50 Most Popular Android Apps – This Week in Android Apps

It’s been a few weeks since we last brought you “This Week in Android Apps,” so I thought we’d make up for it by giving you the 50 most popular Android Apps, courtesy of aTrackDog.

Would you believe, the Android App Market is current more than 55,000 strong? Per aTrackDog, there are 55,259 Android Applications available. The 50 Android Applications below are a combination of Free and Paid apps sorted by most popular in the last 7 days. A close examination of the list can give us a very good idea of which apps are the best and how Android users are using their phones.

Let’s jump into the list, which begins with Flashlight!

Top 50 Apps this Week

(50) Flashlight FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 11k ratings. Turns your phone into a color flashlight.

(49) Layar Reality Browser FREE (Lifestyle) – 4.5 Stars, 11k ratings. Augmented reality app that shows you what is around by displaying real-time digital information (layers).

(48) Uninstaller FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 6k ratings. Remove applications by a single click with this app.

(47) AK Notepad FREE (Productivity) – 4.5 Stars, 22k ratings. Create and share notes via SMS, email and more.

(46) Speed Test FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 6k ratings. Measure the network speed of your Android phone.

(45) Solitaire FREE (Cards & Casino) – 4.5 Stars, 27k ratings. Play the solitaire collection, consisting of regular, Spider, Freecell or Forty Thieves.

(44) CacheMate for Root Users $1.00 (Tools) – 5 Stars, 579 ratings. Clears cache from all apps with one click.

(43) 大众点评 FREE (Shopping) – 4.5 Stars, 1k ratings. Food, coupons and reviews only in China.

(42) MyBackup Pro $4.99 (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 3k ratings. Backup apps, contacts, call log, bookmarks and more to secure servers or your SD card.

(41) Bubble FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 14k ratings. This app is a level with a bubble to test it for plumb/level.

(40) AppMonster FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars, 6k ratings. Uninstall or install from SD and manage your apps.

(39) NetCounter FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 8k ratings. Shows your monthly, weekly and current day data usage stats.

(38) Beautiful Widgets $2.10 (News & Weather) – 4.5 Stars, 11k ratings. Attractive widgets consisting of clocks, weather with forecasts, wifi toggle widgets, etc.

(37) Quick Settings FREE (Productivity) – 4.5 Stars, 6k ratings. Quick access to toggle brightness, ringer, volume control, wifi, mobile data and GPS.

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(36) 中华万年历 FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 1k ratings. Chine Lunar Calendar only in Chinese.

(35) 安卓市场 – No data currently available

(34) Jewels FREE (Brain & Puzzle) – 4.5 Stars, 37k ratings. A simple match-3 puzzle game with global leaderboards.

(33) Dolphin Browser FREE (Communication) – 4.5 Stars, 24k ratings. A mobile browser, similar to Firefox. Gestures, mult-touch pinch and zoom, tabbed browsing, Sync G. bookmark, RSS and more.

(32) Wifi Analyzer FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 12k ratings. Shows WiFi channels around you and helps find a less crowded channel.

(31) Documents To Go Full Version $9.99 (Productivity) 4.5 Stars, 4k ratings. View, edit, create and share Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint and more.

(30) AndroZip File Manager FREE (Productivity) 4.5 Stars, 8k ratings. Create ZIP, TAR and GXIP files. Manage files and folders. Also includes a task killer.

(29) APNdroid FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 8k ratings. Prevents your phone from connecting to the net via 3G, EDGE and GPRS. Saves battery life.

(28) Calculator FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 6k ratings. Fully featured scientific calculator with result history, unit conversions, percentages and more.

(27) FlashLite Plugin – No data currently available.

(26) Backgrounds FREE (Entertainment) – 4.5 Stars, 61k ratings. Over 10k uniquely designed backgrounds to use as wallpaper or contacts.

(25) Sogou Input FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 2k ratings. Keyboard that supports English, numeric and simplified Chinese language.

(24) Root Explorer $2.10 (Productivity) – 5 Stars, 1k ratings. File manager for root users that gives you access to the entire Android file system.

(23) GPS Status FREE (Travel) – 4.5 Stars, 10k ratings. Display your GPS and sensor data, check your position, GPS accuracy, or use it as a leveling tool.

(22) Advanced Task Manager $0.99 (Tools) – End your applications, speed up your phone and save your battery life.

(21) FxCamera FREE (Multimedia) – 4.5 Stars, 23k ratings. Take pictures and add effects such as ToyCam, Polandroid, Fisheye and more.

(20) Opera Mini 5 beta (Communication) – 4 Stars, 12k ratings. Quick beta version of Opera for the Android.

(19) Documents To Go FREE (Productivity) – 4 Stars, 8k ratings. View Microsoft Word and Excel files and attachments.

(18) Bluetooth File Transfer FREE (Communication) – 4 Stars, 17k ratings. Browse, explore and manage files of any Bluetooth ready device. Receive files and send them to your contacts.

(17) 手机QQ FREE – 3.5 Stars, 2k ratings. No data currently available.

(16) Google Goggles FREE (Tools) – 4 Stars, 17k ratings. Visual search app you use by taking a picture of an object and searching Google via object as opposed to text.

(15) Ringdroid FREE (Multimedia) – 4.5 Stars, 56k ratings. Create your own ringtone by editing a music track in your library.

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(14) Advanced Task Killer Free FREE (Productivity) – 4.5 Stars, 59k ratings. Kill running applications.

(13) Text-To-Speech Extended FREE (Software Libraries) – 4 Stars, 16k ratings. Text-to-speech library which is used by other applications to extend the Android functionality.

(12) Meridian Media Player FREE (Multimedia) – 4.5 Stars, 12k ratings. Advanced music and video player. Search lyrics, edit ID3 tags and more.

(11) UC Browser FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars, 1k ratings. Professional Chinese mobile web browser.

(10) ES File Explorer FREE (Productivity) – 4.5 Stars, 14k ratings. File and application manager with a built in task manager.

(9) Places Directory FREE (Travel) - 4.5 Stars, 16k ratings. Browse nearby places in categories such as Restaurants, Movie Theaters and Hotels.

(8) Compass FREE (Tools) – 4.5 Stars, 20k ratings. GPS Compass and tool to geo-tag notes.

(7) Facebook FREE (Social) - 3.5 Stars, 88k ratings. Connect and share with your Facebook friends. Check your news feed, inbox, etc. Upload photos, share links, etc.

(6) Google Sky Map FREE (Reference) – 4.5 Stars, 61k ratings. Turns your Android into a night sky browser.

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(5) Google Translate FREE (Tools) - 4.5 Stars, 11k ratings. Instantly translate text between more than 50 languages.

(4) Handcent SMS FREE (Communication) - 4.5 Stars, 85k ratings. Free SMS tool for Android. Customize, search, popup, speak your SMS and more.

(3) Shazam FREE (Multimedia) – 5 Stars, 65k ratings. Identify music tracks, store them and purchase.

(2) ASTRO File Manager FREE (Productivity) - 4.5 Stars, 37k ratings. Manage files, applications and tasks.

(1) Barcode Scanner FREE (Shopping) - 4.5 Stars, 54k ratings. Scan barcodes on CDs, books and other products. Lookup prices, reviews and more. Also scans QR codes with URLs, contact info and calendar events.

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What are your favorite Android Apps? Any surprises you see above? I’d personally like to see some of my favorites make the list, such as Dolphin Browser HD, Twicca, Seesmic, Funny Jokes, DoggCatcher and XiiaLive make the grade. I’m always amazed to see Barcode Scanner consistently kill the competition. So what do you think?