'Must Needed' Apps on your android device - 2014 List (Utility & Productivity Apps)(*India)(Part II)

This is the continuation of the previous post regarding the  'Must Needed' Apps on your android device. Check out the remaining list of apps:

 Utility Applications (Continued...)

ixigo indian rail train irctc

The best Indian Railways / IRCTC train info, now with hotels. (No ads !!!)

** Winner of the 2013 Mobby's Award for the best app. **

ixigo trains solves the problem of finding train tickets and getting accurate train running information, PNR Status and more. Our all new app helps you find the best hotels for the places you are visiting. Find budget hotels in most Indian cities, classify them by area, get the best hotel deals and most importantly, call hotels for free and book online! The app now automagically scans your SMS inbox for PNRs and also provides PNR status change updates and delay notifications.

You can also find which days a train runs on, or which class to choose, find availability, PNR status, routes or accurate fares, just like before!

ixigo trains & hotels app uses the power of India’s leading trip planning site, ixigo.com to search across all hotel information and train routes in India, with comprehensive data and an awesome user experience across all mobile devices!

With the all new ixigo trains & hotels app, you can:

- Find Budget Hotels everywhere: cities, localities, near airports & train stations or even near you.

- Call budget hotels for free

- Get the best budget hotel deals

- Compare hotel prices from many booking websites

- Find hotel amenities, see photos of rooms, read ratings and reviews and access location & maps

- Get automated PNR status updates and train delay notifications.

- Search for trains between destinations by simply typing the name of the stations / cities / towns

- See train timetable for all passenger and express trains

- Check Train availability 6 days prior and post the desired date

- Check real-time availability for over 2500+ trains running under the Indian Railways

- Find trains with train numbers and names

- Trains running status

- Rate & review trains

- Browse through routes of multiple trains to choose the most convenient option

- Receive quick PNR status updates

- Explore seat/berth maps to find convenient seats

- Get real time running status of trains

- Add trains to your Favourites to create a ready reference to plan your trip

- Redirect to IRCTC Official app for bookings

This app covers all major trains in India, including:

- Shatabdi Express Trains

- Rajdhani Express Trains

- Duronto Express Trains

- Garib Rath Trains

- Jan Shatabdi Trains

- Inter-city Trains

- Superfast Trains

- Select Passenger Trains

- Coming Soon: Local MEMU / EMU Trains, Suburban Trains

Finds availability and status for all coach classes : Sleeper (SL), Third AC (3 AC), Second AC (2 AC), First AC (1 AC), Chair Car (CC) etc.

Coverage:

- Northern Railway (NR), Southern Railway (SR), Konkan Railway, Eastern Railway (ER), Central Railway (CR), Western Railway (WR), and all other railway zones.

ixigo train & hotels app provides information of budget hotels and all trains running across India with their current schedules, fares & routes clearly displayed for passengers to make informed decisions while planning their trips. Backed by intelligent technology, the app is very light on the phone’s memory and is available for free!

So leave all your travel worries behind with ixigo trains & hotels app, brought to you by ixigo.com!

ixigo believes in making cool apps for travelers - do write a rating/review if you love the app !

Disclaimer: This app relies on public information available on relevant websites that you choose to access, at will, through the app. By using it, you are responsible for any legal implications that may arise from such usage. You'll need to visit IRCTC official website / app to make your bookings.

Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

In addition to all the definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, this app offers voice search – to let you look up a word without having to spell it – along with synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, Word of the Day, and more. It’s a great tool for reference, education, and vocabulary building.

The app is free, and supported by ads.

No internet connection is required to view the definitions or thesaurus (although you do need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search).

Features:

* Synonyms & Antonyms

* Voice Search

* Example Sentences

* Audio Pronunciations

* Word of the Day

* Favorites - lets you keep a list of words that are particularly interesting to you

* For Tablets: Scrolling Index - lets you browse the entire dictionary

* Recent History - lets you keep track of the words you've looked up

MP3 Video Converter

You can convert video files to audio files (MP3, AAC) with various options ( bitrate, meta data)

1. Supports various types of videos (3GP, FLV, MP4 and so on)

2. Supports various types of audio (MP3, AAC)

3. Supports editing meta information (title, album, artist)

4. Supports application based integration.

MX Player

 MX Player - The best way to enjoy your movies.

a) HARDWARE ACCELERATION - Hardware acceleration can be applied to more videos with the help of new H/W decoder.

b) MULTI-CORE DECODING - MX Player is the first Android video player which supports multi-core decoding. Test result proved that dual-core device’s performance is up to 70% better than single-core devices.

c) PINCH TO ZOOM, ZOOM AND PAN - Easily zoom in and out by pinching and swiping across the screen. Zoom and Pan is also available by option.

d) SUBTITLE GESTURES - Scroll forward/backward to move to next/previous text, Up/down to move text up and down, Zoom in/out to change text size.

e) KIDS LOCK - Keep your kids entertained without having to worry that they can make calls or touch other apps. (plugin required)

Subtitle formats:

- DVD, DVB, SSA/ASS Subtitle tracks.

- SubStation Alpha(.ssa/.ass) with full styling.

- SAMI(.smi) with ruby tag support.

- SubRip(.srt)

- MicroDVD(.sub/.txt)

- SubViewer2.0(.sub)

- MPL2(.mpl/.txt)

- PowerDivX(.psb/.txt)

- TMPlayer(.txt)

NewsHunt : India News | eBooks

NewsHunt, India's #1 mobile newspaper app brings together the News from 100+ regional newspapers in 11 languages, and the largest collection of regional language ebooks from the world.

‘NewsHunt : India News | eBooks' is free and is used every day by millions of users around the world.

- Recipient of GSMA Mobile Awards 2013 for Best Mobile Publishing Product

- Recipient of mBillionth 2013 award for News & Journalism

- Number 1 News App on Google Play in the free ‘News & Magazines’ category on Google Play

- India's Best News App & in top 10 smartphone consumed apps across all platforms by Neilsen Consumer Rankings
- Named the ‘Most Downloaded News App’, by GetJar.com with over 8 million downloads to date
- Users spend more time on NewsHunt than on YouTube, according to a report by Nielsen Informate Mobile Insights

News Features:

•Read News from 85 national & regional Newspapers, Websites & other News sources

•Home screen widget that shows latest news stories from recently read Newspapers.

•Read News in English & 10 Indian languages, even if your phone doesn’t support the language & font. Available in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya & Urdu

•Get Local News from over 600 Indian districts & towns, plus Cricket scores, weather, horoscopes, stock updates & classifieds

•Get Alerts & Notifications of Breaking News even when you’re not using the app

•Partners: The Hindu, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Mid-Day, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, Malayala Manorama, Dinakaran, Dinamalar, Rajasthan Patrika, Eenadu, Sakshi, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Deccan Herald, Sakaal, Divya Bhaskar, Jagbani, India Today, BBC (Hindi), Siasat & more

•Share News over SMS, Email & Facebook

*Large Collection of Indian language eBooks on ‘NewsHunt: India News | eBooks*

Now, ‘NewsHunt : News | eBooks’ lets you browse, download and read the largest collection of regional language eBooks. Read authors including Surendra Mohan Pathak, Chetan Bhagat, Rajesh Kumar, Sudha Murthy, Kannadhasan, and Deepak Chopra as well as international best selling authors.

Features:

• Read Free Books—Choose from thousands of free ebooks such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes to Alice in Wonderland

* Shop for Books—Easily shop for ebooks, including new releases

* Pay using your mobile phone in addition to your credit/debit cards - Buy eBook using your mobile operator. Available for Indian customers only.

* Customize Your Reading—Choose your preferred font size, and background color to read your books.

* Read in English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam or Marathi. Additional books in other languages being added every day.

Mobile, DTH Recharge &Shopping

All new Paytm is here.India’s no.1 mobile & DTH recharge app now brings an all new mobile shopping experience with a revolutionary concept to bargain for a product before you buy it. You can do much more than recharging your mobile phones & DTH, so we have added many more categories to shop.

At Paytm, we push the envelope and challenge status quo of innovation and experience in mobile commerce. This shining new app comes with one such unique first:: Bargain Chat. You have a real-feel of bargaining over-the-counter via our in built messenger for apparel, electronics, home décor and much more.

We have added a bargain icon on every product. You can chat live with sellers and negotiate your best deal! The merchant will give you a bargain code that you apply while you check out.

PicsArt - Photo Studio

Install PicsArt Photo Studio - where everyone becomes a great artist! It is the most popular free mobile photo editor with over 100 mln installs, one of the fastest growing photo artists’ social networks and galleries of artwork. Users are constantly discovering new ways to unleash their inner artist using this app.

>> "It’s somewhat surprising that an app with a more complex feature set has actually done so well on mobile"

Techcrunch

>> "PicsArt incorporates user-suggested changes often--because the company isn't afraid of frequent updates. - Inc.

>> "PicsArt Transforms Your Smartphone Pictures Into Works of Art" - Mashable

>> "Their app.. allows you to create artwork from photos with a functionality close to what you get on expensive professional tools like Photoshop. But PicsArt is free and requires no instructions or training." - Fast Company

PicsArt is a free photo editor, drawing tool, art network, photo grid, collage maker and more. It’s a one-stop shop for your artistic and editing needs, used by both professional and novice photographers, artists and graphic designers from around the world. It includes tools such as:

-A photo editor, providing tons of options for photo manipulations and a wide array of effects, masks, text tools, clipart graphics, frames, enhancement tools and more.

- A collage maker allowing you to create collages in photo grids, free form, or with photos in the background.

- A drawing tool, with abundant features including artistic brushes and layers to create mobile images that look like real paintings.

- A DrawCam mode which allows you to combine real-time photo taking with drawing, editing and layers.

- A Social Network which allows you to share your images with the largest mobile art-based community; be inspired by interact with other users; and participate in contests for photography, drawing and graphic design and more.

Quickoffice

This free app from Google lets you create and edit Microsoft® Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your Android phone and tablet. Sign in with your Google Account to save work in Google Drive, which gives you up to 15GB of free storage and lets you access your files from any mobile device or computer.

With Quickoffice and a Google Account you can:

- Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files

- Access files in Google Drive and on your device

- Open and view PDF files

- Share files through previously shared Google Drive folders

                                           - Attach files to emails

Shazam

Shazam is the best way to identify music and TV. In seconds you’ll know the name of any song, or more about what you’re watching - touch to Shazam to start your journey.

Once you Shazam music, you can easily:

• Preview and buy tracks on Amazon or Google Play

• Sing along to the beat with real time lyrics

• Share your discoveries on any social network

• Watch music videos on YouTube

• Share your discoveries on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google+ and Pinterest

• Listen to full tracks with Rdio, Spotify or Deezer

• Connect to Rdio to create a playlist of your Shazamed tracks, or add tracks to any Rdio playlist

• See song recommendations from others like you

You can also use Shazam with TV:

• Shazam your favorite TV shows for the cast, soundtracks, and more

• Shazam ads to watch again, share with friends, or get special offers

Want even more?

• Go to shazam.com/myshazam to see your entire Shazam history; sign in to Facebook to get started

• Check out News to discover great new videos, updates and more, from artists and TV shows

you’ve Shazamed; plus see what your friends are Shazaming

• Explore shows you what’s trending around the world and zoom in for local chart knowledge

• Book concert tickets for artists you’ve Shazamed

Software Data Cable (Pro)

Connect and share everything among phones, Pad, PC, Mac, Laptop, Google TV, Cloud storage, Xbox etc.

An must-have App that will save you time and eliminate the need of USB data cable for file transfer. Once you've tried it, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it!

It's fast, free, secure and NO impact to mobile data plan!

BENEFITS WITH SOFTWARE DATA CABLE

• The fewer cables to carry the better

• The computer doesn't need to have drivers it does need installed

• Send photos, music, videos, Apps etc. to other phones, tablets or TV anytime, anywhere

• Auto-sync photos and other important files to computer or cloud storage (on a daily, weekly basis to backup data)

• Extend mobile storage space without any cost

Key features

SYNC PC

• Send files to computer (and vice versa) without USB data cable (without external network support)

• Data transfers in private (local) Wi-Fi network (easy, secure, fast and no data plan impact)

• Transfer speed up to 54Mb/s

• Compatible with Windows Explorer and other FTP client tools (such as FileZilla)

SYNC PHONE

• Send files (Video, MP3, Apps etc.) and folders to other phones, Pads wirelessly

• No mobile data plan impact

• Transfer speed up to 54Mb/s

• Integrate powerful and easy to use File Manager

SYNC AUTO

• Sync folders to family cloud storage (PC, laptop, file server etc.) automatically

• Sync folders to cloud storage (such as Microsoft SkyDrive, Baidu etc.)

• Auto-sync tasks can be scheduled on a daily, weekly or monthly basis

• Extend mobile storage space without cost

SuperBeam | WiFi Direct Share

SuperBeam is the easiest and fastest way to share large files between Android devices using WiFi direct. Devices can be paired using QR codes (with the included QR code scanner) , NFC or manual sharing key (PRO).

No more clicks and manual approvals for connections. SuperBeam makes file sharing as convenient and fast as it should have been, because it is 2014 already!

Features:

• Blazing fast transfer speeds using WiFi direct.

• Pair devices using NFC or QR code scanning.

• Sharing with devices that do not have SuperBeam through web interface.

• Share single or multiple files of any type (photos, videos, zip files, APK's... You name it!).

• Supports Android 2.3.3 and later.

• Uses port 8080 for all types of transmissions, which means more compatibility on restricted WiFi networks.

• Light and dark color themes.

All received files are stored under "/sdcard/SuperBeam" directory by default, this can be changed in settings (PRO). Don't worry about duplicate files, SuperBeam will automatically add unique numbers to duplicate file names.

SuperBeam Switches to hotspot mode automatically for devices that doesn't support WiFi direct. Also, it can use existing WiFi network connection between devices in case WiFi direct fails.

Tube Mate

Tube Mate downloader is an app for downloading Youtube videos directly to your mobile phone. It allows you to have your favorite videos on your device’s SD card to watch them whenever you want.

Using the app is as simple as accessing the video that you're interested in on the "browser" that comes integrated in the app itself and touching the green arrows that you'll see located on the bottom part of the screen.

At that moment you can select the video quality you want to download. It normally has many different resolution options adapted to the different Android devices compatible with the application.

The downloaded videos will be stored on your SD card by default, but you can move them around from one location to another, however suits you best.

Tube Mate downloader is a very easy-to-use video downloader whose main strong point is exactly that--you can have get your hands on any video in seconds.

Courtesy: Google Play and App Developers of above mentioned applications.

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