10 best NEW Android apps from May 2021
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App developers set new standards every day to improve our smartphone and tablet experience. In fact, so many Android apps come out every day that it’s difficult to keep track of them all. It’s hard to usurp the best of the best, but if you’re bored with what you have and want to try something new, check out the best new Android apps of the past month! Check out our picks of the best new Android apps from 2020 in this video!
The best NEW Android apps from May 2021:
BFG OneTrail
Price: $ 35.99 per year
BFG OnTrail is an app for hikers. It’s basically a map with a series of paths. You’ll find the path you want, follow it until you’re done, and use it again later to find more paths. It contains public trail information as well as trails created by members of the community. You can also add photos and videos, view the maps with different filters, and record the paths you have traveled. It’s a bit pricey at $ 35.99 a year so we only recommend this to people who are serious about hikers.
BYJU’s learning app with Disney
Price: Free / $ 9.99 per month / $ 99.99 per year
BYJU’s educational app with Disney is an educational app for children. It offers over 1,000 activities for children up to 3rd grade. The various activities have a range of Disney characters to help out, including some legendary characters from a number of different films and traits. Some other features include Disney songs, stickers, rewards, and a reporting program to show parents how well their kids are doing. It comes with a 14-day free trial, but with a monthly or annual subscription thereafter.
Clubhouse
Price: Free
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Clubhouse is the big new version of Android this month. It made headlines when people like Elon Musk and Bill Gates used it to talk about different things. For the uninitiated, the app lets you jump into conversations and listen to your own conversations or host them where other people can listen. It’s almost like a live podcast. It’s not as good as the iOS version just yet since it just came out, but we expect it to improve over the coming weeks and months.
Care for
Price: Free
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Cultivate is a productivity app. It’s basically a basic to-do list app with a gamification element. You set up things that you want to do every day or from time to time. As you do this, tell the app and it will water your little activity plant. The plant will wither if you go too long without doing it. It’s a simple requirement, but some people actually use apps like this to great effect. This one is completely free with no ads or in-app purchases (as of this writing).
DrawPortal
Price: Free / Up to $ 2.99
DrawPortal is a drawing app with some useful collaboration tools. You can draw yourself or invite a friend. You can both draw at the same time. As a drawing app, it has some decent features. There is a pan and zoom function as well as transparent layers, an undo function for most tools and a left or right mode, depending on your preferences. It’s also relatively cheap and kid-friendly.
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Microsoft Edge Canary
Price: Free
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Microsoft Edge Canary lets you try the latest preview builds of Microsoft Edge. Microsoft promises daily updates with the latest features that are not yet available in the major version of the app. It still has all of the usual edge features like cross-platform syncing and the like. Of course, this is a preview build and will definitely have more bugs than the major version, but you’ll see the latest stuff first.
One swipe notes
Price: $ 0.99
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One Swipe Notes uses floating windows for quicker note taking. You can configure where the notepad pops out on your screen. You just wipe it out, fill out a note, and then tuck it away. The app also includes a calendar, some to-do list features, reminders, and the ability to repeat tasks over and over. It’s an excellent tool for writing things down quickly. There are some minor bugs here and there, but the developer is working on them.
Pokadota
Price: Free / Varies
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Pokadota is an app for photographers. It’s a camera app that you can use to print your photos as well. It basically works like a digital dispensing camera. You buy a roll of 35mm virtual film. From there you can take pictures with the app. The app will hide the pictures from you and eventually the company will print your photos and send them to you. It adds that nostalgic feeling of taking a photo and not knowing what it looks like until it’s developed. It’s a fun nostalgic trip, but it’s also a niche thing.
Sketch 360
Price: Free
Sketch 360 is the latest app from Microsoft. It’s technically a drawing app. It does a little more than that, however. The app lets you draw 360-degree panoramic drawings. Once you’re done, you can swipe around and see all of your creation. The app includes various tools that you can use to adapt to your new curved canvas as well. The Microsoft Store version (for Surface computers) is a bit easier to use, but this version definitely holds great promise if Microsoft keeps up with it.
Notation
Price: Free with in-app purchases
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From a technical point of view, typical is not a brand new app. The developers had an extensive redesign and restart with a number of new features. The 3.0 version of the app includes a new honeycomb keyboard layout without the traditional QWERTY design. They claim it will help you type faster once you get used to the way it is. It takes a while to get used to, but it’s pretty convenient once you’ve done it. We still want more aggressive autocorrect and customization options, but other than that, it’s pretty decent.
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