Best Free Android Apps - Updated 2021

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Last updated by Jojo Yee on 12. April 2021 - 13:52

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This list of Best Free Android Apps now includes 232 apps in multiple categories. To help you get the best of free Android apps from the Google Play store or developer's website, we have selected some gems in each category and added them to the list with clear and brief descriptions of each app.

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Pithus - Android security & privacy analysis for the masses: https://beta.pithus.org/
RethinkDNS - monitor app activity, circumvent Internet censorship, block ads and trackers, and firewall apps on your Android device: https://www.bravedns.com/

Thankyou for Sharing Above App. This is the first place I go when looking for a new app for my Android phone.

Iceraven Browser - fork of the new FF for Android that seeks to provide users with more options, more opportunities to customize, and more information about the pages they visit and how their browsers are interacting with those pages: https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser
SoniControl is the first firewall that detects ultrasonic activity, notifies the user and blocks the information on demand, and thereby helps users to protect their privacy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.ac.fhstp.sonicontrol https://github.com/fhstp/SoniControl
SkyTube - an open-source YouTube app: https://skytube-app.com/
personalDNSfilter is a DNS filter proxy written in pure Java. It hooks into the domain name (DNS) resolution and returns the loopback address for filtered hosts: https://zenz-solutions.de/personaldnsfilter/ "... Block This 3.1 is a FREE and Open Source ad blocker for Android that works in all apps and browsers! It provides the additional benefits of malware protection, increased browsing speed and reduction of mobile data traffic ...": https://block-this.com/ WebShuttle - Privacy & Security Browser: https://www.iwebshuttle.com/

Horrible choice for Nots. Evernote requires a sign on. It was over 40 MB , not 11. Bloated spyware !

For audio, I've been using the excellent Musicolet app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.musicolet)
No internet permission, so no streaming or downloading, but great for local audio files

I am glad it helped.

I did not realize, until now, that the country would make a difference on Google play.
I still get Not Found on those.

Think many of the links on this page need to be checked.
"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

It would be of great help danielson if the broken links that you've encountered can be provided here. Thanks.

i did not realize the linkchecker page would not show results.
I uploaded a screen shot of the results
http://i68.tinypic.com/10ro3lz.jpg

mVideoPlayer leads to Not Found. A search found a MVideo_Player.

Ringdroid leads to Not Found. A search found what looks to be a new page
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.adiaos.ringdroid

Where's My Water? Free leads to Not Found. A search found what looks to be a new page
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disney.wheresmywater2_goo

The linkchecker page:
https://www.deadlinkchecker.com/website-dead-link-checker.asp

I put these separate to avoid the other post being queued, but it got queued anyways.

Thanks for this listing, I use it all the time. Hope this helps.

Thanks rolandflorida for the feedback.

Both mVideoPlayer and Ringdroid have now been removed from the listing.

"Where's My Water? Free" is still accessible from my location at this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disney.WMWLite

I was looking for a battery saver some time ago and forgot to mention that the links here in that category are dead. Both Battery Dr saver and JuiceDefender - battery saver lead to Not Found page.

There is a Battery Doctor there, but I am not sure if it is the same. I could find no review here of either product, so I do not know the developer names.
So I was bored and checked a few:
Also Google Gesture Search leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Default App Manager Lite leads to Not Found. A search finds a Pro version (paid).
Browsix Lite leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
MyMusicOn Music Player leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Winamp leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
ZDbox leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Advanced Task Killer leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Task Switcher leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
PicSpeed HD Wallpapers leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Flikie Wallpapers HD leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Widgetsoid leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
CardioTrainer leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
iStunt 2 leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Critical Strike Portable leads to Not Found. A search found some Critical Strike apps, but do not appear to be the same.
Puzzle Blox Arcade! leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
DroidZebra Reversi leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
A Comic Viewer leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.
Wikidroid (Wikipedia Browser) leads to Not Found. A search found nothing under that name.

I also ran a link check which shows these and some other dead links. I will post that link and the links I found some new info on in a separate post.

This is of great help rolandflorida. Those not found as mentioned by you have now been removed from the list, except for the following, which are still accessible from my location:

"iStunt 2"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miniclip.istunt2

Critical Strike Portable 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioOnMars.CSPortable

Wikidroid (Wikipedia Browser)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.isaacwaller.wikipedia

Thank you for this impressive listing. This is the first place I go when looking for a new app for my Android phone.

I was just looking at the Calendar listings here and wanted to point out a couple of changes:
Calendar Pad is no longer available at the Play store.
The above states that aCalendar is "ad free", but the Play store states it "Contains Ads·Offers in-app purchases"

Thanks again for the listing.

Glad that you like the list. Calendar Pad has been unpublished so it is now removed from this list, and aCalendar has added some ads. Many thanks for the useful info rolandflorida.

In trying to view ebuddy messaging, I ran into a dead link. The correct link is thus: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebuddy.android.xms

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I would like for you to add the category Android mind mapping apps to the list.

Thanks Jojo.... some good stuff there although I didn't see much in the way of ad-blockers.
I just hate adds and pop ups. They're an invasion of my privacy and an insult to my intelligence.

This is my main stopper: "AdGuard AdBlocker" available on the play store

A good suggestion terrawarra and it's a good category to add to this list.

Thanks Jojo....
..... in the meantime I'll do some cherry picking from your latest list of android apps.

Thanks for your tip for "Blokada" Jojo....
will certainly give this one a trial.
cheers

Please also check lichess, i think îs an awesome application for chess.

The last two links in Best Free Program Launcher for Android are dead (playstore can't find the app). The first one doesn't point to the base package, but to a customization update.

What's happening to launchers in general? Many are disappearing!

PS: Still looking for a light weight "just icons and widgets on a home screen" launcher.

Appreciated your kind feedback HiTechHiTouch. Both links are now removed from the list.

I recently bought a new Moto E4 phone with MetroPCS. The phone has a feature to block your chosen numbers calling in but it simply reroutes the call to voicemail. I need to block certain numbers from even being able to call in to my number.
Anyone know of free Android based apps that can do that?
Thank you

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