Top 25 Paid Android Apps in 2014: Google’s Android mobile OS is now the most popular in the world, and the competition among app developers to get their content on the smartphones of millions of Android users is intense. As we showcased in a previous article on the 10 Most Expensive Android Phones in the World, many of these phones are by no means cheap, and those users are thus eager to fill their phones up with paid apps like the ones featured on this list.
Likewise, not all of these apps are cheap, as we detailed in our list of The 14 Most Expensive Android Apps. While none of those apps made our current list of the top paid Android apps in 2014, there is nonetheless a large market even for apps that can approach $1,000, more than the cost of the average Android phone itself.
Finally, when you’re done reading our current list and find yourself clamoring for more top paid apps, or wish to compare the Android’s collection of top apps to that of Apple’s iOS, then be sure to check out our feature on the Top Paid Apps for Iphone.
Now then, let’s begin the countdown of the top 25 paid Android apps in 2014, beginning with an emulator of a classic video game system. See which one on the next page.
25. SuperGNES (SNES Emulator)
Price: USD 3.99
Average Rating: 4.4
Developer: NEUTRON EMULATION
It is the premier Super Nintendo emulator, developed in such a way that it can deliver the fastest play possible for Android smartphones. Just scan your phone to view your list of installed ROMs and enjoy playing the favorite games of your childhood. It also comes with complete cover art.
24. Ultimate Guitar Tabs & Cords
Price: USD 2.99
Average Rating: 4.6
Developer: Ultimate Guitar USA LLC
Ultimate Guitar Tabs & Chords is one of the top 25 paid android apps in 2014. It is a mobile version of the world’s largest catalog of guitar tabs and chords, with lyrics and is even available offline. You can learn to play your favorite songs on acoustic, electric or bass guitar. It is a must-have app for guitarists of any skill level.
23. Beautiful Widgets Pro
Price: USD 2.71
Average Rating: 4.3
Developer: LEVELUP STUDIO
Beautiful Widgets is the best app for personalizing your home screen with widgets. You can customize your home screen according to your moods and desires with clocks, widgets and weather. You may also view the recent weather and the forecast weather with gorgeous animations.
22. OfficeSuite 7 Pro (PDF&Fonts)
Price: USD 14.99
Average Rating: 4.3
Developer: MOBILE SYSTEMS, INC
This is the best mobile office of today’s times and ranks first also in Google Play’s Business category. It allows the user to view, create, edit, print and share Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the go with great support for PDF files.
21. Camera ZOOM FX
Price: USD 3.00
Average Rating: 4.3
Developer: androidslide
It has been on the Editor’s choice list for a long time now and has the fastest camera on Android. It has the fastest photo mode with stable shot, timer, voice activation and so many other amazing options.
20. HD Widgets
Price: USD 1.99
Average Rating: 4.4
Developer: cloud.tv
Among the top 25 paid android apps in 2014, HD Widgets is the next generation of widgets, amazingly designed for today’s high resolution touch-screens. It includes over 100 beautiful widgets that show current time, current weather, weather forecast, and utility switches.
19. Titanium Backup PRO Key
Price: USD 6.67
Average Rating: 4.8
Developer: Titanium Track
It is the number one voted top root app on Twitter. It requires the Titanium Backup (free) app. This key will turn it into PRO. Amazingly, the very same key can be used on several devices. It has multiple backups per app, 0-click batch restore and backup/restore for SMS, MMS, calls, bookmarks, Wi-Fi etc.
18. Runtastic PRO
Price: USD 5.66
Average Rating: 4.6
Developer: Runtastic
You can take your fitness to a new level with Runtastic PRO. It the best running, fitness and tracking app on Google’s Android. Runtastic PRO uses GPS to map and follow sports and fitness activities, such as running, jogging, biking and walking.
17. Swype Keyboard
Price: USD 3.99
Average Rating: 4.2
Developer: Nuance Communications, Inc
It is one of the most accurate gesture keyboards available. It holds the Guinness World Record for fastest time to Type a Text Message. It has bilingual Support with many more customization options.
16. Modern Combat 4: Zero hour
Price: USD 6.99
Average Rating: 4.4
Developer: Gameloft
It is the number one action FPS game on smartphones. It is about nuclear warfare and survival. Play it to experience the ultimate action FPS with console-quality graphics and sound.
15. Orders & Chaos Online
Price: USD 0.99
Average Rating: 4.3
Developer: Gameloft
Experience the best MMORPG game on Android. Team up with your pals to take on quests, explore the vast fantasy world and achieve heroic success.
14. Plants vs. Zombies ™
Price: USD 1.21
Average Rating: 4.0
Developer: EA Mobile
One of the top tower-defense action games ever, it features zombies with their own special skills, so players need to be quick and plant faster to have a successful strategy and kill them all. It can be considered as a favorite for all ages.
13. CamScanner (License) PDF Creator
Price: USD 0.99
Average Rating: 4.5
Developer: IntSig Information Co. Ltd
This product has the activation code for CamScanner. After just a single purchase, you can upgrade CamScanner Free version to CamScanner Full version which is the world’s No. 1 mobile document scanning and sharing app of today.
12. TuneIn Radio Pro
Price: USD 3.99
Average Rating: 4.3
Developer: TuneIn
Among the top 25 paid android apps in 2014, TuneIn is an awesome one. It is a real radio app where you can discover, follow and listen to what’s most significant to you from the world’s largest collection of sports, news, music and talk radio stations.
11. Bloon TD 5
Price: USD 3.14
Average Rating: 4.6
Developer: Ninja Kiwi
It is the best ever version of the most popular tower defense series in history. Players can build awesome towers, choose favorite upgrades, hire cool new special agents, and much more.
10. Flightradar24 Pro
Price: USD 3.31
Average Rating: 4.4
Developer: Flightradar24 AB
You can turn your phone or tablet into an air traffic radar and actually see planes around the world move in real-time on a great detailed map. You can also point your Android device at a plane in the sky to find out where it’s going and more. Pretty cool, right? So, discover now why millions are already using Flightradar24.
09. Monument Valley
Price: USD 4.08
Average Rating: 4.7
Developer: USTWO
Monument Valley allows players to manipulate impossible architecture and to guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world. It is a weird exploration through fantastical architecture and impossible geometry.
08. Worms 2: Armageddon
Price: USD 4.00
Average Rating: 4.2
Developer: Team 17 Digital Limited
Get ready with your grenades and prepare for battle, as the worms are back, bigger and better than ever in the Worms 2: Armageddon. It is the best-selling turn-based strategy game available on Android.
07. Geometry Dash
Price: USD 2.11
Average Rating: 4.7
Developer: RoboTop Games
Get ready for an almost impossible challenge in the world of Geometry Dash. Challenge your skills to the limit as you jump, fly and flip your way through dangerous passages and spiky obstacles. It is just another great app among the top 25 paid android apps in 2014.
06. Nova Launcher Prime
Price: USD 4.00
Average Rating: 4.8
Developer: TeslaCoil Software
The highly customizable, performance driven, home screen replacement for Android 4.0+ is just great app named Nova Launcher Prime. It unlocks many amazing features in Nova Launcher, which is the basic free version.
05. Quizduel PREMIUM
Price: USD 2.65
Average Rating: 4.6
Developer: FEO MEDIA AB
Liking trivia games will make you love Quizduel, an entertaining game with more than 25,000 questions, and a variety of sounds and animations. You can also challenge your friends or play against any player in the quiz competition.
04. Threema
Price: USD 2.23
Average Rating: 4.4
Developer: Threema GmbH
Threema is a mobile messaging app that cares for security first. With true end-to-end encryption, you can rest assured that only you and the recipient will read your messages.
03. Poweramp Full Version Unlocker
Price: USD 3.99
Average Rating: 4.7
Developer: Max MP
It is the number one paid music player in the Google Play Store for three years running. Poweramp is the most powerful music player available on the Android OS. You will enjoy it for sure.
02. Swiftkey Keyboard
Price: USD 5.01
Average Rating: 4.7
Developer: Swiftkey
Swiftkey is the mind-reading keyboard and also the no.1 best-selling app in 58 Google Play countries. It makes touch screen typing faster, easier and more personalized.
01.Minecraft – Pocket Edition
Price: USD 5.90
Average Rating: 4.5
Developer: Mojang
Here is the number one ranked app on our countdown of the top 25 paid android apps in 2014, and is it any surprise? Minecraft remains one of the most popular games in the world, for any platform, and even at a rather hefty $5.90, is the top selling app of 2014. Minecraft is all about placing blocks to build things and going on adventures. The Pocket Edition features survival and creative modes, as well as multiplayer over a local Wi-Fi network.