Best Free Android Apps

Recipe Finder Android App Review

Description:

Have you ever been in the kitchen and wondered what you should make for dinner?  This is a common occurrence as most people like to learn new things, they just don’t know where to look to find out how.  The best way to figure out best thing to cook in the kitchen is through the new Recipe Finder Android app which is available on the android marketplace.  This app is new and does a great job at giving you some excellent recipes to try out on your loved ones and for yourself.  When we talk recipes, this app does not just give you the instructions to help you make mac and cheese, but we are talking amazing meals that are found on website such as emeril, thefoodnetwork, and so on.  These meals are meant to taste delicious, and the app helps to get you to those recipes and how to do it yourself pages.

The app is easy to use as it allows you to pick from a list of categories as to what web site you would like to find recipes on.  Once you pick a category, the app takes you to a place where it lists all of the recipes. Simply selecting the recipe of choice will take you to a screen which shows you the URL of the recipe so that you can visit in on your computer, or you can just visit it right on your phone’s web browser.  The app then takes you to the site that is offering the recipe so you can view any videos or any other special instructions right on the page.

Features:

• The app is very simple  to use and has been cleaned up and polished to look and run great.
• The app does require the free download of the adobe air app which is FREE on the android marketplace
• The app does take a bit to load the lists, but the lists have fantastic recipes which do not disappoint.
• If you are looking for recipes to make a difference at the dinner table, this is the way to do it as this app is easy to use and give you very valuable information, all from your phone.
• If you haven’t downloaded this app already, what are you waiting for!?

Conclusion:

This app is FREE on the android marketplace and is a great way to get the recipes you need.  It has been given a 5 out of 5 star rating.

Angry Birds Beta Lite Android App Review

Description:

Angry birds has been at the top of the iphone game list for months now as the top game sold and played by iphone users.  Well now the game has come to the popular Android format and is just as fun as it looks exactly the same.  What makes Angry Birds so addicting is the lovable cartoon characters and the actual gameplay.  The whole premise of the game is that you are some angry birds that covet the eggs that you lay, and if anything touches them, you will KILL THEM!  Well in this magical world of angry birds, there are some green pigs that have stolen your eggs to make some breakfast and cook em up.  This enrages you as you and your bird crew are on a blood lust to get your eggs back, and there is nothing that will stop you.

The little green pigs have set up some big fortresses that you and your little bird friends will destroy to get to your eggs.  This part of the game is amazing as the physics engine is amazing and realistic.  As you send your birds head first into large setups, pieces fall of and the right hit can send the whole fortress collapsing which will end up killing all the pigs.  The goal of the game is to destroy all the pigs in the fortress while also causing the most amount of damage possible.  Once you kill all of the pigs, you can then pogress to the next level, but the game is so addicting that there are over 180 levels to get through.

Features:

• The game has over 180 levels of fun filled action to keep you slamming your angry birds into all kinds of shenanigans.
• There are leaderboards so you can compare your scores with your friends and family and see how you stack up to the competition.
• You can post your scores to twitter and facebook so you can talk with your friends on how you do with certain levels.
• Each level requires logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy which will keep you coming back time and time again.
• The game is extremely clean looking at the cartoon characters are awesome looking.  Smooth graphics and smooth gameplay make it feel exactly like the ipod version as there is literally no difference.

Conclusion:

This games is FREE for the Android and has been given a perfect 5 out of 5 stars.

Tank Recon 3d Android App Review

Description:

3d accelerometer games are the new wave for the Android phone because of how awesome they look and the wow factor that they bring to the table.  There is a new game that fits this guideline out for the android platform called Tank Recon 3d for the android phones.  This game allows you to drive around a tank in a 3d world which allows you to fire at planes, AT guns, and much more.  This app has a real time 3d graphics engine which runs smoothly on Android 2.0 and higher.  There is a story mode with 4 different missions to complete, an instant action mode so you can start shooting it up, and a survival mode.  There are also three different difficulty settings to keep you challenged as normal, hard, and mental options are available.  If you get a super high score you can also send that score to the leader boards to show it off to your friends.

Features:

• This is a great first person multi touch 3d game with great graphics and smooth game controls.
• The game has a virtual d pad so you can move around with ease as well as having a fire button with missiles that you can shoot
• The story mode is great as there are 4 missions to complete
• the instant action mode just jumps you right into the middle of  a battle so you can get your shooting fix immediately
• the survival mode is insane as onslaughts of armies come to kill you so the point is to try and survive as long as possible.
• The high scores that can be had in this game are available to be sent to the leader boards so you can show off to your friends and family members as well as set your place amongst some of the best players of this game
• As you incur damage, there is a damage meter at the top of the screen which shows you how much damage you have taken and how much more you can take until you completely die and have to star over
• Red dots represent enemy fire and yellow dots represent bonus items that you can go and pick up to increase your score
• There are several weapons that you can try out and use with your tank to take down the enemies that will pester you.

Conclusion:

The full version is not out but you can download the free trial version and the game has gotten a 5 out of 5 star rating.

Vignette Android App Review

Description:

Most smartphones have a camera that allows you to take pictures.  The android phones have been known to have high megapixel cameras built into them to help you take great looking pictures.  Well what about editing these pictures on your phone?  You can’t unless you have the power of an app that will allow you to edit pictures in your gallery.  Well now there is an app, and its free which will help you to edit you pictures by adding camera effects to your photos to give them the look you are wanting. The app is called Vignette for the Android platform and it allows you to mess with your pictures.

There are lots of really neat visual effects that you can add to your camera phone photos.  You can import pictures from your gallery to apply effects to them.  The app allows you a 10X digital zoom into your pictures to be able  to get the look and feel you need.  You can even geotag your location with the photos using this app. The biggest setback to this app is that the pro version is the only version that can handle a 5 megapixel resolution.  This is kind of lame because a lot of the android phones have a 5 megapixel resolution which almost forces you to buy this app to be able to use it with your camera.

Features:

• there are several different camera effects that can be added to your photos which can make them look very different.  The build in filters and effects really makes the photos look like they were taken with a special camera instead of your phone.
• vignette effects which focus attention at the center of the frame
• porta which gives a smooth skin tone for flattering portraits
• velvia gives vivid colors for natural photographs
• liford is a classic black and white filter
• there are also more filters such as toy camera, vintage, color highlight, tinted monochrome, lens effects, cinematic and even customize filters by combining them

There are also some photo frame options such as rounded corners, oval shapes and Polaroid photo borders to help make your pictures pop and stick out to your friends and family.  The app is a lot of fun to take some great pictures with your phone and will have you taking more pictures than ever before.

Conclusion:

This is a very decent app that costs nothing to try out and then costs $2.99 if you want the whole thing.  This app has gotten a perfect 5 out of 5 rating.

Prism 3d Android App Review

Description:

Games for the Android are getting more beautiful and more polished all of the time.  Even the Free games are looking better and better these days.  The case in point is the FREE app called Prism 3d for the android platform.  This is a brand new game that tests your alertness and your reflexes.  The game is run by the accelerometer on the phone and you control a ball that bounces in 3d off of 3d tiles, with amazingly smooth graphics.  This game is free and boasts 25 levels to keep you coming back for more which is great when games interest you that much to come back and play again.  The game also has a creation mode which allows you to create your own levels through a dedicated level editor which includes the infinite mode.

Having played this game myself the game looks great.  The ball is bouncing up and down and you can move the direction of the ball by simply tilting the phone to make the ball bounce on the tiles that you want it too.  Each tile is labeled something different so you have to play the game to really understand what we are talking about when we say that by landing on the tiles something different happens to the ball.

Features:

• This game uses the accelerometer on your phone to create a 3d ball and titles
• The ball bounces straight up at you so you need to tilt the phone to move the ball along and land on the tiles that will help you to progress to the end of the level
• The pro version of the game allows you to use the game editor tool to create you own levels
• the game is very attractive with smooth graphics and colorful tiles and ball animations
• This game will keep you coming back to try and beat all of the levels and keep you coming back to try and beat your old score

Playing this game is simple enough, but the challenge comes in hitting the right tiles and not falling off the edge which causes your progress to end and makes you start over.  If you like challenging games that take some strategy, this is a great one!

Conclusion:

This app costs nothing but does have a pro version which costs $1.49 and this app has gotten a 5 out of 5 star rating by other android phone users.