Apps & services

Pixel-inspired icon pack he has enjoyed for a couple of weeks, though the icon count is not the biggest.

Touch-reactive particle live wallpaper that looks very impressive on powerful phones, though the resolution could be higher.

Used for the first trick, making a real coin look as if it is embedded in the phone screen.

Brings the speed and features of the Pixel Launcher with far more customisation.

A fully featured, recently overhauled launcher that matches Nova for customisation and adds a clever shutters trick.

A Sword Art Online inspired overlay launcher that is completely different to the rest of the list.

A tiny launcher under 250KB that still covers the features you would expect.

A retro-style scrolling live wallpaper that looks great in motion, despite modest resolution.

Remaps the fingerprint scanner to act as a button for screenshots or going home, which can be easier than the usual methods.

A simple app that gives you collapsible drawers of apps that overlay on top of anything else.

A basic app for adding text to images that does it well, with perspective adjustment few editors offer.

A fun, theme-heavy keyboard aimed at younger users, with a good correction engine plus emojis, stickers and GIFs.

Lets you put all your social links on one page, which suits an Instagram or Twitter bio.

Bundles high-resolution stock wallpapers from recent flagship phones, despite a poor name.

A free, open-source launcher that can convincingly mimic a stock Pixel experience with enough tweaking.

A clean, minimalist widget app that looks good but offers less customisation than Zooper Widget.

An interesting head-tracking cursor app for Android, but it needs configuration and is not for everybody.

A third-party app that reads documents and web pages aloud, useful for listening while driving, though it needs the Google text-to-speech e…

Turns a smartphone into a high-quality, movable webcam for a laptop or PC.