In the limited time I’ve had my Motorola Droid, I have found myself spending a significant amount of time diving into the Android Market and exploring countless Android Apps. Though the Apps are well categorized, the amount of Apps in each category seem to be never-ending. Hopefully today I’ll save you a bit of time. Below, you’ll find 17 of the best Free Android Apps in the Social Networking category. All Apps below have been rated an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars and a minimum of 500 downloads. Descriptions are quoted from the App developer and all information was borrowed from the Android Market.
AnyPost 4.5 Stars, 103 ratings, 5K – 10K downloads
“A full featured Ping.fm client that syncs with your Ping.fm account. Post to sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more with ease. Attach photos or update your current location. You can even view your recent posts including photo thumbnails.”
Babbler Lite 3.5 Stars, 3320 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads
“Babbler is the first full-featured native Android application on Facebook Platform. See/post on walls, comment on posts, share photos and videos straight from your phone.”
Bloo – Facebook Beta 4 Stars, 1591 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads
“Live folder for Bloo friends. Instantly access your friends streams from your Home screen. Photo comments. Photo swiping. Brand new media section. Ability to setup notification refresh time.”
CavtelGPSClient for Twitter 4.5 Stars, 5 ratings, 500 – 1K downloads
“A location aware, Twitter client for sending and receiving Tweets which can include a link to a GPS location. Friends can see where you are just by opening a link to Google Maps in a tweet.”
Facebook for Android 3.5 Stars, 27K+ ratings, 250K+ downloads
“Facebook for Android makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. You can share status updates from your home screen, check out your news feed, look at your friends’ walls and user info, upload photos and share links. 1.1.2 adds the ability to browse your friends profiles and native photo integration.”
iTookThisOnMyPhone 4 Stars, 140 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads
“iTookThisOnMyPhone lets you automatically send photos and videos to an internet gallery where they are stored securely. You can organize albums for private and public viewing; send to websites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Picasa, YouTube, PhotoBucket, WebShots and Shutterfly; and see the photos on a map if GPS is enabled.”
MySpace Mobile 4 Stars, 54K ratings, 250K+ downloads
“If you love MySpace, you’re really going to love MySpace Mobile for Android. Download the free application to stay connected with your friends…anytime, anyplace! Version 1.7: Create shortcuts on your desktop, set photos as Wallpaper, launch embedded URLs, Performance Improvements, Bug fixes.
Pingdroid 3.5 Stars, 347 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads
“Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Brightknight and more! Update all your social networks from your phone using your Ping.fm account. Post status, micoblog and blog messages. Upload pictures. Add geographic location using GPS. URL shortening (tinyurl.com, tcp3.com, tr.im, bit.ly). Full integration with Android Apps.”
Pixelpipe Post & Upload 5 Stars, 212 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads
“Upload Photos and post to Blog & Status services directly from your Android with Pixelpipe Lite & get your content out to your favorite social network, blog and photo sites. Supported services include Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Blogger, Twitter, hi5, Photobucket, TwitPic, TinyPic, yfrog, Evernote, Yahoo Meme, Pixel Pipe.”
Seesmic 4 Stars, 1454 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads
Seesmic now offers the Twitter client you’ve been waiting for! A powerful feature-rich application that’s simple and easy to use. Share photos on Twitter, post videos to YouTube, Search on Twitter and get notifications for new messages!”
Social Network All in One 4 Stars, 32 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads
This includes Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Features multi tabs, smart bookmarks, full screen, switch between different social network sites. Light weight browsing.”
Swift App for Twitter 4 Stars, 2175 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads
“The fastest, leanest, meanest Twitter app. More features per KB than Twidroid or TwitterRide. Messages, Mentions, DM, Searches, Profiles, Notifications, Conversations. Open links in Swift. Photo/Video uploading.
The Snoop 3.5 Stars, 54 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads
A Twitter application with an emphasis on trending topics. Includes a home screen widget. Basic features (before login) – trends, nearby searches, search. Account features (after login) – user search, reply, Retweet, Favorite, Timeline (from widget), Tweet (from widget).
Tweetatorium 4 Stars, 56 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads
This app allows you to tweet your videos to TwitVid and your pictures to TwitPic or TwitGoo.
Twidget Lite (Twitter Widget) 4 Stars, 4360 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads
“A Twitter homescreen widget that keeps you up to date where ever you are. View tweets, reply, favorite, retweet, dm, set your status and upload pics, share web pages and youtube videos.”
Twitget 4 Stars, 19 ratings, 500 – 1K downloads
“Twitget is a widget bar for Twitter. It permits you to just send a tweet with your account without loading a big app which uses all your battery.”
XeekuTweets 3.5 Stars, 327 ratings, 5K – 10K downloads
“XeekuTweets is the most feature complete Twitter client which challenges popular iPhone apps such as Twittie 2.0, Twitterific, etc. It supports virtually all features as other clients yet rendering with speed and elegance.”
While many of the above Apps intrigue me, my favorite current social networking Apps are Facebook for Android, TwiDroid ($4) and Seesmic. Which are your favorite Apps? Did I miss one that belongs in the list above?
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