Android Apps Reviews

Bottom Line: With its latest Android version, Google aims to make the mobile OS more efficient and comfortable, both under the hood and in your hand.

Bottom Line: With its latest Android version, Google aims to make the mobile OS more efficient and comfortable, both under the hood and in your hand.

Bottom Line: Android Pay is a fast and secure mobile-payment app that works with a wide variety of phones and stores, but you can't use it to pay friends.

Bottom Line: Android Pay is a fast and secure mobile-payment app that works with a wide variety of phones and stores, but you can't use it to pay friends.

Bottom Line: Race for the Galaxy proves that porting a complex board game to a mobile app doesn't mean sacrificing style or fun.

Bottom Line: Race for the Galaxy proves that porting a complex board game to a mobile app doesn't mean sacrificing style or fun.

Bottom Line: When you're ready to experiment with a foreign language, HelloTalk provides an excellent opportunity for interaction with other speakers.

Bottom Line: When you're ready to experiment with a foreign language, HelloTalk provides an excellent opportunity for interaction with other speakers.

Bottom Line: Quartz fails to reach its full potential as a conversation-driven news app, but it works fine for catching up on the day's headlines.

Bottom Line: Quartz fails to reach its full potential as a conversation-driven news app, but it works fine for catching up on the day's headlines.

Bottom Line: PureVPN has excellent features but is hampered by awkward design and problematic performance.

Bottom Line: PureVPN has excellent features but is hampered by awkward design and problematic performance.

Bottom Line: Twitter is still the most effective way to share quick thoughts and keep up to date with all that's trending. The app's latest redesign makes discovering content easier than before.

Bottom Line: Twitter is still the most effective way to share quick thoughts and keep up to date with all that's trending. The app's latest redesign makes discovering content easier than before.

Bottom Line: Google Allo is a beautifully designed app that lets you chat and send media to your friends, and the Google Assistant adds search to the conversation. It faces daunting competition in the crowded messenger space, however.

Bottom Line: Google Allo is a beautifully designed app that lets you chat and send media to your friends, and the Google Assistant adds search to the conversation. It faces daunting competition in the crowded messenger space, however.

Bottom Line: Credit Karma gives you your credit report and score from two credit-reporting bureaus. The web app offers more, however, and the Android app comes up light on mobile features.

Bottom Line: Credit Karma gives you your credit report and score from two credit-reporting bureaus. The web app offers more, however, and the Android app comes up light on mobile features.

Bottom Line: The Doodle Android app takes the pain out of finding the best time and date for a group of people to meet. It's an Editors' Choice app.

Bottom Line: The Doodle Android app takes the pain out of finding the best time and date for a group of people to meet. It's an Editors' Choice app.

Bottom Line: Instagram for Android continues to pack in new functionality, including live video and Snapchat-style stories. It's close to being overstuffed, but still reigns supreme among social photo sharing apps.

Bottom Line: Instagram for Android continues to pack in new functionality, including live video and Snapchat-style stories. It's close to being overstuffed, but still reigns supreme among social photo sharing apps.

Bottom Line: Instagram for Android continues to pack in new functionality, including live video and Snapchat-style stories. It's close to being overstuffed, but still reigns supreme among social photo sharing apps.

Bottom Line: Instagram for Android continues to pack in new functionality, including live video and Snapchat-style stories. It's close to being overstuffed, but still reigns supreme among social photo sharing apps.

Bottom Line: The Mint app for Android does an excellent job of giving you insight to how much money you have, how much you owe, and where you spend it. Mint is the best mobile app for keeping your personal finances under control.

Bottom Line: The Mint app for Android does an excellent job of giving you insight to how much money you have, how much you owe, and where you spend it. Mint is the best mobile app for keeping your personal finances under control.

Bottom Line: Hence the name, Speedify is all about speed, bundling your Wi-Fi and cellular data into one super-connection, and encasing the whole thing in a privacy-enhancing VPN. It might mean fast browsing, but it doesn't offer much in the way of features.

Bottom Line: Hence the name, Speedify is all about speed, bundling your Wi-Fi and cellular data into one super-connection, and encasing the whole thing in a privacy-enhancing VPN. It might mean fast browsing, but it doesn't offer much in the way of features.

Bottom Line: Flipboard is an excellent news-reading app that gathers articles from around the web and delivers them to your Android device in attractive Smart Magazines that you can tailor to your own interests.

Bottom Line: Flipboard is an excellent news-reading app that gathers articles from around the web and delivers them to your Android device in attractive Smart Magazines that you can tailor to your own interests.

Bottom Line: Norton WiFi Privacy delivers a reasonably compelling VPN service, but it can be an expensive proposition.

Bottom Line: Norton WiFi Privacy delivers a reasonably compelling VPN service, but it can be an expensive proposition.

Bottom Line: The Asana Android app is a companion to, rather than a replacement for, the Asana web app. When used that way, it helps you stay connected to your team while you're away from a desk.

Bottom Line: The Asana Android app is a companion to, rather than a replacement for, the Asana web app. When used that way, it helps you stay connected to your team while you're away from a desk.

Bottom Line: The TorGuard VPN Android app provides access to a fast, robust VPN service with plenty of servers around the world. Just don't expect a lot of hand-holding.

Bottom Line: The TorGuard VPN Android app provides access to a fast, robust VPN service with plenty of servers around the world. Just don't expect a lot of hand-holding.

Bottom Line: As a simple and lightweight kanban tool, Trello works well on Android. It isn't a full replacement for the Web app, but it is a reliable stand-in whenever you're away from your desk.

Bottom Line: As a simple and lightweight kanban tool, Trello works well on Android. It isn't a full replacement for the Web app, but it is a reliable stand-in whenever you're away from your desk.

Bottom Line: The Slack Android app lets you stay in touch with your teammates no matter where you are, and you're always in control of when and how you get alerts. It's an Editors' Choice team messaging app.

Bottom Line: The Slack Android app lets you stay in touch with your teammates no matter where you are, and you're always in control of when and how you get alerts. It's an Editors' Choice team messaging app.