As you likely know, the Google Play Store is one of the
biggest app markets for smartphones with millions of apps and games. There are
countless new ones being added every day.
Not everyone knows it, but there are a lot of Android apps
that are available for download outside of the Google Play Store – as APK
files. For whatever reason, they can be installed separately. Some may not be
allowed to be uploaded while others are purposefully direct-to-user.
While these apps might not have met some policy guidelines
of the Google Play Store to be uploaded to it, they are still incredibly useful
and are worth installing on your device. As these apps generally are not hosted
on a common market place, here is a list of five non-Play Store Android apps to
download and install it on your phone.
01) YouTube
Vanced:
YouTube is unarguably one of the most popular Android apps
with over a billion downloads by and millions of daily active users. However,
there are some things that people prefer that the app doesn’t have like
unskippable ads or stopping the video once you leave the app.
While YouTube does offer a premium subscription plan, not
everyone might want to pay just to get these features which could be made
available for free on the desktop version by using an adblocker.
If you are one among them, then you might be interested in
knowing about YouTube Vanced, which is a modded version of the official YouTube
app with added features, background and screen, theme options, auto-repeat mode
and much more. You can even set the default resolution for your videos and add
gesture options for controlling the volume and brightness in the videos.
You can download either the APK for rooted or non-rooted
devices based on your preference and if you install the MicroG plugin APK from
the website you would also be able to sign in to your Google account to sync
all your subscriptions and playlists to the YouTube Vanced app.
02) GBInsta
Just like YouTube Vanced, GBInsta is a modded version of the
official Instagram app for Android and it packs in some of the most requested
and useful features that are unavailable in the official app.
You can install the GBInsta app alongside the official
Instagram on your device and use both the apps simultaneously as well.
Its features include being able to copy the bio of users,
copy comments, download photos and videos directly from the app, download
stories and much more. You can see the full list of features and download the
APK file for the latest version of GBInsta from the official website linked
below.
03) Mixplorer
Mixplorer is a fully functional and feature-packed file
manager app that also includes additional options for the rooted device from
XDA Developers.
The app supports almost all kinds of files including packing
and unpacking of compressed files. It comes with a built-in image viewer and
music player and supports over 19 cloud service providers including Google Drive
and One Drive to view and access your cloud files as well.
The app is also highly customizable with options for tabbed
viewing of folders like the Windows File Explorer and it evens supports
encryption and decryption of files. You can post any questions about the app or
download the latest version whenever it is released, from the official forums
page.
04) Snaptube
Snaptube is by far the most feature-rich media downloading
manager app for Android I have come across. It basically allows you to download
videos from many popular social media or video hosting services including
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Sound Cloud, Vimeo and much more. You
can also download the audio versions whenever supported and play these files
right from the app.
Snaptube allows you to select the quality of the file before
downloading so that you can save your data whenever possible. You can either
copy the URL of the video or audio you want to download and paste it to the app
to download it or use the bookmarked page in the app to visit the sites you
want and download the videos directly to the app.
05) WiFi
WiFi is the only app in this list that requires root access
to be able to work and it is also one of the most useful apps in the list. The
app is completely free and it basically scans your WiFi network and presents
you with the list of all devices connected to it. Moreover, it allows you to
remove the devices you don’t want to be connected to your network or that you think
is suspicious or unknown.
The app displays much useful information about the devices
connected to your network like their name, what websites they are currently on,
the amount of data they are consuming and as well as their IP and MAC
addressed.
You can even use this information to permanently disconnect
these devices and block them from connecting to your network by adding their IP
or MAC addresses to the filtering options of your router configuration
settings.
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