Top 10 Apps for Android

& Apple in 2013

Source: www.mashable.com

Best iPhone Apps 0f 2013Source: http://mashable.com/2013/12/25/iphone-apps-2013/

“There are more than 1 million apps in the App Store, and while we haven't tested them all, the Mashable staff had busy fingers in 2013 — gaming, photo editing and posting away on our favorite iPhone apps from the bunch. One type in particular — photo apps — stole our hearts during the past 12 months. But of course, we found favorites across all categories.”

“The app allows users to do the basics, like crop and rotate photos, but it also has an expansive collection of filters, borders and textures to turn your iPhone photo into an iPhone masterpiece. Of course, the app also allows

users to share the edited photos to their social media accounts.”Available on Android

1. Afterlight

“Apple selected Duolingo as the company's top iPhone app of the year -- and it's pretty clear why. Duolingo helps users learn a new language from their iPhones with both

visual and verbal lessons. Learners are rewarded with experience points, which they can use to buy perks within the app. Perhaps the best part: it's free. Right now the app offers

five languages, including Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Italian.”Available on Android

2. Duolingo

“If you are an avid photographer - The app provides photographers with a functioning, quality light meter that tests the intensity and exposure of the photography

subject. Light meters cost anywhere from R1500 to R3000 at the store and online. The iPhone app is free, plus you won't need to carry around an extra gadget with you at all

times.”Available on Android

3. Pocket Light Meter

“Temple Run 2 turned out to be a great sequel to its predecessor, which set lofty standards. For starters, the new game has much better graphics. Plus, there are more

characters to choose from and new terrains to conquer. All of this added up for iPhone users -- the app was the third most downloaded iPhone app in 2013,

behind only Candy Crush Saga and YouTube.”Available on Android

4. Temple Run 2

“Nothing says "you'll never see that money again" quite like a friend saying, "I'll pay you back later" after you buy him a beer. Enter Venmo. The app allows friends to pay one another via iPhone at the touch of a button. Simply connect your checking account to your Venmo app and settle debts (no matter how small), without paying any processing fee to send payments or cash out back to

your bank account. Users can also use the app to "charge" others -- a gentle reminder to send along the money when possible.”

Available on Android

5. Venmo

“Over allows users to overlay text onto the images that they take with their smartphone. The messages can turn routine smartphone pictures into e-cards, or simply provide a fun way to spruce up your photos before sharing them to social sites such as

Instagram or Twitter.”Overgram – Over’s little (read FREE) brother

Not Available on Android

6. Over

“The biggest danger of buying clothes online? The risk they won't actually fit when they arrive in the mail. The app allows women to send in iPhone photographs that can be analyzed to determine the proper bra size (the company also designs the lingerie). This is a good example of an app using advanced technology to solve a real-world

problem.”NOT YET Available on Android, ThirdLove is creating one!

7. ThirdLove

“The six-second video sharing app came out in January, and was the fourth most-downloaded iPhone app from the past year. The video length is

short enough to keep things interesting, and the app has just enough editing control to give users flexibility to create unique content.”

Available on Android

8. Vine

“Think of the game Marry, Date or Dump (As the name suggests: players must predict whom -- from a list of three choices -- another player would marry, date or dump). Now add two more options, and change

the categories to anything your heart desires. That's the idea behind Proust, a game that allows users to create their own Marry, Date or Dump scenarios with any items they choose. You can write in your own choices, or the app will generate random ones for you, and you can send your list to

your friends to see which topics they deem most important. It's a simple game, but you can learn a lot about your friends (which we realize isn't always a good thing).”NOT Available on Android – Release date for Android is early 2014

9. Proust

“Mextures is another great photo editing app for iPhone. Users can save setting packages for use on other photos in the future, and the app has more than 70 pre-loaded textures. Users can blend, layer, or simply adjust lighting levels. The app works with layers reminiscent of Photoshop and provides 12 different blending modes. “

Not Available on Android

10. Mextures

Best Android Apps of 2013Source:http://mashable.com/2013/12/24/top-android-apps-2013/

“With the release of new operating system KitKat and the announcement that it hit both one billion activations and 50 billion app downloads, it's clear that 2013 has been a year of great news for Android.”

“Duolingo works to add interactivity and customized lesson planning to the language learning experience by rewarding users when they achieve goals, giving incentive to return for more lessons -- something your

high school's Intermediate Spanish course never did.”Available on iPhone

1. Duolingo

“A one-stop shop for organizing your podcasts, Pocket Casts allows you to listen to, download and sync your podcasts all from one device. Audio playback is

customizable, allowing you to adjust playback speed to whatever you're comfortable with. The "featured" and "popular" menus also help with podcast discovery.”

Available on iPhone

2. Pocket Casts

“With Evernote, you can take notes or photos, keep reminders, record audio, make to do lists and tag all of it to make it easily searchable. It's so vast, getting started may seem too daunting to some.” & the best part

is that it can connect with Podio – our office favourite!Available on iPhone

3. Evernote

“A powerful, customizable photo editor that's more than just filters, Pixlr Express comes packed with the ability to color-correct, blur or layer images and stickers on

top of one another, make collages, and much more. Just taking up 7.2 M of memory, Pixlr Express is more than worth the small amount of space it'll take up on your

SD card.”Available on iPhone

4. Pixlr Express

“With the release of iOS 7, Apple raised the bar for home screen design in 2013. For Android, Nova Launcher reaches the same bar. Fully

customizable, and performance-oriented - Nova Launcher is a great download for any android user.”

NOT Available on iPhone

5. Nova Launcher

“Aside from being a great tool to sync your music between your Mac or PC and your Android device, doubleTwist is a powerful media player, enabling you to play

multiple audio files, watch videos, stream radio and listen to podcasts. It certainly doesn't hurt that doubleTwist's album cover-centric design is beautiful to look at

as well.”NOT Available on iPhone

6. doubleTwist

“Reddit is fun is our preferred way of browsing and using Reddit on our Android devices. Easy to navigate, the app more closely resembles the web experience of Reddit than other popular

apps -- which seem to be more focused on browsing rather than posting or commenting. “NOT Available on iPhone 

*Reddit – A social news and entertainment website where registered users submit content in the form of links or text posts.

7. Reddit is Fun

“A new tool to fill our article-consuming needs. The app's design is heavily image focused, giving a reading experience closer to how we use the web than most news

aggregation tools. Offering easy sharing tools and integration with Evernote, Instapaper and Pocket, Feedly is a fluid, fast moving hulk of a news app.”

Available on iPhone

8. Feedly

“Whether you choose to use Sleepbot as a simple time log or a dedicated and powerful sleep tracker is up to you, but both options offer a rewarding experience for

anyone looking to improve his or her sleeping habits. Sleepbot tracks your movement and noise levels, greeting you with a quiet alarm in the morning at your

lightest level of sleep.”Available on iPhone

9. Sleepbot

“The Aereo app -- currently in public beta -- allows you to access your cloud DVR on your Android device, meaning you can watch your favorite television shows on your morning commute

(assuming you use public transportation, of course-- Mashable does not condone driving under the influence of Breaking Bad). You can tune into your local channels and save up to 20 hours of

television in the cloud. Note: Aereo is currently available only in select US metropolitan areas.”NOT Available on iPhone

10. Aereo

TIME TO START

DOWNLOADING & TESTING

SOME APPS!