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AppAware discovers Android apps based on recent popularity (App Reviews)
April 7, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Apps
Android apps are the lifeline of the Android OS. Yes, we all love the features of the phone, but it’s the wow-factor and convenience of apps that keeps people coming back. AppAware is another way to discover those types of apps. The crowdsourcing app tracks what has become popular on the Android Market within a given timeframe, which provides a quick snapshot of what others are downloading.
AppAware narrows popular apps to within a week, day, or hour. As people begin to download Digg.com or Trapster, AppAware lists those as popular things that you may be interested in seeing. Users are then linked to Android Market entries for more information and download links. Most important of all is the “Installed by Me” feature that narrows listings by your location. This allows users to see apps popular by Android users in their community, making it easier to discover hyperlocal apps and filter out things that may be popular elsewhere but are useless to you (like Orkut).
KEY FEATURES
- The “Top removed apps in the last hour” may also help determine what might be worth skipping (not always an indicator of poor apps, but can help you make decisions).
- Offers popular Android Market listings based on time period or location
CONS
- Oversharing. AppAware’s link to Twitter function is atrociously annoying. There’s no sense in constantly tweeting what you download, update, and uninstall. Please don’t link to your Twitter account.
App: AppAware
Cost: Free
Website: AppAware.org
great way to filer out spam apps! My recent post SMS Commander
I’m suprised to read about this app here. I have reported AppAware as spam many times to Twitter. Different peope is Twitter about it thousands of time and all the time with same words: I installed an app with AppAware/ I removed same app with AppAware. Same story each day is so damn annoying, how can this be a serious company?
Yeah, thats exactly what i mean also! I've unfollowed everyone who spams my timeline with this crap! i don't care if they spam her own timelines, but not mine!
It's not a serious company, it's from the ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), AppAware is his project and as he is a PhD candidate it is most likely his graduate work / startup concept.