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Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android

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Post by emmelaich » Wed, Oct 31, 2012, 4:39 AM UTC

27182818284 wrote: post #2

Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed. This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android ap…

One method I used was to scour code.google.com and github for android projects. Many free apps were more useful than similar non-free apps. Some authors had both free and non-free apps. Also it gave a small hint of trustability.

I like to G+ recommends by people in my circles.

I have not found any very good method though.

Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android

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Post by KirinDave » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 5:53 PM UTC

Cataclysmic wrote: post #18

KirinDave wrote: post #9

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I think the unfortunate truth is that everyone who has a big app store will continue to tout that because they're trying to grow their marketplace. "Our market is thriving, come join us!" is the message. But with the exception of game churn, I think most people find core apps they want and stick to those. Probably the only other market as active as games is productivity apps, where people just love to churn.

Lol reminds me of Google Plus - always talking about how many users they have but it's a ghost town.

Google Plus is the only place I can go to get intelligent conversation with people. You know, the kind that does not begin sentences with, "Lol."

Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android

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Post by elvislives » Sun, Nov 04, 2012, 2:26 PM UTC

buro9 wrote: post #20

scott_karana wrote: post #19

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While I agree that's a beautiful app, I fail to see how it would prevent you from burning pizzas, where regular timers would fail. While I'm replying, I may as well point out Ovo[1], the free rival. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ilumbo.ovo...

I tended not to use the more ugly timers... and yes, I truly did burn my pizzas.

Ovo is much more pleasant to use than Opoloo's Timer, yo!