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33 Options ConsideredPricePublisherRequired Android Version
Nova Launcher Prime
TeslaCoil Software4.1 and up
Spotify
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F-Droid
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Pocket Casts
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Google Assistant
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Nova Launcher Prime

Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Has a more customizable stock Android experience

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Nova Launcher provides an experience that's similar to stock Android, but adds multiple customization options. Customization ranges in ways that interactions and the user interface can be changed both aesthetically and functionally.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Stable

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Solid performance for getting work (and play) done, no crashes, no slow downs.
Endi Sukaj
jhertel
Top Pro

Supports unread counts

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Nova Launcher Prime offers unread counts for all supported apps, a feature not available on all launchers. Although it requires the free installation of TeslaUnread. What TeslaUnread does is add unread count numbers to certain application icons in ones application drawer and home screen, giving a...
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Extra dock pages

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There are extra bottom row dock pages accessible when swiping left or right on the dock. In Nova's settings there is support for a maximum of five dock pages and a minimum of one. This way you can set up to 25 shortcuts in the dock that can be scrolled though, leaving plenty of room on the ho...
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Useful visual customization options

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Allows you to customize scroll effects, scroll speeds, animation speed, app animations, gestures. All of these options allow for very individualistic differences in how the launcher performs and looks, making for a great way to set ones phone apart from others.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Gesture support

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Use gestures (swipe up, double tap, etc.) to easily launch apps.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Custom grid size

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From the Nova Settings menu, users can create a custom grid size for their desktop and app drawer, up to a maximum of 12 columns and rows. Discriminating users can also adjust the size of the margins on the top, bottom, left and right. This allows for users to set how many widgets and apps can fit...
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Fast

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Speed of Nova Launcher is one of the app's key points. Even with a lot of widgets Nova Launcher performs speedy.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Drawer style options

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Options include horizontal pages, vertical scrolling or list. The user is also able to adjust the background transparency. This way the users drawer can look unique while also offering more or less apps on the page depending on their preference.
John Wrana
Top Pro

Outstanding widget support

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With the custom grids, most widgets can be sized to specifications which give added control over Android home screens.
John Wrana
Top Pro

Custom icon packs

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Not all custom launchers allow custom icon packs. Nova supports most custom icon packs that are in the Play Store.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Can automatically sort inside of folders alphabetically

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The user can sort their folders in the drawer and home-screen alphabetically.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Tapping & swiping a shortcut can have different results

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Nova has the ability to add an assortment of action shortcuts to the home-screen which can be performed when swiping on particular areas or icons (as opposed to when tapping).
DashingAtaiUlaan
Top Con

Overwhelming at first

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Nova Launcher offers such a huge amount of customization that at first it is quite a bit overwhelming. There are settings everywhere and other launchers offer more of a step-by-step setup process. Nova Launcher could take you hours to set up how you like it. On the other hand the pure amount of...
jhertel
Top Con

High memory usage can slow down phone

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Uses far more memory than the built-in TouchWiz launcher on Samsung devices. This extra memory use slows down the phone if it is low on memory.
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Spotify

Paolo
Top Pro

Client's functionality can be extended via third-party apps

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Spotify desktop client allows for third-party apps. They extend the functionality of Spotify and many of them offer new ways of discovering music. Noteworthy apps include Moodagent, Last.fm, Swarm.fm, ShareMyPlaylists, The Hype Machine, We Are Hunted, Shuffler.fm.
Paolo
Top Pro

Huge collection of music and fast access to newly released songs  

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Spotify has over 20 million songs and arguably the largest collection out of its competitors and usually has the fastest access to new music. The Spotify desktop client allows local music files to be imported with the option of syncing with a mobile device which largely mitigates the issue of miss...
Paolo
Top Pro

Curated playlists

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Public playlists on Spotify created by other people are great for finding new music.
Paolo
Top Pro

Weekly Discover playlist uses a great algorithm

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A playlist generated by Spotify based on your listening habits and released every Monday. The algorithm used by this playlist is great and stands out from its competitors.
Paolo
Top Pro

Has a free version 

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A free, ad-supported account allows streaming from an extensive library of music.
Ray
Alok Karandikar
Top Con

Not available in a lot of countries

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Paolo
Top Con

Discovery is terrible

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The discovery algorithm is poor and does not learn fast enough. Not obvious how to train it.
Paolo
Top Con

Free account have lots of ads

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If you hate commercials, you would buy Premium or go on using something else.
Paolo
Top Con

Poor audio quality

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There's a high range of bitrates and most of vary from average to bad.
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F-Droid

Paolo
Top Pro

All titles are free and open source

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All apps and games on F-Droid are free and open source (FOSS), making for a complete store resource for users who want to use only open source software on their device.
Paolo
Top Pro

Previous versions of apps remain available after updates

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If you don't like an app after an update, you can download the previous version again. This is not possible on GooglePlay.
Paolo
Top Pro

File sizes are shown

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For those running out of room, the size of the APK is always shown.
Paolo
Top Pro

All apps have no ads nor tracking

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This alone can be a great reason to use the apps available on F-Droid, but there is also the fact that this can increase battery life due to tracking and ads never requiring a data connection, since they are not present.
Paolo
Top Pro

F-Droid compiles all packages

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F-Droid compiles all the packages themselves ensuring a high level of security. Other stores just allow the developer to upload the app already compiled, meaning anything malicious could be in the app.
Paolo
Top Pro

Non profit

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F-Droid is a non profit volunteer organization. Anyone can join to help out or contribute funds, and there are no secret agendas or hidden methods of monetization.
Paolo
Top Con

No ratings/comments/number of downloads

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All apps are presented equally. It is difficult to judge an app's quality/popularity before trying it. On the upside, descriptions are fair (written by the F-Droid maintainers, not by the app authors).
Paolo
Top Con

No screenshots

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It can be difficult to tell what an app is like without installing it.
Paolo
Top Con

Small selection

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F-Droid has a small selection of apps when compared to other major Android markets. This is due to every app being open source and given away for free, something not many people are willing to do with their time and creations.
Paolo
Top Con

It doesn't have all the open source apps

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There are many open source apps that aren't available on F-Droid due to their authors not making it available on that particular app store. One example is Omni Noted, which is on the Play Store but not F-Droid.
Paolo
Top Con

Descriptions are only available in English

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Though the store app is multilingual, the app descriptions are only in English, meaning you must know English to find an app, even if the app is supposed to be multilingual.
Paolo
Top Con

A lot of apps lack polish

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Being that every app on F-Droid is FOSS and released for free, the polish of many are lacking when compared to other markets and their paid app selections.
Paolo
Top Con

Updates are not automatic

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You have to click the updates one-by-one in order to make them happen.
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Pocket Casts

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Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Excellent, easy to use discovery system

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Clicking the plus button in the top-right corner will bring you to featured podcasts. From there you can access multiple ways of finding new things to listen to such as: top charts (that can be separated in audio and video), search (that allows searching both by name and feed URL), a list of podca...
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Auto download specific podcasts

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You can set Pocket Casts to automatically download the latest episode of a podcast, whenever a new episode is released.
Peter J. Mello
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Quick access to shownotes

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When listening to a podcast you can swipe right to bring up all the shownotes with clickable links.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Queue up next podcasts

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From the playback screen swipe to the right to access your podcast playlist. From there you can easily queue up your next podcast.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Sleep timer built in

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Setting the sleep timer will stop the podcast after a set period of time.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Sync with iPhone, iPad, Android

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If you use Pocket Casts on more than one device, you can synchronize settings, playback positions, etc., across all your devices.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Remembers playback speed & starting position

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You can set a 'start from' position for a podcast to skip a set number of seconds from the beginning of an episode. Great for when you don't want to listen to an intro you've heard a couple of dozen times before. Additionally, you can also change the playback speed, to slow down...
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Automated playlist creation

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Pocket Casts has a feature called Episode Filter, that allows automatically creating playlists based on setting such as playing states (unplayed, playing, played), status (downloaded, downloading, not downloaded), episode type (audio, video) and of course podcasts themselves. You can also customi...
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Google Assistant

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LastPass

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Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Can create one-time passwords for accessing the Vault

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LastPass allows creating passwords for accessing the LastPass Vault that can only be used once. Great for accessing the Vault in public or untrusted places.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Fingerprint verification

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Some fingerprint readers, like TouchID on iOS devices or on Samsung devices, can be set up to be used to access LastPass instead of a master password.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Allows sharing passwords with one person or a group of people

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LastPass allows sharing login data for a site with another user of LastPass without exposing the password. Great for allowing friends, family or coworkers access a site.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Automatic security monitoring

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LastPass will check for re-used and unsafe passwords.
Alok Karandikar
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Clean and intuitive UI

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Since version 3.0 the LastPass interface is clean and easy to navigate on all platforms.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Has a free tier and a cheap premium tier

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LastPass offers a free tier. The paid tier ($1/mo) adds unlimited use of LastPass mobile apps, more multifactor authentication options, ad-free and priority assistance and tools for locked-down computers.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

All encryption and decryption is done locally

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All the encryption and decryption is done by the client (JS/App) so even LastPass doesn't have access to passwords.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Seamless autofill and password generator via plugins for all popular browsers

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All common browsers, including Opera, have plugins that allow automatically filling in forms and generating passwords. All form fill information syncs across all platforms, devices and browsers. Password generator can be adjusted to use or exclude certain characters and patterns.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Automatic cloud backup and cross-device sync

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LastPass keeps an encrypted copy of all passwords locally as well as an encrypted copy on their servers. That way, passwords can be accessed locally while offline, or through their server while online from any machine.
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SwiftKey

Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Various convenient layouts available, also for tablets

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Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Ad-free

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SwiftKey is competely ad-free.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

All the typing information saved from SwiftKey is synced across devices

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Any learned words, phrases (inc. email addresses) will be backed up to the cloud and available across multiple devices.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Users can view in-depth usage statistics

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SwiftKey will even provide you exciting data about how you type such as a heatmap. The more you use SwiftKey, the more your heat map will transform from perfect circles into blobs where you tend to press. From the Heatmap you'll know where you tend to make mistakes and how SwiftKey is improve...
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Fast access to Emojis

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When users type the name of the desired Emoji, a small list will come up where the right one can be selected.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Supports Google voice dictation

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Even though SwiftKey is a third party keyboard, Swiftkey still uses the preferred Google voice dictation.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Can be customized to have a numbers row in easy reach

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Users can optionally display a number pad above the keyboard.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Gestures typing or tap typing

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Swiftkey supports both popular methods of typing. Either way the methods integrate perfectly with the predictions featured above the keyboard.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Free

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Swiftkey is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock more features.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Can be resized to as large or as small as you want

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You can choose between five different sizes to resize the keyboard.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Multiple simultaneous languages

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Keyboard can integrate multiple languages into one seamless autocorrect engine.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Can be customized with plenty of themes available

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Swiftkey offers a wide range of different themes to add personality to your keyboard (some are free.. others paid for via in app purchases).
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Has a large number of languages available

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Has 61+ languages available that can be downloaded. So chances are the languages you need will be available.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Highly acclaimed for its constantly improving prediction engine

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The prediction engine of SwiftKey is continuously being improved by using data from social networks, text messages or even emails from the user's device. Predictions appear above the keyboard as soon as a letter is typed. By adjusting to the user's writing habits and style, it really helps...
Peter J. Mello
Top Con

Bought by Microsoft

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Will undoubtedly lead to less innovation.
Peter J. Mello
Top Con

Privacy, automatically saves unknown words

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E.g. passwords entered in plain text fields, place names, people names etc.
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Google Maps

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Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Most ubiquitous third party app integration

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Asides from the stock Apple Maps app, Google Maps is the most commonly supported 3rd party map. 3rd party apps often have links for directions, Google Maps is usually an option whereas other 3rd party GPS apps are not.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Accurate mapping

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Alok Karandikar
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Best execution of save location feature

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Recent updates have made it so you can label a place instead of being stuck with some address or GPS coordinate and forgetting what it represents. Saved places show as stars and are all on one layer as long as you're logged in. There is also the ability to create maps (parallel to groups) for t...
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Offline functionality

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You can download offline data per city or parts of cities if you live in an especially large city, but not for states or countries. Points of Interests are generally more relevant & current than the typical stand alone GPS unit.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Navigation background change based on ambient light

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This is great for night driving or even when going through tunnels as the map will be more visible for low light situations.
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Google Photos

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Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Uses AI to create fun content

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Google's AI automatically generates fun animations, collages, styled photos and stories every now and then which can be shared saved and shared to your device very easily.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Can manually classify photos

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Can create albums from photos or even manage the whole folders tree manually via Drive.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Can search photos

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Text in photos, the content of the photo, and so on can be automatically searched. So one doesn't need to categorize to later find photos. Manual categorization is still possible.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Can automatically back up phone's photos

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Any images taken with your phone can automatically be backed up to Google Photos. And the first time you run the mobile app it will also help you back up any existing images and videos you might have on your phone.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Free unlimited storage

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Google Photos comes with free storage for images up to 16Mp and videos up to 1080p which means that most users need no longer worry about storage space.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Simple sharing

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Any picture or selection of pictures can be sent to anyone, even if they don't have a Google account. Photos will also give you a list of recommended photos to share.
Alok Karandikar
Top Pro

Non-destructive built-in photo editor

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Any photos that you edited can be undone to original copy.
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Quora

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Jonathan
Top Pro

Rewards "top writers"

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With badges, events, and swag.
Jonathan
Top Pro

All subjects are covered

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Unlike the SE which only allows questions on very narrow topics, all questions can be asked at Quora and are neatly categorized with tags.
Jonathan
Top Con

No context-based ranking

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Each post is attached to a specific user and each user can only post once in a thread, so it's impossible to rank. (There is a communal wiki on each question.) The format is best for qualitative responses.
Jonathan
Top Con

Need to log in to see content

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Quora forces people to log in to see content, which severely restricts the usefulness of the site, and limits willingness to write content for the site.
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Tasker

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Die WolfgänG
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Infinitely tweakable

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Tasker has an impressive amount of triggers, actions, and parameters that can be used together in an incredible variety of ways. It can even accept scripts to follow instructions.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Export tasks as standalone apps

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Tasker allows exporting workflows you've created as standalone applications that can then be shared or even put on the Google Play store.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Awesome plugin support

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Tasker has awesome plugin support to connect with hardware that usually requires installing specific apps. For example, it has a plugin for Pebble smartwatch so that you can automate tasks that require using Pebble.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Create powerful custom applications

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Tasker has the ability to create custom applications, effectively replacing multiple installed apps in your phone with tasks that are triggered automatically. What's even better is that they will be custom tailored to fit your specific needs.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Can adjust system software

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With Root access it can also dabble with system software which other apps are not likely to achieve at the moment.
Die WolfgänG
Top Con

Steep learning curve

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Tasker lacks good documentation or tutorials, which is important as the learning curve is very high if you want to use its advance features where this app actually shines.
Die WolfgänG
Top Con

Awful user interface

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While it's incredibly powerful, Tasker's user interface is counter-intuitive, confusing, and just plain clunky at every turn.
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Google Hangouts

Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Android app does both sms and hangouts messaging

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Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Google Voice integration

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Allows for a fixed phone number, receiving and making calls. Calling US or Canada is free.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Integrates with Google Maps for sharing locations

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When chatting with people while trying to plan a meet up, the share map button can be extremely useful.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Cross platform

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Hangouts work on Android, iOS, Chrome OS, web and as a Chrome extension.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Easy to start using

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Hangouts is integrated with Gmail & Google+, does not require you to download desktop software, and all chats can take place directly in your browser, significantly reducing the barrier to entry for a new user.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Completely free

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Google offers all features of Hangouts completely free. There are business, education and government solutions that increase the participant count to for video calls to 15 and offers support.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Screen sharing

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Any user can share his screen (or only a specific desktop or window) while still continuing an audio conversation.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Mobile support

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Hangouts offers both an Android and iOS app so users can participate from nearly any mobile device in addition to his Desktop.
Peter J. Mello
Top Pro

Free group video support

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Hangouts works with up to 10 participants using video out of the box or up to 15 if you are a business, government or school. It determines who is the primary speaker at any given time, and the camera view automatically switches to that user.
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Plex

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Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Accessible via web browser

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A modern web browser is enough to get everything Plex has to offer.
Die WolfgänG
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Added lots of media databases

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Metadata for media files will automatically be updated by using media databases. This provides posters, movie trailers, descriptions, information about actors, etc.
Die WolfgänG
Top Pro

Supported on many devices

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It's pretty hard to find a NAS or STB that doesn't support Plex.
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AdAway

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Monika
Die WolfgänG
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System-wide blocking

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Use the hosts files to block ads, so it works for everything.
Monika
Die WolfgänG
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Doesn't consume CPU time or memory

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The app updates the hosts file periodically but doesn't need to run in the background in order to block ads, which is especially convenient for older phones.
Die WolfgänG
Top Con

Needs root (by design)

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Needs root to update the hosts file.
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Uber

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Davor Petreski
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Carpooling service can save up to 40%

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Davor Petreski
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Good user interface

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First time starting the app requires creating an account, confirming phone number, and adding billing info. Each time the app is started a map is presented that allows setting a pickup location. Choice of service at the bottom. Estimated pickup time. Once that's done the app asks to confirm b...
Davor Petreski
Top Pro

Generally professional drivers

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Uber drivers have excellent street knowledge and well dressed (there's suggested attire for drivers).
Davor Petreski
Top Pro

Drivers are vetted rigorously

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Davor Petreski
Top Con

Highly questionable business practices

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Uber often takes part in ethically questionable business practices such as purposefully sabotaging competitors by ordering and canceling rides in bulk, pushing questionable auto loans to drivers, selectively spying on customers and ignoring regulations.
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Solid Explorer

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IFTTT

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ES File Explorer

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이시인
Top Pro

Integrates with a wide variety of services

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The app supports Dropbox, Box.net, Sugarsync, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Amazon S3, Yandex and more.
Monika
Top Con

Closed source (proprietary)

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The source code for ES File Explorer is closed source.
Monika
Top Con

Constant notifications

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It is always running in the background and monitoring for possible issues. It always pops up with notifications about new files and suggested files for deletion. There is no way to turn it off.
Monika
Top Con

Adds possible malware

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This issue appears after the update of Aug, 1, 2016 ver 4.1.2.4.
Monika
Top Con

Connects to an IP in China

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For some reason ES File Explorer installs a folder called Baidu of which any app that installs this folder connects to an IP in China for some reason. Sadly it is still not known at this time for what or why.
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Waze

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Paolo
Top Pro

Shows traffic speeds during rush hour

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Shows red during heavy traffic along with mph, and orange for mild traffic.
Paolo
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Live routing and alert reports from other waze users

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Each waze user has the ability to report traffic and road information changes as well as accidents, road closures, police locations and other alerts in real-time. This information is then displayed on the map to benefit other drivers and used to recalculate optimal route.
Paolo
Top Con

Advertisement supported

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The advertisements usually shown when the vehicle is at rest, and they cover the entire screen. There is no way to get rid of them, it's strictly a free ad supported app.
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 Automated playlist creation
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 Remembers playback speed & starting position
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 Sync with iPhone, iPad, Android
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 Sleep timer built in
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 Auto download specific podcasts
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 Quick access to shownotes
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 Queue up next podcasts
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이시인
이시인
Contributor for 2 months
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ES File Explorer
Recommended 2 months ago
I thought this is good app but after reading cons, I changed my mind and uninstalled.
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Peter J. Mello
Peter
Contributor for 2 years
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SwiftKey
Recommended 3 months ago
What could be more important on a mobile device than a good touch keyboard? SwiftKey has been my favorite of the various keyboards to grace the Android spotlight over the years, offering reliability, responsiveness, and the best predictions I've ever found, which sync between all my devices.
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 Highly acclaimed for its constantly improving prediction engine
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 Has a large number of languages available
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 Can be customized with plenty of themes available
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 Multiple simultaneous languages
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 Can be resized to as large or as small as you want
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 Free
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 Gestures typing or tap typing
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 Can be customized to have a numbers row in easy reach
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 Supports Google voice dictation
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 Fast access to Emojis
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 Users can view in-depth usage statistics
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 All the typing information saved from SwiftKey is synced across devices
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 Ad-free
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 Various convenient layouts available, also for tablets
Con
 Privacy, automatically saves unknown words
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 Bought by Microsoft
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Paolo
Paolo
Contributor for a year
907
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212K
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Spotify
Recommended 3 months ago
This is my go to music player/music streaming service as it is really convenient to use and has tons of songs. The Extreme Quality song downloads is also a huge plus for me, as I can enjoy my music with very good detail/clarity.
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 Client's functionality can be extended via third-party apps
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 Has a free version 
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 Weekly Discover playlist uses a great algorithm
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 Curated playlists
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 Huge collection of music and fast access to newly released songs  
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 Poor audio quality
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 Free account have lots of ads
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 Discovery is terrible
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