30 Useful Free And Open Source Android Applications

The Google Play Store has its fair share of open source applications to offer.

The Android app ecosystem is flooded with free applications. But for an open source platform, it would be a shame if it didn't have anything to offer in that arena. Fortunately, that is not the case. The open source world has received a huge boost thanks to Google's Android platform and here are 30 very useful apps that are completely free and open source.

Communication: Communication apps include everything from internet browsers to SSH clients. The Android ecosystem and more specifically, the Google Play Store, consists of a number of free and open source varieties of such applications that you can use on your mobile devices.

1. APG

2. ConnectBot

3. Chromium

4. Firefox for mobile

5. Funambol

6. K-9 Mail

7. Orbot

8. Sipdroid

9. Linphone Video

10. CSipSimple

GAMES: Playing games on mobile phones has always been a big thing amongst consumers. With the arrival of smartphones, the mobile gaming industry underwent a revolution, which has brought out creative and high-end games to mobiles. The open source arena is not behind on this either and has quite a few to offer.

1. Fish Fillets

2. Freeciv

3. Frozen Bubble

4. GLtron

5. Nethack

6. robotfindskitten

7. Simon Tatham's Puzzles

8. Warmux

Miscelleaneous: While these devices may not have been made available under a particular head, they are amongst the most popular and useful Android apps on the Play Store. Some of these open source apps are everyday use applications for us.

1. The Official GitHub Client

2. Todo.txt Touch

3. Prey Anti-theft

4. iFixIt

5. Hacker News Reader

6. My Tracks by Google

7. Wordpress

8. The Official Wikipedia App

9. NewsBlur

10. c:geo

11. Reddit-is-fun

12. Official XBMC Remote