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Paid for Applications - Essentials

brad-short

brad-short

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Hi Guys

This post has been prompted by me being caught out by the Foreign Exchange charges charged by some banks to buy apps off the Android Marketplace. I want to see which paid apps we think are worth the dolla!

The Question is simple "If you could only Buy 5 apps for your Android phone, including those free apps that you can make ad free / unlock functionality, what would they be?"

I'll only give one, as i don't want to skew the results but i think Titanium Backup is worth buying if only for the fast backup and restore that is not available in the free version.

I await your replies excitedly!

:p :p

EDIT_
Thanks for all your replies, encourage others to post. If the apps are for rooted phones only please add (rooted) to the title

EDIT2: Apps bought that agree with or are due to your recommendations

1. Tasker
2. Launcher Pro
3. Beautiful Widgets
4. Widgetlocker
5. Slideit
 
Well I have only bought 2 apps, both of which I used as trial versions and thought they were well worth paying for. These are Gentle Alarm and Smart Keyboard. I love them both and would definitely recommend them. I don't think I would be likely to buy an app if there was no demo/trial to use first though.
 
1. LauncherPro Plus
2. NewsRob Pro
3. Tasker
4. Gentle Alarm
5. SwiftKey Keyboard

Runner ups: Game Dev Story, RunKeeper Pro (I got it free, but was going to pay for it this spring!)
 
The main app that I bought and love is ADWLauncher EX. A couple others that I picked up and love are:

Beautiful Widgets - nice looking widgets for home screen.
Reddit is fun - browse news agg site reddit. paid version gives widgets
Dolphin HD browser - this is free, but you can upgrade to premium to support dev and get additional features. I highly recoomend!
 
Numero Uno no doubt: 1. LauncherPro Plus: Pay for the Plus version, it's well, WELL worth it.
2: Tasker: A million customizable apps all in one. Everyone (aside from yourself) will be oooed and ahhhhed at the brilliance of your phone. Your wife will look at you like you're a big nerd/geek, but who gives a crap? Your phone can now do any task just by rotating your phone in any given motion (set by you) if you so choose.
3: SlideIt: I've been back and forth between SlideIt and Swype and right now I'm set on SlideIt, which I paid for even though I already had Swype for free.
3. QuickSettings: Makes it so easy to switch between functions that are otherwise much more buried within the menus of the phone.
4. FlashLight: For such a simple app, it gets used a lot by me. I wake up and leave before my wife so I use it every morning to navigate our bedroom without waking her up, and not step on the giant dogs sprawled about.
5. Ebay: Yeah, I buy a bunch of crap I probably don't need but I "save" a load of cash doing it.
 
LauncherPro Plus (a must)

Better Keyboard

Power Amp

Juice Defender

Dolphin Mini Browser

(however if you are rooted this list would change)
 
Here are mine in the order of importance IMO:
Root explorer
Widget Locker
Beautiful Widgets
TIBU PRO (cause it's a pain when restoring all apps and have to click install for each one :p)
Vignette. Absolutely best camera app.
 
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