13 best Fire TV Stick and Firestick apps

13 best Fire TV Stick and Firestick apps.

The Fire TV Stick is packed with great features such as 4K streaming, Alexa support, and native Android app support. The app store on the Fire TV Stick does not pay enough attention to apps and makes it difficult to find new apps. That doesn’t mean you can’t get great apps on your Fire TV Stick, I did the hard work for you and came up with some of the best apps for Firestick. Let’s start.

1. Easy fire tools

There are many Android apps that are not on the Amazon store. With Easy Fire Tools, you can easily download apps to your Fire TV Stick from your Android smartphone with a single tap.

Before you can download apps to your device, the app has several requirements. Make sure your Android smartphone and Firestick are on the same Wi-Fi network. Next, you need to enable USB debugging on your Fire TV Stick by going to My Fire TV> Developer Options> Enable ADB Debugging. After that, install Easy-Fire Tools (link below) on your Android smartphone. Then establish a connection between the Firestick and the Easy-Fire tool app by clicking on the plus icon in the upper right corner. You will see a small pop-up window on Firestick asking for permission, select “Yes”. That’s all. Now you can easily download apps from your Android smartphone to Firestick.

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Install Easy Fire Tools (Free)

3. Aptoide Tv

Next on the list is Aptoide TV, a replacement for the default app store. Even though you can download unpublished apps from Easy Fire Tools, a good App Store is essential as downloaded unpublished apps are not automatically updated.

Aptoide TV is specially designed for the big screen and offers most of the apps you find in the Play Store. To download an app, simply browse the category or find the app you want. Once you find it, just tap on it and it will start downloading the app as an APK. What makes Aptoide TV unique is the ability to automatically update apps.

While it offers similar features to the Play Store, Aptoide has some illegal and malicious apps. So be careful when downloading unknown apps while exploring apps.

Install Aptoide TV

4. Switch mouse for Fire TV

Moving on to switching the mouse for the Fire TV Stick. This app lets you control your Fire TV Stick with your mouse. Why do we need a mouse switch? While the Fire TV remote works and allows you to open the app, it cannot navigate the app interface.

The mouse switch enables the mouse service, and you can use the cursor to navigate through applications. It shows a circular cursor whenever you press the play button twice. Once you see the cursor on the screen, just move around the screen with the navigation keys and you’re done.

This app comes in handy for most apps that don’t have an interface built directly for the Fire TV Stick. You can get this app for free from the Play Store.

Set mouse switch

5. Smart DNS Proxy

Just like your desktops and smartphones, Firestick also supports a VPN app.

Although the app works like a regular VPN, the UI is a bit stretched out as it targets smartphones and not Fire TV. Once you launch it, you can use the mouse switch app or connect your mouse (Firestick cable with OTG support) to select your country and press the connect button. Once connected, you can access all geo-restricted content.

Smart DNS Proxy is best for you if you use apps that are not available in your country like Pandora, the European Netflix directory, etc. Smart DNS Proxy costs $ 5 per month.

Install Smart DNS Proxy

6. HayStack TV

Next, Haystack TV is the news app for your Fire TV. When streaming services took over television, people cut wires and lost access to the daily news channels.

Haystack TV asks for your interest and invites you to follow channels that match your interests. It allows you to choose channels and even genres that you like, resulting in a clean and informative news feed on your TV.

This app has a long list of news sources, from mainstream news sources like CNN, Sky News to news videos by genre like Fun and Games, you can get it all here. The app is free on the Play Store and you see a few advertisements here and there, but nothing to be annoying.

Install HayStack TV

7. Radio settings

TuneIn is a popular radio service offering customized radio stations, podcasts, music, and more. With TuneIn Radio, you can also listen to live radio as well as podcasts such as NFL podcasts.

This app allows you to add radio stations and songs that you like to your favorites. It also supports background playback, so you can keep watching movies while listening to your favorite music or podcast.

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TuneIn Radio is for people who regularly watch podcasts and want the same experience on their Fire TV Stick. The TuneIn app is free to download and use, and it also offers a paid subscription that costs around $ 10 a month.

Install TuneIn Radio

8. AirScreen

Air screen one is my favorite app on the list. The second-generation Firestick has screen mirroring (although it is quite glitchy), but the latest version of the Fire TV Stick 4k does not have screen mirroring at all. Fortunately, you can still display the screen on both the old and new Firestick using AirScreen.

AirScreen works with DLNA-compatible devices and supports Miracast and AirPlay. This means that you can not only cast your Android screen to Firestick but also support Windows, macOS, and iPhone. You just need to connect the devices to the same network, launch the app on the Fire TV Stick, and connect the device to your TV. It is so simple.

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AirPlay is best for you if you want to stream content from your laptop using Google Cast, AirPlay, or Miracast. AirScreen is free to download from the Play Store.

Install AirScreen

9. Spotify

You probably already know about the next app on the list, Spotify. You can also use Spotify on your Fire Tv Stick.

Download the app from the Aptoide TV app or download it using the Easy Fire Tools app. The app works well on FireStick and is optimized for TV placement. You can browse various playlists, albums and playlists and listen to your favorite tracks.

If you want a music streaming app, Spotify is a great choice. It can be downloaded for free from the Play Store and a subscription costs $ 10 per month.

Install Spotify

10. Blix

Then we have Plex, it allows you to access your local storage on a computer with a Fire Tv Stick. You can use it to stream movies, music, pictures, and more to your TV.

Install Plex on your Fire TV Stick and on your Windows or Mac computer and set up a server on your computer. Open the app and you will see all the latest audio and video files on your computer. Click on any video, hit the play button and you’re done. Also, make sure both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network.

The app is free and you can get it from the Play Store, it offers in-app purchases for additional features and has ads.

Install Plex

11. Recommendation

Rec is a popular screen recorder app for Android. And, surprisingly, it works with Firestick too.

Since it was originally built for smartphones, it has no way to access its interface, but switching the mouse allows you to control it. You can use it to navigate the app and start recording. You can adjust the following parameters: size, bit rate, duration and sound. With this application, it can record up to one hour, which will be enough for most of the shows you will be recording with it.

To access your recordings, use the ES File Explorer app to access the file and share it with other devices. This is best for recording your favorite shows on your Fire TV Stick. You won’t be able to record DRM protected content like Netflix if you think about it.

Set Record

12. CetusPlay

Finally, the last app on the list is CetusPlay. It is a universal remote app for Android TV, Chrome Cast, Kodi, Fire TV Stick, and more. Unlike the official Firestick remote app, CetusPlay offers many advanced features like casting pictures, videos, movies, etc. with little or no delays. Like Easy Fire Tools, you can download apps from this app to your Fire TV Stick. You can also stream long URLs to the Fire Stick using the app.

With this app, you can not only use your phone keyboard on your TV, but also take screenshots of your TV screen. Not only that, you can use the built-in Dpad, Touchpad, Mouse, Numpad and Gamepad on the remote device. All of these features make it a truly versatile app that will replace most of the apps you currently use. CetusPlay is free on the Play Store and contains ads, and you can get rid of ads permanently by paying a lump sum of $ 5.

Install CetusPlay

13. Exact size

As much as I love the Firestick, I still envy Roku’s private listening features, where you can simply plug your headphones into the remote and route audio through the headphones. While you can connect Bluetooth headphones to the Firestick, you can’t control the volume if your headphones don’t have a volume rocker (AirPods). Precise Volume eliminates this problem and gives you the ability to adjust the volume coming from the Firestick. To be honest, getting this app to work is a bit tricky, and here is a detailed guide on how to upload unpublished apps to Firestick. The app is free in the Play Store. and works great.

Read: How to Pair Airpods with Amazon Fire Stick and Control Its Volume

Set exact volume

Best Firestick Apps

This was my pick of the best FireStick apps for the Fire TV Stick. All of these apps weren’t necessarily designed with Fire TV in mind, but they work surprisingly well with it. Rec lets you record your screen, Plex lets you access media from your computer. You can use most of the mouse switching apps and most importantly Aptoide TV and Easy Fire Tools, you can install all the great apps with these two apps. Let us know if you have any other apps that you are suing with the Fire TV Stick.