Finding the best free android apps on the Google Play Store can be a real chore, what with all the options out there. Who knew, when Google launched Android 13 years ago, that there would be this many available apps to choose from. You can find one to cater for every need, whim, or desire. And, a lot of them come with that magic price tag, free, so that you’re just a few clicks away from taking your phone to the next level.
But, just because there’s such a glut of apps out there doesn’t mean that most of them are quality. There’s a lot that you should probably skip. In fact, the Play Store gives you a lot of tools to parse through all the noise, from Editor’s Picks for different categories to recommendations for new releases or for apps based on your prior downloads.
You can also narrow the search by reading reviews and ratings or searching for an app you have and seeing what similar results pop up.
With that said, there are so many in the store’s library, that a free android app that’s worth downloading can still get lost in the shuffle. To help you find the best android apps that are free, we’ve collected our top picks here to make sure you have all the apps you could want or need on your phone or tablet, sorted into categories so you can more easily find what you're looking for.
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Every month we add a new app to this list, and you'll find the latest addition below.
Widgetshare
Widgetshare is a fun little app that lets you share photo widgets with friends and family. Just snap a picture or add one from your gallery, optionally edit it (which you can do in-app with some basic tools), and then get someone else with the app to enter a code, which will then share the image with them.
That image can be displayed as a widget on either of your phones, but the fun bit is that either person can edit or change the image at any time, and the widget will update accordingly. So it’s a fun way to send photos to each other and have them appear on your home screen.
There’s not much more to Widgetshare than that, but it’s free and there’s an iOS app too, with cross platform support.
