This week’s roundup will have you vibrating with joy, saving trees on a daily basis, hovering spaceships with NASA and even waking up quicker than ever! Try out our selected apps and let us know what your thoughts are.
1. HelloSign (Get it for your android) Free
All of you who live in a paperless bubble can finally rejoice; HelloSign is the app that will help you in your time of need. Yes we’ve been there; you need that one piece of paper that needs a real signature and you run to your dusty old printer only to find out that the ink had dried out 4 years ago. HelloSign employs some brilliant camera work to perfectly align documents and thus allowing you to digitally sign them without ever burdening you with the guilt of killing tons of trees for a piece of paper.
2. Vybe – Custom Vibrations (Get it for your android) Free
Assigning custom ringtones for certain contacts has been quite the handy trick for some time now, but this advantage vanished into thin air once your device is in a vibration mode. Vybe is here to solve this issue with its custom vibration patterns, set up and its unique control UI.
3. MathStep (Get it for your android) Free
Admit it; you’ve been frustrated at least once at the modesty of the built-in Android calculator. And by modest we mean that most of the plastic bricks floating around in grade school backpack offer more practicality. With MathStep’s built-in operations, it allows for advanced equations and syntax as well as solving multiple variables. Calculations are made remotely, thus requiring an Internet connection to work properly.
4. Pixplit – Social Photos (Get it for your android) Free
Okay let’s just be honest here; Pixplit’s only wish is to be Instagram. We’re not even joking! It says so right away in the app description, the screenshots and yes again in the description. Contrary to the service everyone loves to hate, Pixplit brings in functionality that you don’t get with the apps already built in every Smartphone on the planet; a collage builder with a social element. Compete with your mates and strive to achieve the best filtered, cropped photo there is.
5. Vire Launcher (Get it for your android) Free
Recently, quite a lot of the devoted customizers in the Android world have adopted an “outline” look. Vire seems to be tailored just for this group. It’s a home screen replacement with unique animations and quasi-3D effects that will flaunt your home screen choices with exquisite visual flair. Don’t worry, there are also a couple of custom widgets as well as the ability to theme all icons on the home screen but this app is still in a beta version so expect more soon.
6. Superuser (Get it for your android) Free
Rooted phones used to only have the luxury of one go-to app available for superusers. Recently, a few legitimate competitors have stepped up to the plate and the newest is Koushik’s Superuser app which covers all the bases and even more. Pin passwords, per-app configuration, multi-user, Holo/Tablet UI and much more are all available on your device.
7. G Cloud Backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. So G Cloud is definitely a must in 2013 especially with the new update that grants you up to 8 GB of free storage!
8. Walk Me Up! Alarm Clock (Get it for your android) Free
We’ve all been there; hitting the snooze button much too often that we end up being 15 minutes or more late for work or an important meeting. Well, this app is pretty much self-explanatory; it requires you to walk a certain number of steps before you can shut the disturbing alarm off. There is even an “evil mode” that will disable that oh-so-tempting snooze button.
9. My Job Chart (Get it for your android) Free
Even though most of the parents still use the good old carrot and stick approach when it comes to the much needed values of domestic slavery, ops we mean chores. Still it’s pretty hectic to juggle those chores with 2 or more little brats running around. If you’re crazy enough to trust your little ones with one of the smartphone out there, be smart enough to use My Job Chart to manage their assignments in a homemaking workflow.
10. Spacecraft 3D (Get it for your android) Free
Just admit it; this made the kid in you giggle. NASA is jumping on board the augmented reality ship that will allow you to land 3D scale models of various spaceships and rovers on your coffee table as long as you’ve got a handy printer to print out the key image. NASA is also planning on expanding the lineup of manned and robotic vehicles in the future.