5 best new iPhone, iPad and Android applications for April 2012

posted by Victor H. / Apr 28, 2012, 10:03 AM

5 best new iPhone, iPad and Android applications for April 2012

This is our monthly app selection with no games included. Go here for the best Android, iPhone and iPad games of April 2012.

Accessing the iOS and Android app catalogs is much like going into the woods without a compass - you can easily get lost in the myriad of applications available. But in April picking the top five applications across Android and iOS wasn’t particularly hard. Android apps got the edge as we had some big name applications finally make their way to Google’s platform and Instagram is the first and most prominent example.

Others like Google Drive went from rumor to reality, and while G Drive made its debut on Android first, it’s expected to hit other platforms in the future as well. The same holds true for applications like Next Issue that allow you to read plenty of popular magazines by paying a single monthly fee and thus saving tons of money. The app made its way onto Android first, but is expected to arrive on the App Store in the near future.

Of course, there’s a ton of apps that couldn’t make it to the top five, but nonetheless deserve a mention. So don’t hesitate and let us know which awesome apps you discovered in April in the comments section - do you think some should have been in the top five and didn’t make it? Sound off below.

Top 5 new iOS, Android apps released in April

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Google Drive is a cloud storage services and it’s tightly integrated into Android. Also, it offers 5 gigs of storage for free, so there’s no reason why you wouldn’t try it. Of course, it faces some tough competition from existing similar services. So if you’re still trying to figure out which is the best app for moving your files to the cloud, check out our detailed comparison of Google Drive and other cloud apps here.

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7 Comments

1. mercorp

Posts: 1045; Member since: Jan 28, 2012

OK...INSTAGRAM MUST HAVE!

posted on Apr 27, 2012, 8:31 AM 0

2. networkdood

Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010

Wasn't this article already out yesterday? hmmm...who cares about what is the top 5 new app - just go with what works for you....

posted on Apr 28, 2012, 11:00 AM 1

3. networkdood

Root Explorer, Titanium Backup have been in my top 5 for about 21 months now...

posted on Apr 28, 2012, 11:00 AM 4

4. edpad90

Posts: 23; Member since: Aug 03, 2011

I'm with you man!

posted on Apr 28, 2012, 11:09 AM 2

5. md227a

Posts: 221; Member since: Mar 20, 2012

Got to love Android, root explore since I was flashing Android on my HTC touch 6900

posted on Apr 28, 2012, 10:49 PM 0

6. c.hack

Posts: 614; Member since: Dec 09, 2009

Rooted my original Droid 2+ years ago. Its old. Its about as much fun as tweeking my Windows registry settings.

posted on Apr 30, 2012, 2:09 AM 0

7. c.hack

The new Flipboard on the iPhone is awesome. USAToday came out full offline news with pics for iOS just recently too. Both are great for news. Zite is good too and works on iOS and Android.