This Week in Android Apps – 25 Most Popular Android Apps

Each week, I’ll be providing an overview of the Android Apps, bringing you the most popular and notable new applications to the Android Market. At the moment, the Android Market consists of 39,450 Android Applications, which have been used 5,695,170 times.

Below, I’ve identified the current top 25 Applications & Games below, along with a few comparison charts to display the top Apps by category and a comparison of free vs. pay Apps in the top 25 listing. The statistics used in this posting are provided by a fantastic free version tracking application, Atrackdog.

Top 25 Android Applications

25. Opera Mini Beta 5 – FREE (Communication) 4 Stars

Fast web browser that compresses 90% of data before loading pages on your phone. Sync data between your phone and PC.

24. GPS Status 3.0.4 – FREE (Travel) 4.5 Stars

Check your position, GPS accuracy, speed, acceleration and bearing. Mark your location & navigate back to it later.

23. Sogou Input 1.45 – FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars

Chinese input keyboard, which supports English, numeric and simplified Chinese language. Two layouts & supports QWERTY.

22. FxCamera 0.5.5 – FREE (Multimedia) 4.5 Stars

Take pictures & add effects such as ToyCam, Polandroid, Fisheye & more.

21. Documents To Go Main App 2.0 – FREE (Productivity) 4 Stars

Too lets you view Microsoft Word & Excel files and attachments.

20. Advanced Task Killer Free 1.7.0 – FREE (Productivity) 4.5 Stars

Provides the ability to quickly access and kill any applications running in your background.

19. ES File Explorer 1.3.9.11 – FREE (Productivity) 4.5 Stars

This tool is an all-in-one file manager, App manager & task killer, which lets you explore all files on your phone.

18. Advanced Task Manager4.0.1 – $0.99 (Tools) 4.5 Stars

Gives you the ability to terminate apps and services, auto-end apps & services, show memory info, bulk quick-uninstall & more.

17. aQQ 1.2.1 beta – Information not provided

16. Dolphin Browser 2.5.0 – FREE (Communication) 4.5 Stars

Mobile web browser, similar to Firefox. Packed with features such as gestures, multi-touch pinch and zoom, etc.

15. TTS Service Extended 2.1 – FREE (Software Libraries) 4 Stars

Text-to-speech library used by other applications.

14. Backgrounds 2.0.0 – FREE (Entertainment) 4.5 Stars

Instant access to over 10,000 background designs. New backgrounds are added each day.

13. Bluetooth File Transfer 2.60 – FREE (Communication) 4 Stars

Browse, explore & manage files of any Bluetooth ready device, using FTP and OPP. Send and receive files and even send to contacts.

12. UC Browser 7.0.3 – FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars

Chinese mobile browser to edit your blog, surf the net, send & receive emails, download and more. English version coming soon.

11. Meridian Player Noble 0.12.1 – FREE (Multimedia) 4.5 Stars

Video and music player that searches lyrics, subtitles, gestures, ID3, ratings & more.

10. Ringdroid 2.3 – FREE (Multimedia) 4.5 Stars

Create your ringtone by editing any music track in your library or record a new one from your phone.

9. Google Translate 1.1 – FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars

Translate text between more than 50 different languages. Dictionary results, text-to-speech, voice input & much more.

8. Facebook 1.2 – FREE (Social) 3.5 Stars

Share status updates from your home screen, check your news feed, look at your friends’ walls, upload photos, etc.

7. Compass 1.1 – FREE (Tools) 4.5 Stars

Compass with location display & geo-tagged notes. Includes GPS compass, night compass, True North, quick notes & more.

6. Places Directory 1.0.20 – FREE (Travel) 4.5 Stars

Browse nearby places in categories, write reviews, use the mini-map, select favorites, view the photo gallery and more.

5. Google Sky Map 1.3 - FREE (Reference) 4.5 Stars

Star map for your phone. Features constellation, stars, planets and more cool stuff.

4. Handcent SMS 2.9.32 – FREE (Communication) 4.5 Stars

SMS tool with full support of SMS & MMS, customization options, different style options. Send funny greetings and much more.

3. Shazam 1.3 – FREE (Multimedia) 5 Stars

Identify music tracks, store them, buy them and learn more about the artists by their MySpace page.

2. ASTRO 2.2.4 – FREE (Productivity) 4.5 Stars

Manage your files, applications and tasks. You can read zip & tgz files, use the built-in task killer, send files as attachments, etc.

1. Barcode Scanner 3.2 – FREE (Shopping)

Scan barcodes on CDs, books and other products. You can lookup prices and reviews, scan QR Codes and even use Google Shopper.

Any favorite Android Apps in the list? Are you surprised by any of the popular apps above?