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15 fresh Android apps take center stage here, from clever customization tools to privacy, editing, and productivity picks you probably have not tried yet. The lineup includes Widgets Anywhere for stackable widgets on almost any device, ReelCheck for instantly scanning IMDb ratings from movie covers, Candy Browser with its Material 3 design and built-in ad blocker, and Drop Alert for tracking online price drops before you buy.
The list keeps going with Legacy Lockscreen Effects, ShadeType for hiding your typing on the go, LibreCuts for watermark-free video editing, LastWave for high-quality music playback, Stride for offline step tracking, and OnStop2FinishAndRemoveTask for automatically closing selected apps. You also get Pho, Sticklo Icon, Quick Peak widgets, Noibo Launcher, and the temporary root tools for supported Galaxy and Pixel phones.
This Android apps roundup is packed with open source apps, app reviews, launcher customization, file manager tools, video editing apps, music players, fitness tracking, and advanced Shizuku-based utilities. It is ideal for anyone searching for the best Android apps, new Android apps, useful app recommendations, and monthly Android app discovery.
The list keeps going with Legacy Lockscreen Effects, ShadeType for hiding your typing on the go, LibreCuts for watermark-free video editing, LastWave for high-quality music playback, Stride for offline step tracking, and OnStop2FinishAndRemoveTask for automatically closing selected apps. You also get Pho, Sticklo Icon, Quick Peak widgets, Noibo Launcher, and the temporary root tools for supported Galaxy and Pixel phones.
This Android apps roundup is packed with open source apps, app reviews, launcher customization, file manager tools, video editing apps, music players, fitness tracking, and advanced Shizuku-based utilities. It is ideal for anyone searching for the best Android apps, new Android apps, useful app recommendations, and monthly Android app discovery.
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00:00Another month and another 15 amazing apps you had no idea even existed.
00:04And definitely stick around to the end because I got some of the craziest apps
00:07that can basically temporarily root your Samsung Galaxies and Google Pixel devices real easily.
00:12Kind of like Shizuku, but on steroids.
00:14First off, I'm tired of Galaxy phones and a few other Android skins having stackable widgets
00:19while the rest of us are left behind.
00:21So I dug around and found this free open source gem called Widgets Anywhere.
00:25In that app, it brings that same feature to pretty much any Android device.
00:28Yup, I know it may sound too good to be true, but it works.
00:32You just drop a widget stack on your home screen and then pile on as many widgets as you want.
00:36Now, you can't actually swipe through them with your finger like on Galaxy phones,
00:40but you can tap these little arrows on the edge to flip through them.
00:43And the widgets that you put in there work the same way as before.
00:46They're still fully interactive and you can even resize the whole stack too
00:49and all the widgets inside adjust automatically.
00:51It's pretty great.
00:53Another app I've been loving these past few weeks is ReelCheck.
00:55Whenever I'm trying to find something to watch on Netflix or Hulu,
00:59I'm always looking up the ratings for each movie or TV show title
01:01just to make sure that it's worth watching.
01:04But that does take a bit of time, so now I've been using ReelCheck.
01:08I literally just point my phone's camera at a movie cover or TV show title
01:11and it'll instantly scan it and show me the IMDb rating right away.
01:15It's super quick and easy to use.
01:17It's really saved me from watching a bunch of bad movies.
01:19I just hope that in the future, they also add in Rotten Tomatoes scores too
01:23because that would be perfect.
01:24And that's just two out of the 15 apps that I got for you for September 2026.
01:28I appreciate all the love that you guys showed me on last month's episode for August,
01:32but real talk, I mean, the video got 6,000 likes,
01:35which is a little lower than what we usually hit.
01:37Please, guys, if we can just hit 10,000 likes this time,
01:40that would honestly mean the world to me.
01:42I mean, because finding 15 fresh apps every single month isn't easy.
01:45Plus, I'm still the only YouTuber doing this many apps every month,
01:48so the likes and comments really helps out a lot
01:50to just get me motivation to keep making these on a monthly basis.
01:54Thanks, guys.
01:55Moving on, I just came across my new favorite browser
01:58that's also open source called Candy Browser.
02:00For starters, it's got a really nice Material 3 Expressor design
02:03and it has a bunch of really clever tricks that most other browsers don't have.
02:08For example, on the bottom address bar,
02:10you can swipe left or right to quickly switch between your tabs.
02:13You can swipe up on it too and it opens up your recent tabs
02:16and then you can also flick any tab upward to just close it too.
02:19So you can easily navigate the whole browser.
02:21You can also long press on the link too
02:23to get a sneak peek of the page before actually opening it.
02:27That one's really handy.
02:28And it also has a built-in ad blocker,
02:30so any articles that you read are going to look clean.
02:32And if you tap this little number on the address bar,
02:34you can even pull up the secret menu called Privacy X-Ray.
02:38It basically shows you exactly how many ads and trackers have been blocked
02:41since you've started surfing the web on that specific tab.
02:45And even cooler, there's this Candy Trolls feature
02:47which creates this tree-style map of all the different websites
02:49that you jump between while browsing inside that tab.
02:53So you can basically retrace your entire browsing path.
02:56But my absolute favorite feature is their profiles.
02:58You can set up a work profile, a school profile, whatever you want,
03:02and all your tabs stay separate.
03:04So that way you don't mix up your personal stuff with your work browsing stuff.
03:08It's great.
03:09And I'm just barely scratching the surface here.
03:10There are so many more features packed into this browser.
03:13I definitely recommend it.
03:14From there, I have Droplert, which is about to save you some serious cash.
03:18Basically, when you're shopping online and you've got an eye on a product,
03:22you can just copy that link and paste it in this app
03:25and it'll start tracking the price for you.
03:27It can even check whenever you want, including every single hour
03:29or every 15 minutes if you get the Pro version.
03:32And then the moment the price drops, bam, you get a notification.
03:35On top of that, it also gives you a price history chart
03:38so you can see how often that product's price goes up or down.
03:42And the free version only lets you track five products.
03:44But if you get the Pro version, you can remove that limit for $10,
03:48which I'll be honest, is a bit steep.
03:50But in the end, I mean, it does save you cash.
03:52And the developer was cool enough to hook me up with 100 promo codes
03:55to give away my Patreon.
03:56So if you want to grab the Pro version for free,
03:59head on over there and snag one.
04:01Okay, old school Android users, this one's for you.
04:03Remember back in the day when unlocking your phone actually felt kind of cool?
04:07Like you'd swipe up and you'd get these awesome ripple effects or light flares.
04:11Now, those days are pretty much gone now
04:13until I found Legacy Lockstream Effects.
04:15This app brings back all those classic unlocking animations that we used to love.
04:19I mean, you've got the Galaxy S3's water ripple
04:22with that satisfying droplet sound.
04:24You've got the Galaxy S4's lens flare.
04:28The S5's colorful particles.
04:31And even the Galaxy Tab S crystal grid
04:33that just reveals itself after you touch the screen.
04:36There's a whole bunch more to choose from
04:37and you can even get some nice charging animations as well.
04:40Definitely recommend it.
04:41Moving on, anytime I switch away from my Galaxy S26 Ultra,
04:44I just absolutely miss that privacy display
04:47that just stops people from being able to peek at my screen,
04:50especially when I'm texting someone.
04:52Luckily, though, I found Shade Type,
04:54which gives you something very similar.
04:56Not the same technology, obviously,
04:58but whenever you're about to type something,
05:00this little button appears right above your keyboard.
05:02And if you tap it,
05:03the app covers the rest of your screen with a dark sheet
05:06while keeping your keyboard fully visible.
05:08So you can still type away normally,
05:10just your conversation will be blocked out.
05:12And don't worry, the sheet is slightly transparent
05:14so you can actually see what you're typing,
05:16but anyone sitting next to you
05:17is going to have a much harder time reading your conversation.
05:20If you want to go full stealth mode,
05:22you can even get the pro version
05:23and make the sheet completely non-transparent.
05:26So that way, no one can see what you're typing,
05:28not even you.
05:29But if you need to quickly check the conversation,
05:31you can just press and hold it
05:32and you'll be able to peek through.
05:34Then once you let go,
05:35it instantly hides everything again.
05:36It's pretty handy for when you're on the train or a plane.
05:39A huge shout out to Naps11
05:41on my HowToMyReddit page for the recommendation.
05:43If you've also got an app that you think I should check out,
05:46definitely recommend it on there.
05:47And if I pick it,
05:48I'll give you a shout out in the next episode.
05:50Next up, I've been looking for a really good video editor
05:53because I've used CapCut all the time,
05:55but their pricing is starting to get pretty crazy.
05:58So lately, I've been using this FOSS app called Libra Cuts.
06:01Now, it definitely doesn't have every fancy feature
06:03that you'd find in CapCut,
06:05but for what I need, it gets the job done.
06:07Like it's got a proper timeline
06:09that you can scrub through,
06:10there are no watermarks in your videos,
06:12and you can export everything in glorious 4K.
06:15You can also trim and merge clips,
06:17add text that you can also customize,
06:19add images, and even overlay other videos.
06:23You can also throw in transitions,
06:25change the playback speed,
06:27add filters,
06:28and even record voiceovers directly inside the app.
06:31And if you want to get a little more advanced,
06:33you've also got things like green screen removal,
06:35subtitles,
06:36and a bunch of other editing tools.
06:37So no, I probably wouldn't use this
06:39to edit some massive 20-minute YouTube video,
06:42but for shorts or just quick edits on your phone,
06:44it's honestly more than fine.
06:46Check this out.
06:47On my phone, I can open X,
06:49start a draft,
06:50and tap this floating button above my keyboard
06:52to start voice typing.
06:53But while I'm still talking,
06:54I can also jump into other apps,
06:56like my browser to do some research.
06:58I can open my Notes app as well and check that too,
07:01and it just keeps listening to what I'm saying.
07:03Then I can jump back into X,
07:05hit the check mark,
07:06and everything I said gets turned into a clean,
07:08nicely formatted post.
07:10That's next-level voice typing right there.
07:11Definitely way better
07:12than Android's voice dictation by default.
07:14And it's all thanks to Whisperflow,
07:16today's sponsor.
07:17I've been using it for months now,
07:18and it's really just helped me write messages way faster
07:20while also cleaning up my grammar.
07:22I've even started using it a ton for AI prompts.
07:25So instead of typing some tiny five-word question
07:27or command into ChatGPT,
07:29I can just ramble for 30 seconds
07:31to just give it way more context,
07:33and Whisperflow can turn all that
07:35into a nice, clean prompt.
07:36That way, I'm actually giving AI
07:38everything that's in my head
07:39instead of just cutting my thoughts short
07:41just because I don't feel like typing everything out.
07:43And just to show you
07:44how much better Whisperflow is
07:45than Android's default dictation,
07:47here's a live comparison between the two.
07:49Hey, Facundo.
07:50Hope you're doing well.
07:51For tomorrow's shoot,
07:52one, make sure the footage is in 4K
07:54and exported with H.265 formatting.
07:56Two, send the thumbnail before 3 p.m.
07:58I mean, 1 p.m.
07:59Three, make sure to use the Sony FX3
08:01when shooting the interview.
08:02Thanks so much.
08:03Best regards, Benjamin.
08:06As you can clearly see,
08:08Whisperflow did a much better job
08:09turning my rant into an actual email.
08:11The formatting is cleaner,
08:13the grammar is better,
08:14and it even understood
08:15when I corrected myself halfway through.
08:17And by the way,
08:18Whisperflow isn't just on Android.
08:19It works on desktop and iPhone too,
08:22so you can use it
08:23on pretty much any device you own.
08:24So if you do a lot of typing during the day,
08:27definitely give Whisperflow a try.
08:28It's completely free to download and use.
08:30And if you use my link in the description
08:32and use promo code HOWTOMEN,
08:34you'll also get a month of Whisperflow Pro
08:36with unlimited words for free.
08:38I definitely recommend it.
08:39Now, if you're getting tired
08:40of your music streaming app
08:41that's charging a ridiculous amount of money every month,
08:43like Spotify,
08:44you've got to check out LastWay.
08:46It's completely free and open source,
08:48and it lets you play absolutely any song that you want
08:50at the highest quality possible.
08:52Like we're talking high-res,
08:54lossless flack,
08:55up to 24-bit,
08:57192 kilohertz.
08:58Yeah, that's right.
08:59So if you've got a solid pair of headphones
09:01or a DAC,
09:02you can actually take advantage
09:03of that much higher audio quality.
09:05And if you're someone who uses Last.fm,
09:07it gets even better too
09:08because LastWay can automatically scrabble
09:11what you're listening to
09:11even when you're using other music apps on your phone.
09:14And my favorite feature too
09:15is that it even uses AI
09:16to let you generate unique playlists.
09:19And the whole UI is built around
09:20that beautiful Material 3 Expressive design
09:23so it looks gorgeous
09:24and navigating the interface feels really smooth.
09:27Definitely worth giving a shot.
09:28Okay, now let's replace your health and fitness app.
09:30I mean, a lot of them just force you
09:32to create an account,
09:33sync everything to the cloud,
09:35and hand over all your personal activity data.
09:37And honestly, I'm over it.
09:39That's why I've been using Stride.
09:40It's a free and open source app
09:42that uses your phone's built-in pedometer
09:44to just track your steps
09:45and gives you all the useful stuff that you need
09:48like calories burned,
09:50distance walked,
09:51active minutes,
09:52goals,
09:52and your history
09:53all without needing to sign up for anything.
09:55And the app itself actually looks really nice too
09:57since it's got that Material 3 Expressive design.
10:00But on top of that,
10:01it even lets you switch
10:02to some really cool unique themes too.
10:04A huge shout out to Skedits
10:05for the recommendation on my Reddit page.
10:07From there,
10:08this next one's got a mouthful of a name.
10:10It's called OnStop 2 Finish and Remove Task.
10:13Yeah, that's the name.
10:15And it does one really simple thing.
10:17Basically, whenever you leave an app
10:18and you just switch to something else,
10:20it automatically closes that previous app for you.
10:23Like it won't even show up
10:24in your recent apps anymore.
10:25That means you can save more battery
10:26and don't have unnecessary stuff
10:28running in the background,
10:29especially if your phone is a little old
10:31and doesn't have that much RAM.
10:32And don't worry,
10:33it doesn't close every single app.
10:35You get to choose exactly which ones
10:37get automatically closed
10:38when you head back to the home screen.
10:40The only catch
10:40is that it just needs Suzuku
10:42to be able to run.
10:43But once that's set up,
10:44it works like a charm.
10:45Look,
10:46there are already a ridiculous number
10:47of file managers on Android.
10:49So for me to actually switch to a new one,
10:51it's got to bring something extra to the table.
10:52And that's exactly where Filo stands out.
10:55Instead of just letting you move files around,
10:57it basically combines a file manager
10:58with a bunch of utility apps
11:00that I'd normally have to download separately.
11:02Like it helps you figure out
11:03what's eating up all your storage,
11:05finding duplicate files,
11:06showing you the biggest ones,
11:08and even giving you a space map
11:09to visualize it all.
11:11But that's not all.
11:12You can also convert files,
11:13remove EXIF and GPS data
11:15from photos,
11:16you can blur faces in your photos,
11:18extract audio from videos,
11:20edit PDFs with the pro version,
11:22and way more.
11:23And on top of that,
11:24it actually looks really good
11:25since it's running
11:25a Material 3 expressive design.
11:28Definitely installed
11:28an all-in-one file management tool.
11:30Shout out to noletice6176
11:32for the recommendation
11:33on my Reddit page.
11:34It's actually been a really long time
11:36since I've seen an icon pack
11:37that's genuinely caught my eye.
11:39Like, literally years.
11:40But finally,
11:41one came along that did.
11:42It's called Stick Little Icon,
11:44and it costs $1.50.
11:45Honestly, I happily paid for it
11:47because the icons
11:48just really make the home screen pop.
11:50They kind of remind me
11:51of little stickers
11:51because they got this thick white outline
11:53and a soft shadow behind them.
11:55And that right there
11:56just makes them pop beautifully
11:57on any wallpaper.
11:58Now, it does have around 900 icons so far,
12:01which might not seem like a lot yet,
12:03but keep in mind
12:04that it only dropped two months ago.
12:05And apparently,
12:06each icon is handcrafted
12:08by the developer himself.
12:09They're not AI-generated,
12:10which is pretty rare these days.
12:12Definitely worth checking out.
12:13And the developer was cool enough
12:14to give me 100 promo codes
12:15to give away on my Patreon.
12:17So head over there
12:18if you want to grab one.
12:19And since we're already
12:19talking about customization,
12:20I also came across
12:22this really clean little widget pack
12:23called Quick Peek.
12:24It's also a paid app,
12:25but it's only 50 cents.
12:27So you'll be okay.
12:28It's basically these widgets
12:29that feel like what Google
12:31should have done
12:31with the at-a-glance widget.
12:33They belong on the top
12:34or maybe at the bottom of your screen.
12:35And they just give you
12:36all the info you need
12:37in this incredibly minimal,
12:38sleek design
12:40that stays out of the way.
12:41On top of that,
12:42there are 12 different widgets
12:43that you can choose from.
12:44So you've got plenty of options.
12:45And they just really complete
12:47your home screen really nicely.
12:49From there,
12:49I got one of the wildest launchers
12:51that I've seen in a while.
12:52And I mean that in a good way.
12:53It's called Nocebo Launcher.
12:55And instead of giving you
12:56a normal home screen,
12:57it basically gives you
12:58a giant fidget spinner
12:59made of your own apps.
13:01Like the apps around the outside
13:02literally spin around the screen
13:04as you flick it.
13:05And it's weirdly satisfying.
13:06You can also tap the middle of it
13:08to switch over
13:09to another ring of apps.
13:10And then right in the center,
13:11you can also place
13:12your own custom sticker.
13:13But that's not the entire launcher.
13:15You can also swipe over to the right
13:16and you get a more
13:17traditional home screen
13:18where you can place
13:18your normal apps
13:19and widgets down.
13:21Then you can swipe up
13:21and you've also got
13:22a proper app drawer.
13:24There's a decent amount
13:24of customization too.
13:26It's definitely not going
13:26to be for everyone,
13:27but I love when launchers
13:28actually try something different.
13:30And this one basically gives
13:31you a little distraction toy
13:33every time you get bored.
13:34Next, I got a two-for-one special
13:36and these are definitely
13:37the craziest apps
13:38on the entire list.
13:39One is called RootMyGalaxy
13:41and the other is RootMyPixel.
13:43On certain supported devices,
13:44which their GitHub pages
13:46show you exactly what's supported,
13:47these apps can actually
13:49give your phones
13:49temporary root access
13:51without you having to
13:52go through the usual headache
13:53of unlocking the bootloader.
13:55Yeah, it's pretty mind-blowing.
13:57Like for the Galaxy,
13:57you basically tap this blue banner
13:59at the top
13:59and have it installed
14:00the Kern OSU.
14:02And then from that one tap,
14:03it'll check your exact phone model,
14:05software build,
14:05and kernel version
14:06to make sure everything's compatible.
14:08And if it matches,
14:09it handles all the rooting process for you.
14:11And if it works,
14:11you'll get that check mark
14:12and then you can run
14:13any rooted apps
14:14or even flash modules
14:15on your phone.
14:17Of course, do this at your own risk.
14:18I'm not responsible for your phone,
14:20but if you run into any issues,
14:22you can just reboot
14:23and the root is gone
14:24and your phone should be back to normal
14:25since it's only temporary.
14:27Kind of like how Shizuku works.
14:29For the Pixel,
14:30it just takes a similar approach.
14:31It just uses Shizuku as well
14:33and another app called Risu Kisu,
14:36which I'll also link down below.
14:37Together,
14:38they exploit a vulnerability
14:39to temporarily load the Kern OSU
14:42and grant your Pixel phone root access.
14:44And for both of these,
14:45keep in mind that
14:46it takes more than one try.
14:48Like you may not get it
14:49on the first try
14:50because they're trying to gain root access
14:52through a vulnerability on Android.
14:54And again,
14:54I want to highly emphasize this.
14:56Since we're talking about root access,
14:57you should definitely know
14:58what you're getting into
14:59before messing around with it.
15:00But the fact we're at a point
15:02where certain phones
15:03can basically get temporary root access
15:05from an app
15:05without unlocking the bootloader
15:07is pretty wild.
15:08And that's a wrap
15:09for this month's 15 apps.
15:10I hope you found at least
15:11a few gems in here.
15:12And if you did,
15:13just please a quick thumbs up
15:14would really go a long way
15:15to hit that 10,000 like goal.
15:17So that way I can keep making these videos.
15:19Thanks so much for watching
15:20and I'll catch you guys
15:21in the next one.
15:22Kapow!