Windows 8.1 Review – Will it be able to Stop the Android Onslaught?
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich speaks about a dual Windows and Android operating system during his keynote address during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Reuters

Android apps are the most versatile and flexible apps that are easily compared with their competitors and moves way ahead of them.

The BGR reports top five apps that can be termed as assets to Androids.

1. Start

Start helps managing applications on the screen of the device. It transforms the start screen on the device from a lock screen to a group of categorized apps, folders, shortcuts to folders and predefined folders such as starred, hot, hidden and more. Start is a free app which also provides information from various services like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and more.

On the other hand iPhone lock screen displays a phone, the time, the date and some notifications that might be useful but it does not provide information that is useful than the Start app.

Some of its features are:

  • Enjoy excellent performance with no delays
  • Easily launch up to 24 apps of choice or let the smart algorithm set it automatically
  • On Screen quick access configuration with a long press
  • Stream social media feeds with a single swipe
  • Launch the camera and any related app
  • Call/text/email friends and family without unlocking the phone
  • Get favorite content from hundreds of sources
  • Select favorite theme or use personal picture as a background
  • Choose and configure widgets e.g. date, time and battery meter
  • Switch between ring/vibrate/mute and unlock phone with cool sliders

2. Dragon Mobile Assistant

It is a voice assistant app that provides personal assistance to a user and gives more option than Siri on iOS.

  • Send and receive text messages, post Facebook and Twitter updates, emails and much more - all hands-free- using Nuance's incredibly accurate voice recognition technology.
  • Set reminders, make appointments, and search the internetwithout lifting a finger.
  • Be prepared for the day with weather updates and upcoming appointments.
  • Turn on Attentive Mode so that it is alert all the time even if the screen is unlocked.
  • Create a personal voiceprint so that it is attentive to only one command.
  • Choose a voice and create a name for the assistant.

3. HD Widget

These are those apps which Apple does not provide for their phones. HD Widget is adds widgets on the Android phones that can be customized. It can create more than 100 widgets available on the device and preview the time, date, weather forecast, utility controls and more. There are themes and add-ons available that can be downloaded from Play Store.

4. Agent

Agent app helps in making a smartphone more convenient to use. It focuses on certain points that will improve the various features of the phone.

  • Drive Agent is triggered by bluetooth and motion sensing (activity detection). It can be configured to read SMS messages aloud, respond with voice, and many more
  • Battery Agent helps conserve battery by giving options like to turn off bluetooth, dim screen light etc.
  • Parking Agent remembers where the car is parked.
  • Meeting Agent syncs with the calendar and work accordingly.
  • Sleep Agent switches the phone to silend mode automatically when the user is sleeping.

5. Smart IR Remote

Smart IR Remote works on infrared blaster and it can control more than 700,000 devices as compared to iOS, which lets users to control 1000 devices from 1000 different remote apps. The Smart IR Remote supports air gestures, macros, widgets, combining remotes, floating remotes that are available on every screen when the app is closed.