Programs for Android are different. There are useful and not so useful, free and commercial, entertaining and intended for solving applied problems, created for the corporate market or with an eye on the mass consumer market, developed with soul or slapped together as if “on the knee” in a couple of minutes, popular and not yet successful gain fame among the user audience of the online market Google Play, currently numbering, no joke, almost 3.2 million applications! And there are also programs, without which in the everyday hustle and bustle you are left without hands and which you have to use almost every day. Today’s review is devoted to precisely these products, which are relevant for most owners of Android devices, divided into categories for ease of perception - Internet, office, information security, system, sports, transport and navigation, entertainment, finance and all sorts of things.

Since we're talking about information security, it would not be amiss to mention such a useful tool in modern realities as a VPN client TunnelBear. With its help, it will not be difficult to quickly establish a secure data transmission channel for web surfing and ensure anonymity in global network, do the work through public Wi-Fi points safer and bypass restrictions set by providers.

⇡ System

A gentleman's set of programs for Android would be incomplete without mentioning a file manager that provides user-friendly interface for working with data stored in the memory of a mobile device. There are such applications on Google Play as a wagon and a small cart, but the best of the best among them in all respects is Total Commander- yes, yes, the same one that many IT old-timers remember from the PC version.

By functional content Android version Total Commander is in no way inferior to the original version of the file manager. The program supports work in two-panel mode and has a multilingual user interface, can find a common language with ZIP and RAR archives, is equipped with customizable menus and a panel of control keys. In addition, the mobile Total Commander includes built-in tools for sorting and searching files, a media player and text editor, tools for transferring files via Bluetooth, support for FTP, SMB and WebDAV protocols, as well as other functions that put the application a step above similar products.

More from system applications The on-screen keyboard developed by Google deserves a place in the memory of any Android gadget. Gboard, supporting more than 400 languages ​​and dialects around the world—more than any other program of its type. In addition to handwriting, Gboard supports voice and continuous text input (to type a word, you need to drag your finger over the letters), and thanks to machine learning, the keyboard can predict phrases entered by the user and automatically correct typos. In addition to functions that make typing easier on a small screen, the application has built-in Google search, a translator and a variety of visual objects - emoji, stickers and animated GIF files, allowing users to more fully express their feelings and emotions when communicating in a virtual environment. Well, so that your stay in the latter is not overshadowed by huge bills for network traffic, it would be logical to keep the program ready Datally, which helps you understand where exactly your precious megabytes are being spent. Datally shows which applications are most demanding of traffic, at what time its consumption increases, recommends ways to save based on user activity, and suggests upcoming Wi-Fi networks, which you can connect to.

⇡ Entertainment

For those who are accustomed to reading in their free time, we advise you to take a closer look at Moon+ Reader- the best, in our opinion, application for working with e-books. Features of the program are support for TXT, HTML, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, FB2, UMD, CHM, CBR, CBZ, RAR, ZIP, OPDS formats, integration with online libraries and dictionaries, the ability to synchronize books on different devices and the presence of a bunch of different settings and modes that allow you to flexibly configure the program and enjoy reading books.

It’s one thing to read books thoughtfully, and quite another thing to watch movies on a mobile device or listen to music. In both cases, the popular cross-platform media player will come in handy VLC, capable of playing almost any video and audio format. Strength The player supports Chromecast wireless broadcasting. Thanks to this, users can most in a simple way transmit media content stored on mobile device or even in network storage, to the big screen or other Chromecast-compatible devices.

⇡ Transport and navigation

The leader in this category, without a doubt, is "Yandex.Navigator" — great helper for car owners and travelers. The navigation application provides road routes across Russia, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, taking into account the traffic situation. The program promptly rebuilds the route based on constantly updated information about traffic jams, accompanies the movement with voice prompts, warns about traffic events (accidents, repair work and so on), speeding when driving on the highway and CCTV cameras, and also displays Additional information about buildings and other objects on the map. In addition to this, Yandex.Navigator supports voice control, allows you to find nearby parking lots in the city and pay traffic fines. To save traffic, there is a function to save selected maps in the device’s memory.

For those who prefer public transport to personal transport, the app will serve them well "Yandex.Transport", which allows you to monitor the movement of city buses, trams, trolleybuses, minibuses in real time and find out the exact time of their arrival. The program contains maps, stops and public transport of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan and other large Russian metropolises. Yandex.Transport also operates in Kiev, Astana, cities of Finland (Helsinki and Tampere), Hungary (Budapest), Australia (Sydney and Brisbane), New Zealand (Auckland) and Belarus (Baranovichi, Slutsk, Lida, Bobruisk, Pinsk, Grodno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Brest). An important fact is that the application can display not only public transport, but also carsharing cars that can be rented for short-term in Moscow.

Finally, a good addition to the mentioned products is an electronic directory with city maps 2 GIS. It not only contains the most complete and regularly updated information about city organizations (location, opening hours, telephone, website, social media, reviews), but can also work as a navigator, suitable for both a car and public transport and walking. The application's capabilities allow you to build routes taking into account all types of public transport: buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, trams and metro, view detailed maps of shopping centers with floor plans, save your favorite places for instant access to them, share your location on the map and use 2GIS as tourist guide to the city. The program contains maps of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Barnaul, Samara, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Kazan, Tyumen, Irkutsk, Perm, Omsk, Kiev, Astana, Bishkek, Dubai, Prague, Santiago and more than 300 more cities in 9 countries.

⇡ Finance

On the financial side, the payment service deserves clear attention Google Pay, allowing you to pay for services and purchases using a smartphone, phablet or tablet with built-in NFC module. After installing the application, you need to add data to it bank card, and in a store that accepts contactless payments, bring your unlocked mobile device to the payment terminal. Google emphasizes that making purchases in this way is even safer than using the card itself, since Google Pay does not store its details on the phone and does not transmit its details to the seller. Instead, a special digital identifier (token) is used, which is created for each card when it is registered in the system. At the same time, you can use any privileges of the linked bank card - accumulation of miles, bonus programs and special offers.

⇡ Sport

For sports and monitoring physical activity, a fitness tracker is a good option. Runtastic, using a GPS/GLONASS receiver, accelerometer and other sensors available in modern mobile devices, measuring time, speed, distance, altitude, calories burned and many other parameters of any type of training. The program collects detailed statistics for all sports activities, fully compatible with the platform Android Wear, supports voice training and data synchronization with similar applications Garmin Connect, Google Fit and MyFitnessPal. According to the developers, Runtastic allows you to quickly achieve your goals in sports, helps to radically improve your overall well-being and physical fitness. Those who doubt can verify in practice the veracity of these words.

⇡ All sorts of things

SmartTools. A real “Swiss army knife” for Android, allowing you to use your smartphone as a sound meter, range finder, vibration meter, metal detector, light measuring device, thermometer, radar for measuring the speed of moving objects, level, magnifying glass, metronome, tuning fork, cardiograph and many other necessary household tools, of which there are already 38 pieces in the program’s arsenal! Each of them uses readings from the corresponding sensors of the mobile device, so full-time job The application is possible only if you have light sensors, proximity sensors, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), barometer and other sensors.

"Mobile Rescuer". A program developed by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, which is useful to have on hand in case of emergencies (pah-pah-pah). A special feature of the application is the interface, equipped with a large red “Send SOS” button. With just one click on it, a person can call the rescue service from anywhere in the country and notify loved ones, relatives and friends via SMS that he is in an emergency situation or an emergency has occurred. “Mobile Rescuer” automatically determines the user’s location, region of the Russian Federation, telecom operator and selects a suitable number from the database to call emergency services. Additionally, the program includes illustrated guides that clearly demonstrate first aid methods, rules of conduct in various emergency situations and other useful information.

Well, today’s publication ends with an application Google News, allowing you to keep your finger on the pulse of events happening in the world and keep abreast of the most important news. A special feature of the program is an intelligent recommendation system that generates news reports based on the user’s interests and preferences. At the same time, authoritative publications are used as sources of information, which always check the accuracy of the information they have before publication. The Google News database also includes our website, 3DNews Daily Digital Digest, which provides the most objective information about everything that happens in the IT market. Subscribe!

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Every website needs a server and Domain name. The wide range of hosters offering such services confuses the user, and as a result, he may not choose the best option. Often, the ratings of Ukrainian hosting providers presented on various sites are based on user reviews. This good criterion, but it should be remembered that they may not always correspond to reality. TrendLine company offers a rating of hosting services in Ukraine based on the main criteria for the comfort of their use - Up-Time server, speed and quality technical support. We won't forget about price, disk space and other features either.

Hosting in Ukraine - overview of key selection parameters

Buying hosting is a goal that every website owner sets for himself and immediately begins to look for a bona fide hoster. Its task is to store the site on servers and provide constant access to it. If the quality of services is low, the Internet resource will work slowly, and search engines will have difficulty indexing it. To choose a good hosting in Ukraine, let’s take a closer look at the technical aspects of compiling our TOP 10.

1. Up-Time servers are the main indicator of quality and reliability. Demonstrates the ratio of server availability and unavailability time. It is measured as a percentage, and the closer the parameter is to 100%, the better Ukrainian hosting you use. Frequent downtime of data centers will worsen the indexing of the site in search engines. The cause of error 5.Х.Х. There may be outdated equipment, poor bandwidth, unstable software and other factors. As a result, the search robot, after receiving a response in the form of an erroneous code, will most likely exclude the Internet resource from ranking and will not show it in the search results.
2. Performance – consists of three elements: database reading MySql data, working out php and channel capacity. The higher the efficiency of the first two procedures, the more stable and high-quality hosting will work in Ukraine. The distance of the servers from your location does not have the best effect on the response of the site.
3. Support service work. Responsive and qualified support creates a pleasant impression and ensures high-quality use of the resource. The best hosting companies in Ukraine have prompt and competent technical support, because the faster the client’s problem is resolved, the better it will affect the reputation. We recommend working with official hosters, not resellers. The latter sell services, but often have no idea about the nuances of the work.

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What other parameters does reliable hosting have?

Options such as PHP, MySql and FTP are provided by almost every service provider. This, as a rule, is enough to create a simple business card website, but if you need to launch a more serious Internet resource, for example, a portal or online store, focus on the following technical parameters:

• support and pricing for C, CGI and Perl options;
• disk and traffic volume;
• access speed;
• the ability to generate subdomains;
• mail functionality and number of email accounts.

Rating of top 10 hostings in Ukraine

Now we move on to compiling our list of the ten best providers based on the cost of hosting in Ukraine and the quality of the services they provide.

1. Ukraine,
2. Ukrnames,
3. S-Host,
4. HostIQ
5. CityHost,
6. Hostlife,
7. Parkovka,
8. AvaHost
9. HostPro
10. Mirohost.

The purpose of the review is to help you choose the best hosting in Ukraine that would satisfy you in terms of price, quality of technical support and speed of data centers.

Begin!

1. Ukraine

The largest domestic provider, operating since 2004, topped the ranking of paid hosting services. It is distinguished by a rational approach to the quality of services and configuration of server equipment. I am pleased with the high qualifications of the technical support.

In general, over these 14 years, Ukraine has gained a reputation as a reliable hoster, as evidenced by the size of the company, the number of connected users and the introduction of modern technologies that improve the quality of services, in particular, increase the loading speed of servers.

Data centers are dispersed in our country, as well as in America, France, and Germany. We also note that high-quality and fast hosting “Ukraine” can officially register domain names.

Characteristics:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.94%.
• Technical support: 8.8/10.
• Response speed: 99.92%.
• Troubleshooting: 40-110 minutes.

Hoster offers 4 tariff plan at a price of 39.22 hryvnia per month of use. Not the cheapest option, but if you order services here, you will immediately understand why you are paying such a sum. Space for websites – from 1 GB on SSD drives, the number of databases is unlimited. You can also test the proposed functionality for 5 days.

If you need reliable paid hosting, feel free to connect to the services of the winner of our rating.

2.Ukrnames

Kharkov provider Internet Name Center LLC with reliable server equipment is maximally customer-oriented. Price of services – from 63 UAH. per month, however, there are more tariff plans - 6 and disk space - from 2 GB, including on SSD.

The test period is significantly longer than our flagship - a whole month versus 5 days. Thus, if your project is very large-scale and very demanding on the speed of data centers, Ukrnames hosting will be an excellent solution.

It is worth noting that this hoster, like the winner of our review, officially has the right to register domains in zone.ua and is accredited by ICANN.

Technical properties:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.91%.
• Technical support: 8.8/10.
• Response speed: 99.9%.
• Troubleshooting: 40-80 minutes.

For owners of Internet resources who are interested in good hosting, we recommend Ukrnames. There is qualified and prompt technical support, stable servers and modern equipment, variability of tariff packages, decent Up-Time and performance parameters.

3. S-Host

The bronze medalist of our TOP is SKHOST, which has server equipment in Germany and France.

Today this is a fairly high-quality hosting in Ukraine, so it is easily among the top three.

Since SKHOST does not have data centers in our country, the response value for local users is slightly higher, but not critical - up to 50 m/s. If your site has a very high requirements to hosting, this should be taken into account. However, for the vast majority of projects, ordering hosting from S-Host will be an excellent solution. A trial period of 7 days will help you make your final decision.

Characteristics:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.94%.
• Technical support: 9.8/10.
• Response speed: 99.96%.
• Troubleshooting: 20-40 minutes.

S-Host offers from 5 GB of space and does not limit the number of databases. Tariff – from 37 hryvnia per month, a total of 5 packages are offered. However, the lack of servers in Ukraine did not allow the company to become the flagship of our TOP 10.

4. HostIQ

Over the years, it has repeatedly topped the rating of the best hosting in Ukraine. In terms of quality of services, it is in no way inferior to the top three and offers many more tariff plans, as many as 30. The company has developed special packages for all popular CMS: WordPress, OpenCart, Drupal, Magento, PrestaShop, Joomla. There are also standard and VIP rates, “cloud” and foreign data centers are offered.

HostIQ took 4th place in our review of Ukrainian hosting services. Tariffs here start from 133.28 hryvnia per month. Users are provided with a 30-day trial for review. However, the number of databases in some packages is limited: 10, 50 and 100. This hoster offers space for websites starting from 10 GB.

Technical properties:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.92%.
• Technical support: 9.9/10.
• Response speed: 99.97%.
• Troubleshooting: 25-60 minutes.

Servers are always available and have high speed response, and service support promptly responds to requests even during peak hours. HostIQ is a serious, responsible provider, so if you need high-quality paid hosting with a wide range of pricing packages to choose from, pay attention to it.

5. CityHost

This company, like the leader of the review, has also been on the market for a long time and is accredited to register domains. Therefore, if you are interested in reliable, inexpensive hosting, it makes sense to pay attention to CityHost.

The price of tariffs here is from 29.70 UAH. per month, a total of 6 options are offered. The cheapest package is very limited - 0.5 GB of disk space, 3 databases and 10 emails.

The remaining 5 offer extensive capabilities and cost from 58.08 hryvnia. In any case, it is cheaper than what is offered by the providers who top the hosting rating in Ukraine.

Characteristics:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.95%.
• Technical support: 9.6/10.
• Response speed: 99.96%.
• Troubleshooting: 35-75 minutes.

CityHost data centers are located in Ukraine and Germany. The company uses SSD drives to host websites and offers a trial period of 10 days. Order hosting here – good decision for posting personal blogs, information sites, business cards, and small online stores.

6.HostLife

Large provider operating for more than 10 years. If you monitor Ukrainian hostings from the point of view free space on servers – it leads the way, offering unlimited space for hosting websites. The functionality testing period is 7 days.

However, on the other hand, HostLife has outlined very high price– 52.36 hryvnia without using SSD media. As a result, when compiling our review of hosting providers, we placed this company in the middle - in 6th place.

Technical properties:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.95%.
• Technical support: 9/10.
• Response speed: 99.94%.
• Troubleshooting: 35-70 minutes.

HostLife offers 7 tariffs, including the Premium group and for CMS. It is worth noting that even with the basic package, if, of course, 1 site is enough for you, a very extensive functionality is offered.

7. Parking

A young provider focusing on profitable hosting. Offers 4 tariff plans, while the basic package of services costs only 35 UAH. per month.

Although you won’t be able to speed up much here - the disk space is only 500 MB, and you can host 1 site with 1 database here.

A positive point is the fact that Parkovka offers placement of resources on SSD media.

Characteristics:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.96%.
• Technical support: 9/10.
• Response speed: 99.95%.
• Troubleshooting: 40-70 minutes.

This hoster has good stability and response speed of data centers, so for hosting business cards, online stores and even large portals The functionality it provides is quite sufficient.

Technical support works promptly, is highly qualified and is focused on solving customer problems as efficiently as possible. Therefore, if you are interested in high-quality and affordable Ukrainian hosting, pay attention to the Parkovka provider.

8.AvaHost

An international hoster with a branch and servers in our country. AvaHost data centers are also located in Europe, America and Russia.

Among all the participants included in our hosting review, this company offers, perhaps, the largest amount of disk space for a website - from 10 GB and does not limit the placement of databases.

AvaHost has 8 tariff plans, 4 of which are focused on the WordPress CMS. The price of services is high – from 69 UAH. per month of use.

On the other hand, AvaHost is a large hosting company with high quality services, excellent technical support and a positive reputation, this also needs to be taken into account.

Technical properties:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.95%.
• Technical support: 9.2/10.
• Response speed: 99.97%.
• Troubleshooting: 35-60 minutes.

If you are choosing hosting in Ukraine in terms of reliability and stability of operation, AvaHost will not let you down. The supplier is so confident in the high level of its services that it does not even offer a trial period. Although its absence is ambiguous, because every user, before paying for a service, wants to understand what he plans to invest in. Therefore, when compiling our top Ukrainian hosting services, we ranked AvaHost in 8th place.

9.HostPro

While monitoring hosting services, we reviewed many providers offering services that would suit both big business, as well as to private individuals.

HostPro in this aspect provides powerful functionality, which is expensive and will be redundant for some resources.

The simplest tariff plan is 71.56 hryvnia per month. However, if you pay annually, the cost turns out to be very pleasant - 54.72 UAH. in 30 days.

In this we also see a focus on large projects, the owners of which are ready to buy a subscription for 12 months.

Characteristics:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.90%.
• Technical support: 9.8/10.
• Response speed: 99.94%.
• Troubleshooting: 30-70 minutes.

The offer of this hosting company includes 9 tariff packages, including for Linux, with space for Internet resources - from 5 GB on SSD media. The test period is short – 5 days. We also note high-quality technical support, promptly problem solver clients.

10. Mirohost

Our TOP 10 review of hosting in Ukraine is completed by Mirohost, another supplier whose services are more suitable for the business segment than individuals. Its advantage is the largest high-tech powerful data center with Intel Xeon-based equipment with a bandwidth of 180 Gbit/s and daily backup.

Mirohost services are not cheap - from 86.67 hryvnia for 30 days.

Technical properties:

• Up-Time of data centers: 99.97%.
• Technical support: 9.3/10.
• Response speed: 99.98%.
• Troubleshooting: 45-70 minutes.

The company does not offer a trial period. Used for placement SSD drives with available capacity from 3 GB.

Mirohost has developed 3 tariff plans for clients with the ability to install from 1 to 5 sites with 1-10 databases. Due to its business focus and related aspects, this supplier completes our rating of hosters.

Where is the best place to buy hosting – TOP 10 from TrendLine

We have conducted a thorough comparison of hosting companies and compiled a ranking of the best companies for you. Use this information and choose a supplier based on key project criteria and your financial capabilities. High-quality and reliable hosting is the key to successful website promotion, which, by the way, you can order from TrendLine.

One of the reasons why smartphones have got huge widescreen screens is for watching videos. Processors today are able to consume almost no energy when the smartphone is operating in video player mode, and in terms of the number of formats that a typical Android smartphone can handle, it is even cooler than computers. In theory, it can handle both ancient videos from the early 90s and new 4K videos.

In theory, because standard video players in smartphones are made according to the principle “as long as something is played somehow.” If you manage to record a bunch of movies from your computer to your smartphone to watch them on the road, you run the risk of finding that half of the videos either cannot be opened or are played back without picture and/or sound.

MX Player is an excellent omnivorous video player on Android

All this can be fixed by installing a truly omnivorous player. There are many of them, but MX is one of the most authoritative and sophisticated among its kind. It plays any video and music in a very economical mode, even on old smartphones, and can make the volume in videos twice as high as a standard player (in films with quiet soundtrack this is very useful), switch between several types of voice acting, pinch the frame to scale, as in photographs, and open videos from sites in a convenient Android player.

MX Player itself is free, but full of advertising. The ad-free version already costs money. The only troublesome thing is that, due to the greed of patent holders, support for the AC3 format (multichannel sound in modern films) needs to be downloaded and “screwed on” separately. But take my word for it - the player is very good and deserves such trouble.

ES Explorer - cleaning your smartphone from junk and transferring files over Wi-Fi

A long time ago, when Android was a semi-finished product, there were no sensible file managers. In order to flaunt to iPhone owners the fact “look, I have everything organized into folders, like on a computer!”, it was necessary to download a separate application for managing files.

Those days are long gone, and now every smartphone has banal programs for renaming, moving or copying files. But there are no quality ones among them.

ES Explorer will help you transfer files over Wi-Fi and clean your system of junk

ES Explorer was one of the first noteworthy file managers on Android; today it has grown in breadth and can do much more than the average user needs. But an active Android phone user will definitely need the following “goodies”:

• Ability to open files from local network . For example, from shared folder on your computer/laptop, or from a hard drive/flash drive that you plugged into the router.
• Working with archives. Someday they will send you a stack of photographs, a Word/Excel document inside .zip, .rar or something even worse. ES Explorer will be able to open such archives without problems.
• Drive analysis. If your smartphone is filled to capacity with files, and it’s not very clear why the space suddenly ran out so suddenly, just press the “analyze” key in ES, after which it will show how much space in memory is occupied by pictures/music/applications and games/documents, will arrange them from large to small and allow you to remove “garbage” right in the same menu. There is almost no alternative in terms of convenience.
• Transfer files between smartphones to Wi-Fi speed . It's unlikely that you send photos, music and videos to nearby cell phones, as in the era of polyphonic ringtones, but Bluetooth has since been and remained a dull and slow method of communication, and normal universal method they didn’t come up with the idea of ​​transferring files via Wi-Fi. More precisely, they came up with it, but only between identical applications. If you and your friend have ES Explorer, you can send large files in two clicks at the highest speed possible between mobile phones - the file manager has a “sender” function for this case.

WPS Office - Word, Excel and everything, everything, everything

During the existence of smartphones, standards files Microsoft Office(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) were at first “overwhelming” exoticism, then a revelation with which everyone tried to edit texts on tiny screens. Today, there are no miracles in viewing and minor editing of text in documents and presentations. Another thing is that such files (+ documents of the format Adobe PDF) will flock to your e-mail from all sides, and there will be nothing to open them on your smartphone. You can, of course, keep the intrigue until you get to your desktop PC, but it is wiser to spend several tens of megabytes of memory on a ready-made set for opening and editing everything “office”.

WPS Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint in your pocket

WPS Office (formerly Kingsoft Office, if anyone is interested) - not the coolest office suite one of its kind, but it is free, bug-free, fast and not deprived of features even in comparison with expensive alternatives. We recommend.

Weather/news widgets - so as not to turn on the TV

As is the case with file managers, smartphones are not deprived of informants about the temperature outside the window and latest news, but the quality of standard widgets almost always leaves much to be desired. Therefore, we advise you to decorate your desktop with information details from other developers.

The appearance and functionality of widgets is always a matter of taste, but in our opinion, the least catchy and at the same time functional options for weather and news are offered today by Yandex. The side effect is the constant “steaming” of search, the Taxi application and other company products.

Weather and news will make your smartphone desktop always an interesting sight

At first, it will be unusual to look at headlines and weather forecasts on your desktop instead of “wallpapers,” but take my word for it - very soon you will begin to enjoy the fact that you will know all the main events in the world before TV viewers and news readers on the Internet. It is also not necessary to delve only into political conflicts - car lovers or electronic devices can receive information only on their favorite topics.

Shazam - find out what song is playing

Every day you hear music, among which there are songs that seem to give you an electric shock. Because when you were a child, you were running under the Christmas tree to this very song/getting ready for a first date/getting a job/something else, but from the text in foreign it is still not clear what it’s about, and you also don’t remember who actually performs this song and what is it called.

With new smartphones this is no longer a problem - you take your Android “shovel” out of your wide trousers and press a key. The smartphone listens to the song and names the artist and song title after a few seconds. That's what an app called Shazam is for.

Shazam: You'll always know what music is playing nearby

Of course, Shazam, although he was one of the first, is far from the only one of its kind - Sony has similar applications, and recently even Google began to learn to recognize music. But Shazam has the largest "knowledge base", so it is still the most the right way recognize music using a smartphone.

Now it seems to you that such a function will not be needed regularly - when you begin to suffer after hearing a fragment of your favorite song, but did not know who sings it, you will remember our words.

Currency converter - a tragedy starring the dollar and ruble

Why are you laughing? Have you already forgotten how you tore your hair out and rushed to the stores to buy equipment in order to buy it before the price tags were rewritten?

Of course, I would like to believe that the worst is behind us, and in the coming years we will not experience sharp fluctuations in the ruble against the US dollar, but it is not a bad idea to look at how the national currency is doing, so that later you do not find out the shocking truth as the last one, from the evening news reports. And in general, a convenient tool for converting between the currencies of different countries will be useful on vacation and on business trips.

How is our long-suffering ruble doing?

There are a great many applications that can convert currencies, we will recommend one of the most visual among them - Easy Currency Converter. Simple in appearance, with the ability to select your “favorite” currencies and a graph with exchange rate dynamics. That is, in addition to the current figures, you can always see how the ruble jumped/fell against the dollar over the coming days, months or even years. Gourmets, by the way, can even look at the so-called Russian Zen - the “holy trinity” of dollar, euro and the price of a barrel of oil.

Messengers - VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, WhatsApp, Viber, Skype and others

A very naive point in our selection, but if you have just recently bought a smartphone, you should know that “smart phones” differ from simple ones by focusing on constant communication, not only for calls and SMS in GSM networks, but also via the Internet. It was possible to correspond in ICQ in ancient times, but in new smartphones under Android control you have the opportunity to share huge amounts of information, videos, and make video calls abroad completely free of charge!

A smartphone is an opportunity to communicate without regard to tariffs and distances

Because mobile operators have long switched everyone to tariffs with a monthly fee, to which the serious rubbish of the Internet is “nailed.” This will be enough to stop sending SMS and switch to communicating with friends and relatives online.

It is not necessary to install all instant messengers at once (although it is advisable) - choose those in which you will have someone to keep in touch with. It would be enough.

Online videos - TV, online cinemas or short jokes

Of course, with the limited amount of traffic in the new cellular tariffs(unlimited Russian operators removed further in order to more effectively “milk” subscribers) does not allow much acceleration, but the Internet package is enough for a certain amount of video entertainment. And with periodic Wi-Fi at home or at work you can get out even more effectively.

If you didn't know, " big three» (MTS, Beeline, MegaFon) mobile operators There is applications for watching television via 3G/4G without consuming traffic from the tariff. In MTS they want a little money above the tariff for such pleasure, in Beeline there is a small amount free channels+ paid, MegaFon varies the number free tariffs depending on the amount of the monthly fee for your tariff. In any case, if you would like to watch television away from the “box”, pay attention to such services of cellular operators.

TV, cinema or short videos - Android has it all

And if, on the contrary, you don’t want the TV to reach you from your mobile phone, install an online cinema for yourself to watch feature films or music videos. The most popular applications of this kind remain ivi.ru And Megogo, among the unofficial ones (which are not on Google Play) and completely free clients you can note VideoMix , HD VideoBox And LazyIPTV.

Mobile devices have taken a huge place in life modern man. A huge number of games and applications are released daily. And today we will talk about the most useful applications for Android.

A great app that helps you improve your fitness with a huge variety of multimedia workouts and training programs. The application has a free and paid version.

A very useful application for those who want or are already studying English language. The application has a huge amount of educational materials and useful lessons that will appeal to both children and adults.

The application will be useful when traveling. By downloading the application you get access to all maps of countries and cities. In addition, the application does not require an Internet connection, which will help you save money abroad.

This application caused a lot of noise and simply could not help but get into our top. Evernote helps you be more productive by creating a workspace on your mobile device. The list of all the features can be described for a very long time, so it’s better to immediately follow the link and download.

An application for those who have already created their own social unit. By using this application you will always know where your loved ones are and whether everything is fine with them. A very useful application especially if you have children.

This application will help you control your expenses. Expense IQ includes an expense manager, payment reminders, and even helps you plan your budget!

Well, where would we be without a list of goals and to-dos? A very important tool for creating and editing new tasks. The application can also sync with all your devices.

8. NeuroNation - brain training

The application will help improve brain function and increase its efficiency. NeuroNation will help you improve your memory, increase your intelligence, and develop logical thinking.

A simple and very useful application. The pedometer records the number of steps you take, how many calories you burn, and the distance you travel.

10. Just Dance Now

An interesting dance game. A huge number of hits to which you can dance alone or with friends.

Our selection of the most useful applications for Android has come to an end. Share in the comments what useful applications do you use?

Every day, PlayMarket is updated with dozens of programs for Android: almost any software has several analogues (sometimes they number in dozens). Search indeed good software in a colossal catalog is sometimes too complicated because it takes up too much time. Often we lack patience and perseverance, and we choose the best from the worst. But it shouldn’t be this way! Therefore, especially for you, we have selected the best programs for Android and compiled the TOP 10 applications. It is quite possible that in such a list you will find what you have been looking for for so long.

Call recording from Appliqato

If you are interested in recording calls on Android, best program-Appliqato. Thanks to its good functionality, this unique application has won the favor of a huge audience of users all over the world.

The first thing that attracts you to Appliqato is its pleasant interface and simple design. Home page programs - just two folders called “Saved” and “Inbox” - all your recorded conversations are located here. There are several operating modes available for users of this software: “Ignore all”, “Record all” and “Ignore contacts”. In the first case, only those phone numbers that are entered in the settings are recorded. In the second - absolutely all conversations. And in the third - only calls that came from unknown numbers.

The program is very easy to use, but is not without its drawbacks. It's about advertising. However, you can disable it, but to do this you will have to purchase a paid, more functional version.

QR Droid Code Scanner

The purpose of this software is to decipher QR codes using the camera built into the Android device. Also, QR Droid Code Scanner can successfully handle the most common barcodes. Thanks to this feature, you do not need to download additional application, thereby saving space on your phone. The scanner is quite convenient to use.

Even the most inexperienced user can understand the settings. The principle of working with this utility is completely simple: just point the camera at the desired object and wait a few seconds until identification occurs and the contents of the code are reflected. In addition, this QR code reader for Android allows you to find out the data hidden in travel guides, as well as read personal information contained in the QR code. For example, contacts or email address.

GPS Anti-Radar from AIRBITS & Reactive Phone

Thanks to its excellent functionality software is a good replacement for its stationary counterpart. The radar detector application for Android is the best among many similar ones. It identifies control cameras along the route and provides data about all traffic police posts. In addition, the program immediately warns that the speedometer has exceeded the permitted speed limit by more than 19 km/h.

Main advantages GPS AntiRadar are:

• Simple and very convenient interface;
• Complete with detailed maps of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan;
• Ability to work together with other software in background;
• The utility does not take up too much space and does not consume much battery; it can also work on weak devices.

Lightroom Mobile

Lightroom Mobile tops the list best apps for Android for photo processing. This is a universal photo editor that allows you to professionally process images directly on your smartphone. To use the program's functionality, Android version 4.1 is required. and higher.

The program also allows you to organize your pictures and synchronize them with other devices. It is possible to edit any photo using the potential of Adobe. In this case, you can use a whole set of tools, ready-made presets and more complex filters. The program interface is quite simple - as a rule, no difficulties arise with them.

Roadly

Roadly (radar detector) is an excellent program for Android, a video recorder that was created to help drivers on the road. In addition, this unique utility includes traffic sign recognition and a radar detector that warns about cameras. Roadly is equipped with a warning function about the location of fixed cameras and their coverage area. The program options allow you to send the recorded video to YouTube with just one click.

The unique functions of this software are: recording coordinates, current speed directly into a video file, automatic stop/start when stopping or moving. Since the application actively uses the smartphone's resources, it is important to ensure a constant connection to charging.

Secret Video Recorder HD

An excellent modern program for Android spy, this is one of the best secret video recorders. This unique software is very convenient and simple to use. It only takes one click to start and then stop video recording. However, the application does not reflect on the screen what it records. In addition, you can use your smartphone as usual at the same time, playing games or browsing pages in the browser. The phone does not produce any sounds, but the video will be of very high quality. You can download this software completely free of charge.

Features of Secret Video Recorder HD are:

• No preview;
• Unlimited video recording;
• Support rear and front camera;
• Night mode support.

Lime HD TV

The best programs for watching TV on Android in our rating are represented by Lime HD TV. Such an innovative program is an excellent way out of a situation where, due to the lack of an antenna or for some other reason beyond your control, there is no access to television. You can watch your favorite movie or TV show absolutely free, but there are some restrictions on the list. Although among the 140 free information, children's and sports channels there will certainly be something to watch.

The highlight of Lime HD TV is the ability voice search, as well as quickly switching between channels. Thanks to this utility, you will not be bored on the road or in a situation where you need to while away an hour or two.

Noom

The Noom pedometer automatically counts the user's steps around the clock, using only two percent of the battery charge per day (this is very economical, because per day of use such software uses energy similar to twenty minutes of display operation). This pedometer program for Android is a real find for those who are actively involved in sports, trying to lose weight or maintain weight at a certain level.

By downloading Noom you will always be aware of your daily activity, sometimes being surprised at how much or little you move. The features of the pedometer are that it works in the background and that the interface is available in Russian, the program is free for users, consumes very little energy and, most importantly, is a good motivation for doing sports.

Keeper

The top programs for Android also include the password manager Keeper. It is the leading software for secure digital storage and easy password management. Not only individual users, but also organizations will be able to use such a utility. To protect confidential information, the presented software uses strong encryption and multi-factor authentication.

Keeper offers users cloud-based, encrypted password storage that is accessible in any situation. In addition, you can use your account on any other gadget, including a personal computer.

VK Live

VK Live is software for VK live broadcasts. This is a real find for bloggers, including beginners, who dream of popularity. The service allows you to publish video broadcasts on your VK page and in a group. In addition, using such software, you can watch live broadcasts of celebrities and your friends, chat live, responding to comments, adding stickers and hearts, create your own broadcasts, making money on it. VK Live is quite easy to use. To record, just connect and then configure the camera and microphone. As soon as you start broadcasting, all users who follow you will receive a corresponding notification about the start of the broadcast.

In addition to its advantages, the program has some disadvantages. In particular, we are talking about the inability to block individual users, as well as the lack of information about who has already viewed your posts. In addition, there are no age restrictions on VK Live.