10 Android Apps Every Blogger Should Have
1. WordPress
WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular blogging platform on the Internet. This app, made compatible with self-hosted WordPress blogs as well as blogs hosted on WordPress.com, allows you to perform many essential tasks such as creating, editing and publishing blog posts, moderating comments, checking on analytics data as well as publishing photos or videos taken with the camera on your mobile phone.
2. Blogger
Blogger is another popular platform that many personal bloggers use. If you have a blog on Blogger, then you should definitely give this app a try. However, the functionality of this app is still very limited as compared to the WordPress app, which is surprising as Google itself is behind this official app of their blogging service.
Many bloggers prefer to maintain a Tumblr blog, also known as a microblog, rather than a full blown blog. This is because posting short blurbs of interesting content such as quotes, videos and photos are less taxing. This app, made for Tumblr bloggers, has useful features for posting content, scheduling posts, viewing and replying to messages, and you can even manage multiple Tumblr blogs with the app. It will also show you Tumblr blogs of Contacts in your address book, so you can start following them.
4. Writer
Blogging and getting things done using your smartphone is not easy, especially when there are so many distractions on the screen itself. Apps and incoming notifications are the most common productivity killers. Writer is a stripped-down word processor that aims to solve this problem by providing a distraction-free writing environment within your smartphone or tablet so that you can focus solely on creating text content with peace of mind.
5. Google Drive
Google Drive allows bloggers to store all kinds of documents including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, images, audio, videos and many others in the Cloud. Apart from just storing them, the app will sync these documents across multiple devices linked to your Google account. Once synchronized, bloggers can access their files wherever they are. If you have a blog post that is halfway done on your laptop, you can continue to work on it using your phone while commuting to work.
6. Dictionary.com
Not sure about the exact meaning of a word that you are going to put into your blog post? Eager to find an alternative word to use in your post? Want to know the meaning of a word or phrase used in comments posted by your readers? Well, Dictionary.com is the solution for all the above problems. The app is especially useful for bloggers that don’t speak English natively and the ad-free version only costs $2.99.
7. SwiftKey Keyboard
This is a dream-come-true app for those who are tired of typos and the small keyboard buttons on your tablets or smartphones. SwiftKey Keyboard does not only auto-correct your typos, it also offers word predictions based on your past typing activities. You can even personalize the word predictions by asking the keyboard to learn your choice of words on Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and blog posts.
8. Photo Editor
With a smartphone, we can snap photos on-the-go and attach them to our blog posts either immediately or in the near future. From time to time, we might need to do some minor touch-ups on the photos that we’ve taken and this is where Photo Editor comes in. With this app, you can crop, edit, and resize your photos as well as add effects, texts and drawings onto them.
9. Disqus
Many bloggers are integrating the Disqus commenting system onto their blogs because of the community features that bring blog commenters back and keep them engaged. With the Disqus Android app, you can moderate your comments, publish responses to comments that you receive and keep the engagement levels high despite being away from your computer.
10. Flipboard
Flipboard only launched its Android app recently. The app allows users to browse through their Facebook, Twitter and Google+ streams, as well as Google Reader feeds in a beautiful flipping manner. It also consolidates and curates a stream of important stories for those who are too busy to go through everything. As a blogger, using this app and browsing through interesting news content daily will give you fresh ideas on what to write about in your next blog post.









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