Android Rookies: 10 new apps worth checking out this week | Android and Me

New apps need lovin’ too, right? Every day there are thousands of new entries on the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.

Dolphin Jetpack

Pitch: Get Dolphin Jetpack – the fastest and free mobile browser with the deadly combination of Dolphin Browser and Dolphin Engine. Dolphin Jetpack uses Dolphin’s very own HTML5 rendering engine that powers Dolphin for the best HTML5 web game and web app experiences.

Zagat

Pitch: Find the perfect restaurant. Be a critic. Now 100% free and re-built from the ground up. Browse over 30,000 restaurants in the world’s top dining destinations. Concise ratings and reviews you can trust.

MyTrails

Pitch: Snappiest offline topo maps. Plan-track-analyze-share your outdoor adventures. Know exactly which direction you are going. Uncluttered map area, with unobtrusive controls and a traditional scale with track duration and distance. Hardware-accelerated map drawing allows smooth and snappy display even with tens of thousands of track points.

KIDO’Z Play Mode

Pitch: The ultimate App for kids! KIDO’Z turns Phones, Tablets & PCs into kids’ friendly devices for playing and learning with the latest and greatest kids’ Apps, Videos and online content delivered directly to your child.

Sketch Guru

Pitch: SketchGuru is a professional app to make you an artist by creating pencil sketch of your photos. Pick a picture from your gallery or capture one from your camera to generate the sketch.

TunnelBear VPN

Pitch: Rawwr! VPN made simple with TunnelBear! Indigenous to the internet, TunnelBear provides safe-passage and privacy for Android tablets and phones to experience the internet from other countries. A free TunnelBear gives you a hearty amount of free “tunneling” each and every month. Upgrade your bear and receive unlimited tunneling and even stronger “bear-grade” encryption.

Morning Bird Alarm Clock

Pitch: Morning Bird Alarm Clock – The Only Natural Way to Wake Up. Do you like nature especially birds? Do you have problem waking up in the morning? Do normal alarm clock appear very boring to you? If your answers to the above questions are yes, you have found the right app.

Lemon Wallet

Pitch: Your smarter wallet. Lemon Wallet allows you to store a digital copy of all of your cards—ID, insurance, loyalty and payment cards—so you can access them whenever you need. Take a picture of everything in your wallet, and let Lemon create a digital version.

GameShelf

Pitch: Launch your emulated games – in style! GameShelf is an app for cataloging your ROM collection, with a sleek Holo interface. Instantly launch your favorite old games. GameShelf is not an emulator. Launch your favorite games for the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Gameboy (Color and Advanced), and SEGA Genesis.

Ovo Timer

Pitch: Ovo is a nifty timer that never lets you down. Boil the perfect egg; brush your teeth for two minutes and not a second more; have an exact ten-minute run. Live your life with the precision of a Samurai.

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