5 Most Useful Apps (Android)
(The list is in alphabetical order)
1. Applock
You probably have apps that you'd rather others didn't see. No judgment here. But if you've passed your phone to someone else to look at photos, how do you stop them seeing your email - or setting a new high score on Threes?
2. CamScanner
Several apps let you use your phone's camera to digitize paper documents, but few are as slick and powerful as CamScanner. It can crop and enhance images in seconds, leaving you with a digital document that's aligned and easy to read-even if your phone's camera isn't the best. You can join documents together, add your own annotations on top, and then share the result as a PDF or JPG.
3. Google Drive suite
Google Drive and its suite of apps are the most popular productivity apps on Android. The full collection includes Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Keep, and Google Photos. Between these apps, you have a full-fledged office suite complete with a note taking app, cloud storage, and a place to back up all of your photos and videos for free. Google Drive comes with 15GB of storage for free. You can increase the cloud storage space with a monthly subscription. The whole package are some of the most useful apps we've seen.
4. Greenify
Getting the most from your phone's battery is always key. Android 10 may have its own set of battery-saving tools, and many phones now offer power-saving modes, but these should be seen as a last resort.
Greenify sits in the background helping to regulate how much battery various apps are using. It freezes the apps you tell it to when you're not using them and instantly defrosts them when you need to gain access.
5. LastPass
LastPass is a password manager app. There are many of these in Google Play and most of them work fairly well. However, we like LastPass because it stays current with Android updates and also has a second authenticator app for additional security. The app generates passwords, saves your passwords to various sites, and helps you login quickly when you need to. It adds a layer of security to your life. The subscription costs are also quite reasonable. There are other really good password manager apps as well. However, we like that LastPass is always among the first to integrate new Android features quickly so it gets the spot for now.