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#1

Hey guys so I made an Android app that consists of a collection of useful utilities in one simple easy to use app. Several apps also have several sources to choose from. Here is a small sample of what's available and more coming soon:

Market link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fluffydelusions.appgarden

Abbreviations Conversions: acceleration, area, bandwidth/data type, circular measure, currency, decimal to roman numeral, energy, flow rate, fuel consumption, length/distance, liquid volume, power, pressure, sound, time, temperature, wavelength to RGB, weight/mass Days until Dictionary w/ 3 sources Example word usage Film related: Film information such as cast, cost etc, Rotten tomatoes reviews Discount calculator Mortgage calculator Sales tax calculator Standard calculator Tip calculator Basal metabolic rate Body fat Body Mass Index (BMI) Daily caloric intake Max heart rate One rep max Target heart rate Waist to hip ratio Water intake Fitness related Holiday listings from 6 countries Mapping Music related Ohm's Law Phrases Pastebin Postal code lookup Pronunciations Question and answer Random number Random password Random quote Slang Spelling suggestions Stock quote Stopwatch Syllables Synonyms System stats Timezone information using latitude/longitude or using current GPS position Thesaurus w/ 3 sources Urban dictionary Bit.ly URL shortener Weather using GPS, zipcode, city, alerts Whois lookup Wikipedia Word etymology Word of the day Rhyming words w/ 2 sources.

Let me know what you guys think. Feedback/suggestions welcome :D

#2

Updated with the following:

  • Tweaks
  • Audio recorder added
  • Statusbar note added w/ 70 icons to choose from

Please test and tell me what you think :)

#3

@Plb

Wow, what an impressive list of uses! Congratulations.

#4

rewyllys said: @Plb

Wow, what an impressive list of uses! Congratulations.

Thanks! there is actually more but I didn't add them in. The description page at the market link shows more :D

#5

New update filling user requests

  • Airport codes: search by code or by city
  • More settings added: font size, enable links on results page
  • Countdown timer added
#6

New update just re-enabling support for abbreviations.com dictionary and thesaurus support

#7

New update:

  • Support for favorites
  • Settings>favorites on startup
#8

New update, changelog:

Centigal,Centimeter/square second,Decigal,Decimeter/square second,Dekameter/square second,G-unit,Gal,Galileo,GN,Grav,Hectometer/square second,Mile/hour minute,Mile/hour second,Milligal,Kilometer/hour second

  • Added the following units to conversions>Acceleration:
  • Added conversions>Speed
  • Added conversions>Angles
  • Added conversions>Astronomical
  • Timezone info option added: Search by IP address, city, IATA, UK, US, or CA postal/zip codes
#9

New update, changelog:

  • Added Aonaware to the list of dictionary sources
  • Added Big Huge Thesaurus to the list of thesaurus sources
  • Added a link to the XDA thread under support options. Feel free to post requests/problems here :)
  • Text-to-Speech support added
  • Calculator bug fix where it was not displaying decimals
#10

New update:

  • Reminders/Alarms added
  • QR code scanner
  • Minor tweaks
#11

Updated:

+ Mapping>Country information + Mapping>Current elevation + Mapping>Neighbourhood + Application/Favorites now using a larger font

#12

New update posted:

  • Text Utilities
  • Escape/Unescape URL's, URI's, & XML
  • Encode/decode Base64
  • Adjust cases to/from UPPERCASE, lowercase, sWITCH cASE, Title Case, First letter of sentence
  • Trim leading and trailing spaces
  • Convert String to hex and vice versa
  • Search and replace feature
  • Text statistics which include word count, line numbers, character count, space count, word occurences including percentages.
  • Import plain text files via SD or internal memory
  • Export changes as plain text files
  • Lexical density
  • Display word count based on word length
  • Display unique word count
  • Average word length
  • Characters without spaces
  • Convert binary to string and vice versa
  • File compare - import/compare text files and hilight differences
#13

That's a lot of uses!

Haven't tried your app, but you seem too want feedback. the amount of uses the app has puts me off a bit. I have Smart Tools for my Swiss army knife app, then dedicated apps for anything .more focused. Your app looks like it includes the kitchen sink, which I find some what off putting.

Maybe break into different garden apps?

#14

Yeah, this is extremely ambitious, but I don't see myself using it. Most of these things I can pump into Google or Wolfram without using any menus in between.