Top 5 Most Popular Android Apps of All-time – This Week in Android Apps

Welcome to the “This Week in Android Apps” weekly series. This week the Android Market surpasses the 43,000 mark.

There are currently 43,221 Android applications available per aTrackDog.

This week, we’ll explore the top 5 Android Apps of all-time, based on number of downloads.

We’ll start with the top 5 overall, than dive into a few favorite categories. It’s also important to note that all the apps listed below happens to be free.

TOP 5 ANDROID APPS OF ALL-TIME (OVERALL)

5. The Weather Channel (news & weather) 4.5 Stars – Use GPS to find your local weather forecast.

4. Barcode Scanner (shopping) 4.5 Stars – Scan barcodes of products, look up prices, reviews and more.

3. Backgrounds (entertainment) 4.5 Stars – Over 10,000 unique designs to use for your backgrounds or contacts.

2. Ringdroid (multimedia) 4.5 Stars – Record new ringtones or create your own ringtones by editing your music.

1. Shazam (multimedia) 5 Stars – Identify tracks, store them or even buy them.

TOP 5 ANDROID COMMUNICATION APPS

5. Twidroid 4.5 Stars – Full featured Twitter client for Android.

4. Wireless Tether for Root Users – No data available

3. Steel 4 Stars – Minimalist user interface for the Android browser.

2. Handcent SMS 4.5 Stars – Free SMS tool to customize, use different styles, speak SMS, etc.

1. chompSMS 4.5 Stars – Customize your SMS

TOP 5 ANDROID ENTERTAINMENT APPS

5. Movie Finder 4.5 Stars – Quickly find showtimes and movies, watch high quality trailers and find theaters in your area.

4. The Schwartz Unsheathed 4.5 Stars – Turn your phone into a sabre.

3. Movies and Showtimes 4 Stars – Find movies, showtimes and IMDb ratings for movies in the theaters.

2. Movies 4.5 Stars – Get showtimes for top box office movies, view local theaters, browse DVDs, watch trailers, read Rotten Tomatoes reviews and manage your Netflix.

1. Backgrounds 4.5 Stars – Over 10,000 unique designs to use for your backgrounds or contacts.

TOP 5 ANDROID PRODUCTIVITY APPS

5. Astrid 4.5 Stars – Task list app to get things done. Tags, reminders, RememberTheMilk sync & more.

4. Linda File Manager 4.5 Stars – All-in-one file, app, zip and task manager.

3. Voice Recorder 4 Stars – Record, send by attaching to GMail, set recordings as ringtones & more.

2. AK Notepad 4.5 Stars – Set a reminder based on your note through SMS, email. Set a note on your homepage and more.

1. ASTRO 4.5 Stars – Manages files, applications and tasks. Read zip and tgz files, send attachments, etc.

TOP 5 ANDROID SOCIAL APPS

5. Facebook Sync - No data available

4. Wertago for Nightlife 4 Stars – Find the hottest clubs and parties near you, coordinate, flirt & meet, view party pics, Twitter your status and more.

3. fBook - No data available

2. Facebook 3.5 Stars – Stay connected and share your Facebook updates with your friends. Check news feeds, write on your friends walls & more.

1. MySpace 4 Stars – Stay connected with your MySpace friends, upload photos and more.

TOP 5 ANDROID GAME APPS

5. PapiJump 4.5 Stars – Tilt the device to make Mr. Papi jump up higher onto the blocks.

4. Labyrinth Lite 4.5 Stars – Control a steel ball by tilting a wooden labyrinth.

3. Bonsai Blast 4.5 Stars – Shoot to match colored balls in groups of 3 or more.

2. PAC-MAN by Namco – No data available

1. Solitaire 4.5 Stars – Simple solitaire collection of regular, spider, freecell and forty thieves games.

What’s your favorite Android Apps? Some of my favorites that failed to make the list include Documents to Go, Quick Settings, DoggCatcher, Funny Jokes, Seesmic and Robo Defense. Did any of the most downloaded apps above surprise you? I was amazed to see MySpace with more downloads than Facebook.