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Organize Apps
With a few more apps installed, soon the question pops up: How to keep a clear overview? The list in the app drawer can grow quite long, and does not necessarily stay lucid. Scrolling up and down multiple times to find the app in question is no fun: How easily you push to strong, and the list flies by with ludicrous speed. Or you don't push enough, and the app below your finger gets started instead. Plastering your home screen with icons is no solution either. So what to do?
On this page you should find some tools to help you out on this topic. The list is far from being complete – but hopefully gives you at least an idea. Or maybe the ideal candidate for you is even contained on it?
App Organizer
2019-06-08
How to organize apps in a way to always easily find the one looking for?
- JINA: App Drawer, Sidebar & Folder Organizer (4.6@2,488) Ǥ 21
/ JINA Apps Organizer (4.5@254) 5 LastUpdate: 2015-04-01 Video Intro 8/2016 - IntelliFolder (4.6@61) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-07-07
- AppFinder - Alternative Drawer (4.4@149) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2017-12-01 - Folder Organizer lite (4.3@9,077) Ǥ 13 / Folder Organizer (4.5@8,366; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 12 Video Review 5/2012 (20min!)
- Application Folder (4.3@7,351) 7 LastUpdate: 2013-02-11
- Smart Shortcuts (4.3@4,529) 7 LastUpdate: 2013-12-26
- Auto App Organizer free (4.3@3,709) 10 / AutoAppOrganizer Full (ticket) (4.6@90; ~EUR 2.50) 0 LastUpdate: 2010-09-08 Video Review 5/2012
- CircleLauncher light (4.2@15,236) Ǥ 7 / CircleLauncher (4.4@4,502; ~EUR 1.00) 6 Video Review 4/2012 (~20 min); Testbericht 6/2012; Review 6/2012; Intro 1/2013; Vorstellung 6/2013
- Draweroid (4.2@1,830) 8 / Draweroid donation key (4.7@79; ~EUR 1.50) 0 LastUpdate: 2016-01-27
- My Drawer - Smart & Organized Place for Your Apps (4.2@959) Ǥ 10
- App Launcher Free (4.2@506) 4 / App Launcher Plus (4.3@121; ~EUR 2.50) 4
- Speed Dial Folder (4.2@324) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
- Categories - App Organizer (4.2@90) Ǥ 8
- Glextor App & Folder Organizer (4.1@2,637) 15 / Glextor App Mgr & Organizer (4.6@672; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 13 Review 2/2014
- Smart Folder - App Organizer (4.1@1,506) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2014-12-07
- Drawers (4.1@651) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-24
- Organized Drawer (4.1@545) 3
- Assistive Drawer (4.1@244) Ǥ 14
- Contextual App Folder (C.A.F.) (4.1@192) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-02-14 Review 6/2017; „intelligent folder“ showing apps fitting your situation
- Apps Organizer (4.1@11) 4
LastUpdate: 2013-11-10 - Smart Drawer - Apps Organizer (4@1,493) Ǥ 22 Review 6/2017
- Auto App Category (3.9@218) Ǥ 7
- Suite Folder Organizer (3.9@27; ~EUR 0.75) 13 LastUpdate: 2015-05-27
- Apps Organizer-Create Folders (3.7@33) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-01-11
- CatApplus - Smart Automatic Apps Folder Organizer (3.5@102) Ǥ 7
Manage Default Apps
2019-06-07
Starting an action, Android sometimes asks you to chose the App to use – and you can tell it to remember your choice. But how to change that at a later time, in an easy and convenient way? The following Apps come to help you out:
- Home Manager (4.4@2,081) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-11-25
- Home Control (4.4@292) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
- Better Open With (4.3@4,055) 0
- Target Home Launcher (4.3@167) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-03-10
- Default App Manager (4@76; ~EUR 1.50) 1
- Set Defaults (3.8@38) 0 LastUpdate: 2016-05-30
- Launch by default (3.5@155) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-07-19
- Launch By Default App Reset (3.5@76) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
- Clear Defaults (3.4@110) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-10-07
- Default App Manager (2.3@58) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2017-03-25
- Alternate App Picker (KK) (0@0)
LastUpdate: 2014-12-19 1-tap „complete-with“ action with checkbox (as it was in ICS) - AlternateAppPicker: ICS-style default app chooser for JB (0@0) Github; 1-tap „complete-with“ action with checkbox (as it was in ICS)
- Doubletap in AppPicker (0@0) double-tap to „use once“ (as introduced with JB 4.2) for JB 4.1
Additional candidates can be found in the section Manage Default Apps.
Remove apps
2019-06-07
How to get rid of them again? Apart from on-board methods, there are some nice helpers available:
- Easy Uninstaller App Uninstall (4.5@161,019) Ǥ 11 Review 7/2015
- Uninstaller (4.5@69,123) 2 / Uninstaller Pro (4.5@198; ~EUR 1.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2017-09-26 Vorstellung 5/2013
- App Master(Uninstall Master) (4.5@30,064) Ǥ 17 LastUpdate: 2015-07-28 with recycle-bin to re-install from
- Uninstaller - Uninstall App (4.5@10,412) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-09-03
- AppRemover (4.5@5,993) Ǥ 5
- Easy Uninstaller (4.5@3,431) Ǥ 7
- Uninstaller (4.5@867) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25
- Multi Uninstaller (4.5@692) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-06-28
- Uninstall Perfect Uninstaller (4.4@31,008) 3 Test 1/2017
- Revo Uninstaller Mobile (4.2@2,777) Ǥ 11
- Uninstaller Multiple (Batch) (4@283) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2014-05-15
- Batch Uninstaller (3.6@14) 0 Github
Remove pre-installed Apps
2019-06-09
Starting with Android 4.0, the user finally can de-activate most unwanted apps (Settings → Apps → All, tap the unwanted app's entry, select "uninstall updates" (if available), select "deactivate") – but to really get rid of them, it still requires root (except you uninstall them per user):
- Titanium Backup ★ root needed (4.6@370,104) 21 / Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root needed (4.7@71,768; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 2 Video Review 2/2013; Testbericht 1/2014 | 5/2016; Howto EN 11/2013 | DE 11/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014 | 3/2014; Video Tutorial 1/2014 (DE) | 9/2018 (EN)
- App Freezer No Root (4.4@15,192) 4
- Root Uninstaller (4.4@4,462) Ǥ 5
- SystemCleanup (4.4@3,693) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-06-14
- ROM Toolbox Lite (4.3@59,924) Ǥ 27 / ROM Toolbox Pro (4.6@25,641; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 26 ausführliche Vorstellung 4/2012; Testbericht 5/2012; Video Review 10/2013
- System application manager (4.2@1,170) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-05-12
- System App Freezer & Remover (4.2@57; ~EUR 1.50) 4 LastUpdate: 2012-02-15
- Uninstall Expert (4.1@3,160) 6
- Multi APK Manager (4.1@46) Ǥ 8
- [Root] App Disabler (4@431) 0 LastUpdate: 2016-11-15
- Root Uninstaller (3.9@38,503) 7 / Root Uninstaller Pro (4.2@1,617; ~EUR 2.50) 7 Video Review 10/2013
- NoBloat Free (3.9@3,633) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-26 / NoBloat (4.3@524; ~EUR 1.50) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-26
- Bloatware Remover FREE [Root] (3.9@1,238) Ǥ 15 / Bloatware Remover VIP [Clean bloat] - 50% OFF (3.9@20; ~EUR 12.00) 13
- 2 Hide Apps (hide system apps) (3.6@2,662) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2015-07-25
- Disable Bloatware - Hide Apps (3.3@1,197) 4 LastUpdate: 2013-12-25
- App Mount (0@0) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-02-26 Github; (temporarily) disable (aka "unmount") apps you don't like on Android, without root
Move apps to your SD card (and back)
2019-06-12
- App2SD Pro: All in One Tool [ROOT] (4.3@27,154) Ǥ 17 / App2SD PRO: All in One Tool [25% OFF] (4.7@3,408; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 17 Link apps, Dalvik & more 2 SD
- DS Super App2SD Lite (4.3@22) 11 LastUpdate: 2014-07-05
- AppMgr III (App 2 SD, Hide and Freeze apps) (4.2@459,315) Ǥ 17 Test 3/2014
- Link2SD (4.2@341,182) Ǥ 11 / Link2SD Plus (New) (4.1@14,061; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 1 LastUpdate: 2015-01-02 Video Demo 11/2012; Tutorial 1/2014 (EN) | 7/2017 (EN); Howto 8/2014; Vorstellung 10/2014; Video Howto 4/2015
- Move app to SD card (4@346,704) Ǥ 12
- APP2SD Easy - Clean & Optimize (4@65,548) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-01-15
- App2SD &App Manager-Save Space (3.9@35,778) Ǥ 11
- App Manager -Move 2 SD (3.9@3,374) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-08-10 / App Manager (Pro) (4.3@96; ~EUR 1.75) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-03-10
- App2sd - AppMgr (3.8@762) 9 / App2sd Card- move App2sd (3.9@260) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-07-04
- Auto App2SD : App Manager (3.7@4,717) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-03-02
Other app helpers
2019-06-09
- StayFree - Phone Usage Tracker & Overuse Reminder (4.6@14,908) Ǥ 9 app stats: how much time did you spend in which app?
- ML Manager: APK Extractor (4.6@1,766) Ǥ 4 Intro 5/2015; Github
- AppList (4.3@40) 1 LastUpdate: 2014-11-19 Kurzvorstellung 6/2015; Github
- AppMgr III (App 2 SD, Hide and Freeze apps) (4.2@459,315) Ǥ 17 Test 3/2014
- FolderMount [ROOT] (4.1@34,504) Ǥ 9 Vorstellung 7/2013; Video Review 9/2013; Video Tutorial 8/2014; Tutorial 5/2014
- QualityTime - My Digital Diet (4.1@14,457) Ǥ 19 Vorstellung 1/2015 | 1/2015; Video Promo 1/2015; Intro 1/2015 | 5/2015; Review 2/2015
- Phone Analyzer (4.1@257) Ǥ 18 App manager, app statistics
- Aplin (4.1@86) Ǥ 4 Github; app manager
- App Usage Logger (4.1@20) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-08-25 what apps you use, when, and how much time you spend using them
- OFFTIME - Distraction Free (4@15,806) Ǥ 36 LastUpdate: 2017-04-25 Vorstellung 10/2014; Intro 10/2014; Study 10/2014; Test 11/2014
- /system/app mover ★ ROOT ★ (4@8,588) 1 Github
- App Usage Tracker (4@1,053) 5
- Manage Applications-Share Apps (4@76) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
- ManageApps (App Manager) (3.9@7,853) 9 LastUpdate: 2016-11-13 / ManageApps Pro (App Manager) (4.2@146; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2015-07-26
- [ROOT] Directory Bind© (3.3@1,132) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-07-20 Video Tutorial 05/2013 (EN)
- OpenAPK (0@0) 3 Github
- xSuite (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-05-17 change names & icons of your apps
Postscriptum: Some Launchers have some of those functionalities integrated already (e.g. GOLauncher with app folders in its drawer). Or you might even be content with the app folders on the home screen itself, which were introduced with Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich?
Further Readings:
- App Organizer
- Five best Android app organizers recommended for you (11/2013 - 7/2015)
- App Remover
- How to delete preinstalled apps on Android (6/2019)
- How to remove unwanted apps from your Android phone (2/2017)
- Windows/OS X: Debloater Blocks, Disables, or Removes Bloatware on Android
So könnt Ihr vorinstallierte Apps löschen und deinstallieren (10/2015) - How to completely uninstall an app on Android Lollipop? (12/2014)
- How to Remove Bloatware or Unwanted Apps from Your Android Smartphone (2/2014)
- 13 Best Android Uninstaller to Remove Sticky Apps (10/2013)
- Top 5 Uninstallers for Android (6/2013)
- Bloatware removal - Dummies Guide (6/2013)
- How To Remove Bloatware From Your Android Device (5/2013)
- Miscellaneous
2019-06-12