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Log your life's more leisurely journeys with an app essential...
£FREE
the good
- » Easy to use
- » Integrates all media
- » Simple to share
the bad
- » Glitchy on login
9.8
Put your head in the clouds - along with your files, photos, music and movies
£FREE
the good
- » Free online storage
- » Easy uploads or downloads
- » Works with most phones and computers
the bad
- » 2GB limit for free
- » Upgrading costs u00a36.50 a month
9.5
Find a wireless internet connection wherever you are
£FREE
the good
- » Wi-Fi Scanner and Public Wi-Fi options work impeccably well
- » Tells you when GPS settings are wrong
- » Divides hotspots by venue type
the bad
- » McDonalds and BT Openzone clog up map at first
9.4
Use pictures to search the web
£FREE
the good
- » Simple but powerful
- » Scans print to text
- » Clever tricks
the bad
- » Patchy translation
- » No facial recognition
9.4
Take control of your homescreen
£FREE
the good
- » Up to 7 customisable home-screens
- » Fast app-launching
- » Clever pinch-to-zoom screen views
the bad
- » Underwhelming notification bar
- » Thatu2019s it, really
9.2
Task-killing, security management, video-playing. You name it, ES File Explorer does it.
£FREE
the good
- » Incredibly powerful file and task management tool
- » Integrated video player is excellent
the bad
- » Cumbersome UI
- » Individual elements appear as separate apps
9.2
Anti-virus plus call and SMS-blocking
£3.10
the good
- » Super-simple user interface
- » Blocks nuisance calls and texts
- » Customisable scans
the bad
- » Large contact lists make adding blocks tricky
9.1
Hugely flexible PDF reader with a huge variety of note-taking options
£1.90
the good
- » Ability to mark up PDFs with text and graphics
- » Live audio and video embeds
- » Text to speech is a neat touch
the bad
- » Occasional force closes
9
Intelligent keyboard that learns from Twitter, Facebook and Gmail
£FREE
the good
- » Learns your writing style
- » Can compose entire sentences by suggestion alone
- » Twitter, Facebook and Gmail customisation is quick and simple
the bad
9
Supercharge your Android phone's battery
£3.31
the good
- » Genuinely extends battery life
- » Install-and-forget simplicity
- » Bragging rights for geeky eco-warriors
the bad
- » Way too much techy detail at first
- » Can hamstring your phone if set-up wrongly
9
Accelerated and accurate Android app assistant par excellence...
£FREE
the good
- » Fast and accurate
- » Learns your habits
- » highly responsive
the bad
- » Occasional glitches
- » Only a beta
9
Reads your emails and texts and let's you speak your replies, not to mention its in-car skills
£FREE
the good
- » Brilliant speech recognition
- » Reads emails and text messages aloud
- » In-car features are excellent
the bad
- » Not 100% infallible... But almost
- » Can sap battery life. Fast.
9
