Top 5 Free & Premium Android Apps for Social Media Dominance

So you love using your new Android OS smart phone and want to get it loaded up with the very best in social media applications? You’ve come to the right place. The following list of 10 Android apps for social media usage combines the top five free applications with the top five that people have been willing to pay for.

Many of the lists you’ll find on the Internet may claim to be a best of or top # of whatever, but usually those lists are somewhat subjective. If you are a reviewer who only really uses the iPhone, you may be somewhat indifferent to apps that are based on the Android OS.

Likewise, if you are an ardent fan of a specific application then you might tend to want to feature it as one of the best. The challenge is that it may well be only one of YOUR favorites.

Today’s list of top ten apps comes straight from the most popular list of downloads directly from the Android Market. Fair and balanced; impartial but with commentary. Doesn’t really get much better than this.

Most Popular Premium Android Social Apps

1. Tapatalk: In the top 3 social apps in the Android Market, but also in the top 5 in the Apple app store. Surely that many users cannot be wrong about this application which gives access to a number of online forum applications.
2. Plume Premium for Twitter: The premium version, priced at only $2.74 removes the advertising which is included in their free download. Still highly rated at over 4 stars, the premium version is very popular in the Android social arena.
3. Tweetcaster: Another very popular twitter application with over 4 stars, and some unique features recently released. “Zip It” allows you to remove annoying tweets or twitter trends from you time line without requiring you to unfollow the twitter users.
4. Twidroyd: Obviously Twitter is an important social media service, and this Android app is yet another of the most popular paid apps providing you access to your twitter stream. Twidroyd’s unique approach is that as a paid user you get the very latest features before any of the free app users do.
5. Text Message Away Message: You use your email’s auto responder when you are on vacation from work, so why not use a similar technology to automatically send responses to the text messages you get on your Android based phone? Like the idea? This is the app for you.

Most Popular FREE Android Social Apps

1. Facebook: with over 600K reviews, the Android app for accessing your Facebook account is one of the most popular and used applications downloaded from the Android market. If you need to keep up with everything being hurled at your wall, this is your application of choice.
2. Twitter: Developed by the folks at Twitter.com, this Android app is simple, clean and gives you straight forward access to your Twitter stream.
3. MySpace Mobile: Still active with your MySpace account? It’s okay. There must be a lot of you since this app is in the top 5 with over 90K positive reviews.
4. Tango Video Calls: As more Android based phones are manufactured with front facing cameras, the preponderance of video calls is only going to increase. As that happens, look for this app to rise in the rankings.
5. Bump: If you’re one of those handshake-a-phobes, this is most definitely the app you’ll be using more of in the future. By providing phone to nearby phone transferring capability, Bump allows you to share everything from photos and music to Paypal payments.

What are your favorite Android apps? Please share your thoughts in the comments!

This is a guest post by Brian Tanner, a freelance writer for HP which has been making technology products to help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. On their website you can find a variety of products such as scanners or toner.