Software & AI

Adds interactive components like bars and buttons to KLWP live wallpapers.

Lets you tweak an existing wallpaper with contrast, saturation and invert tools.

A pack of neon-style widgets that slot easily alongside neon wallpapers.

A fast, clean universal search that integrates neatly with Nova Launcher.

A small icon pack best used to swap a few icons as a centrepiece of your setup.

A useful tool for searching icons across multiple packs and finding replacements.

Pulls trending wallpapers from Reddit and updates your wallpaper automatically on a schedule.

Uses phone sensors to measure objects; still a work in progress but generally accurate.

A step up for measuring, using ARCore to measure and visualise rooms and objects in 3D.

White noise app where users submit sounds from around the world on a map.

Saves webpages for later by emailing you a copy, suited to high-priority items.

AR furniture app with some of the best object tracking he has seen.

Possibly the best Android note-taking app he has used, with voice notes, checklists and locking.

Digestible and fun timeline app for learning history from the Big Bang onwards.

Photo app that splits an image into colour components so you can add back the ones you want.

Simple AR app that places animals in your room, one of the best ways to try AR on Android.

Calming particle app that is unusual for him to cover but very well executed.

Another gemstone widget in the £300 set, shown with no separate comment beyond being part of the ugly collection.

Part of the six-widget set, it does not line up properly and looks poor on the home screen.

Another overpriced gemstone widget that he dislikes the look of.

A hideous, low-resolution widget that does nothing and costs £300, so he considers it a waste of money.

Excited about the expected Android 10 features, especially dark mode and desktop-style use, while hoping Google adds screen recording, AirD…

Recommended for scanning your passport and emailing it to yourself so you always have a copy to hand.

Calls its noise reduction one of the best photo hacks he has used, as it rescues grainy photos at the cost of a little sharpness.