Must Have Android Apps and Games?

keredern

Is there an App for Loyalty cards?

I have so many bl**dy cards!!!:(

It would be brilliant to have an App that would display the barcode on your phone for each card, which could then be scanned at the checkout!

I bagsie the patent if there isn't!! lol lol

Any developers want to shre the proceeds with me!!! :D

keredern

keredern wrote: »

Is there an App for Loyalty cards?

I have so many bl**dy cards!!!:(

It would be brilliant to have an App that would display the barcode on your phone for each card, which could then be scanned at the checkout!

I bagsie the patent if there isn't!! lol lol

Any developers want to shre the proceeds with me!!! :D

Darn it...there are!!! Bummer...thought I had made my first million!!! :P

Chet T16

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miniclip.plagueinc

Plague inc - Great litte game where you have to create a disease and infect and kill everyone on the planet.

I've been playing this today but I cheated just so I could see what fun I could have!

That ring a rosy sound clip is freaky

AlmightyCushion

Kiith wrote: »

Great game, bar the constant ads and they make it bloody hard to unlock anything without paying. I've wiped out the entire earth's population 3 times now, and i've still not unlocked the next plague type.

Still though, good fun.

You have to complete a level on normal or brutal before you unlock the next one.

Amalgam

keredern wrote: »

Darn it...there are!!! Bummer...thought I had made my first million!!! :P

Hold the celebrations, your screen is flickering, as is the scanning laser, along with the reflective nature of the phone screen. Results can be very patchy, particularly if you enlarge the barcode too..

I had my Tesco Clubcard barcode on my phone and it was a trial trying to get it recognised.

RangeR

keredern wrote: »

Is there an App for Loyalty cards?

I have so many bl**dy cards!!!:(

It would be brilliant to have an App that would display the barcode on your phone for each card, which could then be scanned at the checkout!

I bagsie the patent if there isn't!! lol lol

Any developers want to shre the proceeds with me!!! :D

There are plenty. This one is US centric. I don't use loyalty cards that much so haven't looked at any others.

flazio

This is where NFC should come into the ascendency.

RangeR

It will. But it has a significant up front cost. A lot of smaller places will wait until the cost comes down. The big boys will go NFC first but might wait until phone proliferation.

Anyone tried the new adblock plus app? Was thinking about putting it on my sons tablet.

PogMoThoin

derekeire wrote: »

Anyone tried the new adblock plus app? Was thinking about putting it on my sons tablet.

It redirects you through their servers, use Adaway, it blocks the ads like it should.

Chet T16

I've always used adfree android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree

Seems to work well

Adaway and adfree are for rooted devices only. Any suggestions for non rooted tablet?

irishgeo

How do you win at plague inc, I keep killing everyone but have no infected people left so I lose.

Its really annoying.

AlmightyCushion

irishgeo wrote: »

How do you win at plague inc, I keep killing everyone but have no infected people left so I lose.

Its really annoying.

You have to kill everyone on the planet.

Chet T16

irishgeo wrote: »

How do you win at plague inc, I keep killing everyone but have no infected people left so I lose.

Its really annoying.

Don't make it too lethal too soon

Atomic Pineapple

Deleted User wrote: »

Adaway and adfree are for rooted devices only. Any suggestions for non rooted tablet?

Why not buy the non ad versions and support the developer if you don't want adverts? If there is no ad free version contact the developer letting them know your willing to pay for a ad free version. As annoying as ads are they're there to support the development costs.

0ph0rce0

Just downloaded that Grannysmith game.

Haha quality stuff, cant put the phone down, charging about 5 times a day

Grassey

draffodx wrote: »

Why not buy the non ad versions and support the developer if you don't want adverts? If there is no ad free version contact the developer letting them know your willing to pay for a ad free version. As annoying as ads are they're there to support the development costs.

Because it blocks ads on websites too! Fair enough if ads are subtle but awful intrusive ones really annoy me!

I also found the boards app unusable with all the ads, was a major reason to root thr phone within hours of buying it!

Atomic Pineapple

Grassey wrote: »

Because it blocks ads on websites too! Fair enough if ads are subtle but awful intrusive ones really annoy me!

I also found the boards app unusable with all the ads, was a major reason to root thr phone within hours of buying it!

People with websites need to make money some way too

MrJoeSoap

draffodx wrote: »

People with websites need to make money some way too

Quick question on this. If I visit a website whilst having Adblock software installed, does it count towards a page hit and therefore contribute towards generating ad revenue for the site?

The only time I would ever hit an advert on a site/app is if it's by mistake or if there was some incentive for me, like a discount.

RangeR

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Quick question on this. If I visit a website whilst having Adblock software installed, does it count towards a page hit and therefore contribute towards generating ad revenue for the site?

The only time I would ever hit an advert on a site/app is if it's by mistake or if there was some incentive for me, like a discount.

Yes. The ad is still presented to your computer. Your adblock will just not show it.

MrJoeSoap

RangeR wrote: »

Yes. The ad is still presented to your computer. Your adblock will just not show it.

So it won't be affecting the site/app income by blocking it then? Assuming that it wasn't something I was going to be clicking on anyway.

RangeR

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

So it won't be affecting the site/app income by blocking it then? Assuming that it wasn't something I was going to be clicking on anyway.

I'm not going to say with 100% certainty but there is nothing you can do to choose what the webserver sends you. If there was, you wouldn't need the unblock. You can be sure that the webserver is sending you the ad. Whether you click on it or not is not relevant.

dulpit

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

So it won't be affecting the site/app income by blocking it then? Assuming that it wasn't something I was going to be clicking on anyway.

I suppose it depends on how the site is paid for the advert. They may be paid for impression (in which case your adblock shouldn't affect this) or they could be paid for click-through, which means someone needs to click on the link for them to be paid. In that case, because you're blocking the ad, you'll never be able to click on it, meaning you could, in some small way, affect the bottom line for the website/developer.

Saying all that, I have adblock installed on my phone too :pac:

cdb

Smart wifi toggler.

Description:
Smart WiFi Toggler is an application designed to control your phone's WiFi using location based rules. Its aim is to conserve battery and minimize data charges by turning WiFi off when not connected to a network, and turning it on when a known hotspot is present. It constantly learns where your hotspots are located to make its decisions.
It's a very useful application if you frequently forget to turn WiFi off when leaving a hotspot, or if you want to automatically switch from mobile data to WiFi to conserve battery whenever you're back into a hotspot.

Play Store

XDA-thread

Zascar

cdb wrote: »

Smart wifi toggler.

Description:
Smart WiFi Toggler is an application designed to control your phone's WiFi using location based rules. Its aim is to conserve battery and minimize data charges by turning WiFi off when not connected to a network, and turning it on when a known hotspot is present. It constantly learns where your hotspots are located to make its decisions.
It's a very useful application if you frequently forget to turn WiFi off when leaving a hotspot, or if you want to automatically switch from mobile data to WiFi to conserve battery whenever you're back into a hotspot.

Play Store

XDA-thread

Excellent I hope this works I'm always looking for something like this but most of them are rubbish. Will try it out now

griffdaddy

Jet Set Radio is out today, €4.50 though, not sure whether or not to take the plunge until I hear how the touch controls pan out. It was probably one of the most enjoyable games of all time on the Dreamcast.

s_carnage

Major Mayhem. Excellent game that I've just started playing again. Could waste hours and hours playing it.

Play Store: Major Mayhem

RangeR

Zascar wrote: »

Excellent I hope this works I'm always looking for something like this but most of them are rubbish. Will try it out now

Llama has been out for years and is one of the best. It's free.

Slunk

Is there an app that can work out your wages for you. Allows you to enter different rates of pay and add up your hours at the end of each week/month
Just to add. If it allowed you to enter the hours daily and keep track of them. Basically I work various hours per day and have various rates of pay so looking for something where I enter these basics and it calculates how much I should get

RangeR

Slunk wrote: »

Is there an app that can work out your wages for you. Allows you to enter different rates of pay and add up your hours at the end of each week/month
Just to add. If it allowed you to enter the hours daily and keep track of them. Basically I work various hours per day and have various rates of pay so looking for something where I enter these basics and it calculates how much I should get

Web
Droid
Excel

Slunk

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
Say 8am - noon is 10per hour
Noon to 5pm is 15 per hour
5pm - midnight is 20 per hour

So if I worked 11am - 7pm the app would calculate one hour at 10 five hours at 15 and two hours at 20.

If I enter my hours everyday which would be random could the app keep track and calculate my wages at the end of the month.

Amalgam

This game is an awful, 'time grabber'..

Somewhat addictive.



Catan - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exozet.android.catan



There are two mission packs available as in app purchases, but the main game in itself is fine, the AI is quite entertaining to play against.

I don't really know how to describe the game, it's a bit like Risk, crossed with Settlers.. and the spontaneity of the Flash game, Dice Wars.

Using a Nexus 7 and it looks good, no issues.

RangeR

Slunk wrote: »

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
Say 8am - noon is 10per hour
Noon to 5pm is 15 per hour
5pm - midnight is 20 per hour

So if I worked 11am - 7pm the app would calculate one hour at 10 five hours at 15 and two hours at 20.

If I enter my hours everyday which would be random could the app keep track and calculate my wages at the end of the month.

Use a spreadsheet. What you are describing seems to be highly specialised [read : not common]

Zimmerframe

Slunk wrote: »

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
Say 8am - noon is 10per hour
Noon to 5pm is 15 per hour
5pm - midnight is 20 per hour

So if I worked 11am - 7pm the app would calculate one hour at 10 five hours at 15 and two hours at 20.

If I enter my hours everyday which would be random could the app keep track and calculate my wages at the end of the month.

Try "My Work Clock"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sp.app.myWorkClock&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInNwLmFwcC5teVdvcmtDbG9jayJd

It's got two levels of overtime rates.

RangeR

RangeR wrote: »

Use a spreadsheet. What you are describing seems to be highly specialised [read : not common]

What he said.

If you set it up in Google docs you can access it through Google drive on your phone. Hell go as far as sticking a shortcut on your home screen.

If you are worried about not being able to access it on the move, you can always save the file to your phone and get an "Office" type app which will allow you to do what you want at anytime.

What you want should take all of about 5 minutes to do in excel

dulpit

Also - google drive was updated this week with improved spreadsheet support...

Star Lord

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Quick question on this. If I visit a website whilst having Adblock software installed, does it count towards a page hit and therefore contribute towards generating ad revenue for the site?

Couple of days late on this answer, but no, I doesn't.

The ad blockers work by putting in local DNS entries for the ad server URLs. So requests to load an ad never leaves your phone, thus it cannot be counted as a hit by the ad server.

It would only work in the way you're saying if the ad was loaded but not displayed, which is beyond the realms of possibility for any of the apps.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Just installed AlcoDroid. It's an app for tracking your alcohol consumption. Gives you statistics on how much you've drank over a certain time period and all that. Might make it easier not to get as steamed up in future

Slunk

Seems like a great app. Will try it out later in the house. Don't know how far it could last if I'm on a night out. Forget to enter the info after a few

Defiler Of The Coffin

Slunk wrote: »

Seems like a great app. Will try it out later in the house. Don't know how far it could last if I'm on a night out. Forget to enter the info after a few

Well if you get to the stage where you're forgetting to enter the drinks it might be time for a pint of water

Keith186

Looks good, I'm going to try it for a while too.
Added a few custom presets already!

Defiler Of The Coffin

Keith186 wrote: »

Looks good, I'm going to try it for a while too.
Added a few custom presets already!

Same here, first preset I added was for a pint of Guinness! Now I wonder what the values are for a bottle of Heineken...

Dozen Wicked Words

Probably mentioned last year, but a great live wallpaper for the run up to the Festive period!

Christmas HD

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO APP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pG73fK45Aw

mickoneill30

I popped this one onto my phone yesterday

It really annoyed my iPhone mates when I was showing them it yesterday evening.

Keith186

Guinness was my first one too!

Heino is 330ml and the Irish version is 4.3%, UK version that you see here the odd time is 5%.

Genghiz Cohen

Playing The Little Crane That Could.
Really like it, worth paying for the extra levels.

madmoe

mickoneill30 wrote: »

I popped this one onto my phone yesterday

It really annoyed my iPhone mates when I was showing them it yesterday evening.

Which one is this??

JohnK

This one I'd say https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetblacksoftware.xmastreewallpaperpaid

homer911

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Playing The Little Crane That Could.
Really like it, worth paying for the extra levels.

I'm addicted, thanks for that..