There are any number of reasons you might want to use a VPN, from improved privacy and security to accessing region-locked content, but whatever your reason NordVPN is a strong option. You can use it not only on Android, but also Windows, iOS and Mac, all with a single subscription, and the app is nicely designed, with…

We wouldn’t say changing the volume on most Android phones is tricky, but it can be a several step process if you want to change the noise level of just a specific type of sound, say alarms, or music – especially if you’re not currently using a relevant app. Volume Notification makes the task a little…

Anyone with a tiny artist (or future Spielberg) at home should give Toontastic 3D a try. This Google app might look like a game, but at its heart it’s actually all about drawing, animating and narrating your own cartoons. Pick a setting and a cast of characters (or create your own), and then move them around the…

Pickle is about as simple as a note-taking app gets, and that’s the beauty of it. You don’t have multiple lists or folders, just one long note, laid out like an SMS conversation, with each new addition getting its own text bubble. Eventually, of course, you’ll end up with far more notes here than you can…

The presence of an app drawer is one of the key ways in which most Android phones stand out from iOS, but not much thought always goes into these drawers, and you’re often presented with just a long, cluttered list of apps. If that describes the app drawer on your phone then you should consider…

As great as smartphones are, they can become addictive, with all sorts of apps vying for our attention and the urge to check Facebook ever-present. This can be bad for both productivity and relationships, with screen-based distractions interrupting work and quality time. If any of that sounds familiar then Forest is worth checking out, as it’s an…

Firefox Focus was a hit on iOS, and now it’s come to Android. It’s a fast, simple browser with security and privacy at its heart, essentially operating like the private mode in other browsers at all times. Your browsing history, including passwords, cookies and trackers is erased automatically when you close the browser, or can be…

There are many apps aimed at motivating you to walk more, but Walkr is more gamified than most. Like a standard pedometer it tracks your steps, as well as making a rough estimate of how many calories you’ve burnt, but Walkr also has you exploring a galaxy. Your steps are converted into energy which fuels your spaceship,…

Monitoring your expenses is the first step to reducing them, and while there are many general purpose apps for that, Drivvo is designed specifically to monitor the costs of running your vehicle. You can track fuel costs, mileage, gas consumption, maintenance costs and more, and build charts of your fuel efficiency. Monitoring this information could be useful…

If you want to keep up to date on the latest mobile games, have already exhausted our paid and free lists, and are more into videos than text, then you should definitely check out Core. The app has a mix of exclusive video content – covering news, reviews and guides to games – and video streams from players, taken…

8Bit Photo Lab is a photo filter app that takes you back to simpler times. Times when games didn’t have near-photo-realistic graphics and Android was just a glint in Andy Rubin’s eye. Simply snap or import a picture and pick a color palette from over 40 options, such as Game Boy or Commodore 64. Your photo…

There are any number of apps and websites dedicated to testing your current data speeds, but for the most part that’s all they do. Meteor aims to add context, not only telling you your download speed, upload speed and ping, but also telling you the implications of that for the apps you use. Meteor will tell you…