Llama – Location Profiles
A handy automation utility, less versatile than Tasker, but free.
Sanity
Filters calls, announces callers via audio, records calls, and can even automatically answer calls.
Shush! Ringer Restorer
An application that lets you silecen your phone for a set time, and then un-silences it.
Silent Time Pro
Silences the phone according to a weekly schedule, in case you find Tasker too complex. $1.99
Tasker
The ultimate automation utility — some people buy an Android device just to use it. $6.49
chompSMS
An alternative SMS application with its own optional SMS service for cheaper rates
GMail Label Notifier
Lets you know when any one of your labels receives new email. Customize notifications per-label. $0.99
imo.im
An IM client for Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, Myspace. Woah.
Postman: SMS Spam Blocker
A simple, powerful way to filter spam text messages. Helps tune out the noise.
Skype
It’s bloated, it’s quirky, but it’s Skype. Absolutely essential for long-distance calls.
Viber : Free Calls & Messages
A VoIP client that lets you call and text other users for free, worldwide. Very popular.
Xabber
A simple chat client for XMPP (Jabber) networks like Google Talk, Facebook chat, and more.
AnkiDroid flashcards
Memorize information efficiently while on the go with Anki’s smart algorithm.
WolframAlpha
Amaze your friends with crazy facts and figures. How much sodium is in a banana? $1.99
Aldiko Book Reader
A customizable book reader which also lets you purchase books from within the app.
Moon+ Reader
An very customizable ebook reader with full-screen support, rich gestures, and lots more.
Beautiful Widgets
Check out the weather or the time in style with these huge, gorgeous widgets. $1.99
Embiggen
Display short messages in huge, full-screen text that can be clearly read from meters away.
Pattern Wallpapers
A collection of beautiful, soothing pattern wallpapers. They say there are over a million of them.
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WeatherBug
Check out the weather everywhere in the world in excruciating detail, synoptic maps and all.
WP Clock
A huge, in-your-face, live wallpaper with the time, date, battery and Wi-Fi network. $1.00
3D Weather Widget
A large time/weather widget, similar to HTC Sense or Beautiful Widgets, but free.
Alchemy
Drag and drop elements to create surprising combinations. Hunter + mouse = cat.
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Angry Birds
Needs no introduction. All levels for free. Get Angry Birds Rio too, teach those pigs a lesson.
Chalk Ball Lite
Draw chalk lines to keep the ball from falling off the screen and bounce it onto other balls.
Game Dev Story
Grow your game company into an empire. Kept me fascinated for over a week. $2.50
Words with Friends Free
Play Scrabble with your iOS-toting friends. Has its quirks, but has improved immensely.
Stair Dismount
A physics game where you get to throw a ragdoll around with abandon. No gore, but lots of impact.
Sleep As Android
An alarm clock that uses motion sensing to monitor the quality of your sleep.
Libra – Weight Manager
Log your weight. An essential part of my morning routine. Syncs with DailyBurn and Withings.
RunKeeper
Fantastic guided fitness training, with a powerful website. Not just for running.
JEFIT
Massively popular weight training and bodybuilding app, with a workout planner, workout logs and a companion website.
Gesture Search
Draw letters on the screen, and it finds the app you want to launch. By Google.
SwipePad
Launch your favorite apps in a flash, from any app. Transformed my Android experience — a must-have.
Audiogalaxy Music
A simple way to stream your home music library to your mobile device, wherever you are.
Tuner – gStrings Free
A handy app for tuning many musical instruments.
doubleTwist Player
Sync your Android device with iTunes. Requires free Windows/Mac companion app.
PlayerPro
A powerful, skinnable audio player with advanced filtering capabilities. Pricey. $4.99
Shazam
Competes with SoundHound. Tries to figure out what music is playing in the background.
PowerAMP
A powerful audio player, supports multiple formats, downloads missing album art, and much more.
TuneIn Radio
Listen to radio stations from all over the world; a great way to discover new music.
NodeBeat
Create beautiful soundscapes with this visual musical instrument; great for jamming.
Vignette
A powerful, menu-driven camera app with lots of manual control options, 84 effects and 59 optional frames.
TouchDown for Smartphones
For corporate types: Syncs contacts, email, and calendar with Exchange.
Out of Milk Shopping List
An easy to use shopping list app that can double as a to-do list.
Astrid Task
A to-do list manager that syncs with Google Tasks and Producteev.com.
Barcode Scanner
Makes sense of those square squiggles everybody’s pointing their phones at.
Call Log Calendar Free
Saves calls and SMSes on to Google Calendar, optionally with location info. Great for billing clients.
Catch Notes
A fast notes application for text, voice, images and locations. Syncs with catch.com.
Dropbox
The official app. Doesn’t support continuous sync, but allows access to your files when you need it.
Evernote
The do-it-all notes application. If you use Evernote on Windows/Mac, this is a must-have.
Ovo Timer
A super-slick and elegant timer app, with simple, one-handed operation and speech recognition.
Simple Notepad
A beautifully simple, powerful notepad app. Supports Dropbox sync, and is a joy to use otherwise.
Taskos
A powerful to-do list manager with Google Tasks sync, customized categories, repeating tasks, and more.
Waze
A crowd-sourced GPS app, aware of traffic conditions. For drivers only (not pedestrians).
App Protector Pro
Selectively block access to certain applications. Can toggle locking as needed. $1.99
KeePassDroid
If you use KeePass on the PC, this is a must-have. Manage your passwords with absolute security.
GetGlue
A social recommendation engine for books, movies, and more. Available on the Web too.
HootSuite
A single app for Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. The mobile companion for HootSuite.com
Seesmic
Supports multiple Twitter accounts, as well as Facebook and Buzz. Features fast shortcuts.
Nimbuzz
A text messaging and VoIP app which supports
importing friends from multiple networks, and has a desktop companion
for Mac and Windows.
Lux Auto Brightness – Free
Automatic brightness settings as they should have been in the first place. Powerful and customizable.
Elixir 2
A powerful way to toggle phone settings and get system information. Has a widget and status bar module, too.
SlideIT Soft Keyboard
A fantastic sliding keyboard, supports Colemak, Hebrew, and many other layouts.
Titanium Backup
The must-have backup utility. Saved me numerous times. Rooted devices only.
WiFi Analyzer
Use your phone to see in-depth info on all WiFi networks in range, and configure your own network for best connectivity.
Andricious (Delicious)
Manage your Delicious bookmarks on the go. Supports Yahoo! And Delicious accounts.
Pocket
Mark things to read and watch later on the PC, then read and watch them with this app while on the go.
YouTube Remote
Control YouTube on any computer or Internet TV with this free app from Google.
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