10 fun, niche, and weird apps for Android you might never use

We have lists of Android apps for a variety of topics. After all, people use their Android devices for a ton of different things. Many of these applications are quite common, while others are very niche. These niche apps work exceptionally well, but only for the few people who really need them.

Anyone can write a list of weird apps that do nothing. This list pays homage to the wonderful niche apps that work really well if you’ve ever needed them. We can do another volume of apps like these once we come across ten more in our adventures. You can also submit ideas in the comments.

With all that out of the way: here are some fun, niche, and weird apps for Android that are actually pretty good.

See also: Best Android Apps

10 fun and niche Android apps

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Easter Egg Collection on Android

Price: Free

As stated on the tin, this is a collection of all of Android’s Easter Eggs over the years. The app includes all Easter Eggs from Android Gingerbread (the first one) up to Android 11. It’s a fun little app to see what all Easter Eggs looked like and how they worked. That’s basically all this app does. You select the one you want, display it, and that’s it. You will probably only use this app for 15 minutes every few years, but it exists and works well.

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Embiggen

Price: Free

Embiggen is a solid app that also does one thing – you type text and that makes the text bigger. While it might seem unnecessary at first, there are some actual use cases for this app. You can type short messages in loud places and show them to someone near you. The screenshots show that you can use it in a bar and get someone’s attention without stepping towards them. Great niche, right? It works great, however, and does what it says.

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Flying with Gauss

Price: Free

Flying With Gauss is a developer on the Google Play Store with a collection of great, super niche apps. Some of the apps include Xash3D FWGS, Husky for Pleroma, CS16Client, and several others. Most of the apps are engines to run Half-Life or Counter-Strike on your phone with a selection of mods and game modes. The engine and mods work surprisingly well, as long as you provide your own game data. C is very specific, but people seem to really like it when they can find a situation to use it.

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InstaMocks

Price: Free

InstaMocks is a neat little app that can take screenshots and then place them in any phone frame you want. It has 40 devices to choose from and you can work on up to ten screenshots at a time. There’s no point in it unless you’re an app developer, YouTuber, or someone posting on forums. However, the app works and the screenshot editing is quite nice. Still, there’s no real reason it exists for the general public, but it does exist if you ever need it.

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PhotoPills and SunSurveyor

Price: $ 9.99 and $ 7.99, respectively

PhotoPills and SunSurveyor do essentially the same thing. They allow photographers to locate places based on sunset or sunrise. PhotoPills has a sun, moon and milky way planner as well as 2D, augmented reality and 3D mode. SunSurveyor has basically all of the same functionality. Both have a few things that set them apart from each other, but they work wonderfully in case you are planning a photoshoot around a sunset or sunrise.

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RunPee

Price: Free with in-app purchases

RunPee is an app for moviegoers. It tells you the best time to take a pee break while watching a movie. It then tells you what you missed on your return. Obviously, it is designed for watching movies in theaters, as you can just take a break at home. However, RunPee can also tell you if any additional scenes are coming at the end of the movie so you know if you should wait and leave the theater early. The app itself is undergoing a transformation, as the earlier versions definitely needed some work.

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Shark Tracker by Ocearch

Price: Free

Did you know that you can follow the migratory patterns of sharks via an Android app? Turns out you can do just that with this one. Researchers have tagged a group of sharks and the app shows you where they are. It’s only really useful for biologists, but it’s a fun app to play with, and it’s super educational. In fact, there are a lot of apps that track random things. For example, Blitzortung follows love at first sight.

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SpotAngels

Price: Free

SpotAngels is a parking app. It uses crowdsourcing to tell you where to find parking spaces, how much they cost, and other potential barriers to parking. For example, some people use the app to remind them to move their car before a street cleaner appears. You can also book parking offers and pay for certain parking meters. This one is obviously aimed at a specific type of person, but it is useful almost anywhere. You can also contribute if your region does not have enough data.

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Web alert

Price: Free

Web Alert is another type of reminder app. You tell it to monitor a website and it notifies you if the website changes. You can use it for all kinds of things. It can notify you when new articles are posted on a website you like, when a price changes on a product you want, or even when you get a response in a forum. Most sites now have official apps, but it’s cool to know that an app like this exists.

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Win 98 simulator

Price: Free

Have you ever wanted to use Windows 98 for something? This emulator allows you to do just that. It not only starts in a Windows 98 environment, but you can also use many original Windows 98 applications. Tools include old school Internet Explorer, Minesweeper, Solitaire, Windows Media Player, Notepad, and more. It also supports a mouse and keyboard if you need it. We don’t know who would need something like this, but he’s there if you ever want him.

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