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List of "good" apps

My list from a few other threads, but very relevant here since everyone is probably wondering what "app" to get.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAJoa0-ynONdGJiVDRSQ0p4VGtCaklESmtEbkJzNUE
edit: you guys can add to it ^_^

Great list, a few I couldn't live without:
Badass Battery, 4.7
Mobi Calculator, 4.8
FX File Explorer, 4.7
N7 Player, 4.7
Gtasks, 4.5
DIGI Clock Widget, 4.6
Palmary Weather, 4.5
GasBuddy, 4.6
YouAreHere, 4.7
Navfree, 3.8
Widgetsoid2, 4.6

I've found some of the widgets by this dev are excellent and he supports them very well if you mail him.
The Pure Grid calendar widget has options for tablet size widgets, multiple calendars, colour coding etc.
Also imho HDR Camera+ should be up there with ZoomFX
OP - amazing list!

That is a very clean and comprehensive list of apps you have OP. Thanks for posting... I am definitely going to try some of them out.

Has anyone tried Autodesk Sketchbook Pro on the N7?
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I have. Responsiveness is still am issue
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Here's my Android tablet list of "best of breed" apps:
GTasks - syncs with Google Notes, has reminders, great widgets. Augments my calendar for many things. Free.
Dark Knight - good tablet chess app. Free+no ads.
AndroXplorer - first-rate file explorer with CIFS support. Free (minor advert), but I bought Pro with my Play credit. Better than all the others I've tried and has proper tablet interface.
SuperSU - fine-grained control of root permissions. Free+no ads, Pro has some sweet features, bought it.
AdAway - prevents ads from even downloading. Probably the biggest performance booster you can get. Free, no ads. This is one of the killer apps that will hook you on Android.
System Tuner - you won't believe the crap that starts up automatically. Fix it with this free app (minor ads). Pro is worth it.
AnkiDroid - Can't believe it's free w/o ads. Flashcards app to study nearly anything, many study decks available. Better than the $25 Anki iPad app which I bought.
Cool Reader - ebook reader, lots of useful features. Free and ad-free.
Aldiko Pro - slick reader, works with most formats, worth the $3.
Apps I'd like but which don't work yet:
Moon+ Reader (incl Pro) is broken on Jelly Bean, doesn't show text. When it works I'll buy Pro again.
Encore Learning Platform - free, no-ads, flashcards app.

If I could have clicked the "Thanks" icon 10 times for supplying us with this great database I would have. But I couldn't so THANK YOU X 10!

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Moon+ Reader (incl Pro) is broken on Jelly Bean, doesn't show text.
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Works for me on my JB 4.1.1 Nexus 7.
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MX Player is a sweet video player.
ADW launcher is still a good launcher. I use it on my ICS Transformer. Apex is my favorite though.
WiFi File Explorer is easily the most handy app for transferring data between devices.
XDA App!!!
Rom Manager
Word Feud - online scrabble clone
Android Pro Widgets for scrollable Twitter and Facebook
Thumb Keyboard
Delver - awesome 8bit Dungeon crawling FPS
Sixaxis PS3 Bluetooth Controller pairing.
Tango for video chatting
Netflix and Redbox
Deadly Dungeons - another dungeon crawling game I found today.
Bluetooth OnCall - Enables/Disables BT for calls. Great for headset users to save battery.
DailyHoroscope - its always spot on.
Notification Toggle for CM style notification menu power toggles.
I the above apps are my core apps.
Also my transformer used Polaris Office which I really liked too.
Some apps were mentioned above. I think most weren't mentioned.
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player911 said:
MX Player is a sweet video player.
ADW launcher is still a good launcher. I use it on my ICS Transformer. Apex is my favorite though.
WiFi File Explorer is easily the most handy app for transferring data between devices.
XDA App!!!
Rom Manager
Word Feud - online scrabble clone
Android Pro Widgets for scrollable Twitter and Facebook
Thumb Keyboard
Delver - awesome 8bit Dungeon crawling FPS
Sixaxis PS3 Bluetooth Controller pairing.
Tango for video chatting
Netflix and Redbox
Deadly Dungeons - another dungeon crawling game I found today.
Bluetooth OnCall - Enables/Disables BT for calls. Great for headset users to save battery.
DailyHoroscope - its always spot on.
Notification Toggle for CM style notification menu power toggles.
I the above apps are my core apps.
Also my transformer used Polaris Office which I really liked too.
Some apps were mentioned above. I think most weren't mentioned.
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U like 8 bit old school RPG download Gurkha. It's free
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Any chance we can get a column on the spreadsheet specifically to indicate if the app is using Holo and/or follows the ICS design guidelines?

add to the top as a comment and we'll see feedback i suppose? Can you guys edit the document? says view only even though I try changing it

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WiFi File Explorer is easily the most handy app for transferring data between devices.
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More handy than AirDroid?
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Won't open for me for some reason. What is your video chat app recommendation?

TabletTalk (if you have an android phone, syncs texts to/from your tablet) ($2.99).
Appsales (tells you when apps are on sale, Holo) (free)
Evernote (THE notesyncing app, holo-ish) (free)
Tasks (best google tasks app, holo theme) (free with ads or $0.99)
JustReader (Great offline rss tablet reader) (Free or add features with pro $2.99)
Pocket -Formerly read it later (Excellent offline article tool, holo-ish) (free)
Splashtop HD (great RDP tool. Use your computer from your tablet) ($8.99 on sale)
Solid Explorer Beta2 (my personal favorite file manager, root access. Holo theme) (free)
Tablified Market HD (recently rewritten, works good now. Find tablet apps for your android tablet) (Free with in app pro purchase)
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add to the top as a comment and we'll see feedback i suppose? Can you guys edit the document? says view only even though I try changing it
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I was able to add a few in.

So, for some reason I can only pull this doc up at work. Now my problem is I can see where it's seperated into sections, but the apps aren't organized into their respective sections, they are in alphabetical order. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Josh

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Has anyone tried Autodesk Sketchbook Pro on the N7?
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sketchbook pro works great!
i have both pro and mobile for the phone. lol

Just in case anyone is having trouble with Apex as I have been (My Library widget doesn't work for ex), Nova seems to be working a little better.
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Thanks for the work.. love it.. I needed for my own reference guide..
As a flasher I always end up losing one or two desired programs along the way..
Well done..

Reading .pdf/.epub in Google Play Books?

So, I managed to come into some books from a friend. Sadly, they are all in .pdf format. What I want to do is read them on Google Play Books. As of right now, I am using Aldiko Reader (if that's how you spell it), but that thing is so slow when flipping pages, that I can't take it. I really like the Google Play books app, so any way to import these books into the app, so I can read them? Or, any suggestions on good apps for reading .epub and .pdf books?

Fabrik and Mantano.
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i uploaded my pdf's to google drive downloaded adobe reader and it works well,prefer to keep them in the drive as i have 11,000 of them

I recommend to use Amazon Kindle to read PDF... :good:

Epdf is amazing! it is a pay app, but it is the only software out there besides google books that render page flipping so well.

I'd recommend Moon+.
I don't like the flipping pages in any app, (I prefer an instant page change with no animations) but I tried the Moon+ one after seeing ppl here asking about it and it seemed really nice. You can control the speed of the animation I believe.

+1 for Moon+
you currently can't import books into Google Books (boo!)

Am a medical graduate, read lots of pdf as reference, plus doing postgraduation in computer science, have programming and system designing books all in pdf. Always prefer my KINDLE DXG, else RepliGO on my NEXUS 7. RepliGO is way faster than other available options, with fast annotation, cropping feature etc. Though its a paid app

If you have multiple devices, the Fabrik cannot be beaten. There is a free and paid version. There will never be any ads on the reading view with the free version.
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I tried using Fabrik the other day, and it completely crapped out on me, no pictures, no enter dividing lines, it was a bunch of jumbled text, and unable to view my larger files. I think I'll just stick to kindle.

I have tried about 5 different book readers on my nexus 7. All have been good but the nook app seems to look and work best for me with epubs. You have to move your epub files to the my documents folder with a file explorer program like ES file explorer or root explorer. But after that its great. Nice bookshelf screen and fast smooth page turn effects. Works with comic book files also. I just tried a PDF and no luck there.
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I use Moon. Works well with my epubs and pdfs
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I just got myself a Nexus 7 and the first thing I did was to put a lot of good 70's and 80's SF books on it and then I got myself a problem - all the apps were bad. Luckily, after ten apps I've got a Kobo and it's great! Fast, reliable, great for reading EPUB files. All the others mentioned here including Aldiko are no match for it.

I tested a lot of reader, montano is by far the best, especially for pdf because you can even crop and resize them, nice ui too
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Every few days when this topic comes up :banghead: I always suggest the same app; FBReader.

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Every few days when this topic comes up :banghead: I always suggest the same app; FBReader.
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But it doesn't support PDF, so not what was asked for
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Fabrik

best reader for reading epub ebooks with flip animation
aaaaah you can try "blio reader" it is a nice option, a nicely built app with flip animations and also importing the book

KINDLE
The kindle app is great. just place the pdf's epub's etc into the kindle folder and they appear in the app interface.

I still think montano reader pro is the, especially for PDF files, since 2.38 the rendering on my nexus7 is almost instantly even even with high resolution ones
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[Q] Preffered ereader app?

favorite reader that can access any files on your gn2 and at least pdf and epub. I have a ton of books cause i used to have a nook tablet but now w this cell i wanna read on it too. what are you all using?

Fabrik eBook reader. It reads most formats and integrates very well with dropbox
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Aldiko Book Reader is a good one. It reads epub and pdf files. Personally I use Google Books especially now that you can upload your own books. Also you can sync across multiple devices which I find handy. I can read on my Note than pick up my tablet and pick up where I left off on my Note. Only down side to Google Books is I think you have to have some sort off off data connection. I don't think it has offline reading.

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Aldiko Book Reader is a good one. It reads epub and pdf files. Personally I use Google Books especially now that you can upload your own books. Also you can sync across multiple devices which I find handy. I can read on my Note than pick up my tablet and pick up where I left off on my Note. Only down side to Google Books is I think you have to have some sort off off data connection. I don't think it has offline reading.
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Incorrect. You can read offline with Play Books.

I've always been partial to fbreader in the market. It seems to handle any format you throw at it.
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I use Google Play Books. I notice that the Kindle app reads pdf too.
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Kindle for Android
Step 1. Kindle app for Android.
Step 2. Calibre. Convert anything you have into any format you wish.
Step 3. Load converted books to your phone or any other device that kindle supports. Virtually everything.
I've used Mobipocket in past, and when Kindle came out just loaded everything to my different Kindles. When I got the Note 2, I mainly used the Kindle app for the Note 2 since the screen was so great. I still use dedicated Kindle Paper White and others, but mostly end up reading on my Note 2.
I've used several other readers, but honestly, the Kindle Android app is free, works great and syncs to my other devices when I run through Amazon. Since I can also use without going through Amazon, pretty much the best of both worlds.
The key is using Calibre to manage your ebooks though. That program is absolutely incredible.

Samsung ebooks on Nexus 7

Has anyone found a way to read/access ebooks purchased from Samsung on a Nexus 7? I have a couple of books purchased on my Galaxy 10.1 2014 edition that I would like to read on my N7. I can install Samsung Hub but it crashes won't open. I installed Readers hub, which opens briefly before it restarts the N7... I tried editing the build.prop to make it look like a galaxy s4, but no difference...
Does anyone know how to do this?
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Are you happy that the embeded DRM isn't the problem? - if it is then I guess that drm removal is not an allowed topic here.
Have a look on the play store at Aldiko https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aldiko.android that software has AFAIK the longest list of supported formats. If you then look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kitapyum.mobile.android.ebook that is the Turkish (looks like it could be bilingual) Samsung ebook reader. The look and feel of the software looks very similar to Aldiko

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Are you happy that the embeded DRM isn't the problem? - if it is then I guess that drm removal is not an allowed topic here.
Have a look on the play store at Aldiko https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aldiko.android that software has AFAIK the longest list of supported formats. If you then look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kitapyum.mobile.android.ebook that is the Turkish (looks like it could be bilingual) Samsung ebook reader. The look and feel of the software looks very similar to Aldiko
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Thanks but these books have drm and I don't know how to remove them. I can buy and convert Kindle and Google books which are accessible on pretty much any device, but I can't seem to do anything with my Samsung ebook purchases on my Note 10.1 (2014). I can't even access them on another Samsung tablet from the same family that's still current! (Note 8).
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Book App on tab pro 10.1

is there a good app similar to ibooks on the ipad I like how smooth it works and am looking for something on android that is very similar and works well..

Don't know much about iBooks on the iPad, used a few times for maybe a total of half hour. So this recommendation is based less on its similarity to iBooks on more on it just being a great app but I would try Moon+ Reader.
There's a free version in the Play store. I've tried others, Aldiko, Cool Reader, FBReader you might want to check out. But I came back to Moon+ Reader.

I use Mantano. I think you get a 30 day free trial to see if you like it. I do.

I also use Mantano Reader free, dosnt have a time limitation and works te best
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ok thanks for the recommendations

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ok thanks for the recommendations
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I really like Aldiko for epub content and others. If I'm purchasing ebooks I use Kindle Reader for Android.