In our quest to provide our readers with cool, interesting and useful android apps, we’ve been covering new apps and games for quite a lot time. But this time, taking a diversion from what’s new and hot, we seek out the best out there in the android market.
But stuffing all the best apps in one article would be like crowding around 300 plus apps on a single web page — which is obviously not cool from both writing and reading point of view. So, we’ve broken down the collection into several articles dedicated to best android apps, each covering a particular category as seen in the android market. This article, for instance, digs up the best apps from the entertainment territory. As for the count, total of 36 FREE apps.
Here you go.
1. Movies (FREE)
This one really kicks off this massive list of apps very well. It’s quite a feature packed app that lets you get info on showtimes of the top box office movies and local theaters, surf 65K DVD, view 15K trailers, reviews from rotten tomatoes and manage your Netflix account too, obviously. It’s a must have android app for movie fanatics.
2. PhotoFunia (FREE)
PhotoFunia is a creative app that lets you play with images the way you like. Select a photo to get its sketch, make a wallpaper paint of it, put it behind the fence, or anything. Just surf through the choices you’ve there and you will be excited to try out each one. Really. It goes online to do the work, so it desperately needs internet connection. BTW, do check out photofunia.com to get the real idea behind the app.
3. Guitar : Solo Lite (£2.50, Free)
Well this one is for our guitarists readers, and others alike. While guitarist will love to play with this app — trying new ideas anytime anywhere on their mobile — others too will enjoy the variety of guitars and the chords available. We didn’t find the free version that cool, but the paid version is fully worth. Back to app’s functions, it wisely pinpoints where you gotta tap your finger to play the music. It’s also integrated with http://www.ultimate-guitar.com, so playing fav song on the app is quite an easy task. Plus, it can also search music songs on you phone’s storage so that you can play guitar along with the song itself. Cool!
4. Caller ID Faker / Bluff My Call (FREE)
Both the apps are similar in what they do but while Caller ID Faker is meant for US and Canada users only, Bluff My Call covers the rest of the countries supported. Application lets you fake your caller ID, change voice, record calls, etc. Only 2 minutes are available per call unless you purchase minutes.
5. Zedge (FREE)
It’s very much possible that you’re already using this app, since it’s the best out there to download wallpapers and ring tones. It comes straight from the zedge.com itself which got awesome collection in their store. The app’s easy to use and obviously a must-have if you have a penchant for wallpapers and ring tones.
6. EPIC Fails (FREE)
This article would lose its shine if we don’t mention the Epic Fails android app here. With around 2000+ fail images to view and laugh upon, this app is surely your best companion, if you’re feeling bore at office or home or, anywhere. You just need an internet connection, and fun is on.
7. TMZ News (FREE)
Well, Warner Bros is here to keep you fully entertained with their official TMZ android app. The app is free, awesome and your best source for Hollywood news, gossips, who’s who and other tmz.com stuff like photos and videos. With entertainment updates pouring in all day, there is now way you’ll get bored, again.
8. Ringtones (FREE)
Search ringtones of your fav songs from the millions available for free. Set the downloaded tones as call or notification alerts or assign to selected contacts directly from the app. Now, finding the craziest tones for the craziest persons in you phonebook is quite easy.
9. Talking Tom Cat (€0.79, Free)
Well it’s not a game but this app offers you a lot to play time. Tom is your cat and you can pet or poke him, or play with his tail. He responds to your finger touch and that’s really gathers fun. Feed him some milk if you’ve annoyed him too much, for he’ll be very happy. Record your play time within the app and share it on Facebook and Youtube. Difference between paid and free version is that with the former, ads are removed, tom can now fart and you get more food options to feed him — cymbals, cake, etc.
10. C:Geo ~ Geocaching for Android (FREE)
Not the official app from the geocaching.com, but C:Geo is still an awesome app that will assist you a lot in playing geocaching. It allows you to search for the caches in live map mode as also using different criteria. You can save items in your device. US only!
11. The Schwartzs Unsheathed (FREE)
Whoa, ready for some serious action? Turn your phone into a Schwartzsabre. To make the battle weapon suited to you, customize the sensitivity, blade color and the music volume. Now, touch the sabre’s handle once to engage in battle and keep slicing your enemies holding the phone. Okay….. this one suits kids only – Ruh-roh!
12. IMDB Movies & TV (FREE)
Well, we know you guys know and love imdb.com and you’ll fell same for their official android app too — which is quite speedy and easy. There is a lot of stuff this app gets to you — find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, search TV listings, get release info of DVDs/Blu-ray, surf what’s popular and famous imdb charts like ‘top 250’, etc.
13. Backgrounds (FREE)
Yeah…. let’s hit back to wallpapers. Use the Backgrounds android app to decorate your precious android screen with cool and awesome wallpapers from among 10,000 images stored in the app’s database. It’s not a wallpaper app pack, so you need internet connection, to go online to browse as many quality images (updated daily!) as you want.
14. Instant Buttons (FREE)
Well, at the very least it can keep a child busy for as much time as it takes to play 113 funny, crazy and curious sounds from the instant buttons android app — that too is ones keep pushing the next sound one after another and you manage to create a button for each one the home screen, huh! Just create a widget button selecting a sound from the app – the push a button will play the sound instantly, that’s the idea behind this app to, um, keep little wonders busy and for some classroom fun.
15. Bogr (FREE)
Surf the funniest sites on the big WWW with the help of Bogr android app — which promises to deliver all the fun from sites like QDB(bash.org), bash.org.ru, killmepls.ru, ithappens.ru, zadolba.li, det.org.ru, nya.sh and more. Export your favorites to SD card, just in case. Russians only!
16. PRANKDIAL (FREE)
Wanna annoy a friend? Use the Prankdial android app to make prank calls to your friends using app’s library of hilarious pre-recorded calls — you can even record them and share among friends to complete the fun. You need to purchase token after you’ve used 3 free tokens that come with the app. US only!
17. StumbleUpon (FREE)
The web discovery engine is right there in your hands with the StumbleUpon android app. Well, we’ve already covered it here exclusively. For the SU regulars, it’s a godsend app and for others, it’s your best bet if you would like to be suggested about new websites/pages of your interest. You’ve the stumbleupon.com in your hand now, on the Go.
18. Hypnotoad To Go (FREE)
Some may say — it’s boring and pointless, but that doesn’t stop the Hypnotoad To Go android app to become one of the highly rated applications in the entertainment category. For others, they just love the Mighty Hypnotoad from the Futurama serie, whose hypnotic powers will make you rule the world. Hello kids!
19. Floating Image (FREE)
Yet another creative app, Floating Image android app uses images from your phone and online accounts like flicker, facebook and picasa to create a river of floating images — which is quite eye-catching. We’ve already covered it here in more detail.
20. GameCenter Games, News & Video (FREE)
If we told you about TMZ android app for Hollywood news and gossips, here is one for the games too. It’s the GameCenter Games, News & Video android app from Gamefly, that brings up-to-the-minute video game news, user and critic reviews, screens and trailers, cheats and codes and more. Know about as many as 7000+ videos games for XBox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS and more. Common, what else you would want, fellas!
21. WSAZ News (FREE)
Be it about the latest breaking news, weather conditions, sports or local news, keep yourself updated on the Go with the WSAZ Android application from the Gray Digital Media, who’ve ported the wsaz.com right to your droid. Share the news with friends via text, email or facebook.
22. Ringlert – FREE Ringtones! (FREE)
Application that allow you to download stuff, like mp3s and ringtones are mostly plain piece without a thought for functions. But Ringlert android app makes a distinction. It allows you to find your cool ringtones by search (as every other app also does) but it also shows the total number of downloads of that tune, info on author and category, and has option to browse further by author, artist or category.
23. FMyLife FML Official (FREE)
Officially from the FML Team’s soil, this is yet another android app that brings the whole website experience right to you wherever you are whenever you want. Revisit fmylife.com on mobile with this app which also supports widget now.
24. Mabilo Wallpapers (FREE)
When it come to quality wallpapers for download and share, Mabilo Wallpapers is a top contender for the top spot along with the Zedge android app, which we’ve already discussed above. With its big collection of quality wallpapers (and growing), it’s a must have app if you want cool wallpapers.
25. Mabilo Ringtones (FREE)
Mabilo Ringtones is same for ringtones what the above app is for wallpapers. Incidentally, the app was earlier withdrawn by the mabilo team to bring a new app, mabilo music. But due to severe demands from the users, the Mabilo Ringtones android app was called back again. Check this out for wonderful collection of ringtones for your droid.
26. FartDroid (FREE)
Select a sound, push a button and the phone will play a fart sound — this is the whole idea of the FartDroid android app. Hand over your phone to your kid with this app open, and he’ll be busy all day playing and laughing with this app. Good for classroom fun too.
27. 8500+ Drink Recipes (FREE)
Well, the name of the app got it all. Get to know what bartenders are mixing into your glass of each drink you order with the 8500 plus drink recipes android app. Browse through the huge drinks list with the help of categories or simply check out what your fav ingredients got in offer for you. Mark drinks you’d like to try as favorites, for easy revisiting.
28. Steamy Window (Free), Steamy Pro €0.99)
Open the Steamy Window android app and just blow air into your phone’s microphone to throw the steam all over the screen. Watch the screen droplets or write anything you like just like you do on the foggy car window. Total Fun. The pro version, Steamy Pro comes packed with more types of screen covers like sand, fog, frost, etc and also shows live camera preview.
29. G4 (FREE)
G4 android app brings the latest gaming news, insider game reviews (with ratings), cheats, videos (hell awesome!) and other stuff from the G4 shows. If you’re a G4 regular, this is one cool app for you.
30. TV Guide Mobile (FREE)
Discover on the Go what time your fav show is gonna play with the official TV Guide Mobile application on android. Apart from show listings, brace yourself with the latest news, scoops, episode recaps and daily TV hot list from the TVguide.com.
31. Useless Facts (FREE)
Say hello to some weird, amazing and interesting (not so!) facts that you never thought existed or paid enough consideration about. Some of them are comedy, some GK type while others are truly what the app says, useless.
32. Tabular (FREE)
Another one for Guitarists. With the Tabuler android app — you can search and save your favorite songs to refer back anytime for playing.
33. E! Online (FREE)
Another celebrity gossip blog ported to your android genie. This time it’s eonline.com making a mark with the official E! online android app. Grab it to catch the latest celebrity news, photos and videos — even the popular E! shows like The Soup.
34. TV Shows Favs (FREE)
With around 12,000+ TV shows listings with complete series info, easy to use schedule facility, support for notifications and online storage, the TV Shows Favs android app is your best bet to organize your TV time anytime anywhere. Be informed about your watched shows too, as you plan what to watch when and get alerts for that. Of course, it’s so cool!
35. Animal Planet (FREE)
Official from the Animal planet itself, keeping track of new videos, beautiful images (really!), quizzes, TV schedules and more such stuff is very handy with the animal planet android app. Fans would love to know about their favorite content that is rich and dedicated to wild life, directly on mobile.
36. Music MP3 Download (FREE)
Downloading fav mp3 is as easy as 1-2-3 with the Music MP3 Download android app. Search, select, choose to preview or download straight away any song you’re looking for. Get more details about the app here. It’s the most popular mp3 download app on the android, for a reason.
So that was it about the best apps from the android market under the entertainment tab. Android Market is really buzzing every day with some hot and awesome apps as it continues to grow rapidly – so, keep visiting us again and again and…. to discover the best from the jungle.
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