50+ Best Android Apps & Android Games: September 2012
by Antonio Wells
Oct 1, 2012 9:00 AM –
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We’re back at it giving you 50 of the best Android apps & Android games the expert staff at AndroidTapp thoroughly reviewed in September 2012! Browse by recommended app collections; i.e. awesome action games or music 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 September 1, 2012 – September 30, 2012.
Games
Apps
Awesome Action Games
Beach Buggy Blitz – 3D Racing game that utterly rocks!
Free
Beach Buggy Blitz is a gorgeous 3D racing game that utterly rocks! Race a beach buggy through stunning courses in the ultimate race against time. Collect coins, buy power-ups and improve your score! From the developers of Riptide GP and Shine Runner, Beach Buggy Blitz is for Tegra 3 devices, so you’ll need something compatible. But is it enough to flick sand in the face of Mario Kart?
Tank Hero: Laser Wars. The most awesome action-packed tank blasting HD game for Android!
Free, $1.99 for the Pro version
Tank Hero: Laser Wars is an extremely cool, futuristic, military strategy game with loads of action and intelligent enemies. It includes some slick 3D graphics, excellent music and sound effects. It is also massively engaging, highly addictive and virtually unputdownable! If it looks a little familiar, we reviewed its predecessor Tank Hero last year.
C.H.A.O.S – The Helicopter dog-fighting game with online multi-player action!
~$1.00, plus In-app purchases
C.H.A.O.S is a helicopter action simulator where you take to the skies in various combat situations. The game features full 360 degree graphics and controls, various helicopter models and plenty of destructive weapons. With stunning visuals, a very high level of detail and thrilling action sequences, it’s probably the best helicopter sim out there!
Fort Courage – humorous & unique tower defense game from the makers of Xbox 360 game series, Prey
Free
In Fort Courage you’re bored at school and as you fall asleep in class, you dream of hiding out in a fort deep within a dinosaur jungle, sneaking into a forbidden monster lab, and hacking into a robot factory on the surface of Mars! Armed only with your wits and imagination you must defend against waves of relentless enemies. Protect yourself with an arsenal of awesome toy weapons and cool power-ups.
Z-Cross – retro action-packed space shooter game
Free, $0.99
Z-Cross is a retro space shooter with blistering neon graphics and challenging gameplay. Collect z-particles and battle enemies across loads of exciting levels. The game features plenty of weapons to use, power-ups to collect and end-of level bosses to crush, so what are you waiting for pilot?!
The Bard's Tale. A tongue-in-cheek humorous RPG Action Adventure of the majestic Bard
$5.99
The Bard’s Tale is an action adventure game with elements of RPG. You take the role of the wise-talking Bard as he completes various missions, meets all kinds of funny characters, fights menacing enemies and summons magical powers through his music. It’s a brave and ambitious mobile app that requires an eye-wateringly 1.7GB minimum of storage, so make sure you have room for it! Blessed with incredible graphics, great voice acting and some 20+ hours of unique gameplay- there’s nothing quite like The Bard’s Tale!
Ben 10 Xenodrome. An action turn-based combat game spin-off from the popular cartoon!
Free
Ben 10 Xenodrome is a turn based action fighter set in the Ben 10 universe. Ben 10, as you might know, is a popular kids animation on the Cartoon Network. Protagonist Ben can morph into 10 different aliens, each with different abilities and powers. Here you can fight any number of Ben’s in-cartoon adversaries in a series of one-on-one battles. Mixing elements of RPG, tactical battling and good old fashioned paper/scissors/stone, the game is a freemium, but there’s a question over its in-app purchasing.
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.
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Brain-teasing Puzzle Games
Spirit Catcher – highly challenging Physics Puzzle game you have to play!
$1.99
Spirit Catcher is quite the challenging physics puzzle game. Similar to titles like Cut the Rope, yet different, and your goal is to free three ghouls by ending them, as their souls float away, you must guide them to the Spirit Catcher. It features tons of levels that grow insanely difficult. So you must master it with keen wit, timing and the ability to multi-task to free the spirits and land of evil darkness.
Monster Blocks – highly addictive cross between Tetris & Bejeweled
Free, $1.22
Monster Blocks is a mash-up familiar and popular games of Tetris and Bejeweled. As monster block of a trio fall from above you must have strategic with and speed to position them properly to eliminate three or more of the same kind to clear the space either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Simple in theory yet challenging to master and loads of addictive fun… see why in the review!
Cut The Word Pro – classic word search puzzles for Android
Free and $0.99 for the Pro version
Cut The Word Pro is a smart word search game that’s simple to play yet fantastically challenging and fun. Featuring unlimited puzzles and more than 50,000 words it’s also an epic game that’s going to take even the best word-sleuths some time to complete.
100 Rooms. Mind-numbing logic puzzle games, try them!
Free
100 Rooms is a puzzle game where you must escape from a different room on every level. Each puzzle is different; sometimes you have to find items and combine them, on other occasions you just have to complete actions in a certain sequence and so on. The puzzles have a logic about them that is truly challenging, so if you’ve previously been a fan of similar games such as 100 Floors, 100 Doors or 100 Gates- this will be right up your street!
WarGames: WOPR. An utterly brilliant strategy game of the orginal 80′s film!
Free
WarGames: WOPR is an official game tied to the original 1983 movie. The seminal sci-fi flick was one of the first to concern itself with video games, coming just a year after the release of Tron. The Android game is a gorgeous neon strategy game that blends elements of Bejeweled and Boggle-style word games. It features images from the original movie and two different modes of play. It’s also heavily, and I mean heavily, addictive.
Lab of the Dead – part puzzle, part audio-book & all Zombie infested research
~$0.99
Lab of the Dead is a zombie game with a that’s different that the norm. Instead of the main aim of blasting the undead until every last one of their corpses stops moving, here you’re trying to find out what makes them tick. You’re a scientist hidden in a secret base far under the infected streets. You’ve discovered loads of captive zombies and evidence of experimentation. It’s your job to find out what was going on and understand these zombies better.
Phooter 2 Flickr Photo Shooter – a game to test your Geography skills
Free
How good are you at geography? Well, the extraordinarily titled Phooter 2 Flickr Photo Shooter aims to test just that! Now, I’ve stumbled upon one or two of these kind of games on Facebook before, they aren’t quite a good as this. Phooter 2 is challenging, fun, educational and even mildly addictive.
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Casual Time-waster Games
Down the Hatch! A tilt-control game of devouring all the sweets you can in a skydive descend
$0.99
Down the Hatch! is an accelerometer-controlled action adventure as you control a little Imp named Stinky as he plummets the depths of the netherworld in his search for tasty treats. Steer him around the screen and be sure to avoid all the various baddies as they try to catch him. Featuring thoroughly absorbing action, good sound and intuitive controls, it’s a tricky game to put down!
Hello Kitty Coffee – manage a busy dessert café in this cute yet challenging game!
Free
Hello Kitty Coffee is a cute little game of managing and flourishing your very own sweets & treats café. Manage every aspect from the coffee and cakes you serve on to furniture and decor, plus expand your establishment. Wave after wave of sugar hungry chaps flood your store for your popular delicatessens… can you keep them happy and serve them all while juggling operations?
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Tycoon Builder & Time Management Games
A Story of a Band – retro strategy game, manage your band to become 'Rock gods'
Free
A Story of a Band is a rocking strategy game with stylised retro graphics and awesome sound which sees you manage a new rock band. Add members, go on tour, release a concept album and get interviewed by the press. It’s very similar in most respects to Kairosoft’s ‘Story series of old-school strategy formula, only this time with a rock band! Detailed, complex and engrossing, it’s also addictive and challenging from the very first beat.
Happy Street – cute Tycoon game with joyful graphics
Free
Happy Street is a cute tycoon game with bouncy graphics, simple controls and immersive gameplay. The game is distinctly different from the wash of tycoon titles we see in the Google Play Store- it doesn’t have an aerial 3D view and more menus than street full of restaurants. It doesn’t demand money from you within 5 minutes of playing and features genuinely great graphics. So, what’s going on??
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Card Games
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Racing Games
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Sports Games
RR – IPL Cricket Fever. Official game edition for the Rajasthan Royals
Free
RR – IPL Cricket Fever is a rich Android 3D cricket game based on teams from the Indian Premier League. Now, it’s a little confusing as the game seems to come in a variety of versions. First you have Cricket T20 Fever, but then you have team specific titles as well including games for Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers, Pune Warrors and the one I downloaded- the Rajasthan Royals.
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Music & Radio
Jango Radio – sleek Streaming Radio app for discovering new music
Free
Jango Radio is a free and beautiful-looking radio app that is perhaps a neat alternative to the likes of Pandora. It’s highly intuitive to use, comes with a widget for homescreen access and loads of cool pre-set stations. You can pause, skip and heavily customise the artists you hear. If you like to have more control over what you hear on the radio, definitely have a look at this.
Loops! An audio sequencer app for making cool Music Loops on Android
Free
Loops! is a fun and easy-to-use audio sequencer that allows you to make cool music loops on your mobile device. The full version, which has been about for quite some time anyway, is now free to download. It features a simple interface, a variety of sounds and even a mixer. If you like making simple homemade beats on the go, this might be one to check out.
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Twitter & Social Apps
Tweedle for Twitter – a light and user-friendly Twitter client
Free
Tweedle for Twitter is a light and user-friendly Twitter client. While previously we’ve reviewed Twitter apps drowning in lush functionality and featuring more bells and whistles than most users even need, you might personally find you don’t need all that jazz. You might want something simple, that looks nice, that lets you post tweets when you need to, is fast and lag-free rather than dripping in features. Such requirements would actually make Tweedle a brilliant option for you…
Via.Me – social sharing app for pictures, video, audio & text on mobile or desktop
Free
Via.Me is a sharing platform that let’s you edit and share text, sounds, video and pictures. Not a massive leap away from apps like Instagram and Streamzoo, you can also share via Facebook and Twitter, follow and be followed by friends, like, favourite, comment, flag and repost. To summarise then, a slick mash-up of Twitter, Tumblr, Streamzoo, Audioboo and Instagram. It features an intuitive UI, great editing tools and is blissfully simple to use.
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Books
MyBookDroid an app to Log, Scan & Review Books on your Android
Free
MyBookDroid is a cool way to manage your books on your Android device. If, like me, you’re a budding bibliophile, there’s a need to keep track of your favourite novels and those on your shelves. While it’s not a reader app, MyBookDroid makes it easy to load up all your books into one easy-to-use interface- ideal if you’re gradually building your own library and need some order!
The Lorax – Dr. Seuss children's ebook app, an adaption of the original story
$4.99
The Lorax is the fantastic children’s book by Dr Seuss. Recently making its way to the big screen in the form of a movie adaptation, the story is a sublime mixture of rhyme, funny characters and underpinned by a sound environmental message. The Android app of the story, made by popular ebook publishers Oceanhouse Media, has been around for a while but has recently come down in price as part of Google’s End of Summer Sale. It’s a great story that children will love so definitely do what I did and snap it up.
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Launchers
Atom Launcher – slick homescreen Launcher app with plenty of functionality to personalize your Android
Free
Atom Launcher is a homescreen replacement app for your Android. Now, we’ve seen lots of launcher in the past, from excellent ones like ADW Launcher Ex, GO Launcher Ex and Apex Launcher, to expensive eye-candy like SPB Shell 3D and TSF Shell Pro. While we all have a much-loved favourite, now perhaps Atom Launcher should be vying for your attention. Available for devices running Android 4.0 and above, I personally think it would be how GO Launcher Ex would be if the GO Dev Team started again from scratch…
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Live Wallpaper & Background Apps
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App Recommendations
Appreciate Personal App Market – personalized Android app recommendations
Free
Appreciate Personal App Market otherwise known as Appreciate: Apps with Friends is a gorgeously slick and easy-to-use app recommendation tool. Presented in a smooth user interface and lots of ways to find apps that are of interest to you, it also includes a strong social element which lets you add friends and follow their favourite apps and games.
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Photo Editors
Lithic – photo editing app makes cool graphic novel style pictures
~$1.00
Lithic is a brilliant and gorgeous-looking photo editor that turns your pictures into graphic-novel style images. While various photo-manipulation apps let you add all manner of filters, this one transforms your images completely. If you’re looking for something very different and very cool, Lythic is definitely worth a look.
Photo Effects by LoonaPix app for placing pictures within cool frames
Free
Picture Effects by LoonaPix is a cool photo framing app, not dissimilar to Photomica which we also reviewed recently. However, with a huge range of frames and effects to choose from and a very user-friendly interface, Picture Effects by LoonaPix is arguably a better option.
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Barcode Scanner
ScanLife Barcode & QR Reader – a must-have app!
Free
ScanLife Barcode & QR Reader is a handy tool that lets you scan barcodes and QR codes with your Android device. Utilizing your camera function, the app reads the code in front of it and then presents the relevant information. It’s simple to use and has a really nice UI.
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News & RSS Readers
JReader (Google Reader | RSS) a beautiful RSS reader, easily syncs with Google Reader
Free
JReader (Google Reader | RSS) is a beautifully displayed RSS Reader app optimized for Android phones and tablets which easily syncs with your Google Reader account. It even supports multiple accounts, offers control over sync intervals, plus has a really handy filter feature. Will it make you replace your need for the official Google Reader app? Let’s find out in our review!
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Weather
Weather HD – a visually stunning weather application
Free
Weather HD is a rich and visually stunning weather application. Featuring gorgeous graphics and a slew of handy information such as temperatures, wind direction and speed, precipitation and forecasts. If you don’t require the level of data required to run your own weather station, Weather HD beautifully blends basic info with stunning looks.
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Secure Digital Wallet Apps
Password Genie – secure Digital Wallet app for sensitive information
Free
Password Genie is a straight forward and secure means to protect your sensitive data and still be able to access it on the go. Featuring a clean user interface, secure encryption, easy data management and even a desktop client the app can sync with, it’s a convenient way to store your important data safely.
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Expense Tracking
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Questions & Answers
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