Top Rated Apps for the Android in Q2 2014

The Google Play App Store has continued to grow in the last few months, and the second quarter of 2014 has seen some power packed apps for your perusal on your newest Android handset.

Listed below are the five catchiest apps that have caught our eye in this three month span, and will likely take your fancy too!

1. TapPath

TapPath is a compact and useful app for offering multiple actions for how many times you tap a web link. For example, one tap can launch LinkBubble, two can launch into Chrome, or three can launch it to the share menu, although all of those defaults can be changed around within the app.

If you weren't entirely sold on Link Bubble for your Android device, or should you require a little more flexibility with your mobile web browsing, TapPath has just what you need.

2. SuperBetter

SuperBetter is part task management, part game. Designed by game designer Jane McGonigal, users key in their personal goals - be it kicking bad habits, getting in shape, or a reminder on running errands. Those tasks are then framed as quests which one must complete in order to gain rewards such as mental resilience and physical resilience points. Identify 'Bad Guys' that are slowing down your progress and team up with other friends using the game for some social reinforcement.

McGonigal has long advocated for gameification to improve everyday life, and here is the cherished result.

3. Google News & Weather

Google has finally acceded to a long pending demand and put out an app that combines reading the daily headlines with local forecasts. Google News & Weather pulls in stories from thousands of sources and lets one hop between them for individual stories. There are a handful of widgets to pick from that lets you look at the news, weather, or a bit of both. The app, while preloaded on devices many months ago has only now received an update to get it upto gear.

4. Fragment

Fragment is a fresh photo editor with a particularly neat trick. A wide range of shaped filters distort your photo along clean and sharp lines, lending a kaleidoscopic skew to your shots. You can move and resize this fragment filter, change how it tweaks your image (such as by adding a hue, changing brightness, cranking saturation, or inverting colors). Once that's done, export the final product out to any major destination or feed it back into the app to apply another fragment on top.

If you're in the market for a new twist to your photos, Fragment will deliver.

5. Blur

Blur is a new application from the makers of EvolveSMS and Talon for Twitter. It brings with it a Google Now Launcher style functionality and alongside Google Now with its signature colours, it allows users and app developers to create cards and customize the experience within their device. It’s brand new but it’s definitely worth a shot if you like te Google Now Launcher but wish it could do other things too.

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