The Best Android Apps of 2017

Top games, apps and services make the cut in Logical IDEA’s pick of the best free and paid-for Android apps

Looking for a new app for your device? Here’s Logical IDEA’s pick of the best of the paid-for and free Android apps available through the Google Play store.

If you’re looking for Android apps then check out our guide to the best downloads.

Creativity and Photography

Sprayscape

SprayScapre app help you to create abstract panoramic landscapes for others apps to experience in virtual reality. It uses the phone’s gyroscope to overlay images. Free Download

SketchAR

SketchAR Art made easy. Sketchar helps everyone to draw and create stencils by placing a virtual image on a real-world surface. You can trace it everything on it.

Perch

If you’ve ever wondered what goes in your house when you’re out of home, Perch is the answer. Connect your phone with a strategically placed laptop, tablet or phone camera and watch live action from anywhere. Free Download

Gifrecipes

Find recipes for dinner and learn to cook – using Gifs. This app pairs recipes with videos that showcase ingredients and cooking times. Swiping displays new recipes, making it a more appealing version of Tinder. Free Download

A Walk Through Dementia

Alzheimer’s Research UK simulates the experience of life with dementia with this VR app, made for Google Cardboard. Free Download

Productivity and Tools

Fluenty

Fluenty an AI engine trained on 700 million online public conversations, send relevant “smart replies” to messages with a single tap. Free Download

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The Shazam of gardening lets you take a picture of a plant and it let you know what it is exactly. Connect with other gardeners for tips. Free Download for Android and iOS

Mimicker Alarm

Snoozing is an impossible with this sadistic alarm clock, which makes you play games to prove you are awake. The default puzzle in app is used to take a selfie while pulling a face. Built by Microsoft’s Garage Team – using APIs from UK-based Project Oxford – the app’s facial recognition software detects your expression. Free Download

DreamLab

Donate your spare mobile processing power to fight against cancer with this app, which downloads genetic sequencing profiles and processes them during the night when phones aren’t in use. Free Download

MoodCast Diary

MoodCast Diary is an app that recognize your mood by allowing you to input diary entries throughout the day. Once it collects enough data on your day-to-day emotions, it can offer advice as it is to trends in your happiness or sorrows. The ‘intelligent mood prediction’ might make it a bit easier to combat the bad-weather blues. Free with in-app purchases.

Nasa GLOBE Observer

Everyone can get participate in Nasa’s scientific experiments. Collect cloud and temperature data through the app. Free Download for Android and iOS

Social and Messaging

On Second Thought

Have you ever sent a text and regretted it? This app allows you to embargo messages with a delay allowing you to change your mind. Free Download

Sarahah

Receive anonymous feedback about you from family, friends and colleagues. Perfect for self-growth – or if you need a good cry. Free Download  for iOS and Android. 

Games and Distractions

Egg, Inc

Join the chicken gold rush in this increasing clicker game, which asks you to sell eggs, build henhouses and commission farm research. Free Download iOS, Android, free

SpaceHub

SpaceHub uses real-time video feeds and GPS to keep tacking amateur space-watchers up-to-date with astronauts and asteroids. It also aggregates tweets from industry insiders into a single feed. Free Download