16 Best Android Apps Not on Google Play Store of 2018
You
may have read many articles and videos listing out the best apps that
are available for Android. However, most of the listed apps are on the
Play Store. So we’ve decided to do something different, and we came up
with our 16 best android apps not on Google Play Store or banned android
apps that are not available on Play Store..
You
may know that various rules and regulation have to be followed to
upload an app to the Google Play Store. And honestly for making an app
that the public wants is not the case where these rules can be followed.
Hence, many apps contain best features that you can find but are not on
Google Play Store.
Note:
Before starting, enable the Unknown sources from Settings >> Security to allow installation of the apps listed.
So here in this article we have selected and listed out 16 best android apps, not on Google Play Store:
PS: Some of these apps can also be downloaded directly using TweakBox.
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List of 16 Best Android Apps not on Google Play Store
XTunes (Discontinued)
This app is for those who like to download music and audio on the go. Unlike other apps available on the Google Play Store, the user has the freedom to store the songs on their storage.
Most
of the songs can be found on this app from old to the latest ones.
Also, most of the songs that you will download from this app will have
prefilled correct metadata like artist, album, year, track, cover photo
in it. So, you will not have to worry about those and will be able to
organize your music efficiently.
Almost all songs are available in
high quality. We have found that all of the latest songs are available
in 320kbps quality. If you are a music enthusiast, you will know when
you see it. Also, you can search for an entire album and the songs from
that album will be enlisted. You will also get an option to download the
search song from the YouTube if it’s not available in app’s database.
In fact, we consider it as the best song downloading app.
QuickLyric
As
the name suggests, this app will show you the lyrics of the song which
is playing or any song that you are going to search manually. You might
also be wondering that what’s different between quicklyric and the other
apps available on the Google Play Store like MusiXmatch etc.
The
difference is that, here in quicklyric, you will be able to download
lyrics offline for all the songs in a single click. As I recall, other
apps don’t allow it for free. Also if you enable the option to refresh
lyrics automatically, this app will search and download them whenever
you add a new song to your device. You can also set it to show lyrics
once the track changes. Seems awesome right!
Update: The app is now also available on Google Play Store. Here is the Google Play Store Link.
Viper4Android
If you have a rooted Android device,
probably you may have heard about this app. This is an equalizer app,
but don’t even think that so what? This is not just a simple equalizer;
it is the father of all equalizer. You can configure almost anything
this app. However, this comes with a limitation. You will need a rooted
Android device to run this app. If you don’t have a rooted device, then
you can try Poweramp music player who will deliver the near same experience.
If
you are a music enthusiast, you will love the audio output that you are
going to receive from this app. Not convinced yet, then let’s list out
all of the features that this equalizer has to offer:
- AnalogX
- Spectrum Extensions
- x86 Support
- Speaker Optimization
- Differential Surround / Haas Effect
- Fidelity Control
- Headphone Surround+ (VHS+)
- Auditory System Protection (Cure Tech+)
- We can’t possibly list everything. It’s such a long list 😛
This
is the best equalizer for your Android device. So what do you think? If
you install this app, do let us know your experience with it.
Popcorn Time
First
of all, let us know what comes to your mind when you say this app’s
name? As the name suggest relaxation and movie time, this app will allow
you to download your favorite TV series as well as movies with a single
click. Now, when you are bored, you will not have to open torrent site
and Google and stumble across the web to download the movies and tv
shows you want. This app is godsend :D.
Several
other apps are available on the web like Showbox etc. But none of these
apps we found as complete and as bug-free as Popcorn Time. You might
already start liking the app, but we haven’t told you the best part
about it yet. You will also be able to watch the trailer before
downloading, excellent quality of the video, select subtitles. And then
you will just have to click the magnet button. This will start the
download in your torrent client.
Torrent Search
There
are lots of torrent websites available on the internet. Let us give you
a hint, if you start counting all of the torrent sites, you won’t be
able to count! But some of the popular torrent sites have all the things
that we need and are regularly updated.
But
for searching in these torrent sites will require you first to open
this sites one by one and search for the desired thing. What if you can
reduce this work and just search all of these major torrent sites with a
single click. Well, this app will be able to do that.
Just
enter what you want to download and hit the search button. It will
search all the major sites and will provide you the results with torrent
size, the number of seeders and leechers and torrent age. Now click on
the torrent that you want to download. Then the download will begin in
your default torrent client. You can also search for the top torrents of
the day, month, year and all time. If you don’t have a torrent client
on your Android device, we would recommend using Flud, one of the best torrent downloaders for Android.
F-Droid
You might be aware of the open source.
F-Droid consists of all of the apps that are available as open-source.
Here you can download the apps that are not available on Google Play
Store. You can find some of the apps listed in this article on F-Droid.
This
app doesn’t consist any pirated or cracked software. You might have
heard about an app named “Black Market.” This app is nothing like that.
This app is great for exploring the new open-source apps that you can’t
find on Google Play Store.
Amazon UnderGround
You
might be thinking that what the heck is Amazon Underground app. You
might know that Amazon is one of the top apps in the shopping section on
Play Store. But if you are using the official app, you are missing out
on a lot of fun. Amazon Underground app can be downloaded from the
official Amazon Website but isn’t available on Google Play.
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So
let’s talk about what is different in this app? There are lots of apps
available on Amazon Underground app, some of them are at very reasonable
price and some even for free. You can find a wide variety of apps and
game here. However, this app has some geographical restrictions. Fingers
crossed! So get started now!
MiXplorer
MiXplorer
is a file manager which comprises of many useful features. The design
is quite similar to the Solid Explorer. In fact, you can say that it
combines both ES File Explorer and Solid Explorer. It offers tab support
and dual pane support which makes the working on different location
simpler.
The features to connect best cloud storage services like Google Drive, Mediafire,
FTP, etc. makes it even handy to control remote storage right from the
file manager. It has its archive manager, e-book reader, file
encryption, media player and many more features that you can explore by
yourself.
Tubemate
You
might also have heard about this app somewhere or may have read about
it. As the name suggests, it helps you to download the videos from
YouTube. It can also download and extract MP3 from the videos.
A
while ago when downloading videos from YouTube was not against their
terms and condition, there were several apps available on the Google
Play Store to do that. But the new ToS doesn’t allow it. So you will
have to rely on the apps that are not available in the Google Play
Store, and luckily TubeMate is one of the best apps for downloading YouTube Videos.
Xposed Framework
Xposed
Framework is an app that will let you customize your Android device,
the way you want. It consists of sub-applications known as modules.
These modules can be used for specific customizations. And there are a
whole lot of modules available for Xposed which will make your android
device awesome.
However, for Xposed to work, you will need a rooted Android device.
Otherwise, you are out of luck. There is also an app known as
Substratum (Available on Google Play Store) which is also perfect for
customization. But it will also need a rooted device.
Note: For now Xposed is not compatible with Android 7.0+.
AdAway
Whenever
you download apps for free from Google Play Store, they are likely to
have advertisement popping all over it. It’s nothing to worry about, but
when they are placed in such a way that every time you click it
accidentally, it becomes annoying.
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This app is one of the best ad blockers for Android
will let you remove all the ads from every app on your Android device.
Hence saving you some time and also in case some bandwidth. However, for
this, you will need root access on your Android device. Also, there is a
nice feature that you can check for the updates so that if a new ad
network comes in you can block, so it won’t be able to display ads.
Also,
note that if you disable advertisements some apps like XTunes will be
stuck and it will not function properly as it used to be. However, this
is not the case with most of the apps. Almost all apps we have tried so
far worked fine.
Lucky Patcher
Lucky
Patcher is a handy app when it comes to removing ads, patching, remove
license verification, modifying APKs, backup/restore and much more. You
will also need a rooted device for this app. This app just can’t be
explained in ordinary words. You will just have to try this app out to
test its features. Do let us know what you think about it.
Lawnchair
You
might be wondering that what the heck is Lawnchair. Actually, it is the
name given by its developer to the customized pixel launcher. Now you
will think that how is it different from the Google pixel launcher that
is available everywhere.
As you might
know that if you want to get swipe to google now to work then you will
need to turn the pixel launcher to the system app. This is only possible
on rooted android devices but what about others. So, the lawnchair
brings all the different customization on pixel launcher along with
google now support.
Google Camera
Google Camera is available on play store, so why we have listed it here?
It
is because when you install Google Camera on any device other than
Nexus or Pixel line, you will not get HDR+ mode. This is because Google
made this feature limited to their own devices for now.
HDR+
is an image processing technique which takes multiple photos with
different exposure and then combines them for the best possible result.
It is far better than normal HDR mode and that is why photos on Google
Pixel comes out amazing. So how to get this exclusive feature on your
Android device?
The answer is modded
Google Camera app. For now, this app is only supported on Qualcomm
Snapdragon 820,821,835 and later chipset with Hexagon. The developer is
trying to make this possible on every device and then the front camera
will also have HDR+ in future.
Freedom APK
Though we already discussed this app in our best game hackers for android
it is also worth mentioning here. You will get an approximate idea that
this is something related to game hacking and stuff. And you are right!
This app will let you hack several android apps and games. Using Freedom APK,
you can hack in-app purchases on Google Play Store and purchase premium
features of games and apps for free. Isn’t it interesting? Do give it a
try and let us know how that works out for you. 😀
APK Mirror (Unofficial)
Every
time a new app is released by a vendor, APK mirror is usually the first
website which uploads its apk on their site so that you can download it
and install it on your android device. Thumbs up for such awesome
service 😀
And it is trusted by every
developer because they never mess with the APKs and insert malware or
unwanted code. That’s why everyone loves them. But for some of us, it’s
pain in the a** to open APK Mirror and search for android apps.
So
the unofficial APK Mirror app will help you to browse through APK
Mirror and lets you download your favorite Android apps right from the
app.
So
there you have it, our top 16 best android apps not on google play
store of 2017. Do let us know what you think about these apps and what
was your experience while trying them out. If you have any better
suggestion or if we have missed any app, do let us know in the comment
section below.
