40+ Best Android Apps & Android Games: October 2012
by Antonio Wells
Nov 2, 2012 1:06 PM –
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We’re hard at work filtering more than 40 of the best Android apps & Android games of the month our review ninjas at AndroidTapp thoroughly reviewed in October 2012! Browse by recommended app collections; i.e. brain-teasing puzzle games or security 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:
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Best Android apps reviewed October 1, 2012 – October 31, 2012.
Games
Apps
Awesome Action Games
Rayman Jungle Run – play one of the Best mobile games!
~$2.99
Rayman, a classic gaming hero if ever there was one, has found his way to Android in this new adventure- Rayman Jungle Run. Guide Rayman through level after level of challenging jungle environment, develop new skills, unlock backgrounds and just keep running! Everything about this game drips in quality- from the graphics, the music and the massively addictive gameplay that makes it impossible to put down. If you enjoy platform games this is an absolute must-have.
Helidroid 3D – Helicopter remote controlled simulator adventure game!
Free
Helidroid 3D is a sumptuously visualized remote controlled helicopter simulator that gets you to delicately control a cool toy chopper. The heli comes with some great features and two different control methods. The game includes loads of challenging missions and some impressive graphics.
Jack Pott – The Escape. A high speed pursuit game to dodge the police!
Free
Jack Pott – The Great Escape is a funky and stylized racing game where you have to escape a succession of police vehicles. Each level has you dodging cars in a high-speed pursuit, where you have to bob and weave between traffic and cause the police cars to crash and explode. Fast-paced and nail-bitingly addictive, it’s a great time killer that’s also incredibly easy to play!
Frog on Ice – a chilly tongue-slinging side scroller’s adventure
Free
Frog on Ice is a stunning little game where you have to guide a cute frog through frosty environments collecting coins, bonus items, and health. Various baddies will attempt to stop you and at the end of each level there’s a tough boss to defeat. It’s a side-scrolling adventure where you jump and use your reptilian tongue to kill enemies and move forward. Simple and fun, the graphics are impressive and gameplay is challenging from the first leap!
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Brain-teasing Puzzle Games
Jellyflop! – Cute & totally addictive action physics puzzle game
Free
Jellyflop! has you fulfill a wishful thinking jellyfish’s dream… to fly! The jelly is determined in this cute & totally addictive action physics puzzler game where you draw lines that he bounces on to collect all three water drops; finally to snag the feather (which he believes will help him fly!) Do all this while avoiding predators, spikes, and other perils. Unlock power-ups, meet quirky characters and use objects to your advantage in this game!
HUEBRIX – a mind-numbing puzzle game… a puzzlers dream!
Free or $0.99 for the full version
HUEBRIX by developers Noodlecake Studios is a challenging and increasingly complex puzzle game that is available on both Android and iOS. You must complete levels by creating a path with your finger from a block in order to fill the whole grid. It sounds easy, even starts off quite easy, but then quickly descends into brain-bending puzzle madness. If you like your puzzles genuinely puzzling… this one’s for you.
Spades Free – highly addictive solitaire spades card game SIM, play human-like opponents!
Free, $0.99, optional In-app Purchases
Spades Free is the popular card game of spades trumping other suits. Brought to us by AI Factory, they have meshed their various computer AI player types with human-like qualities in the game as either opponents you play with or against. The interface is slick, animated and highly polished. If you love a game of spades and looking for a good solitaire solution, then check this review!
Chess Free – one of the Best Chess games in Google Play!
Free
Chess Free is Google Play top developer, AI Factory’s, rendition of the age old classic board game of Chess. You play against a computer AI, with difficulty levels from novice to expert or you can pass and play with friends on the same device. It’s incredibly smooth, read why it’s one of the top ranked Chess games for Android!
Forgotten Night Text Adventure – like an interactive Mystery Novel game
Free
Forgotten Night Text Adventure is a text based game, similar to reading an engrossing book, you use your own imagination to fill in the scenery. The story starts with you waking from a terrible car crash, you’ve rolled over, and must free yourself. You lost your memory and cannot figure out how the crash happened, where you are or where you were going. No one is around and you’re in a creepy rural area, you explore the vicinity to help yourself out of the ordeal… yet more challenges and more questions emerge. Have I enticed you into this story yet? Read the review to see why you must download this game!
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Casual Time-waster Games
Damn Lines! Pro – remember childhood game of pick up sticks? It’s gone mobile!
Free, $0.99
Damn Lines! Pro is a cunning puzzle game that replicates the old-school childhood game of pick-up-sticks. Tap on lines to remove them, but make sure they are at the top or you lose a life. The games comes with three modes of differing gameplay, retro-style graphics and a pumping old-school sound track.
Krakout HD – addictive brick breaker arcade game
$0.99
Krakout HD is a slick brick-breaking game on Android. Take control of one or more paddles in manic action where your reactions are put to the test. If you’ve played similar games, it will be easy to pick up, but the game comes with a wide variety of bonuses and infinite levels!
Super Chief Cook – fun & addictive little cooking game
Free, $1.99
Super Chief Cook is a cool little cooking game that rewards expert timing and fast fingers! You essentially run a hot dog and burger grill and must serve all incoming customers to make money and win hearts (that sounds more slushy than it is- hearts are a form of in-game currency you acquire in order to progress!) It’s a fun and addictive game that takes a fair amount of concentration to play well, but it’s something that will suit both children and adults.
Sweet Garden – plant a garden on your homescreen in this SIM game
Free, optional In-app purchases
Sweet Garden is a simulation game of planting your very own garden directly on your homescreen. You must care for, manage and grow your tiny seedling into a blossoming full plant. If you enjoy sims or Tamagotchi style management games, then this just may be for you!
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Tycoon Builder & Time Management Games
My Singing Monsters – unique & totally addictive game to create, breed, grow harmonious monsters with a passion for singing!
Free, plus optional in-app purchases
My Singing Monstersis a gorgeous freemium game where you create, breed and grow harmonious monsters with a passion for singing. The creatures blend a variety of sounds that compliment each other perfectly and you essentially build a rich tapestry of music. It becomes addictive as you’re always keen to create a new ‘sound’, making the game incredibly engrossing and something you play casually. It’s highly original, extremely easy to play and it’ll leave you humming the tune for hours after you put it down…
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Sports Games
Space Ball is a funky Basketball game with a twist
Free
Space Ball is a cool and simple-to-play basketball game for Android devices. You control a purple alien dude as he shoots moving hoops. With each successful hoop you score points, but there is a variety of other bonuses and power ups to watch out for. The game is fun, addictive and comes with different game-play modes to keep it fresh.
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Math Games
aMathing – completely new & different spin on block match games, you solve math problems to ‘match’
Free, optional In-app purchases
aMathing is a challenging new arithmetic puzzle games. Designed to stimulate your noodle by enticing you to solve simple math equations in a grid of numbers similar to block match & word search puzzles. As you progress you learn new tactics to combine numbers to solve, and of course introduce new obstacles. It is simple to start and difficult to master… are you up for the challenge?
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Security, Tracking & Family Safety
CellAgent – superb security app helps find & control a lost or stolen phone!
Free 3 day trial, then $4.99 for 3 months
CellAgent is a phone tracking app similar in many ways to the likes of SMS Tracker and Cerberus. The app lets you locate and control your device remotely. So if it’s lost you might be able to take measures to find and retrieve it, while if it’s stolen you have a few handy weapons up your sleeve the thief will not be expecting. If all is lost and you want to protect your data, the app enables you to factory reset your device remotely. In a nutshell, a powerful and multi-featured app hellbent on protecting your Android.
SMS Tracker – secretly track Text & Picture Messages, Calls, Locations & visited Websites
Free 7-day Trial, Tiered Monthly Service Fees
SMS Tracker is a communication and security app that tracks and logs SMS messages (text messages), MMS messages (picture messages), calls, locations and visited websites. If you are a parent who wishes to monitor the movements and communications of your child or teenager, SMS Trackers allows you to do so via a secure web browser interface. From Google Play Store comments, it seems to be used a great deal by suspicious partners too!
misHaps – security Android app that helps you get your phone back if lost
$0.99
misHaps is a friendly security app that can help you get your phone back if you lose it. Essentially, the app presents a contact information screen which compliments your lock screen. This means your device can stay locked and secure, but the finder can get in contact with you in order to return the phone.
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Expense Tracking
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Music & Radio
Phoenix MP3 – an app to download free MP3s & music for Android!
Free
Phoenix MP3 is a music and MP3 downloader app for Android. Though it has social incentives to unlock the full features, you can create your own groups to share music & chat with Facebook friends, plus get the list of top ten downloaded songs to easily grab, or import MP3s from your SD card to use the built-in player.
Noozy – an audiophiles’ dream Music Player app that resembles Zune player
Free
Noozy is a gorgeous stand-alone audio application that also packs in some fantastic sound enhancement tools. While music and sound apps occupy a tight space in the Google Play Store; i.e. people have their favourites and tend to stick with them, Noozy has begun to turn my head. Let me explain why…
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Photography
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Remote Access to Computer
AccessToGo Remote Desktop/RDP – one of the “FASTEST remote desktop RDP clients on the market” (Agreed)
Free App, Cost on Request Basis for Advanced Features
AccessToGo Remote Desktop/RDP claims to be the “FASTEST remote desktop RDP client on the market“, and although we cannot officially benchmark… it certainly is the fastest as well as smoothest remote desktop client we’ve reviewed. And we’ve reviewed quite a few. It comes with a few testing servers, including their own Blaze product to evaluate for free to connect your Android to your remote PC and control t with ease!
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Virtual Assistant
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Live Wallpaper & Background Apps
Wave – a sweet Live Wallpaper app for Android, make your background like PlayStation 3
Free, $1.49 for the full version
Wave is a highly configurable and elegant live wallpaper for your Android device. Featuring a great choice of presets plus a number of options to further personalize the wallpaper, it’s an app that looks great and is incredibly smooth. Not a million miles away from Playstation3′s ‘wave’ screen, it’s subtle enough not to look tacky, yet is still colourful and detailed.
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Apps for Children
Goldilocks & the Three Bears Book. A story book app that can read to kids, filled with interactive games
Free plus in-app purchase of $1.99 which unlocks all the content
Goldilocks & the Three Bears is an interactive story book on Android for kids. It tells the familiar children’s story of Goldilocks in a sing-song poetic re-telling that is easy for little ones to follow. The best feature, however, and something that really sets the book apart from other audio narratives, is the fact that it additionally provides a number of activities which are accessible throughout the story. It becomes not just about reading and listening, but also about playing, thinking and creating.
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Books
Audiobooks – listen to bestseller books read aloud to you!
Free, $29.95/month subscription
Audiobooks allows you to listen to books read aloud to you on your Android phone or tablet from a library of more than 15,000 bestsellers and new releases. It is a free app with a trial offer until the monthly subscription kicks in. Will it replace your tradition paper books or your need to read for yourself on your device? Find out more in our review!
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App Sales
AppSales. Best Apps on Sale!
Free
AppSales Best Apps on Sale is a brilliant app that genuinely saves you money. It essentially lists apps as they go on sale in the Google Play Store. This means you can pick up some awesome bargains and not miss out on periodic sales. The app is easy to use, configurable and completely free.
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Watch TV
TVCatchup – an app to stream HD television free (only available in the UK)
Free
TVCatchup is an HD streaming application for Android users in the UK (sorry to everyone else!) The app lets you stream freeview channels directly to your mobile device in crisp high definition. There are more than 50 channels available to view and a smattering of other features that make it a go-to app for watching TV on Android… well, if you’re in the UK anyway!
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