Android Applications 2013: The latest Apps to Receive Rave Reviews

Now it’s the most appropriate time to come up with a list of the most promising android applications or apps of 2013 that is expected to make a splash in the mobile software market and ones that are raring to go any time soon. This list covers apps as well as games and tells whether or not they are free for all to use.

Top Android apps in recent weeks:

• GuardianWitness – This mobile app can be availed at zero costs and it has been developed by Guardian News & Media, the parent company of Apps Blog. It has been touted as the ‘home of user-generated content on the Guardian’. Through this app, readers or consumers can contribute their own collected news or stories and even come up with suggestion for future posts as well as features.


They can also participate in the competitions held from time to time. As far as submissions are concerned, consumers are permitted to contribute texts, images and/or videos.


• Cut the Rope: Time Travel – This app will cost an individual around $0.94 or £0.62. The cute looking monster that has become popular by the Om Nom has resurfaced with the ‘Cut the Rope’ game for Android-based mobile gadgets. In the game, the central character or the protagonist, Om Nom time-travels and en route to his destination he coaxes his ancestors to have sweets brought by him. 


However, the action remains all the same that relates to the previous version of the game. In order to help new consumers, in this game they will have to cut ropes to solve puzzles prepared from the concept of physics. The game spans to 6 different locations and users will have to feed two monsters instead of one that was present in the earlier version of the game.

• Facebook Home – This is a free app and is available on Google Play. This app has been released by the social media behemoth, Facebook.com. It is expected to dominate all or most of the home screens of Android smartphones. The app will throw up all the posts, recent updates, likes, shares and photos right in front of the users.
  
  
  As of now, Facebook has officially released Facebook Home for gadgets like Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, HTC One X+ and HTC One X. However, it has plans to come up with more versions of this app to cover as many smartphones as possible.

• CSR Racing – This app too is available for the consumers at no cost at all. This is a drag-racing game that became one of the greatest iOS hits of the past year 2012.So, how can Android versions of the app remain out of the race? The game will permit its users to buy, upgrade and race using a wide variety of cars from highend automobile manufacturers like BMW, Audi and so on.
  
  However, here a lot of emphasis has been put on customization, while the in-app buyout will be used to finance all the action.

• Forest HD – This app costs around $2.96 or £1.95. This one particular app is a bridge version of an app and live wallpaper. Users can explore the virtual forest with all its inherent atmospheric charm. Consumers can gaze at the birds, wildlife and the greeneries of the forest. Moreover, they can purchase some add-on packs that offer chattering brooks and colorful butterflies with loads of customization features.
  
  There are more such apps that are doing the rounds in the global technology market and a lot more yet to hit the market. Find out more about them and take your pick accordingly.