The Official Ultimate Android App List Guide  

So, we've had a few app lists here and there of people sharing apps and that was nice, but none of them ever really stuck around. Also, people are constantly asking for "Which Apps should I get for Android? I just rooted my phone, man!"

I've helped many people get some of the best apps on Android and since I cherish my phone and search almost every night for new apps and games, I decided to compile a list of the best Android Apps on the market to help you all. I am proud to say it is the best Ultimate list on Google Search and is significantly more ordered, prepared and has had more time put into it than any other list I've yet to see. There are sites that review apps and go into much more detail, but I wouldn't say those sites are lists.

In this thread, I will not only post pictures of the Apps, but will also include Android Market links as well as a brief description of the game or app and why I feel you should download it. I will also do my best to update this thread as often as I download new apps, have tried them out and decided to keep them. If you STROOOONGLY believe an app or game is worth mentioning that I do not have on my list, I will download it, try it out and decide whether it's worth mentioning. If I decide it's not worth adding, I'll let you know why. Otherwise, I'll add it to the list.

First and foremost, I am a strong believer that MIUI is the best ROM for android phones and if it's available on your phone, you should definitely get it and give it a try. The amount of customization you can do with this ROM is amazing. Nothing else I've tried compares to it. CyanogenMod is a dim candle light compared to the flaming bon fire that is MIUI. Check it out here to see if your device has it available. Even so, if MIUI is not your cup of tea, you should definitely check out what others have to offer. There's no reason you should have an Android phone and stay on stock ROM without having tried whats out there!

I strongly suggest you root your phone if you haven't already. You need to root your phone before you can ROM it anyway. You have a smartphone, use it to it's fullest capability. You won't break it. It's really simple. Check out XDA-Developers for more information on how to root and ROM your phone.

Remember, just because the link to the Android Market may be the paid version, that doesn't mean there isn't a free version available as well. Just search for the application or game and see if a free version is available. Likewise, just because a free version was linked rather than the pay version doesn't mean that a paid version isn't available and with more features.

This article has now been added to the official OCN Articles Section found here.


ADW Launcher/Go Launcher EX/LauncherPro
All 3 of these are very popular alternatives to your application launcher (typically the 3 buttons at the bottom of your screen that opens 3 menus or windows like the phone dialer, your contacts and the app drawer. The launcher lets you customize those with up to 5 or 6 icons, lets you choose the image for the icon and some even have a custom app drawer. I use MIUI, so I don't have a need for these since it already has the best launcher, but this is great for others using different ROMs.
ADW Launcher/Go Launcher EX (Click to show)
I hear GOLauncher EX is most popular.

Amazon App Store
This app cannot be downloaded on the Android Market. Instead you have to google "Amazon App Store," go to their website, put in your email address and they'll send you a link to download their app. This is a MUST HAVE application because they offer a PAID APP for FREE with lifetime updates EVERY DAY. You can't beat that.
Amazon App Store (Click to show)
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle is an app for reading books, just like the Amazon Kindle tablet thing Amazon sells, only you don't need the tablet and can download the books on your phone. There are lots of free books available too.
Amazon Kindle (Click to show)
Beautiful Widgets
Very nice looking clock widget that also shows you the weather with a nice little picture similar to HTC's clock, in case you are ROMing your phone and no longer have access to HTC Sense. Lots of skins to download for not only the clock, but the weather skin as well and battery skin.
Beautiful Widgets (Click to show)
Better Keyboard Pro/Smart Keyboard Pro
These are 2 of the best keyboards on the market. Many different styles and themes/colors of keyboards to download. The keyboards are very responsive, have a nice layout and best of all look amazing. They lack swype, but are good for everything else. Very convenient key placements as well with long touch numbers and symbols.

Better Keyboard Pro is targeted at those that want complete skinning customization.

Smart Keyboard Pro is targeted at those who want multiple languages and keyboard customization. SKP is also free on trial while BKP is paid only.
Better Keyboard Pro (Click to show)
Blacklist
I had no reason for this app before, but since switching to T-Mobile I've been getting pesky calls from people looking for someone else. It was okay to tell them "You have the wrong number" the first few times, but after a while it becomes annoying. It's better to blacklist their numbers and not have them bother you anymore. App stops them from being able to call you.
Blacklist (Click to show)
Camera Zoom FX
Camera FX Zoom replaced the stock android camera and MIUI Camera for me. It has lots of options and is very nicely designed.
Camera Zoom FX (Click to show)
Craigslist Mobile
Craigslist Mobile allows you to view craigslist in a nice phone version.
Craigslist Mobile (Click to show)
Dictionary.com [Ad Free Edition]
IMO, the best Dictionary app on the internet and Android Market. Can even use the thesaurus I believe.

I like being able to look up words while I'm reading Google Books or Kindle and expand my vocabulary.
Google Books (Click to show)
Documents To Go
Probably the best office app available on the market. Allows you to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and other office files on your phone.
Documents to Go (Click to show)
Dolphin Browser HD
A nice browser that is worth noting. Loads up very fast. I prefer to use Opera; however. I still keep Dolphin HD on my phone in case Opera doesn't load a page correctly.
Dolphin Browser HD (Click to show)
Doubletwist Player w/ Air Sync
Doubletwist w/ Air Sync are 2 apps, 1 is a media player that works well enough and the other is a syncing program much like itunes except for Android. It syncs your music on your computer to your phone. I can't use it personally because have have nearly 300GB of music and there is no SD card out there that will fit all my music, but I'm sure someone with less music out there than I will find great use for it.
DoubleTwist Player w/ Air Sync (Click to show)
Easy Uninstaller
Easy Uninstaller does as suggested. It uninstalls apps on your phone with ease. I have less of a use for it since I have MIUI now but still keep it in case I can't find an app. It lists all my apps neatly and allows me to mass uninstall as well rather than drag the app to the top of my screen one at a time in MIUI to uninstall it.
Easy Uninstaller (Click to show)
eBay
eBay App that allows you to manage your account and buy things online via eBay.
eBay (Click to show)
ES File Explorer
I prefer ES File Manager to other solutions. It's very easy, neat, pretty etc. I prefer it to Astro File Manager which I used to use a while back.
ES File Explorer (Click to show)
Evernote
Evernote is an exceptional note taking application. I prefer it to every other note taking application. It's a very nice looking app that also saves notes on a cloud in case your phone gets wiped and you needed the information. You create an account and your files are saved to that cloud. Very fast access to files and includes phone data storage in case you don't have access to the internet to access those files on the internet.
Evernote (Click to show)
Due Today
Due Today is a daily planner that warns you about upcoming events/projects that are due and does so tastefully.
Due Today (Click to show)
Facebook
Facebook, Nuff said.
Facebook (Click to show)
FBReader
An excellent app to read books from. Has great font customization, reads books from anywhere on your SD card and has an amazing book database of free books that are much larger than Google Books and Kindle offers. While the app isn't shockingly pretty, it does the job and if you have books on your PC that you'd like to read on your phone, you should read them on FBReader as opposed to Google Books or Amazon Kindle. Only use the others if you're buying a book.

Google Books
IMO, the better application between Amazon Kindle and Google Books. Allows you to read books and has a ton of free books available for download. Many classics and also has books searchable in the Android Market.
Google Books (Click to show)
Lookout
Lookout is a spyware scanner of sorts that is absolutely free. I haven't tried the AVG ones, but honestly, I haven't had a need to use anything else. I have no viruses, am not stupid enough to install a virus and if there are would be a time when a virus would somehow get on my phone, I'm pretty sure Lookout would do it's job. It's also very pretty.
Lookout (Click to show)
MoboPlayer
Plays pretty much anything I throw at it including MKV's and other strange formats.
Mobo Player (Click to show)
MSN: Mercury
Best MSN program out there. I've tried MSN Talk and others, but this one has the most customization which if you have MSN, that's the reason we all use it. It's great customization. I can use icons/avatars of my choosing with MSN Mercury, I can choose the background of the application in the message for vertical and landscape (2 different backgrounds if I want), can choose custom colors and whatnot, very nice and free. Also has a paid edition which I recently upgraded to.
MSN: Mercury (Click to show)
My Apps List
Lists all your apps and includes HTML, copy to clipboard and Android Market Links and BarCodes. Best App List program I've seen and used.
MyAppsList (Click to show)
Netflix
Watch Netflix on your phone. Awesome.
Netflix (Click to show)
Opera Mobile Browser[Not Opera Mini]
Opera Mobile Browser, one of the best if not the best mobile browsers CURRENTLY on Android (might change when the official Chrome Browser is released with Ice Cream Sandwich). Til then, the Speed Dial and speed is great on Opera Mobile Browser.
Opera Mobile Browser (Click to show)
Pandora
Pandora Online Radio. You can choose what genre or similar artists you want to listen to and it'll do it's best to match up your music so you can hear music you like.
Pandora (Click to show)
Photobucket Mobile
Photobucket Mobile allows you to upload pictures taken on your phone directly to your Photobucket account. Very useful tool if you life to save images on your photobucket like I do. Saves you the hassle of uploading to your computer then taking them from your computer and uploading to photobucket from there.
Photobucket (Click to show)
PlayerPro
IMO, the best music player on the market. I prefer it to PowerAmp Pro. It has awesome skin customization as well where you can choose the color/theme of the player. Has lots of EQ and bass knobs and such just like Power Amp Pro.
PlayerPro (Click to show)
Pocket Informant
This App has replaced Business Calendar for me. I managed to snag this app on Amazon App Store for free while it was free a couple days ago. Very nice looking calendar app that does everything you'd hope a calendar would do. Even integrates with Google Calendar if you have any saved dates on your google calendar already.
Pocket Informant (Click to show)
PowerAmp Pro
One of the best music players on the market. I liked it when I first used it and the preamp is it's best feature, but I prefer PlayerPro for the most part now. I still use it if I need the preamp.
PowerAmp Pro (Click to show)
QuickPic
Mostly use it because MIUI sometimes gives me problems when needing to go into the Gallery. It crashes and won't let me select pictures from it. I found this App is it's since replaced my gallery needs and looks better and reacts faster in the process.
QuickPic (Click to show)
Read It Later
Allows you to save a webpage in all it's glory so that you can use it offline if you don't have a data package or you don't have reception where you are.
Read It Later (Click to show)
RealCalc Pro
A calculator. An awesome one for complex processes.
RealCalc Pro (Click to show)
Ringdroid
Allows you to cut your MP3 or music file exactly where you want to create the perfect ringtone.
Ringdroid (Click to show)
Rom Manager Pro
Allows you to view and install ROMs easily. I still prefer the old method, but it has its uses.
Rom Manager Pro (Click to show)
Shazam Encore
Shazam. Play a song, don't know what it is? Use Shazam to help you figure out the artist and title of the song. It's accurate most of the time, just don't have a lot of background noise or people speaking while it's working it's magic.
Shazam Encore (Click to show)
ShootMe/Screenshot ER 2
All of the screenshots I took in this thread were done by ShootMe. All screenshot programs, all do the same thing. I use ShootMe, but it's no longer on the market, so you'd have to find it online now.

Slacker Radio
Just like Pandora Radio. I like having both. Pandora seems to work better most of the time, but Slacker will often give me a different style sometimes when I want something new and unheard of.
Slacker Radio (Click to show)
SlideIt Keyboard/Swype Keyboard Beta
SlideIt Keyboard is exactly like Swype Keyboard, but for other Android phones that don't have swype stock. Instead of typing words the usual way, you can slide your fingers across the keyboard from one letter to another and it'll type the word out. I personally find it faster to type, but the world's fastest touch screen typer did so on a Swype Keyboard, so that tells you something!
SlideIt (Click to show)
Soundhound
Soundhound works just like Shazam. A good alternative that some find works even better than Shazam.
Soundhound (Click to show)
Speed Test
Test the speed of the data on your phone.
Speed Test (Click to show)
Splashtop Remote Desktop Viewer
Awesome awesome program that lets you CONTROL your desktop via your phone. It's usually 10 dollars but 90% off for 99c right now. If you've got a dollar to spend, spend it on this app, it's amazingly fun and awesome. You can even listen to your music that is located on your PC via the phone as a sort of stream. Grab files from home when you're at work and email it to yourself. Trouble shoot your PC away from the computer. It does it all and does not suffer from "basic mode" like other applications do. The speed is also excellent. Can use it in landscape mode or portrait mode.
Splashtop Remote Desktop Viewer (Click to show)
SwiftKey X
SwiftKey X is an amazing keyboard that I initially overlooked. You should definitely download it if you're into keyboard customization. A great alternative to Better Keyboard Pro.
SwiftKey X (Click to show)
Tapatalk
Allows you to view your favorite forums like OCN in a nice neat formatted phone friendly version.
Tapatalk (Click to show)
Titanium Backup Pro
I suggest purchasing the Pro version. It lets you backup and install all your applications with the push of a button. Very easy, very useful.
Titanium Backup Pro (Click to show)
TuneIn Radio Pro
Lets you listen to local radio stations near you. Acts as an AM/FM tuner app.
TuneIn Radio Pro (Click to show)
uTorrent Remote
Let's you manage utorrent away from your computer. If you want to remove a torrent when it's done downloading, but don't want to or can't be near your PC, control it with utorrent Remote.
uTorrent Remote (Click to show)
Vlingo/Voice Actions
It's like Siri, but for Android. Worth trying out and playing with it. Vlingo is simplistic and is more basic to get things done while Voice Actions is more playful.
Vlingo/Voice Actions (Click to show)
WeatherPro
Best Weather App on the market along with Palmary Weather Pro.
Weather Pro (Click to show)
Widget Locker
You know those cool Widget Locks people show off? Yeah, it's that.
Widget Locker (Click to show)
Youtube
This should come with your Android phone, but if it doesn't, get it. It's youtube. Duh.
Youtube (Click to show)
Zedge
Allows you to download ringtones, MP3s, Sounds for notifications, wallpapers etc in one program.
Zedge (Click to show)

Age of Zombies
Age of Zombies is a really cool game with a badass character. He's your typical ultra manly man, like beer, broads and shooting zombies kinda guy. HAHA, I'm an evil villain, let me display my evil monologue of how I plan to take over the wor-headshot with a shotgun!

And there's Zombie T-Rex's. 'Nuff Said.
Age of Zombies (Click to show)
Aliens Invasion
This is a Cowboy Shooting Aliens side scroller similar to Zombieville USA. Very fun, nice graphics. Simple game that isn't demanding on older smartphones.
Aliens Invasion (Click to show)
Angry Birds
Angry Birds. Everyone knows what this game is. Super fun. Enormously popular. It's a physics slingshot game where you shoot birds from a slingshot to knock down buildings and kill evil green pigs. Download it. Every smartphone should have this game on it.
Angry Birds (Click to show)
Angry Birds Rio
Angry Birds Rio is a continuation of the Angry Birds franchise that uses new birds and is inspired by the movie Rio. Lots of fun, same slingshot physics principle.
Angry Birds Rio (Click to show)
Angry Birds Seasons
Angry Birds Seasons is a continuation of the Angry Birds Franchise, but with a seasonal theme to it. Christmas, Easter, Saint Patricks you name it, they've got a theme for it.
Angry Birds Seasons (Click to show)
Assaulter
Assaulter is a screen scrolling gunner. Weather on your feet or on a vehicle, you're blasting terrorists with all kings of crazy weapons. Game is full of win and a 10 on the man scale. Now go grow your beards, light up a cigar and other manly things so you can get in the mood for this game.
Assaulter (Click to show)
Battleheart
Battleheart is an awesome and IMO relatively unknown game with great graphics and gameplay. You control 4 characters on screen at the same time with screen dragging commands which guide each character on where to move or what to attack. Combined with skills as you level up, different classes (fighter, Paladin, Rogue, Wizard and more) this is an awesome game. Later on it gets quite difficult since you have to constantly move all of them to avoid AOE spells. Very fun, worth the price.
Battleheart (Click to show)
Biofrenzy
A very cute gun shooting side scroller where you kill zombies. Similar to Zombieville and Aliens invasion, but with cuter graphics IMO. Worth a download.
Biofrenzy (Click to show)
Blood & Glory
Blood & Glory is your Sparticus type game. You're in the arena fighting a gladiator and spewing his guts. The graphics on this game are REALLY good. They're PS2 quality, no lie. The game play isn't bad neither and best of all it's free. Take a look at the video and give it a try.
Blood & Glory (Click to show)
Burn The City
Burn the City is a game where you're some fire breathing fat square dragon thing and you shoot fireballs at building, nuclear reactors and trees to try and decimate and do as much damage as possible while collecting points and using the least amount of fireballs.

It's a physics game, but in all honest you could simply drag and aim directly at building in the initial levels.
Burn The City (Click to show)
Burn the Rope+/[URL=https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bbb.btr2free[/URL]
This game is probably long overdue for an add, but with the release of Worlds I finally decided to give it a try. While it may not be my perfect cup of tea, I'm sure there are many people out there that would find this game very interesting and it does deserve a spot on this list.
Burn The Rope (Click to show)
Cartoon Wars: Gunner+
Cartoon Wars: Gunner+ is a neat stick figure survival shooter. You basically are a stick figure person with lots and lots of weapons to kill all kinds of enemies ranging from stick figure natives with spears, to stick bears and stickdroids. The game is sort of RPG like in nature since you can upgrade your health, defense, damage, cool down, magic and upgrade your weapons.
Cartoon Wars: Gunner (Click to show)
Clouds & Sheep
This game has cute graphics and is pretty fun. Basically you control the weather to grow grass for your sheep to eat, control the clouds to create dark clouds for lightning and light fires to warm your sheep, but you can also electrify your sheep and kill them. Luckily, you get supplies along the way in case you electrify them to heal them. As you get more and more sheep the game becomes a little more challenging and you can even choose new maps to play on. I just started playing it, but it's FREE and fun. So go download it and try.
Clouds & Sheep (Click to show)
Colosseum
This is a really fun game where you slice and dices enemies in the arena, and later on in other places to collect money and a key to pass the stage. The more money you make the better the weapons and armor and throwing objects you can afford. The only downside is after you've collected all the items the game becomes stale and you can theoretically get all the items on level 1 if you have the patience to kill orcs for a few hours. The higher in level you go the more money you get per kill so it pays to kill higher level stuff, still, the creators should have done something about when you can unlock the weapons. Still, nice enough to keep on my phone.
Colosseum (Click to show)
Contract Killer
Contract Killer is a game that is enormous in size. I actually couldn't warrant downloading all 250MB yet to install it, but if you have the space, definitely try it. It looks amazingly fun. You're an assassin and have to find your target and shoot them with a sniper rifle.
Contract Killer (Click to show)
Best of all it's free.

Cordy
Cordy is a fun, cute and great looking 3D puzzle platforming game. Worth a buy, but give the free version a try.
Cordy (Click to show)
Cut The Rope
Cut the Rope is a popular game with cute graphics. You basically slide your finger across the rope, effectively cuting the rope which holds a piece of candy. The candy is supposed to fall in the mouth of this frog animal. That's how you feed it. The stages become more complex with multiple obstacles holding onto the rope and cutting the rope eventually requires timing, precision and knowing what order to cut the rope. Has a free version as well.
Cut The Rope (Click to show)
Death Worm
Death Worm is a game where you control a very large worm with an on screen joystick(or other mechanism for phones with physical controls). You shoot up from the ground and eat soldiers, civilians, cars, birds, planes and move up in levels where things try to shoot you and kill you. Very reminiscent of the movie Dune.
Death Worm (Click to show)
Defender
Defender is as you guessed a defense game, but not your typical tower defense game where you place static turrets that shoot things that walk by. In this game you are arming a balista and blast oncoming monsters as they attack your castle. You use the touch screen to aim the balista and level up your fortification to eventually shoot faster. You are given magic spells are can also be leveled up and used to destroy hordes of monsters attacking your castle. Looks very good, simple idea, great fun, and best of all it's free.
Defender (Click to show)
Devil Ninja 2
Devil Ninja 2 is an auto side scrolling game where you control a ninja by slicing and ninja staring opponents as they come towards you all while jumping and evading obstacles and pitfalls. The game is really challenging despite seeming simple enough. Nice graphics and the fact that it's free make it a nice download.
Devil Ninja 2 (Click to show)
Early Bird
Early Bird is sort of like Angry Birds mixed in with Platforming. You slide your finger a certain length to give the bird the strength he needs to fly a certain distance and collect a bunch of stars, but not only must he collect the stars, he must then land on a big bullz eye to eat the worm. Game looks very cute, pretty fun and the music reminds me of old cartoons which is great.
Early Bird (Click to show)
Eve of Genesis HD
Eve of Genesis is an RPG with 8-16 bit graphics. It has similar playstyle as Final Fantasy. It's a turn based game with anime style to it. It's a pretty neat game if you're into old school RPGs
Eve of Genesis HD (Click to show)
Fruit Ninja
Quite popular on Android. You're a ninja and your job is to slice the fruit as it's being tossed up on screen. If it falls without being sliced or you slice a bomb, you get an X mark. If you get 3 X marks you lose. Nice graphics and colors and very accurate slices.
Fruit Ninja (Click to show)
Game Dev Story
Game Dev Story.. Best way to put it is, "Manage your own game company, develop your own console, and hire your own staff. You're in charge--you decide! Aim for that million-selling hit in this unique simulation!"

Straight from their own web site. Perhaps the video below will help show you exactly what you're doing. Not everyone's cup of tea, but for those that like these types of games, this one has definitely built a reputation for itself.
Game Dev Story (Click to show)
Guerilla Bob
Guerilla Bob is a fun game where you moved through levels shooting the enemy opposition. You collect different guns as you progress and collect money. This has a much smoother transition than Colosseum in terms of buying guns and the game is really fun, but it's sort of short. Very nice looking game though.
Guerilla Bob (Click to show)
Guns N' Glory
This is a fun tower defense style game where you have to stop a bunch of Cowboys and Indians from crossing a town or path.Gets quite difficult in the later stages and is really fun.
Guns N' Glory (Click to show)
Guns N' Glory WW2
A continuation of the Guns N' Glory franchise, but set in WW2. You can play as the Germans or the Americans. Really fun game and it's free.
Guns N' Glory WW2 (Click to show)

Gun Bros
A cool gun game where you protect turrets from alien/monster invasions. It's very much like Alien Swarm.
Gun Bros (Click to show)
Homerun Battle 3D
A homerun hitting game. You use the tilt function of the phone to aim the bat and the screen to hit the ball. It's really simple and really fun, but also challenging.
Homerun Battle 3D (Click to show)
Jelly Defense
Jelly Defense is a tower defense game where you fight Jelly invaders with Jelly Turrets. It has cute art and style while also being a commendable Tower Defense game.
Jelly Defense (Click to show)
Minecraft Pocket Edition
Minecraft for Android. If you're unfamiliar with Minecraft, it's basically a world made of 8bit blocks where you can create dungeons and all sorts of things. Hugely popular on PC, I assume the mobile version is equally as fun.
Minecraft Pocket Edition (Click to show)
Muffin Knight
Muffin Knight is a game where you play with up to 15 different characters, each with different skills and tricks to help you kill monsters and collect muffins along the way to pass the stage. Don't get hit though or you die >:O
Muffin Knight (Click to show)
Myth Defense LF
Myth Defense LF is a tower defense game that looks really promising.
Myth Defense LF (Click to show)
N64oid
An excellent N64 emulator for Android. Many people prefer to play N64 Roms rather than Android games. With a dual core phone, fluidity should be certain since these emulators are much more taxing than your average Android Game.
N64oid (Click to show)
Need for Speed: Shift
Need for Speed: Shift is from the same genre on Playstation. You're a neato drifting ricer and you have to drive around some circuits fastest to win. Pretty big download, but the graphics are nice.
Need for Speed: Shift (Click to show)
Night of the Living Dead Defense HD
Night of the Living Dead Defense is a tower defense game where zombie hoards are swarming through a town/area you're defending and your job is to stop them from getting across. You set up an infantry of gunslingers, soldiers, RPGers, etc to defend against the zombie invasion. There are different types of zombies with different speeds and defense. The game is actually pretty challenging, straight from the get-go. Also contains movies from the original movie including sounds/voice clips. Very interesting game and I've found myself playing it quite often lately. I would definitely recommend this game for those interested in zombies or tower defense games.
Night of the Living Dead Defense HD (Click to show)
Pigs in Trees
This is a cute game that almost plays upon Angry Birds by reversing the roles of the pigs with the birds. The birds are trying to attack a tree in which pigs live, so the pigs create some eggshell plane so that a pig can go out and shoot down the birds as they attack form all sides. The other pigs help by giving you supplies to help take out the birds. Really fun and entertaining game.
Pigs in Trees (Click to show)
Plants vs. Zombies
IMO, the best game on Android. This game is SUPER FUN! You get plants that shoot pea pods at a bunch of zombies that are trying to invade your house by the front lawn, the back yard with the pool and even your roof. There are different game modes and so many different plants to use to help fight off all different kinds of zombies. Definitely a must have on Android.
Plants vs. Zombies (Click to show)
Princess Punt
Princess Punt looks really ingenious. It's also available in a Tegra version for those with that GPU in their phones. Goal is to launch a knight at the stage and beat minions, grab coins etc. Watch the vid for a closer look. There are a few bosses every now and then and despite being called Princess Punt, it's really cool and even guys will enjoy it.
Princess Punt (Click to show)
Puffle Launch
Puffle Launch is a must have game on Android. You're this tiny Puffle ball guy and you shoot in cannons collecting rings. Each cannon has a different function. Some auto launch you, some rotate 45 degrees. Some you have to personally aim and out of every cannon you can control the general direction you curve. Object is to get to the large ring at the end and try to collect all the rings in the map. REALLY fun game.
Puffle Launch (Click to show)
Robo Defense
Robo Defense is one of the best Tower Defense games on Android and there's even a free version of it available. I've put in tons of time on this game. Definitely cool and very simple. Excellent for those that are newcomers to Tower Defense games.
Robo Defense (Click to show)
Samurai II: Vengeance
Samurai II is one of the best looking Android games out. It's not even available for all Android phones and takes quite a bit to run it. The game play is smooth and the visuals are very nice. Here's a videos of it.
Samurai II: Vengeance (Click to show)
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack
Serious Sam is a weird game where you try to jump over or kick down objects in your way to eventually catch up to some goon and rip him apart. Oh yeah, your head is missing. It's a decent game, maybe not worth paying for. That's up to each person. Oh yeah, if you rage too much you blow yourself up.
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack (Click to show)
Seven Stars 3D
Seven Stars 3D was recently free on Amazon App store. I gave it a download since...it was free. It's actually a pretty cool, good looking and challenging game. You use the tilt functionality on your phone to roll a crate or steel ball through a map with an often times narrow platform. You can change view to help with rolling or just beat the entire map in a single view and tilt every which way. Full of slide, moving platforms, spinning platforms and spikes to destroy you, this game is full of a little of everything to make it worth the download and pretty fun. Did I mention the music is really good?
Seven Stars 3D (Click to show)
ShadowGun
ShadowGun is a MUST HAVE Android game. It has the best graphics of ANY Android game out. Hands down. No dispute. I promise you it looks like early gen xbox360 graphics. That's how good looking this game is. It plays very much like Gears of War. You're a big clunky mercenary and you hide behind boxes in an FPS/3rd person style gunner. This is the ONLY FPS game I've played on Android where I LOVE the controls. I can actually move, aim and SHOOT at the same time NO PROBLEM. The developers hit a HOME RUN with this game. It's FANTASTIC! I've only played the first level and I already love it. Definitely worth buying.
ShadowGun (Click to show)
Squibble
Squibble is a game where you're some weirdo Squid with 3 tentacles and you have to use them to move you around. You do so by sticking onto walls and ceilings and floors and catapulting yourself forward or over objects.

The game is a bit tedious for someone like me, but the visuals are cute and the game play is challenging without being ridiculous.
Squibble (Click to show)
Stupid Zombies
This is a really simple game where you aim a zombie hunter's gun and fire the bullet so that the bullet bounces around the stage and tries to kill all the zombies on it. The less bullets you use the better you do. Really challenging.
Stupid Zombies (Click to show)
Symphony of Eternity
Very similar to old Final Fantasy styled Turn Based RPGs.
Symphony of Eternity (Click to show)
Tiny Robots
Tiny Robots is a game that's sort of like Space Invaders/Galaga. You're this Wall-E looking robot and shoot lazers from your head at invading flying robot things. You control Wall-E by tilting your phone in the direction you want to go. You can even charger your lazer like megaman and release a larger more powerful energy beam.
Tiny Robots (Click to show)
Unicorn Dash
Unicorn Dash is a free version of the Robot Unicorn game released by Adult Swim. You're a unicorn that jumps, double jumps and super power fireball kamikaze slams/dashes into objects and further accelerates you through the map. The trouble is that the map/you are constantly running and the map is designed to trap you/smoosh you against the screen and kill you if you don't take the appropriate paths and jumps.
Unicorn Dash (Click to show)
Where's My Water?
Where's My Water? is a very cute and fun game that involves getting water through underground caverns to a pipe so that you can supply a crocodile with water so he can take a shower.

lul, yes. The premise is silly, but cute.

What you do is slide your finger across the screen to dig/clear a path of dirt to allow the water to flow down into the pipe. Along the way are rubber ducks that you should fill for points and deadly purple..either gas or bubble bath. I can't tell, I think it's the latter, lol. If your water hits the bubble bath, the water turns into bubble bath. Bubble bath is poisonous to the crocodile, so you'll mess him up if too much gets in his shower. The physics on this game are good, there's actually some timing and skill involved. As you progress throughout the game there's a lot more involved in this game including activating switches, avoiding toxic barrels and more. The graphics are cute and good and I recommend this game to keep.
Where's My Water? (Click to show)
Wind-Up Knight
Wind-Up Knight is a cute, fun and good looking auto scrolling, 3D platforming game where you have to run to the end of the level, avoiding spikes, fire, moving objects and evasive platforms to rescue your beloved princess. You are under kings orders though. Also, you're facing an evil black knight guy that has clearly been trolling the internet for many years and will probably scare you away from saving the princess with his devious introduction letter. You feel afraid and are unsure whether you can beat his pwnage.
Wind-Up Knight (Click to show)
Zombieville USA
Zombieville USA is a super popular side scrolling zombie shoot em up. You get money to buy larger weapons to shoot and kill zombies as you progress through levels. Some levels have vehicles that let you run down zombies. You raid houses for bullets and money. Nice graphics, fun game. Lots of different character types as well.

World of Goo
For those of you who don't know, World of Goo is a very famous PC game created from a seemingly no-name 3rd party company. The game ended up being an enormous success and has a huge following. People that normally didn't like paying for games started dishing out money in droves for this game because of how awesome it was. The game is really really fun. You take a bunch of the goo and create a bridge with them to get across a canyon or mountain or lake. There's a whole story into it and it's definitely worth buying.
World of goo (Click to show) Zombieville (Click to show)
Zombie City II
This is an auto side scrolling game where you have to jump over objects and shoot guns you get throughout the level at incoming zombies. It's okay, not too special, but worth trying out, especially since it's free.
Zombie City II (Click to show) Asteroid Belt
Asteroid Belt is very basic, but looks nice and if you're looking for a spacey live wallpaper, this one is full of nice colors, motion and is free to download.
Asteroid Belt (Click to show)
Autumn Live Wallpaper
Autumn Live Wallpaper is a very beautiful, nicely saturated live wallpaper with a Japanese flavor. I love the developer of these live wallpapers as almost all his work is marvelous.
Autumn Live Wallpaper (Click to show)
Celtic Garden HD
Celtic Garden is a beautiful live wallpaper that is pretty customizable as far as what you can view in your Celtic Garden. You can choose the vegetation, time of day and texture of the bots used in the fountain. Great saturation of color and motion makes this a beautiful live wallpaper worthy of downloading. A free less customizable version is available as well.
Celtic Garden HD (Click to show)
City at Night
This is a beautiful cityscape rivaled by none. Shows you a wonderful view of the city and a busy highway marked by streaks of passing cars. The lighting in this wallpaper is beautiful and for multiple screens there's a lot of this wallpaper to view. Even the image below does not capture the entire wallpaper.
City at Night (Click to show)
Fireflies
Fireflies is a nice little wallpaper with swinging light bulbs and attracted fireflies. Cute, bright and simple.
Fireflies (Click to show)
Halloween Pumpkin Smasher
This is a really nice Halloween wallpaper where you can smash pumpkins but tapping on them or an app over them. There are several backgrounds included and all of them are nice.
Halloween Pumpkin Smasher (Click to show)
Haunted House HD
This is a REALLY nice looking Halloween Wallpaper that includes the inside of the Haunted House and the outside. Very beautiful all around. Amazing for multiple screens as you can see individual parts of the house from left to right. Nicely done. A must have.
Haunted House HD (Click to show)
Light Grid
Light Grid is a really simplistic, but eye appealing app with multiple patterned backgrounds. A free version is available as well for you to try out.
Light Grid (Click to show)
Lucky Star
Lucky Star is an ultra cute live wallpaper with a bunny grabbing at a swinging star while sitting on a crescent moon.
Lucky Star (Click to show)
Mario Live Wallpaper
This Live Wallpaper was removed from the Android Market for Copyright reasons, but is one of the best Live Wallpapers on the market. It shows Mario running throughout the first and 2nd level of Super Mario. The outcomes are also different since Mario can die and fail.
Mario Live Wallpaper (Click to show)
Mystic Halo
Mystic Halo is a beautiful live wallpaper with multiple colors that is...well, just see it for yourself.
Mystic Halo (Click to show)
Nexus Revamped
Just like the Nexus Live Wallpaper, but modified.
Nexus Revamped (Click to show)
Nightfall
Nightfall is a beautiful live wallpaper schemed at night with tree silhouettes and the like.
Nightfall Live Wallpaper (Click to show)
Paper Town
Paper Town is a highly cute and wonderful Live Wallpaper with moving traffic and other stuff. The entire city is animated in a paperesque manner. The wallpaper changes according to the time in the paid version and shows night and day versions.
Paper Town (Click to show)
Sweet Tree
Incredibly cute live wallpaper mostly recommended for girls.
Sweet Tree (Click to show)
Sakura Live Wallpaper
Sakura live wallpaper is a multi colored Live wallpaper with Sakura leaves (Japanese Tree leaves) that fall across your screen.
Sakura Live Wallpaper (Click to show)
Season Zen HD
Season Zen HD is a beautiful wallpaper from the creator of Celtic Garden HD. Expect the same quality from Celtic Garden HD to be used in this one as well. Another must have for Android.
Season Zen HD (Click to show)
ShadowAlice [Halloween]
A nice Alice in wonderland gothic theme for Halloween. Has multiple colors for the center clock and showcases Alice and a minion walking endlessly around the circle clock.
ShadowAlice Live Wallpaper (Click to show)
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew is one of the nicest wallpapers on Android. Very nicely drawn, animated and colored. Pirates on a pirate ship, who can't love this wallpaper? Animations are very simple, but it's also free, how can you complain?
Skeleton Crew (Click to show)
Skyrocket
Skyrocket is a beautiful fireworks wallpaper with 3D visuals and lots of colored explosions.
Skyrocket (Click to show)
Starlight
Starlight is a pretty, nicely rendered and colored star lit sky with moving clouds. Video shows it best.
Starlight (Click to show)
Stars
Stars is a nice live wallpapers with stars streaming down the background. Comes in multiple colors and leans slightly towards the girly side.
Stars (Click to show)
Video Live Wallpaper
Video Live Wallpaper uses videos stored on your phone as your phone's background live wallpaper. Ever wanted a clip from a video as your live wallpaper instead of what was available on Android Market? Now you can.
Video Live Wallpaper (Click to show)

Adobe Flash Player 11
Adobe Flash 11 lets you use Flash in your browsers. Let's you watch videos, play games etc. It's basic and a necessity really if you want to use the browser on your phone.

AirDroid
AirDroid allows you to control your smartphone from your computer. You can swap files to and from your computer, check messages, send messages and all that jazz.
AirDroid (Click to show)
Barcode Scanner
The Barcode Scanner is a very simple program that uses your camera to scan the barcodes on all sort of products to tell you the price, details and going rate of the product. It is also used to scan QR codes for fast downloads. It's a pretty near app and useful (mostly for the QR Code scanning).

Dropbox
Dropbox is a neat app that lets you place files on an online cloud storage area where you and others that have access to your dropbox can download from. Great for putting documents, music, roms, and other stuff to transfer over to your phone rather than using the USB cable.

Google Music Beta
Google Music Beta is an alternative player to PlayerPro and PowerAmp Pro. This is actually free though compared to the other 2 and worth mentioning, especially since it's a google certified app. Those are usually quality apps. IMO, it's better on tablets than it is on phones, but to each their own. I'm personally sticking with PlayerPro.
Google Music Beta (Click to show)
Jorte
Jorte is a free alternative to Business Calendar and is quite popular. I prefer to use Business Calendar, but a lot of people like Jorte. Business Calendar also has a free version as well though.

SetCPU
SetCPU allows you to overclock, underclock and set the clock speed of your processor while the screen is off/the phone is idle. It's an EXCELLENT way to save battery and a MUST HAVE for Android. Can't believe I didn't add it earlier, but I've had it on my phone forever. Free version is over at XDA, but you can buy it on the Market additionally to show your support. It's already linked to the XDA thread where you can download it free.