Five apps you can't live without

[dashing.sujay]

These days people are almost obsessed with apps. App for this, app for that. A typical smartphone has countless app these days but the ground reality is that we seldom use those many.

So I'd to know your feedback on let's say you have a brand new smartphone (irrespective of OS), and you're given an option to keep only 5 apps.

I know 5 is a bit too hard , 10 could have been a much sensible number given the array of needs but that's why the question.

Which are those 5 inevitable apps ?

Treat each ecosystem as they are bundled, for eg Gmail is present by default in Android, but not in iOS I guess, so that makes it a count of 1.

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Mine goes (almost in order of priority):

1) WhatsApp

2) ES File Explorer

3) Pushbullet

4) AdAway

5) A News app (usually I use TOI, now a days trying News Republic)

Looking forward to your views guys!

Thanks

 

[Nerevarine]

1) Firefox

2) ES File manager

3) Drastic DS Emulator

4) PowerAMP

5) Youtube

Some of the apps I like but I can definitely live without these apps

 

[ZTR]

1) Titanium Backup

2) Whatsapp

3)MX Player

4) Solid File Explorer/X-Plore

5) Chromium/Chrome

 

[Karan85]

No particular order.

Twitter
Whatsapp
Pocket
Pocketcasts
Reddit is fun


Not including stock apps that I cant live without like Chrome and Youtube...
Oh .. and MX player has to get a mention.. but I use that more on the tablet than on the phone

 

[Zangetsu]

FX explorer (ES is crap now a days)
MX player
Whatsapp
Shareit (better than software datacable)
TrueCaller

 

[ankushv]

WhatsApp
Es file explorer
AccuWeather
Mx player pro
Taptalk

 

[Desmond]

In no particular order (not counting messaging apps like Whatsapp):

- Poweramp
- Now For Reddit
- Firefox
- Tapatalk
- MX Player

 

[rachitrt23]

Clash of Clans (does this count?)
Blackplayer
MX Player
Youtube
Opera Mini

 

[dashing.sujay]

FX explorer (ES is crap now a days)

Care to tell why ?

 

[ZTR]

Care to tell why ?

Ads,removed features and added as a paid option,and in general has become too bloated compared to past

 

[Zangetsu]

Ads,removed features and added as a paid option,and in general has become too bloated compared to past

Yup..there is also an article on the same in XDA
ES is now bloatware

 

[ankushv]

Any good alternative to es file explorer ?
Sorry for OT .

 

[ZTR]

Any good alternative to es file explorer ?
Sorry for OT .

Solid Explorer

 

[ariftwister]

1)Titanium Backup
2)Xposed
3)CoC
4)Touchpal Keyboard
5)Bacon Reader (reddit)
5)ES Explorer pro
5)Opera Mini
5)Cymera
5)Internet Speed Meter
5)whatsapp

 

[Anorion]

Phone
Calendar
Clock
Maps
Safari

live without the rest. as in cannot think of one app that has always been critical to my usage.

 

[TechnoBOY]

1.FireFox,Whats app
2.xposed
3.xender,INTERNET SPEED METER
4.tapatalk
5.flud

 

[dashing.sujay]

Xender / Internet speed meter ? Do you guys really can't live without these ?

 

[v.Na5h]

TB
Gravity box
Solid Explorer
Aqua Mail
Greader pro

 

[Zangetsu]

Any good alternative to es file explorer ?
Sorry for OT .

I use this *play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx&hl=en
UI is excellent

 

[Limitless]

FX explorer with root access
MX player Pro
Whatsapp
Shareit
Youtube