The best new Android apps for July 2024

Many new Android apps are out there, but keeping track of them is tough. But we’re happy to do that hard work for you. We’ve scoured the internet to find the best new Android apps available, focusing on apps that offer something different to the status quo. Be sure to visit our list of the best Android apps of all time and our selection of the best new Android apps released in 2023 for more.

Blackmagic Camera

Turn your Samsung or Google Pixel phone into a dedicated video camera.

• Price: Free
• Developer: Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Camera is now available on Android, a year after it first launched on iPhone. The app focuses on providing digital film camera-like manual controls, allowing users to make more fine adjustments when creating video.

There are many reasons to use this app over your phone’s native video recording software. For one, it directly plugs into DaVinci Resolve and Blackmagic’s cloud storage, allowing for quick export and project sharing. It also allows users to change video codecs, tweak the video color space, and provide a more detailed UI with essential parameters.

The app has limitations. For one, it currently only supports Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones. It also lacks a few features found on the iOS version. Nevertheless, it’s free to try.

Inflow

An excellent app for ADHD sufferers looking for online support.

• Price: Free trial / Subscription fee from $47.99 per month or $199.99 per year / Additional fees for other features
• Developer: Get Inflow

My colleague Andrew Grush recently wrote a great feature about an app called Inflow. It’s designed for people with ADHD and effectively teaches its users coping mechanisms for the affliction.

The app includes personal coaching, a thriving community, and a focus on building routines. Coworking sessions help keep users accountable and supported, and there’s also an option for more intensive support through dedicated sessions if required.

I should mention that the app is not free. Users can try it out for 48 hours, after which a steep subscription fee is demanded. Notably, this might not be that burdensome if it indeed helps.

Material Files

A simple, lightweight Material Design file manager for Android.

• Price: Free
• Developer: Hai Zhang

This month’s list includes many older apps I’ve used in the past few weeks, starting with Material Files.

File managers are an integral part of any OS experience. I’ve been using Mixplorer for as long as I can remember on Android, but I switched my gaze to Material Files just as an experiment. I’m now considering adopting it as my dedicated file manager.

Its strength is its simplicity, aided by a clean design and subtle but satisfying animations. It also boasts several nifty features, including the ability to open multiple windows, an option to open files in a terminal app, and large preview thumbnails for images. It also supports SMB servers if you want to access your NAS files.

The app is completely free and available on GitHub and F-Droid. I’ve linked the Google Play Store version below for convenience.

Picture Bird

Identify LBJs and other winged wonders with ease.

• Price: Free / Premium subscription from $2.99 per week, $5.99 per month, or $29.99 per year
• Developer: Next Vision Limited

As its name might suggest, Picture Bird is a bird identification app that works wonders if you’re an amateur ornithologist. Snap a picture of a bird, and the app will provide recommendations of what it could be alongside its call and song for even easier identification. You can also record a bird’s song and use that instead, but I never found this feature reliable enough. I used this app extensively on a recent holiday trip, and it provided reliable results more often than not.

Picture Bird isn’t perfect, though. It has an annoying subscription nag screen whenever it loads (you can bypass this to use the app in free mode), and its UI feels particularly clunky and outdated. You’ll also need a pretty good camera phone to make the most of it, especially if the birds in your area wear similar plumage.

Avia Weather

Get quick access to airport weather, landing conditions, and more.

• Price: Free / Avia Weather Professional subscription from $1.49 per quarter / Modular one-time add-on unlocks from $1.49
• Developer: Remy Webservices

I am an enthusiastic but sometimes nervous flyer, so I habitually check airport conditions before flights. It helps to know which runway we’re landing on and what conditions we might encounter once we get there. Avia Weather has been a mainstay on my phone for a few years and helps me do just that.

The app scrapes METAR data from airports around the world and displays this data in an easily digestible UI. Some metrics only pilots will care about, but there’s plenty for passengers, too. Tap on an airport to view in-depth details, including forecasts, cloud and visibility, and wind direction (also in relation to runways).

The app’s core functionality is free, but some metrics are locked behind one-time payments or subscriptions.

Daily Word

A slick word-a-day app to boost your vocabulary.

• Price: Free / Optional donations from $0.99
• Developer: Pramod SJ

Finally, Daily Word is perhaps the simplest app on this list. As its name suggests, it presents users with a unique daily word. It packs a slick, modern UI, full explanations and use cases for the suggested words, and a list of previously suggested words.

The app hasn’t been updated since mid-2022, but you’d never tell. It still works well. Granted, some of the words it suggests you would’ve likely heard or even used before, but it’s a nifty app that’s well worth including on your device.