One of the hardest things to do on your Android phone or tablet is to discover new apps.
With the Play Store at your fingertips, you might think that finding the latest and greatest apps is easy, but Google goes out of its way to ensure that’s not the case.
Google built the Play Store to recommend apps based on sponsorships and its algorithms. It didn’t build it to help you search for new apps.
I love discovering new apps, but I was sick of trawling through the Play Store’s sponsored posts. I’m not the only one; we’ve discussed the enshittification of the Play Store on AP before.
To solve this problem, I gathered a selection of third-party apps and websites that helped me find the best new apps. These, plus some tricks for using the Play Store, are what I use to find and recommend the best Android apps.