Software & AI

Maybe the most addictive of the mobile games he mentions.

Named as one of his recent mobile gaming highlights.

Less deep than the others but surprisingly creative and likely to make you smile.

A strategic game with huge depth, taking hundreds of hours to complete.

Adds animations to navbar presses, and the free version is enough for most people.

Lets you pin important notifications so they can't be swiped away and forgotten.

No-root app that turns the fingerprint scanner into an intuitive navigation control.

An absolute must-try for rooted phones, and not hard to do.

Very simple app that turns the torch on and off with the volume keys, and is faster once you get used to it.

Modded Google Camera app that brings Pixel 2 style processing and portrait mode to many Android flagships.

One of his all-time favourite Android mods, letting you swipe from an edge to exit any app.

Surprised him with a floating bubble that gives quick back, recent apps and clipboard access.

Looks dull as a set of menus but gives huge control over how your phone looks and behaves.

Complete system-wide audio tweaking tool that applies across ringtones, YouTube and Spotify.

Forces apps into full screen on 18:9 phones that don't support it natively.

One app that bundles around 32 basic tools such as a notepad, file manager and torch, working offline too.

Swipe-based app for unsubscribing from newsletters that he sees as a win-win for you and the planet.

A browser that loads every relevant result at once so you can swipe between them, though initial loading is slower than Chrome.

Summarises headlines into short paragraphs for busy people, though it oddly skips weekends.

A favourite privacy browser that blocks trackers and ads and wipes your session with one tap.

Lets you send SMS from a Mac or PC browser, the closest Android gets to iMessage continuity.

One of his favourites, adds moving effects to photos that are subtle but eye-catching when chosen well.

Google app that turns videos into comic books, slow to load but surprisingly good at picking frames.

Android keyboard with strong grammar corrections, but not as comfortable to type on as Google's own.