Following on from Part 1, I am still looking for trustworthy sites to refer to when trying to decide on whether to install a new app on your Android tablet.
According to the the Lifehacker article referred to in Part 1, their recommendation was Android Police, so I toddled over for a look-see.
1. http://www.androidpolice.com Organisation 2/5 Content 3/5 Timeliness 5/5 |
This site bills itself as Looking after all things Android. It is not a dedicated app review site, as it covers lots of hardware and device topics. It has both Reviews and Apps/Games as top level menu items, but the only the first item in Reviews was an app review. If you go to the Apps/Games page, there is a mixture of both news and reviews. Having scrolled through these entries, I found a few actual reviews to look at and these seemed too short and uninformative for my tastes. Still not good enough for regular use. So I looked a bit further. |
Here are two I found myself that I think are better value than AndroidPolice.
2. http://www.androidcentral.com Organisation 3.5/5 Content 4/5 Timeliness 4/5 |
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3. http://www.androidguys.com Organisation 4/5 Content 3/5 Timeliness 5/5 |
![]() The list of reviews feature large screen grabs – too large in my opinion as this makes skimming more difficult. The reviews themselves are quite short and not particularly insightful IMHO. They describe the content but give no real critical insight e.g.any problems or incompatibility issues you might come across, whether the app is a battery drainer or requires very intrusive permissions. No observations on the interface. You get the idea. |