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Android App Reviews by codesplice

Hello, all.
I've got a confession to make: I like apps. A lot. To an unhealthy degree. I've got a huge stash of apps on my phone, and an even larger collection of .apk backups waiting to be reloaded whenever I feel like it. I love finding new apps to try out, and deciding which ones are worthy to be added to my collection. A lot of the apps that I find and want to try out are paid apps; without finding many thorough reviews on them, I don't know whether they are worth my money - but I can't stand the thought of missing out on the Next Big Thing. And so I buy them, download them, install them, and test them out anyway. If it's an awesome app and well-worth the money, I tell my friends. If it is money that could be better spent on another app that I've tried before, I tell my friends that, too.
Unfortunately, not all of my friends are interested in my opinion on apps. They only listen to me because of my rugged good looks (my theory). This makes me sad, because I spend a lot of time (and money, in some cases) trying apps out - someone else needs to benefit from that time (and money) as well. Until someone decides to pay/reimburse me for all the apps that I evaluate, the next-best thing I can do is offer up reviews to the community of any apps that I have found particularly useful. This is the driving force behind my desire to make this thread.
I will be running down my list of currently-installed useful applications and entertaining games. I will include screen shots, AppBrain links, and as much detail as I can muster up. My hope is that the rest of the community may find some benefit from these reviews - and who knows, maybe you'll find a kick-ass app you'd never heard of.
I'm open to questions, ideas, requests, suggestions, and pretty much any other type of communication or input that could be provided. I only ask that you be respectful - both of me, and of the app developers. And if this list helps you find a neat paid app to try out, please do support the developer(s). Piracy is bad, mmmmkay?
Enjoy!
-codesplice
Credit where credit is due: All screenshots are made using the free ShootMe app.
NOTE: Now that the Android Market has a shnazzy new web interface, I'm going to change the primary links for apps to reflect this. I will add the AppBrain links as a secondary, and hope to add direct market links at some point once I find a site to reliably provide this information. Stay tuned!
Reviews:
Minimalistic Text (Widget)
Clutch Pad(Multitasking App) UPDATED 2/24/11
CircleLauncher (Widget)
Swipe Pad (Multitasking App)
Keyboard Manager (App) UPDATED 2/23/11
Shift Puzzle Game (Game)
ElecroDroid (App)
Hella Umbrella (Game)
Digital Wall (LWP)
Shortyz Crosswords (App)
Elixir (System Info App)
Google Authenticator (App)
Zeam (Launcher)
Lookout / WaveSecure (Mobile Security App double-feature)
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Minimalistic Text (widget)
App Name: Minimalistic Text (v.2.1.3, @AppBrain)
Developer: Devmil
Price: FREE
There is quite a handful of text-based widgets available on the Market, and a lot of them are very nice. There are widgets for displaying the time as text, the weather as text, the battery level as text.... but this is one widget that does it all. Just about every aspect of the widget is configurable, from the text alignment and rotation to the font size and colors to even the format for different types of data. You've got several options for the display type, whether you want to use digits or words or even a bar (for days of the week or percentage of battery charge). There is also an optional "blur" text effect which works wonderfully for making accented text appear to be illuminated. To top things off, this widget also functions as a plugin for Locale or Tasker and can be used to display variables from either of those applications. For instance, if you want a small text-widget to display what Locale/Tasker profiles are currently active, this is your answer for a very configurable solution.
For each widget you are also able to define an action to perform when tapped - whether it is launching another activity (my clock widget launches my alarm clock), opening the widget preferences page, or even reading out the text currently displayed on the widget. You are also able to save and restore your widget settings, so don't be afraid to experiment.
Given the sheer amount of customizations available to you with this widget app, the configuration menu may be a little bit overwhelming and complex when you first get into it. Play around for a few minutes, and you're bound to get the hang of it.
This is a fabulous widget, and one that I highly recommend to anyone who will take the time to tinker with it.
Verdict: A highly-configurable text-based widget to display pretty much anything you want, especially with Tasker integration.
Screenshots:
1) Widget(s) in action. I should note there are three separate widgets displayed: Time / weather up top, day / date on the bottom, and a battery level bar on the right-hand side.
2) Preferences Manager for all widgets
3) Text Style menu
4-5) Custom Layout configurator
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

Clutch Pad[APP]
App Name: Clutch Pad (v.1.3v.1.4.2, @AppBrain)
Developer: stevealbright
Price: $0.99 $1.99
Clutch is an application that seeks to optimize and streamline the way you multitask on Android. It is currently in beta status, but is very functional in its current state. It is a powerful supplement to the built-in Recent Apps feature.
Clutch manifests itself as a small semi-transparent "trigger" area, which functions similar to "hot corners" on a Mac (I think. I'm a Linux/PC guy). This small region rides at the very top layer of the Android interface (in a user-configurable position) and is accessible no matter what application you may be working in. You can tap this region to instantly bring up a small grid displaying your recently-accessed applications. You can customize how many apps you want to be visible, configure the application to ignore your Home (Launcher) app in its list, and to visually distinguish currently-running applications from terminated apps. This makes it very easy to quickly determine if that app you just exited is still running or if it has been shut down as it should, as well as providing a quick (and lightweight) task switcher.
Nice, but nothing terribly fantastic. Yet. Clutch also has configurable swipe gestures - the most useful (to me) of which is a Last Task functionality. For instance, if I Swipe Up from the Clutch region, I instantly switch to whatever my previous app was. If I swipe again, I am moved back to the app I just switched from. This functions similarly to just pressing ALT+TAB quickly, and is very useful for quickly jumping between two apps.
This little utility is quick and lightweight, and I have found it to be extremely useful. It is still in development, and has many more features planned (and a price increase to accompany them - so get it quickly!) including support for additional gestures (open/close notifications, for example), on-click task control (press-and-hold to kill, for example), and configurable transition animations.
If you've got a dollar to spend, you would do well to add this application to your device in its current state, and I can only imagine the app's versatility and usefulness will increase with the further planned updates.
Update (2/24/11): Clutch Pad has recently been updated to version 1.4. With this update, the application has dropped the "Beta" tag, gained an additional "Pad" in its name, and has added additional features and configurable options. At the same time, the price has also been increased to $1.99. New features include additional swipe gestures, configurable transition animations (that are quite pretty), the option to toggle the trigger button via a press-and-hold on the Search hardware key, and a Favorites option to quickly launch your favorite apps. Options have also been added for additional visual tweaks and adjustments of both the trigger icon and the popup lists, and all known bugs have been fixed. With each incremental update, this app gets more and more useful and I find myself relying upon it more all the time. Even at the increased price, this is still one of my must-have applications.
Verdict: An innovative way to access recent apps, and the Last App gesture functionality is every bit as useful as Alt-Tabbing between apps on your desktop.
Screenshots:
1) Trigger icon
2) Recent apps list
3-5) Settings pages
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

CircleLauncher (widget)
App Name: CircleLauncher (v.1.5.2, @AppBrain)
Developer: db-ware
Price: ~$1.37 (free, limited version here or @AppBrain)
As mentioned previously, I have a lot of apps. One of the problem with having a lot of apps is running out of room on your homescreens for app shortcuts. There are various widgets out there that propose a variety of solutions to this problem, but they often leave you with tiny, almost unusable icons. This would have been fine in the days where the trackball reigned supreme, but this is the oh-tens. It has to be finger-friendly.
One true solution that I stumbled across the other day is called CircleLauncher. What it does is really very simple, but it does it very well. It allows you to create a single widget to group similar applications together (I've used location-themed apps and clock-based apps in my example). Tape the 1x1 widget, and a lightweight menu appears to launch your apps. Pretty standard, but this menu is laid out (by default - you can change this in the settings) in a ring around the icon. As you slide your finger or thumb around the ring, the currently selected application icon grows to make selection a bit easier.
Note that CircleLauncher includes other layout types (configurable from the widget's config menu, which you access by selecting the widget and then press-and-holding the center) including horizontal and vertical lines. I was also very pleased with the way that the widget's application menu adapts to its position on the screen - stick it in a corner, and your full selection of apps will be displayed within a 90-degree pie slice.
Obviously, a menu such as this is a bit limited to a relatively low number of apps (more than 9 or 10 and the ring will be just too cluttered to be functional), but if you need to have quick access to just a few more apps from your homescreen, this should do the trick. Since there is a free version available, why not give it a shot and see if this widget can help you to organize your home screen a bit?
Verdict: An easy way to combine several app shortcuts into one.
Screenshots:
1) Plain widgets (labeled GPS and Time) - you can dress them up a bit more if you are artistically inclined.
2) One widget opened showing the full selection ring.
3) The corner widget open showing the adaptation to the position.
4) One icon expanded while my finger hovers over it.
5) Settings menu
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

Keep going mate

gruzman said:
Keep going mate
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I surely intend to! Just have to figure out which app to post next
Thanks for the encouragement though. It is appreciated to know at least someone is reading over all this mess!

SwipePad Beta [APP]
App Name: SwipePad Beta (v.0.7.5, @AppBrain)
Developer: Conduction.mobi
Price: FREE
Keeping on the theme of "apps to help you access your apps", we come to SwipePad Beta. Similar in some regard to Clutch, this app also gives you "hot corner" functionality. Use the settings menu to establish what corners (or regions) you want to be active, and then slide your finger from a specified region to the center of the screen. Hold it for just a moment, and a 3x4 grid of application shortcuts magically appears. You can, of course, fully customize what applications should appear on this grid by simply pressing your finger on an empty square or by holding your finger over an existing icon until it is highlighted. The hot corners/region and swipe gesture should work pretty much any time that the screen is unlocked, and is a great way of quickly launching a new app without returning to your home screen.
The application offers to integrate task managing application by the same developer (which is a paid app) that I haven't tried out yet. Personally, I've got plenty of other ways of killing apps at this point - particularly once the function gets built into Clutch.
SwipePad is very nicely polished and quite responsive. It does what it does quite well. My only issue with it is that I just don't use it very frequently. I almost forget that it is there; I must be thoroughly conditioned to launching apps from the home screen. It's free, though, so give it a whirl and see if it can further help to optimize the way you launch apps from within other apps
Verdict: Clever use of hot-corners to gain quick access to up to 12 user-defined apps; non-intrusive to the point that you might forget to use it.
Screenshots:
1) SwipePad in action. Note that putting a link to SwipePad on your SwipePad gives you a quick way to access the settings screens.
2) SwipePad settings, with the hot corners highlighted in red at the bottom.
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

is there a video demonstrating the use of Clutch? I want to watch it before paying for it.

Deff fav'ing this. Am looking forward to all reviews
(*is thinking about getting clutch)
Epic is as Epic does

Nice! Thanks bro!

waichung said:
is there a video demonstrating the use of Clutch? I want to watch it before paying for it.
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I imagine there should be a video somewhere on the youtubes. Let me know if you find one and I will add it to the post. I'm about to go into work so it will be another 12 hours before I have access to the full internet, but I will look then if you haven't found anything.

Very good! Thanks

Keyboard Manager [APP]
App Name: Keyboard Manager (v.1.1) Keyboard Manager (v.1.4)
Developer: ne0fhyk
Price: FREE $1.99
NOTE: This app requires root!!
It took me quite a while, but I finally weened myself away from requiring a physical keyboard on a mobile device when I got my NexusOne. With the multitude and variety of available software keyboards available for Android, I haven't really missed the physical keys. The only annoyance at this point is that I find keyboards that work great for one-handed operation in portrait orientation, like Swype or 8pen (if you're in the mood for adventure and don't really care how long it takes to get a message completed ), but are next-to-worthless for dual-thumb landscape input. With a physical keyboard, you'd just slide that bad boy out and away you go. For those of us with only a touchscreen and maybe a few additional buttons, it can be a bit of a chore to manually change the selected input method each time we rotate the device. If only there was a way for the device to read my mind and select the appropriate keyboard.....
As luck would have it, XDA member ne0fhyk has provided us with a solution to this difficulty, in the form of his Keyboard Manager application. Simply select what keyboard you want to use in each orientation (I use Swype for portrait and SwiftKey for landscape), and the app will handle the tedious business of choosing the appropriate input method. It's that easy, and it works.
Mostly. The app is a bit of a hacked solution, and requires root permissions to be able to get around the Android security feature which prevents applications from changing the input method. Installation is not always straight-forward (instructions are available in the first post of the application thread, and it may cause a few software keyboards to force-close if you change orientation while the keyboard is displayed. The current version (1.1) has come a long way from the previous releases in terms of usability, stability, and reliability, and I haven't had any major issues with it. I highly recommend that you give this application a shot and see if it will help you out with your input needs.
Update (2/23/11): Keyboard Manager is no longer available for free, but is now installable from the Android Market. The now-current 1.4 version has fixed most of the install issues and should be a very easy set-up for you. If you run into any issues with the purchased version, please contact the developer - he helped me solve issues specific to my device, and the application works like a charm now.
Verdict: A functional hack to auto-select the appropriate software keyboard based on device orientation.
Screenshots:
1) The optional persistent notification icon. Activating the notification will give you quick access to the Keyboard Manager settings page, and I recommend you leave it enabled until you get things set up the way you want. After that, disable the persistent notification at your own risk (the persistent notification keeps the process in the foreground and prevents Android from terminating it).
2) Settings screen
3) Selecting which keyboard to use
4) Demonstrating that the app has automatically selected Swype for portrait...
5) .... and SwiftKey for landscape.
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

Shift Puzzle Game [GAME]
App Name: Shift Puzzle Game (v.1.2, @AppBrain)
Developer: Handmark
Price: $1.99 (Free ad-supported version here or @AppBrain let's you try out 15 levels; full version features 40 additional levels and no ads)
The Shift Puzzle Game is a tasty Android port of the ever-popular SHIFT game by Armor Games, which you can play free in your Flash-enabled browser at the Armor Games website. If you're not familiar with the original (as I wasn't until I found this app just an hour ago), then let me fill you in on the skinny.
Shift is a new take on the classic adventure-puzzle platformer game. Your mission is to get from point A to point B, dodging whatever nasty traps and obstacles may be in your path. The twist is the ability for you to literally shift the game universe upside down. White becomes black, up becomes down, and you find yourself walking on the flip side of the surface you were just standing on. You can (and will) use this clever maneuver repeatedly in order to successfully navigate each challenging level. Not quite tracking? It can be rather tough to explain... Hopefully the screenshots below will help clear it up (or go play the flash version for free here).
This implementation for a touchscreen device is phenomenal. The controls are large and appear on either side of the landscape display - and you don't even need multitouch. Just tap the left arrow to move left, the left-up diagonal to jump left, and the SHIFT button at the top to do that groovy shift thing. The gameplay is engaging, and the levels can be quite challenging (and quite addictive). The game is worth trying out (the free version) solely for experiencing the joy that is puzzle-solving by twisting the fabric of the universe, and you might just get hooked enough to purchase the full version. It would be two bucks well spent.
Verdict: Quickly becoming my latest Android gaming addiction.
Screenshots:
1) Main menu
2) First level
3) First level - SHIFTED!
4) It gets twisted!
(tested on NexusOne / Kang-o-rama 1.2 T1 (CM7.n13 / GRH78C / Android 2.3.2))

This is a little off topic but is anyone attempting a Tor app?
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jinsfch said:
This is a little off topic but is anyone attempting a Tor app?
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Just slightly off topic, but no worries.
A quick search on AppBrain found Orbot: Tor On Android. Impressive, since Android still doesn't have proper proxy support on its own...

Can't find clutch video on youtube...
Btw,i think swipepad is better than it as swyping from the bottom is easier than from the right
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waichung said:
Can't find clutch video on youtube...
Btw,i think swipepad is better than it as swyping from the bottom is easier than from the right
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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I looked for Clutch videos as well and was disappointed to see that there aren't any. I may try to shoot a video once I get home from the desert in a few weeks (hopefully).
You can change the position of the Clutch region to really any spot on the screen. And I don't really see the two as competing anyway as they have entirely different purposes: Clutch gives you quick access to your recently-executed apps, while SwipePad offers a fixed menu of apps for you to launch.

codesplice said:
I looked for Clutch videos as well and was disappointed to see that there aren't any. I may try to shoot a video once I get home from the desert in a few weeks (hopefully).
You can change the position of the Clutch region to really any spot on the screen. And I don't really see the two as competing anyway as they have entirely different purposes: Clutch gives you quick access to your recently-executed apps, while SwipePad offers a fixed menu of apps for you to launch.
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The likely alt-tab function of clutch is really fantastic but does it show the recently-executed apps or the running apps? I use swipepad together with the virtual task switcher which allows switching among the running tasks. These 2 apps are completely free and no need to paid $1 for the "swipepad: tasks". But I prefer quick accessing recent tasks to showing those apps running at the background.
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waichung said:
The likely alt-tab function of clutch is really fantastic but does it show the recently-executed apps or the running apps? I use swipepad together with the virtual task switcher which allows switching among the running tasks. These 2 apps are completely free and no need to paid $1 for the "swipepad: tasks". But I prefer quick accessing recent tasks to showing those apps running at the background.
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The set {recently-executed} apps includes the subset {running apps}. The default behavior of Android is to show all recently-executed apps under the Recent Apps functionality, regardless of whether those apps are still running or have been terminated. I thought that Visual Task Switcher behaved the same way, but based on the application page it does appear to only display currently-running apps. Personally, I prefer to see recent apps (with a visual distinction between those that are still running and those that have been terminated), as I often end up re-launching the same app over and over; of course, you could also just pin a shortcut to those frequent apps to SwipePad. We all operate our devices in different ways, so either option is of course valid.
Visual Task Switcher (at least the last time that I used it) tended to make my phone lag significantly for whatever reason; I did use it for quite some time though, and was pleased with its functionality as a complete Recent Apps replacement (after configuring the long-press home trigger to launch it via CyanogenMod settings). Also note that the free version includes ads (which may contribute to the lag I was experiencing?) while the full version will set you back $1.99.

AContact(Advanced contact manager) small, pluggable, themable - you can't miss this

If you are looking for something different, then this is it. AContact is different from most of the contact managers in the market, with tons of features, to list a few:
* Pluggable, which means the app is small (less than 700k) and fast. You only install the components you need.
* Innovative way of two columns contact display, can list more than 30 contacts in our 480*854 test phone.
* Swipable screens, saves you the trouble to reach tabs in order to swich functions, saves you the trouble to click tabs
* T9 keyboard with integrated call logs
* Fully customizable - themes, text sizes, layouts, call log display options, etc..
And many other plugins like groups manager, enhanced call statistics/managers, favorite contact etc..
Try it out.
Note: You can download from android market, by search "movesti" as keyword. We strongly suggest that you do this. That way you can awlays catch the latest update/bug fixes.
Also, attached are the main app and plugins.

Its awesome. Well done man. One thing. I would like to link directly to contacts... How to do that?

that's something i'd like to have too. You can make a shortcut to any of the plugins, but you can't have seperate shortcuts to both dialer and contacts (only to your default screen). Unless i'm missing some option...
edit: otherwise a really great app!

I absolutely love this . It's very fast and looks slick and beautiful. Very impressed. Took me a second or two to work out how to move to the contact list though. That's probably my failing rather than the apps though :S.

Hi,
Looks great, fast. I like it.
Suggestions:
-search contacts
-hidable keyboard in contact list
-contact details/edit takes me to original "edit/details app"
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Great App, love it so far!
Some suggestions though:
- In T9 Dialer, make all characters searchable, e.g. make pressing '3' also search for è or é, I'm currently having issues searching for names like René
- In Contacts, it would be nice to have a second line for each contact, displaying group, or default number etc. (should be optional)
Harry Pothead said:
that's something i'd like to have too. You can make a shortcut to any of the plugins, but you can't have seperate shortcuts to both dialer and contacts (only to your default screen). Unless i'm missing some option...
edit: otherwise a really great app!
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You could add a shourtcut to the specific activities:
--> ContactList(com.movesti.android.app.quickcontact.activity.ContactListActivity) to directly go to Contacts
--> Dialer(com.movesti.android.app.quickcontact.activity.DialerActivity) to directly go to Dialer

CptOxydizer said:
Great App, love it so far!
Some suggestions though:
- In T9 Dialer, make all characters searchable, e.g. make pressing '3' also search for è or é, I'm currently having issues searching for names like René
- In Contacts, it would be nice to have a second line for each contact, displaying group, or default number etc. (should be optional)
You could add a shourtcut to the specific activities:
--> ContactList(com.movesti.android.app.quickcontact.activity.ContactListActivity) to directly go to Contacts
--> Dialer(com.movesti.android.app.quickcontact.activity.DialerActivity) to directly go to Dialer
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thanks, that's a nice workaround (not perfect, as you can't swype into the dialer or the other options when you open it over the activity. nontheless an improvement though)
I'd also like the implementation of your suggestions. The umlaut's a *****

this is awesome, thanks

That is just great. I only whish it was able to search for special chars such čř etc...

Really like this app! Especially how fast it is. The favorites add-on is also very cool.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.

@tjandriod .. was wondering whether ur still working on this app..
if so would be awesum to have the ability to view/edit contacts.. tht would definately make this a complete app

expandable group plugin
Doors anybody have the expandable group plugin? Can't find it anywhere!
Thanks in advance.

tjandriod said:
If you are looking for something different, then this is it. AContact is different from most of the contact managers in the market, with tons of features, to list a few:
* Pluggable, which means the app is small (less than 700k) and fast. You only install the components you need.
* Innovative way of two columns contact display, can list more than 30 contacts in our 480*854 test phone.
* Swipable screens, saves you the trouble to reach tabs in order to swich functions, saves you the trouble to click tabs
* T9 keyboard with integrated call logs
* Fully customizable - themes, text sizes, layouts, call log display options, etc..
And many other plugins like groups manager, enhanced call statistics/managers, favorite contact etc..
Try it out.
Note: You can download from android market, by search "movesti" as keyword. We strongly suggest that you do this. That way you can awlays catch the latest update/bug fixes.
Also, attached are the main app and plugins.
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Any chance to revive this and make it compatible for android 9...? I still can open but cant reach the settings

ninjamonkye said:
Any chance to revive this and make it compatible for android 9...? I still can open but cant reach the settings
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Please, next time, just send a MP to the OP instead of revive such an old thread

[APP][Market BETA] Tabr

Tabr, is a new approach to the multi-application widget, one widget to rule them all!
A Tabr widget has multiple "modules" which link to other applications. Currently supported applications are calendar (including all the task integration you get with Agenda Widget for Android), contacts, Twitter and Facebook.
The tabs across the top of the widget allow you to switch between modules quickly rather than sliding between 5 homescreen's.
Modules can be created by anybody and a simple plugin to an existing content provider can be mocked up in about an hour. If you are interested in including a tabr module in your app contact me!
Features:
Scrolling
Gridview, listview or stackview for any module (some modules only look good in certain view types)
Override skin settings with custom colors
Notifier shows a number of changed rows on background tabs (if supported by the module in question)
3rd party module support
3rd party skin support
Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.tabr&feature=order_history
Currently available modules:
Boomarks (built in to main app)
Contacts (built in to main app)
Social (Twitter/Facebook) - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.scrolling.socialplugin
Agenda (based on Agenda Widget) - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.scrolling.agendaplugin
More info and downloads: https://sites.google.com/site/tabrforandroid/
Feel free to leave some comments.
Follow @roflharrison for version updates/bug fixes
I'm interested in talking to skinners or developers who want to make modules for their apps!

Do you also dev the android agenda widget?
*ok so you are, why the need for a new app? I use agenda widget and it looks great.
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dtm_stretch said:
Do you also dec the android agenda widget ?
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That's me!
dtm_stretch said:
*ok so you are, why the need for a new app? I use agenda widget and it looks great.
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This isn't an Agenda application, however it has an Agenda module because that was an easy starting point (all the code being written already).
I will update the OP with a better description to avoid further confusion, please try it and see for yourself!
EDIT: update OP with description of the app

Sounds like a good idea! Will try it when I get home. Now, I need to look for more things to fill up the launcher with...

Lawliet said:
Sounds like a good idea! Will try it when I get home. Now, I need to look for more things to fill up the launcher with...
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Interested to hear your thoughts!

very cool, i'll check it out

Working very well, definitely has potential!
Would be nice if there is an option for font size, perhaps. I find the font size for the agenda view slightly big. But I guess that's probably part of the skin =)
EDIT: .nomedia files for the Twitter cache will be nice =X

Font sizes will be overridable, haven't made it to that stage of dev yet
Will fix the twitter image thing, thanks for the tip.
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Updated the twitter module:
reply/retweet/share in the tweet dialog
temporarily made the avatar cache load into one folder to reduce the gallery silliness (delete the old avatar albums after install).
Regarding the avatar cache, it seems my download method (the DownloadManager in Android SDK) is scanning all downloads into the media library and it shouldn't be. I am investigating if this is fixable and worst case will implement my own download method before release.

Do you have plans to add Facebook as a Tab, too?

Yep, Facebook is on the todo list once I iron out the bugs in the Twitter module.

Lawliet said:
Working very well, definitely has potential!
Would be nice if there is an option for font size, perhaps. I find the font size for the agenda view slightly big. But I guess that's probably part of the skin =)
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I've updated the main application and the Agenda plugin, if you get both of the new versions you should be good to go!

Updated main application, you can now specify custom icons/labels for module instances

Am I allowed to reply to my own posts this often?
Updated Tabr beta:
Icon!
Lazy loads contacts and twitter
I think I have fixed skin loading, please try the example template skin and let me know if it crashes
Customize label/icon of tabs
If you try the skin, please make sure there is an application in the background/alternate launcher so you can uninstall the skin (for some reason Honeycomb launcher doesn't handle crashes caused by widgets very nicely).

Big update, you will probably have to re-install but its worth it...
Who wanted Facebook support? See OP for details

Great update!
Do I have to install the main application and all the other module separately or are they included in the main package?
Is it possible to click on links?

Have to install separately, at the moment it is annoying, but once it is on the market and they can be updated/added/remove individually it will be a boon!
>Is it possible to click on links
In Facebook module? Not yet because it is in very early stages. I will work on this for you if thats what you want

Looks great so far! Can't seem to get any facebook posts to appear using the social module. Have added an account, with the login page saying "success" but on the widget itself, it just says loading your tweets (Also it appears to be losing the account details if you press the back button after adding an account)
Any ideas on how much this will cost when it hits the marketplace? Love the Android agenda widget but Tabr offers so much more

Oh, I need to change that loading screen so it says "loading..." rather than just loading tweets.
The first load takes a while because it is caching your friends avatars as well as grabbing posts... It should reload itself once its finished updating... If it keeps failing please attach/send me a log? (roflharrison at gmail)
>Also it appears to be losing the account details if you press the back button after adding an account
In the settings screen or the browser?
Price has not been determined at this stage, I will make it competitive though.

In the settings screen. Appears to be intermittant though, can't always reproduce (not that helpful, sorry)
Looking forward to this one, think you're on to something special here

[App][2.1+] ZDcal v 2.1.120 - Powerful schedule manager [ Updated ! 2014-2-19 ]

Google Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zdworks.android.zdcalendarinter
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What's New
2.1.120 changelog [ Feb 19, 2014 ]
1.Added Spanish language supported.
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ZDcal community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107464142434934006152
Welcome to join it to learn more about ZDcal
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Beautiful & Functional
· Supports showing Chinese Lunar and Festive solar terms .
· Humane intimate holiday's countdown and an intimate holiday wish when holiday comes.
· You can flip Almanac just like a real calendar with sounds.
· Periods calendar allows you to track your Period Tracker on your Phone.
· Seamless cloud sync.
· Sync with the build-in calendar.
· Import birthdays from Facebook
Simple and Fast
· Add a time based reminder and ZDcal will remind you just at the right time.
· The calendar widget on your home screen will make it more simple and faster to work with.
Free and NO ADS
· ZDcal is Completely free
· NO ADS anywhere!
Cross-platform & Multi-language support
· ZDcal is also available for iPhone,iPad and Windows Phone.
· ZDcal is fully localized in Chinese simplified & traditional,more language support is coming.
More coming features
· Customizable reminder ringtones settings
· Import birthdays from Contacts.
———————— Contact us —————————
If U have any problem, please contact us: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zdcal
Google+: https://plus.google.com/113179534813998175312
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ZDcal/393536084033403
Website: http://zdcal.com/
Prompt communication is better than one star comment！ :laugh:
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LOVE it smooth ! Thanks.

feature
review from wife of this app loves the menstrual integration.Would like to see events as a real time at a glance view instead of just a dot.Ability to merge multiple events as this show the same birthday 4 times on one day.Too similar to all other calendar apps for now but a great start!

Just have to say...WOW!
My only issue is that I can't seem to locate my city and when I type it in search...nothing comes up

mrcartagena2000 said:
review from wife of this app loves the menstrual integration.Would like to see events as a real time at a glance view instead of just a dot.Ability to merge multiple events as this show the same birthday 4 times on one day.Too similar to all other calendar apps for now but a great start!
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Thank you, we record your idea and we'll try a better way to meet your need

mgbotoe said:
Just have to say...WOW!
My only issue is that I can't seem to locate my city and when I type it in search...nothing comes up
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Sorry, which city?

awesome!! the best calendar app i ever used!

A fine life recorder
Looks very good, smooth animation, I recorder or reminder some things, but I think can use the snapshot into the snippet should be better!:fingers-crossed:

Awesome and good-looking calendar apps, my girl said she can say good to womanlog now.

ikaola said:
Sorry, which city?
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Alright so I am running Samsung Galaxy S4, 4.3 Firmware.
The location, for me, simply does not work. I tried berkeley, san leandro, oakland, there is simply no search result no matter what I put in. Also when I press on location, it simply fails....I think it may be an issue with the app but I am not sure, why my device and firmware is listed above. But the weather by it self does work as I choose a random city listed (by the app) and it does work.
Also, is it possible to remove the icon from the status bar and keep the app with in the notification drawer? I have looked in the setting, but cannot locate this...it will be really great if you can! I keep mistaking it for my battery read lol.
If the cycle calender (blush face here lmao) is it possible to make it known what the color coding is? I am 100% sure of what one of them is, 60% sure of the other...and no idea what is the last one. I have look in the app for the clarity but no luck....which I want to add THANK YOU for adding that in there, that is one less app I will have to deal with .
I think giving the option to order the different calenders will be nice. If this is already possible please guide me...as I can't seem to figure it out. It gives option to delete but I do not want to test that as I do not want to loose the cycle calender.
Other than those minor issues, i still love it and will use it regardless. But if developers can take user feedback to account, even better and will recommend out. Got two of my lady friends to download already And one of my co-workers.

Any widget from this app?

Since I dont plan on having a period any time soon, is it possible to switch off that feature?

I really liked this app.
Here's my review:
http://droidhorizon.com/zdcal-review/

Loved this app as soon as I loaded it will probably never go back to stock calendar, option to hide from status bar was hard to find but just click the 3 line button in top left corner then hit settings and you get all different settings
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An option to disable festivals entirely would be great. Other then that, i love the app.

Celsius/Fahrenheit
Any way to add a setting to change between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the weather? Us Americans don't know temps in C.

mgbotoe said:
Alright so I am running Samsung Galaxy S4, 4.3 Firmware.
The location, for me, simply does not work. I tried berkeley, san leandro, oakland, there is simply no search result no matter what I put in. Also when I press on location, it simply fails....I think it may be an issue with the app but I am not sure, why my device and firmware is listed above. But the weather by it self does work as I choose a random city listed (by the app) and it does work.
Also, is it possible to remove the icon from the status bar and keep the app with in the notification drawer? I have looked in the setting, but cannot locate this...it will be really great if you can! I keep mistaking it for my battery read lol.
If the cycle calender (blush face here lmao) is it possible to make it known what the color coding is? I am 100% sure of what one of them is, 60% sure of the other...and no idea what is the last one. I have look in the app for the clarity but no luck....which I want to add THANK YOU for adding that in there, that is one less app I will have to deal with .
I think giving the option to order the different calenders will be nice. If this is already possible please guide me...as I can't seem to figure it out. It gives option to delete but I do not want to test that as I do not want to loose the cycle calender.
Other than those minor issues, i still love it and will use it regardless. But if developers can take user feedback to account, even better and will recommend out. Got two of my lady friends to download already And one of my co-workers.
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Thank you for your feedback, about the weather issue, we will try to fix it soon, sorry.
You can disable the weekly notification in ZDcal settings : ZDcal - slide our the left side menu - tap the 'gear' setting button, then you will find the option to disable it.
You can order which calendars to display on " calendar settings " : ZDcal - tap the small 'gear' button on the monthly calendar page, now get the option.
Welcome to feedback to us in any time or anywhere ( social or email ).

itandy said:
Any widget from this app?
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Sure ! I will add screenshot about the widgets.
Monthview 4x3
Monthview 4x4
To-do list
weather 4x2

pjilka said:
Since I dont plan on having a period any time soon, is it possible to switch off that feature?
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You can order which calendars to display on " calendar settings " : ZDcal - Period - tap the small 'gear' button on the monthly calendar page, now tap delete - Delete events in this calendar.

jaroque said:
Any way to add a setting to change between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the weather? Us Americans don't know temps in C.
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Sure, enter into weather page - then tap the big degree number - then select Fahrenheit.

[APP] Penocle 1.5.2 - notepad/planner/organizer for Galaxy Note devices

If you want to use Galaxy Note and its S Pen to make notes, keep thoughts, plan and manage your tasks, events, and whatever else, including complex recurring activities, in a simple and organized way - you can take a look at Penocle.
It is being actively developed, so your comments and feauture/UX suggestions are highly appreciated!
Features:
+ Simple and clean interface, pastel palette and custom note colors.
+ Pressure-sensitive handwriting, as less typing as possible, set up time in two clicks.
+ Notepad mode: organized storage of notes; reminders, sorting, and filtering are available.
+ Planner mode: notes, events, activities, tasks - everything is on the calendar.
+ Quick and simple handwritten and text notes.
+ Single and *recurring activities with multiple options.
+ Planning flexibility: activities with or without specific time or date, drag-and-drop ordering within a day.
+ Notes, tasks, single activities, recurring activities can be easily transformed into each other.
+ Rich notification/reminder options (any time, postponement, status bar or pop-up notifications, different sounds).
+ Calendar with month, week (multiple layouts), and day views.
+ *Search with multiple filters for calendar and undated notes.
+ *Calendar month widget and widget for upcoming events and notes.
+ *Backup and restore using Google Drive.
* - Available in full version only.
You can download the free trial version of Penocle on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zmiterfreeman.penocletrial
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Will give a shot. .. Thank you for posting.

bought and installed it.Looks good so far and is easy to use, but I´m missing a (Google)Calender sync to have all my old notes back.
Things like birthdays and so on(Sorry for my english). Also option to mark weekend and feast days would be nice.
And why did I have to set a concrete year when I set "every year"
Hope you continue your developement, this could be a great, very helpfull app.
Thank you very much so far
...........................................cheers:laugh:

raehs99 said:
bought and installed it.Looks good so far and is easy to use, but I´m missing a (Google)Calender sync to have all my old notes back.
Things like birthdays and so on(Sorry for my english). Also option to mark weekend and feast days would be nice.
And why did I have to set a concrete year when I set "every year"
Hope you continue your developement, this could be a great, very helpfull app.
Thank you very much so far
...........................................cheers:laugh:
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You are right, there is no Google/Samsung calendar synchronization, and there is no ability to mark weekends/holidays. And I agree, most cases with "every year" recurring rule do not require setting the end year, so I will try to fix it soon. Thanks for your feedback, I added your thoughts to my list of other requests of new features. Let me know if you have any other thoughts later!

Agree with the comment above: add calendar sync to the features and we have a winner
Sent from my brain through neural networks.

Can we have resizable widgets for the memos?
I miss the ooold SMemo widgets, which we could spread, 3 or 4, over the screen, not the new ones, too big & heavy.
From the ICS era, I must carry with the GNote app, a simulator of SMemo....
I will try yours, in any way.

cybriks said:
Agree with the comment above: add calendar sync to the features and we have a winner
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Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.

aftnoon2 said:
Can we have resizable widgets for the memos?
I miss the ooold SMemo widgets, which we could spread, 3 or 4, over the screen, not the new ones, too big & heavy.
From the ICS era, I must carry with the GNote app, a simulator of SMemo....
I will try yours, in any way.
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You are the first one who asked for widgets, but I agree, it is a good point. What widget would you like to see first? I guess agenda/current week would be the most useful one.

Thanks for this good project Yes a Google synch + a widget agenda/current week ,are perfect

Zmiter Freeman said:
Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.
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This would be a great improvement
thx for beeing open for suggestions
good luck......

Zmiter Freeman said:
Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.
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Exactly. Some way to display GCal events at least. But wouldn't it be possible to store the graphical note as image attachment to a GCal-event as well, so that events created in Penocle at least could be indicated in The Google Calendar?
Don't get me wrong: I really do like what you have come up with so far – but in order to be fully usable, at least (one-way) display of existing Google Calendar events would be essential, IMHO.

Nice app, and a good idea. For me, Google calender sync and a reziable widget is essential for purchase the app.
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Working on two widgets now: Notes and Agenda.

Home screen widget should be available soon...

Penocle 1.5.0 has finally been released with new home screen widget displaying the upcoming calendar events and notes!

Thanks for share

I loved the app idea, but I can't see any widget either my on Note 3 N9005 or my Note 10.1 N8010 both with stock rom 4.4.2 and 4.2.1 respectively.

thejalma said:
I loved the app idea, but I can't see any widget either my on Note 3 N9005 or my Note 10.1 N8010 both with stock rom 4.4.2 and 4.2.1 respectively.
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Are you sure? Please let me know if you have any problems.

Doesn't appear to me. ;/

thejalma said:
Doesn't appear to me. ;/
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Do you have the latest version installed? You can go to Change Log and make sure the very top section refers to 1.5.0 version.
Update: I guess I know the reason: you are using the trial version with limited functionality and widget is available in full version only. Sorry about that.