemium sequel from Glu Mobile that sees you in the shoes of Jack Griffin, the ultimate contract killer/assassin, call him what you will. In a game that literally drips in testosterone, macho Jack has to complete a series of increasingly difficult kills and other tasks in a variety of environments. If you have an itchy trigger finger, read on…
Broken Sword : Director's Cut. The classic point-and-click mystery adventure game, play an interactive movie for Android!
$3.99
Broken Sword : Directors Cut is the classic point-and-click title that continues to be a popular PC game. In this Android version, help Nico Collard get to the bottom of statesman Pierre Carchon’s murder in an exciting and mysterious adventure. In typical form you have to explore various locations, interact and extract clues from a number of different characters and find and use a number of items along the way. Stunning graphics, rich and diverse sound and engrossing gameplay, it’s one you’ll find tricky to put down.
Six Guns – a must play a gun-slinging action adventure!
Free
Six Guns is a gorgeous freemium game from Gameloft. You complete various missions as gunslinger Buck Crosshaw (ever a cowboy name if there was one) in stunning 3D third-person action. The game features a large free-to-explore environment and gameplay much like Grand Theft Auto, only in some wild-west nowheresville instead of an urban sprawl. With a nice variety of missions, great sound and those eye-popping visuals, it’s not a bad freebie!
JetPack Jinx – try this totally addictive Tilt & Jump game!
Free
JetPack Jinx is a gravity based, accelerometer-controlled ‘jumping’ game where you need to help Jinx get back to his space ship. A similar game in many ways to titles like Hyper Jump, Abduction and Doodle Jump. As with any of these, the aim of the game is to keep going up & up and, whatever you do, don’t fall!
DEATH DOME – gritty Street Fighter style fighting battling mutated monsters!
Free, In-app Purchases
DEATH DOME is a gritty fighting game with dazzling graphics and chilling atmosphere. Set in a brutal dystopia where you have to battle deformed monsters in 3D, one-on-one combat, there are loads of effective moves to learn and enemies to face. If you enjoy intense and frenetic combat games, this is one you might want to check out.
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Casual Time-waster Games
Nightmarium – beautifully creepy game, defend the sleeping cutie from nightmarish creatures!
Free
Nightmarium is an atmospheric and richly animated bug-squishing-style game that’s easy to play but incredibly challenging. Defend the little girl from the onset of nightmare baddies with a variety of moves! Each level is harder than the one before and the baddies are more determined than ever! Gameplay is wrapped in lush atmospheric sounds and is animated to perfection! If you’re missing Halloween already, this is for you!
Daredogs – fun & exciting aircraft dog-fighting game
Free, plus In-app Purchases
Daredogs is an engaging and fun-filled flying game where you do-battle with various dog-kinds. The game is full of opponents, weapons and challenging modes of play that keeps gameplay fresh and enjoyable. Relatively easy to play, often exhilarating and very well developed, Daredogs is a game full of character and fun gameplay.
ZomNomNom – blast & bash hordes of Zombies!
Free or $0.99 for the full version
ZomNomNom is a cool zombie game that sees you blasting chunks out of the oncoming undead in an a dramatic action shooter. You are a character named Red and you have to lead a lone-woman fight against the oncoming masses. The game is well developed, often very tense and double-barrels of zombie-culling fun.
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Brain-teasing Puzzle Games
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Tower Defense Games
Army of Darkness Defense – addictive & funny Tower Defense game spin-off of the classic 90′s cult movie
Free, In-app Purchases
Army of Darkness Defense is a game based on the early 90′s cult movie “Army of Darkness”. You assume the role of Ash Williams, a 20th century a guy who has found himself in medieval era, as he fights wave after wave of ‘deadites’. The game falls neatly into the ‘defense’ genre, much like recently reviewed Wars Online and Royal Revolt! However, Army of Darkness is chock full of quotes from the film, features cool units and a number of crazy weapons, in addition to awesome graphics and addictive gameplay. It really just works on a variety of levels…
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Tycoon Builder & Time Management Games
My Car Salon an enjoyable time-management game, run your own car repair garage!
Free, with In-app Purchases
My Car Salon is an enjoyable time-management game where you run your very own garage. Service cars as they enter the salon and make sure you meet their various needs. Upgrade stations, hire staff to help you and watch out for celebrity visitors in this exciting and often fast-paced game that requires a good sense of timing and strong organisational skills.
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Anti-virus & Security
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TV Remote
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Social
Falcon for Twitter – one powerful Twitter widget for your homescreen
Free, $1.99 (Donate)
Falcon for Twitter is a powerful Twitter client that lives on your homescreen. Boasting rich functionality along with customisation and a highly responsive UI, it’s a good alternative to normal Twitter apps and looks great. Falcon is, quite simply, the most feature-rich Twitter widget available.
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Photography
FxCamera – apply cool filters with this Camera & Photo Editing app
Free
FxCamera is a small camera and photo-editing app for Android devices. It comes with a wide number of filters, each beneath different headings; Instant, Toycam, Symmetric, Fisheye, Poster and Normal Plus. This gives you around 40 different effects and filters in total. You can pluck a picture from your own gallery or use the app’s built-in camera. If you like fun photography on your device, definitely give it a go.
XnView Retro – create funky look of old-school photos with frames with this app!
Free
XnView Retro is a breezy and simple to use photo-tweaking tool with a flush of cool filters, frames and editing tools. As I recently argued in my review of FxCamera, I don’t think you can try out ‘too’ many photo apps because one might just come along with a completely original filter or two which look great. XnView is a simple app but offers a nice array of effects and frames. It’s free and features no horrible ads- so definitely give it a look.
Rotten Friends Pro – prank friends & add amazing horror effects to your pics!
Free, $3.99
Rotten Friends Pro is a cool photo editing tool with a deliciously macabre difference. Lots of apps provide stickers and effects to enhance your images, whereas Rotten Friends Pro will embed all manner of horrific treats into pictures of your friends. The app is highly customisable and comes with more effects that you can shake a bloody hockey stick at… If you like horror films or playing pranks on your friends (or even better, both!) this is the app for you!
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Live Wallpaper & Background Apps
Lucky Paper Lantern – Beautiful & Serene live wallpaper app
Free, $0.99
Lucky Paper Lantern is a serene live wallpaper app to gives a peaceful yet lively interactive background of a Chinese glowing lantern setting. There are a slew of settings you can control including; lantern type, background scenery, color, plus choose whether the lantern will be interactive and sway as you move your Android phone or tablet.
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Offline Maps
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Apps for Children
Thumbelina:3D Popup Book. Educational & fun audio book app with ‘popup’ pages for children
$0.99
Thumbelina:3D Popup Book is a educational and fun reading application for children. In addition to the story text you get a variety of ‘popup’ elements to the app where children can interact with the story, perform small tasks and help the main character throughout the narrative. It’s a fun twist on the standard audio book/educational reader format that engages children far more.
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Shopping & To Do Lists
Let It Shop – Shopping List app to help track & manage grocery lists
Free, $0.99
Let it Shop is an easy to use shopping assistant application that can help you keep track of your groceries and manage a budget. The app includes a slick user interface and customisable units. Whether you’re a student on a limited budget or a parent that has to run a busy household, Let it Shop is a useful and functional little app that should make things easier.
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For Creatives & Designers
Swatchmatic – niche Android app for designers & creatives, get colours palettes from your camera phone
Free
Swatchmatic is an app that lets you create palettes of colour from the things around you using your device’s camera- augmented reality style. Ever spotted a colour that you want to preserve for some project or another? The app has multiple uses, whether you’re a designer or perhaps just looking for a colour to paint your kitchen. Additionally, it’s great to use and features a very cool UI which, sucker as I am for such things, led me to find the app in the first place!
Paintrala – SNS for painting – an awesome Drawing app that can turn almost anyone into an artist!
Free
Paintrala – SNS for painting is an awesome drawing app that can turn almost anyone into an artist. Drawing features only Samsung Android devices but it gives powerful tools to help you trace atop a picture from your phone’s gallery so you can turn those into hand drawings or paintings. Once you log into the app you can see amazing drawings others have done and compete in drawing contests. I drew the portrait above of myself in about ten minutes, read this review to see how you can too!
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Smart Controls
Smart Volume Control + a powerful app to help control volume settings with ‘smart’ profiles
Free, ($2.49 Sale)
Smart Volume Control+ is a powerful app that helps you manage your sound profiles. If you’re someone who gets woken up by middle of the night emails on your Android device or are perpetually being told by your boss or teacher to turn off your phone (due to it beeping frequently during the day), it’s perhaps a good idea to use a handy profiling app to help you navigate these kind of problems. Smart Volume Control+ looks incredibly slick and is extremely easy to use, so read on for more.
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