Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here and the tablet app roundup here.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

Today's roundup is sponsored by HeroCraft's latest game - Musaic Box. Our own Liam Spradlin reviewed this game a few weeks back and found it to be excellent for both lovers of puzzle/hidden object games and music. In HeroCraft's own words:

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Musaic Box is an unusual combination of musical puzzle and a detective quest. Its scenario offers you a riddle: to find the old organ master who has vanished.

Solving various quests and gathering the clues just like in other classic hidden object games you'll find outlines of musical scores for your music box and reveal exclusive puzzles where you have to recreate masterpieces of classical and modern music out of smaller pieces.

Unlike other puzzles, Musaic requires not just logic but a sense of musicality. Correctly composed melodies will lead you to the mystery's revelation and unlock new game mode.

A free Lite and a $1.49 paid versions are available in the Market.

Apps

Clean Widgets is a collection of attractive, stylish, and useful widgets for your home screens. You'll love how it looks on your Android phone or tablet. It contains a digital clock widget (4x2, 2x1), Battery Widget (2x1, 1x1), and 1x1 toggle widgets for WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, Vibrate Mode, Auto-rotate, and Brightness. The large and small clocks can have 12 or 24 hour time, and can be made to launch an app when they're pressed.

Android Police review: [Review] My Sync Center Makes Takes A Light, No-Frills Approach To Slick, Easy File Syncing And Backup

My Sync Center will sync your photos, downloads, ringtones or anything you like to your computer when you connect to your home Wi-Fi. In addition, it can sync your music, videos and any other files back to your device. All of this happens automatically when you connect to your home Wi-Fi- you won't need to do a thing! Only new files or files that have changed will get synced.

This little tool shows some system info such

- CPU Load meter

- Free RAM meter

- CPU Frequency indicator

- 2g/3g Traffic meter

- Battery Status indicator

- Wi-Fi Signal Level

- Current Time indicator

in "always on top" mode (overlay window). Also there is nice realtime graph.

Cool Tool - system stats Developer: deviantstudio
Price: Free
4.1
Download

Caller ID with vibration patterns. Feel who’s calling you. “Vibe” is like Caller ID but with Vibration Patterns. Pick a contact and set a unique vibration pattern – it's that easy. Whether you’re in an office meeting, class, or on a movie date, there’s no need to pull out your phone anymore to see who’s calling because you’ll feel it. If ringtones can be customized to help you recognize a contact, why not let your phone’s vibrations indicate who’s on the other end of the line?

*Requires Tasker (or Locale), Root AND Read/Write permissions on the /system partition*

Have a keyboard that you like for one app but not another? This app is actually a plugin for Tasker or Locale that, when triggered, will set your software keyboard to the selected input method. Essentially, if you have a keyboard you like for sending texts, another for browsing the net and a third for something more complex like ConnectBot, one can setup profiles that detect those apps and change the keyboard to your favorite. Alternatively, one could switch between two keyboards depending on the screen orientation, the time of day, or anything else that Tasker can detect.

Make your Android device kid safe with Famigo Sandbox. This app is perfect for trips to the grocery store, waiting in the doctor’s office, road trips or sitting in a restaurant! Famigo Sandbox makes passing your phone to your kids easy & safe:

- Automatically filters kid safe & fun apps

- Protects your personal information like contacts and email

- Blocks ads and in-app purchases

- Limits internet & social network access

- Keeps your kids entertained with the great the apps they already love!

- Customized kid safe app recommendations based on your child's preferences

Upcoming tasks and to-dos are clearly presented in an effective layout that enables you to better prioritize the stuffs that you need to do. Setting due dates, notes, reminders for your to-do list are all easily accomplished with the minimal number of taps via the quick action menu and the quick task add interface.

Tasks N Todos also allow syncing with Google Tasks. By activating synchronization with Google Tasks, not only can you automatically backup your task & to-do lists to the cloud, your task & to-do lists can also be synchronized between your Android tablet and your Android smartphone. Easily manage your task and to-do lists with an efficient and intuitive user interface that is optimized for both Android smartphones and the latest Android 3.0 Honeycomb and upcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablets.

Complete List of Features

- Full synchronization support with Google Tasks using official Google Tasks API

- Setup task reminder notifications for one-time as well as repeating tasks

- Tasks can be set to repeat automatically with flexible recurrence schedule

- Send urgent tasks to the top of the list with one quick action

- Filter and sort your task and to-do lists in anyway you want

- Drag and drop your task and to-do lists to reorder them any way you like

- Calendar-style date picker with quick date pickers for Today, Tomorrow and Next Week.

- Navigate between task lists easily using swiping gestures.

- Task management made easy with quick action menus

- Even faster access with homescreen widgets with quick shortcuts to add or view tasks

- Backup/restore data to SD card

- Fully optimized for both Android tablets and smartphones

A set of classy clock widgets with a touch of your creativity. Displays the time (including seconds), date, year, battery status, data connection and lots more on your home screen in a lovely manner.

Android Police coverage: Cisco Releases Free Connect Express App, Allows You To Control Your Cisco/Linksys Router From Your Android Device

Available in US only for some reason (thanks, Cisco), but we've got the APK in the comments of the above post.

Home networking just got easier. When connected to your home Wi-Fi, use the Cisco Connect Express App to add devices to your network, manage guest access, and change Wi-Fi and router information. Now Linksys E-Series, X-Series and Valet router users can have their real-time network information at their fingertips from anywhere in the home.

  • Guest access – An easy way for visitors to get online. Give password-protected Internet access to visiting friends and family while keeping your own information private. No need to remember the guest password, it’s in the app. Simply email the password to your guest and they’ll be online in no time.
  • Add devices to your network – Quickly connect your computers, gaming consoles, tablets, and other Wi-Fi enabled devices to your network. You can add them manually, or with Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ if your device supports it.
  • Access Wi-Fi settings – Access your network name and password at anytime from anywhere in your home. If you need your password to add a device manually, quickly access it via your app.
  • Access router features – Keep your router up-to-date. Check for firmware updates and view details about your router, including model name and number, serial number, firmware version, and more. Plus, easily get a new WAN IP address or reboot your router.

This product will only work with a Linksys E-Series, X-Series or Valet home router. To view the full list of supported routers, click here: http://home.cisco.com/mobile/apps/supported

Linksys Connect Developer: Linksys LLC
Price: Free
3.2
Download

Android Police coverage: LBE Privacy Guard V2 Completely Revamped, Brings New Interface And Additional Features

Welcome to use LBE Privacy Guard, the most powerful privacy protection software for Android platform. To LBE Privacy Guard 1.x users:

Due to numerous changes in new version, direct upgrade from 1.x is not supported. You must uninstall Ver 1.x and reinstall Ver 2.x manually. Besides, all your configurations will be lost. LBE Privacy Guard requires a ROOTed phone, please make sure your phone has been unlocked and ROOTed.

With the state-of-the-art API interception technology, LBE Privacy Guard provides great enhancement to Android permission system, now the first time you are able to:

- Protect your privacy by controlling the permission of each application to access your sensitive data.

- Block malicious operation from Mal-wares and Trojans.

- Block unwanted network traffic if you don’t have a unlimited data plan.

- Find out which application is trying to steal your privacy by checking the security log.

If there's one kids' apps developer you should follow, it's definitely Loud Crow.

Loud Crow Interactive and Boynton Moo Media proudly present a terrifically interactive musical version of Sandra Boynton's much-adored board book. In Barnyard Dance irrepressible farm animals join in a rollicking square dance. With this wonderful app, little listeners can move the violin bow to play the cow's fiddle. Now—with a touch or a tap or a pull—you can help the farm animals bounce, twirl, strut, spin, hop, leap, turn and, of course, promenade.

Android Police coverage: [New App] Planning An Outdoor Photo Session? The Photographer's Ephemeris Can Tell You Sun And Moon Direction, Timing, And Temperature

TPE - it's all about the light. The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan outdoor photography shoots. TPE is a map-centric sun and moon calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, be it day or night, for almost anywhere on earth. Ideal for landscape, nature, travel and outdoor photographers, TPE's map-based approach means you can search for any place name on the planet or position the map pin exactly where you want it. Advanced features include: automatic time zone and elevation detection, correction for atmospheric refraction and height above the horizon. You can even determine when the sun or moon will be visible from behind nearby hills and mountains.

- Time and direction of sunrise and sunset

- Time and direction of moonrise and moonset

- Phase of the moon and % illumination

- Times of civil, nautical and astronomical twilight

- Graphical display on a map (Map view and Satellite view)

- Movable map pins - drag and drop the pin exactly where you need it

- Compass display built-in for scouting in the field (on compatible devices)

- Search for locations by place name or enter coordinates directly

- Save any location you want - no fixed lists

- All features available in both portrait and landscape mode

- Does not require network connection for rise/set time, azimuths and sun/moon position

- Automatic time zone detection for any location on earth

- Determines elevation above sea level

- View azimuth and altitude of sun/moon for any time of day/night

- Distance, bearing and elevation angle between any two points

- Find when the sun/moon will appear from behind a hill

- Compensation for atmospheric refraction

- Compensation for elevation above the horizon

Pose is the #1 fashion app for sharing and discovering new styles! It’s easy - snap a picture of your style and share with the world. Just put together an awesome outfit or found a great deal on a pair of shoes? Strike a pose and share your style with both your friends and the Pose fashion community. Use Pose to track the latest trends and find inspiration. Share your poses across social networks, get feedback on your finds, and discover the latest styles.

Turn your Android phone into a powerful training tool with the Garmin Fit app. See your current walking, running or cycling stats at one glance, or review and share them later thanks to automatic uploading to Garmin Connect. It even allows you select the perfect soundtrack for your workout.

Garmin fit provides:

- Current speed

- Distance traveled

- Route traveled

- Calories burned

If your phone is ANT+ enabled, you also can see data from your Garmin fitness sensors. Easily monitor how hard you’re working with a heart rate monitor, train indoors with a foot pod, or receive valuable cycling data with a speed/cadence sensor.

Android Police coverage: GO Dev Teams Releases GO Locker To The Market - A Lockscreen Replacement To Compliment GO Launcher EX

The official custom lockscreen app for GO Launcher users.

1. Cool Locker Screen that makes your phone outstanding

2. Good compatibility with GO Launcher EX and it is stable

3. Easy to use

4. Able to activate phone, SMS and Camera directly

5. Various of Locker Themes to match your style

6. Support customise wallpaper

7. Emergency unlock enabled

Whoops, Halloween is already over, but this was a great Halloween clock - maybe you can pick it up next year.

You've got your Halloween decorations up, the pumpkins are carved, and you're stocked up on candy. The only thing left is your phone. Give your home screen a spooky Halloween look with our Halloween Clock widget.

Lapse It is the best app for capturing amazing time lapse videos with your Android camera, simple, fast and intuitive. Lapse It is the ONLY app in the Market with this render engine, and the only one that really works rendering the videos in the Android proper format, so you can easily watch the videos on your phone and share to the web or other devices. This new version brings more integration with social engines, like Facebook, Youtube, Google +, video trimmer, add special camera effects in the captures ( like Vignette and Camera 360 ), control the zoom and the long time requested auto-focus.

Photobooth is a utility for joining multiple photos together into a single image for easy sharing online. You can import photos from the gallery or capture new pictures directly from the camera to create a custom photostrip in just seconds. You can easily change the layout, order, and output size and share to Twitter, Flickr, Google+, or Facebook in just a few clicks.

Android Police coverage: Ancestry.com Releases Official Beta App, Allows Subscribers To See (But Not Modify) Their Family Tree

This is a pre-release product intended for testing only. The ability to add and edit people, search for people in your tree, and more will be available in the final release. At this time you must be an Ancestry.com subscriber to use this app.

We've seen many keyboards out there, but really, the only reason this one is here is due to a built-in translator mode. Although with Google Translate APIs going from free to paid, I'm not sure how much longer the keyboard will support this feature.

Type faster and smarter with the most advanced keyboard replacement for Android phones. Unique features make it easy to type almost anything in fewer presses than other keyboards.

TypeSmart has all the features you expect in an advanced keyboard replacement, plus many not found anywhere else:

  • Intelligent word-prediction engine means you'll rarely have to type a whole word.
  • Learning dictionary suggests next-word predictions based on your typing history.
  • Advanced real-time spell-checker makes typos nearly impossible, and faulty corrections almost obsolete.
  • All punctuation and symbols are accessible from the main keyboard. Never get lost in a maze of symbol keyboards again.
  • Program custom shortcuts to enter commonly-used words or phrases with just a couple of keystrokes.
  • Undo incorrect spell-corrections with one click.
  • Toggle a top row of number keys with one swipe. Use the full alphanumeric layout to enter addresses and passwords FAST.
  • Go hands-free with Google's powerful speech-to-text engine.
  • Do you communicate in more than one language? Use Locale Profiles to switch language & keyboard instantly.
  • Customize your phone with multiple themes and a wallpaper library, or use any photo on your phone as wallpaper.
  • Built-in translator translates what you type to over 50 languages (powered by Google Translate).

Voxer turns your phone into a Walkie Talkie and allows you to stop wasting time on phone calls and voicemails. Voxer is a Walkie Talkie app for Android and iOS. You can send instant Audio, Text, Photo and Location messages to one or a group of your friends. Your friends can listen to your message while you talk or check it out later.

  • LIVE WALKIE TALKIE - Faster than HeyTell
  • Talk with friends on Android and iPhone devices
  • VOICE, TEXT, PHOTOS and LOCATION
  • GROUP CHATS
  • EVERYTHING is FREE
  • No annoying advertisements
  • Works over WiFi, 3G any other data network
  • Get notifications for new messages
  • Play voice messages faster
  • Connect INSTANTLY with Facebook FRIENDS that are using Voxer
  • Create messages even offline. They will be sent as soon as you reconnect

Why is Voxer better than traditional voice messaging apps such as Hey Tell, Talkbox Voice Messenger, TiKL - Touch to Talk and WhatsApp Messenger? Traditional voice messengers first record your message and only once you are done talking the message is sent. This means that your friends can start listening to your message only once you are done recording it. However, Voxer sends your message as you are recording it and your friends can listen to it as you are talking. Voxer save you time, for free.

What about VoIP applications such as Skype, Viber : Free Calls and Messages and Tango Voice Calls? Lets face it, voice calling is not fun. You never know if you are interrupting your friend while they are doing something important. If they don't answer your call, you have to talk to their voicemail. Also, if you were patient enough to listen to their voicemail greeting and leave them a voicemail, now they have to dial into their voicemail before they can know the reason for your call. There must be a more efficient way to talk to your friends. This is where Voxer comes into play.

Phoenix Mobile has the features you want most:

- Participate in online classroom discussion forums

- Draft and post to discussion threads, and reply to your classmates’ posts

- View, edit and save drafts of your discussion posts

- View message flags, discussion questions and class announcements

- Receive real-time alerts when grades are posted

- Receive real-time alerts when your instructor posts new threads or responds to your messages

The Phoenix Mobile app is complimentary to all University of Phoenix online students with an eCampus login. To learn more about University of Phoenix online programs, visit http://www.phoenix.edu/

SwipeSwitcher is a quick task switcher application.

  • Switch to previous application
  • Launch your favorite application

How to use

  1. Screen edge is touched.
  2. Swipe!! (half of a screen).
  3. Touch up.
  4. Switch to application.

Probably the fastest way to log information on a handheld device. This app lets you keep a digital logbook with button taps. Create a well-formatted log entry in literally two seconds. A plethora of charting options allows you to explore your data.

WHY LOG LIFE?

• Fast: Ditch the tiny keyboard!

• Organized: Avoid sifting through disorganized notes

• Consistent: Log a broad range of data consistently

• Flexible: record quantities, ratings, text notes

• Customizable: record exactly what you want to

• Exportable: Export to well-formatted CSV, or e-mail the log

FEATURED USE CASES:

• Business travelers, log and organize business trip expenses quickly, send your report to a coworker as a simple e-mail message.

• Categorize your professional activities, ditch the bulky log book and create a comprehensive log of your accomplished tasks, modifying as you go.

• Use Tap Log as a Punch Card. Set up a category with subcategories like At Home, At Work, Driving, and create a log entry when you start something new. When you chart the main category, you can see a pie-chart breakdown of how many hours each of your categories was the last category pressed! (great for tracking hours or projects at work, and a nice starting point for Quantified Self beginners)

• Log sporting events in real time (speed logging), set up the app to restart after each log and reach logging rates upwards of 30 entries per minute.

• Create a simple text note in one button press. Create multiple buttons to categorize your text notes into 'Creative Thoughts', 'To Do List', etc.

Hailo is the Black Cab app for LONDON. Use Hailo to get a black cab wherever you are, whenever you want. All it takes is two taps on your smartphone. Pay cash or card, with no charges above the meter.

Volume Rocker is a volume controller that provides a better way to manage volume settings for your touch screen phone. Simple and fast, select one of five preset volume levels with one click. Each volume preset is fully customizable so you can adjust any way you want. Your preset can also be viewed or changed from the task bar so you know what preset you have just by looking at the screen. Enable or disable task bar icons in settings. Also has large selection of colorful and transparent themes for cool appearance.

As seen on reddit.

Winter is here. Remember how annoying it is when you have to use your phone while you are outside with your gloves on? Download this app. Phone rings when your hands are wet? Greasy fingers? Need to make a quick call while you have your mitts on? You need Hand in Glove. Hand in Glove lets you make and receive calls without needing to touch the screen. Just the hardware volume buttons (because they *always* press, no matter what the state of your hands).

Android Police coverage: Google Offers App Lands In The Android Market, Grab Deals And Coupons Straight From Your Phone

Discover, buy and redeem great deals with your Android phone. From food to fun, Google Offers connects you with great deals every day in your city. Discover, buy and redeem Google Offers without the need to print them.

This is one well-done app - check out the video.

Transform your voice with DroidVox and let your voice sound like famous robots! DroidVox is a voice recorder and voice changing app for Android phones using vocoder technology. Use the live mode or record your voice with your phone's built-in microphone to sound like a robot. Choose among 8 different voice models and modify each effect using the X-Y control field for changing pitch and modulation in real-time. Hear your voice transformed in real-time with headphones or through the phone speaker. Or simply record your voice and play back your altered voice instantly.

- 8 voice models: Pitch Shift, Cylon, Dalek, Singing Robot, Vader, HAL, Stephen, Prophet

- X-Y control field for modifying pitch and modulation

- 3 different modes: real-time, parrot and recording

- Real-time mode (with headphones)

- Voice recording

- Save and email your creations as WAV files

- Share your results directly on Facebook or SoundCloud

- Save your transformed voice as ringtone

- Pitch shifter

- Vocoder with real-time FFT spectral analysis

RoboVox Voice Changer Pro Developer: mikrosonic
Price: 1.49
3.9
Download

Salesforce Mobile gives you instant access to your Salesforce information on your mobile device.

Fab.com delivers daily design inspirations and sales of up to 70% off retail. At Fab.com we believe that everyone everywhere can benefit from good design.

If you’re having any problems with setting up or using your Samsung Android smartphone, this application from Samsung provides a handy set of troubleshooting tools. The application will help you to diagnose the fault and fix the issue without the need to contact the Customer Support helpdesk.

toptable is the UK’s #1 restaurant booking service, including thousands of special offers from top restaurants (eg, 50% off food).

  • Find and book restaurants & offers near you
  • Search by name, location or postcode
  • Create, amend and cancel bookings on your phone
  • Store your favourites with one simple click
  • Add bookings to your calendar and share to Facebook, Twitter

Intel Pair & Share app lets you simply and securely send pictures from your Android phone or tablet to your PC to share them on the computer screen, or even on your TV. Your friends can also connect to the same computer with their devices so you can all share at the same time with a tap of a finger. This is your simple connection to great sharing. Just one more way Intel is helping you connect simply and seamlessly with the devices and information that matter most to you. Because when your devices all speak the same language, you can communicate better.

The Intel Pair & Share application software must be installed on both your mobile device as well as your Windows 7 PC. The Intel® Pair & Share application may already be installed on newer computers featuring 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors. If not, you can download the software from: www.intel.com/support/go/ccf/pairshare-download.htm

Feature Details

• Easy. Just tap pictures to share then review them later via easily accessed stored thumbnails

• Fast. Enter a PIN to connect the first time then automatically re-connect later in a few seconds.

• Secure. With an encrypted connection, you control who can connect, see and share.

Live Wallpapers

LWPs from Mariux never disappoint.

RLW is an amazing Live Wallpaper composed of multiple rotating circles, and you can set multiple settings for RLW appearance. Smooth hi-tech animations.

RLW is THE FIRST LIVE WALLPAPERS WITH EXTERNAL THEMES, you can find a lot of themes for this Live Wallpaper on Android Market. Find the theme you like and give your phone a unique look. RLW is designed with OpenGL acceleration and it doesn't impact on your device battery life.

RLW Live Wallpaper Free Developer: Mariux
Price: Free
3.9
Download

Spectrum live wallpaper, beautiful abstract colors with floating particles. Also great for new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich themes.

Spectrum Live Wallpaper Developer: Xllusion
Price: Free
4.1
Download

Live Wallpaper with a Biomechanical Bog, Will-o'-the-Wisps, ACiD Rain, and Mist. A biomechanical tree sits amidst a brooding atmosphere while playful wisps reveal themselves and then hide amongst the mist and rain. The wisps flock to your finger when you touch the screen. For fans of horror, alien technology, swamps, dark atmospheres, and our skull wallpapers. Implemented with OpenGL for efficiency, optimized for Honeycomb Tablets, and A CPU/Battery saving setting is provided.

Biomechanical Bog Free Developer: Adam Ratana
Price: Free
4.4
Download

"More body parts to be added in future updates" - sweet (as long as it doesn't include penises. Ahh, screw it - bonus points for penises).

Fully animated 3D Live Wallpaper of a twisted creature. Turn your device into an abomination of twitching madness. Eyes move and blink. Pupils dilate.

WTF Apps Of The Week

That cow looks real happy there.

Check how fast you can milk the cow! Upload your own pictures and milk it…

This is one bad-ass bunny. Do NOT #$%& with it.

Escape from the forest that had full of hordes of zombies with using Chainsaw. A chemical cloud has laid over our city for months and has turned the humans and animals in to ZOMBIES. The only species left is Chain Saw Bunny and he is out to rid of all the the mutated animals. Start the game by stopping the clock at midnight for a super boost in to the middle of a high speed Zombie attack. After you have collected money you can shop to buy hardware to increase strength, speed, and your jumps.

This app's description is pure lulz - I'm including most of it below. The video is even better. Only in Japan...

Flip apes using Judo skills to gain points distance upgrades to earn high score

ApeFlip is a worldwide ape flipping action game. That involves launching the apes. Go the distance for the longest yards to gain points globally. Competing against others worldwide for the highest score. Using this passion for Judo and your Judo skills, flip other apes to gain points, distance, upgrades, and aim for the highest score.

[Background Story]

On the Planet of the Apes, the apes have evolved to display human-like features and characteristics, but with such viciousness that they destroy everything. In addition, they have a secret...the apes are Judo addicts. Using this passion for Judo and your Judo skills, flip other apes to gain points and aim for the top.

[How to ApeFlip]

Up Grade the apes: Your ape will evolve by climbing up the leaderboard and improving your OpenFeint ranking.

Raise your ape: Every time you flip an ape your ape will grow stronger to gain the ability to throw further.

Easy action: Just flip the ape with accurate timing and precision to gain distance in yards.

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  • the app's launch date has to be no longer than 2 weeks ago
  • it has to be original, ground-breaking, well-reviewed, interesting, fun, etc - the cream of the crop

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