Top 13 Best Apps for a new Smartphone/Android phone

Yeah!! A new smartphone. Congrats!! But now you will be searching for a WIFI to download all the apps that you were using. As this is your new mobile, you have to type all the passwords with all the accounts that you were using, sync all the data from the previous apps, download all the social media apps that you haven’t tried in your old smartphone. You will start to fill all the necessary apps that you need. You might have all the apps of your choice, but give these apps a try. I bet your smartphone will save a lot of memory space with these suggested apps. Here are some best Android apps that are worth installing on your new smartphone.
We have curated some of the most popular games, apps, utilities for your newest smartphone. Give them a try once.
Best Apps for a new Smartphone are as follows:
1) Dark Sky
Dark sky is a weather forecasting app. Nothing is better than Dark Sky for predicting rains. I know, there are many built-in apps and widgets that get you to predict it for free but, paid things are always better than free ones. So give this a try once. However, it and is available for $2.99 per year with premium features. You can also enjoy it free but with limited features. It gives a minute to minute predictions which is worth for planning a trip.
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Official Website: Dark Sky
Available for free; $2.99 for premium version |
2) VSCO
VSCO is a photo editing app. The developers of this app keep on changing their app’s interface which is the reason why people love it the most. This app offers best filters for your photo which looks like a film/movie. It also provides various other adjustments to make your image look professional. It has multiple sizes so that you can fit them in any format.
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Official Website: VSCO
Available for free; Membership cost: $19.99 per year |
3) Pocket Casts
Many people love to hear podcasts. Android finally has its very own podcast app. But what’s the harm in downloading another podcast app? NPR owns pocket Casts, and three other public radio producers offer excellent service. It has only become better and better since it’s launch. They have recently added many new features which the users were requesting.
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Official Website: Pocket Casts
Available for $3.99 per year |
4) Messages
This is Google’s built-in text messaging app. This app is more than a text message. You can send media like images, videos, gif, etc. with the latest update that rolled out in November 2018. There is a feature where you can send messages through your computer similar to WhatsApp Web. A better function than a regular text messaging app.
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Available for free |
5) 1Password/ LastPass
Password manager apps are a bit Hassel to setup and use. But once you are using through, you will find it very easy and better to use. It is challenging to remember different passwords for different login in different apps.
The best way to keep separate passwords is by using a password manager app. 1Passwors is paid, but if you want to use a free app, the last password is a better choice. However, you can use 1Passwors free for one month, then you will have to pay $2.99 per month.
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Official Website: 1Password
FREE For 30 Days; after that $2.99 per Month |
Official Website: LastPass
Available for FREE |
6) Audio Recorder
Audio Recorder app is an essential app that lets users record voice memos. Android is missing this app on its platform. Audio Recorder is a straightforward app owned by Sony.
It has a big red button to start recording voice and a simple list of all the recorded sounds. You can record audio in various quality from low to high. The high-quality format of the AUDIO MANAGER takes a lot of space. But, Medium quality is also best.
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Available for FREE |
7) Period Tracker Clue
Nowadays girls often forget their periods start date due to work and mental stress. No worries!! Period Tracker Clue will remember it for you. This is one of the best menstrual cycle tracking app available in the market. It has a simple interface that makes easy to visualize your menstrual cycle, bleeding and much more. The company which developed this app promises to not to sell any users personal data but however, some data might be shared for research purposes.
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Available for FREE |
8) Alto’s Odyssey
It is a fun game, especially if you have an edge to edge to display. It has quite simple and elegant graphics. It is a challenging game which never ends. Its fast game will keep you engaged always. It is a free game which is available in the play store.

Available for FREE |
9) Pocket
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You might have to read many interesting articles on the web but won’t be having much time to read all the articles at once. Pocket will help you out. It is a browser extension and also an app that lets you save articles and read or listen to it in the future whenever you have time. The best part is, once you save a link through Pocket, you can read it without an internet connection too.
Official Website: Pocket
Chrome extension: Pocket |
10) Files
It is another best app developed by Google itself. This is a free app available in the play store. It is much better than the one that is built in file manager given by Google. Files help to find all the junk files that are using your memory. Then you can remove of shift that files to some another location.
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Available for FREE |
11) WPS Office
Now no need to download multiple apps for Word, Excel, or Powerpoint presentation files. WPS Office is a one-stop solution. You can edit and view all the file formats from .docx to PDF. It is an office suite for Linux, Microsoft, iOS, and Android. All the Microsoft Office file formats are supported.
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Official Website: WPS Office
Available for FREE; Premium Membership for $29.99 per year |
12) MX Player
It is a powerful video player app with many exciting features. It supports majorly all types of formats. It also has CODEC that will allow even the hardest format to play in your device very smoothly. You can add subtitles, control playback speed, sync subtitles with the speed of the movie. It has a User-Friendly Interface with gesture features like sweep backward or forward to sleek the bar front and back, swipe up and down on both sides Left and Right to increase and decrease the volume and brightness respectively.
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Official Website: MX Player
Available for FREE |
13) Shazam
Shazam is a music discovery app owned by Apple INC. It helps users to identify songs played on their surrounding. It is a great app because sometimes we hear an awesome song and search it on google and cannot find. Shazam lets you do this work in a click of a button. It can quickly identify its album, title or artist. And the good thing, it is available for free.
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Official Website: Shazam
Available for $3.99 per year |
These are the best 13 apps for your new smartphone. There can be other apps too that you can download. But for the first time, try out these apps as I have personally used these apps on my device and they are way better than any other apps that I have used.