There's nothing better than a horrade of apps on your phone when you unlock it, especially when they are the most useful and work flawlessly. Now here we've divided the best apps based on OS for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8. So waste no time and start going through the article.
iOS Apps
Weathertron - $0.99 Download from iTunes.
Weathertron is a live infographic of the entire day’s weather. See exactly what to expect from every hour of the day — clouds, rain, snow, and temps — on one screen. Unlike most apps, it's powered by 16 different weather data sources, statistically aggregated and weighted, so you always have the most accurate results for your location.Quickly tell if you should wear a sweater this morning, or if your softball game will be rained out tonight. Weathertron makes it dead simple to plan your whole day around the weather. Features:
— Unique 24-hour weather visualizations for today and tomorrow
— 7-day forecast visual report and narrative summary
— Weather forecasts for over 15,000 cities around the world
— Advanced aggregated data using 16 different weather models
— Choose between Fahrenheit and Celsius and 12-hour or 24-hour time.
— Unique 24-hour weather visualizations for today and tomorrow
— 7-day forecast visual report and narrative summary
— Weather forecasts for over 15,000 cities around the world
— Advanced aggregated data using 16 different weather models
— Choose between Fahrenheit and Celsius and 12-hour or 24-hour time.
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Buzzfeed - Free Download from iTunes.
BuzzFeed has the news you want now, plus the stories that will be going around Facebook and Twitter tomorrow. You can customize your own feed with only the stuff you want and it's super easy to share your favorite stories on Facebook, Twitter, and more.BuzzFeed is the perfect mix of fun stuff and serious reporting. Get your updates about politics, business and sports, you Celeb news, inspiring stories, and cute animal pictures all in one place. Or, if you want to avoid certain topics, customize your own feed and avoid types of stories you’re not interested in. Features:
• Scan the BuzzFeed homepage or view any section, from Politics to Animals
• Customize your own feed with the sections you want to see more or less of
• Streamlined, image-centric interface and quick slide-out navigation
• Super easy to share stories and now share individual images and videos from within a story. Just tap the image for options!
• Respond with text, image, or use the reaction buttons to add a simple LOL, OMG, WIN, etc.
• Use What’s Hot to see hottest stories of the day.
Filedrop - $0.99 Download from iTunes.
Filedrop is a tiny and cute app for sharing things via wifi. Transfer files and pictures simply. Play remote slideshow.Download PC or Mac version from www.filedropme.com
Summer Sweets - Free Download from iTunes.
Get cooking now on your iPad or with the iPhone app! Access Foodie Recipes on the go, perfect for meal planning and grocery shopping. Foodie Recipes has been featured by the App Store in What’s Hot, New and Noteworthy, and Editor’s Favorites. Seasonally relevant and beautifully designed, Foodie cookbooks are filled with the best recipes from food bloggers and culinary professionals around the world. Each monthly edition presents new recipes curated by Foodie editorial staff to inspire meals for your favorite holidays and occasions.
“Love it… Easy to use, amazing recipes. Highly recommended!”.“Love this app. All these great recipes at your fingertips.”. “This is such an exciting app, looking at all that beautiful food and learning great ideas for snacks and eating healthy and fun. Absolutely love it!”.
“Love it… Easy to use, amazing recipes. Highly recommended!”.“Love this app. All these great recipes at your fingertips.”. “This is such an exciting app, looking at all that beautiful food and learning great ideas for snacks and eating healthy and fun. Absolutely love it!”.
Dwayne Wade Driven - $3.99 Download from iTunes.
Want to ball like Dwyane Wade? Get Driven! Play better, get stronger and reach your goals with the OFFICIAL training app of three-time champion and basketball superstar, Dwyane Wade. D. Wade and Driven Apps take you to the top with video tutorials and customized training programs that will improve your skills, strength, and speed on and off the court.
Features:
* Updates as you complete workouts
* Fitness phases that build on each other as you advance
* Assessments to track and share your progress
* Challenges that allow you to test your skills and take them further
* Easy access to all your workouts, drills, challenges, assessments, and bonus content.
Features:
* Updates as you complete workouts
* Fitness phases that build on each other as you advance
* Assessments to track and share your progress
* Challenges that allow you to test your skills and take them further
* Easy access to all your workouts, drills, challenges, assessments, and bonus content.
Skymotion - Free Download from iTunes.
SkyMotion gives you precise information about the weather where and when you need it most: for your exact location and in real time. Our app lets you know exactly when precipitation will start and end for your exact location. SkyMotion is also the first and only consumer weather app to integrate ground-level observations for maximum accuracy. You can now plan your day with precise knowledge of how weather will impact you, your family or your business.
Features:
• Nowcasts: find out the minute it will rain (US/Canada only – International nowcasts coming soon!)
• Hourly forecasts
• Daily forecasts
• Weekly forecasts
• Severe weather alerts, hurricane alerts and tornado warnings.
Features:
• Nowcasts: find out the minute it will rain (US/Canada only – International nowcasts coming soon!)
• Hourly forecasts
• Daily forecasts
• Weekly forecasts
• Severe weather alerts, hurricane alerts and tornado warnings.
Android Apps
Band Of The Day - Free Download from Google Playstore.
Band of the Day delivers fresh music daily by revealing just one new artist a day, every single day. Love staying in the loop with the best new music, but don’t have the time to do so? We’ve got you covered. Think of us as your go-to music geek friend who always knows the hottest new bands before anyone else. Through expert curation, free music (available worldwide), a stunning user interface, videos, photographs, biographies, and more, we unearth the best new music, from all around the world and across many different genres, to help you discover your new favorite band.Not only can you listen to today’s band, with free full-play songs, you can also explore previously featured bands, similar bands, and easily share your favorite new discoveries to your social networks. Band of the Day is a 100% free service, available worldwide, in the Google Play Store (Android 4.0 devices and higher).
HPI Check - Free Download from Google Playstore.
The HPI Check App will provide you with vital information about the history of any motor vehicle you’re looking to buy. This is the only vehicle history check App that provides actual HPI results.
The app will check:
• Outstanding Finance
• Recorded as Stolen
• Previously Written Off.
The app will check:
• Outstanding Finance
• Recorded as Stolen
• Previously Written Off.
Spendee - Free Download from Google Playstore.
Spendee is an awesome new app for managing your personal finances on the go. It gives you the power of unique data analysis in an adaptable environment that automatically and thoroughly analyzes your income and expenses, giving you intelligent advice on how to make the most of your money.
Features:- Intuitive and easy-to-use
- Adding a new transaction is fast and easy! - create a new transaction in seconds
- Easily editable categories to reflect user preferences
- Truly intelligent notifications for frequent expenses and income
- Snap a photo of your bills or personal notes and add them into the app for easy storage and management
- Beautifully designed interface with convenient infographic option – The design is both beautiful and fun to use
- New data export feature to excel, csv or Google Drive.
Features:- Intuitive and easy-to-use
- Adding a new transaction is fast and easy! - create a new transaction in seconds
- Easily editable categories to reflect user preferences
- Truly intelligent notifications for frequent expenses and income
- Snap a photo of your bills or personal notes and add them into the app for easy storage and management
- Beautifully designed interface with convenient infographic option – The design is both beautiful and fun to use
- New data export feature to excel, csv or Google Drive.
Facebook Messenger - Free Download from Google Playstore.
Instantly reach the people you care about.Messenger is a fast, free and reliable way to stay in touch. It's just like texting, but you don't have to pay for every message (it works with your data plan).
Features:
Features:
- Get to your messages without opening Facebook.
- Chat with groups and make plans on the go.
- Bring messages to life with stickers.
- Send photos privately.
- Keep the conversation going: with chat heads, you can chat while using other apps.
VSCO Cam - Free Download from Google Playstore.
Mobile images have never looked so stunning. Utilizing our innovative processing technology, VSCO Cam yields elegant results, previously unattainable on Android. VSCO Tools allow for fine tuning, with the goal to complement, not define, your photographs. Exposure, Temperature, Contrast, Crop, Rotate, Fade, Vignette and more allow you to define your look.
Snapspeed - Free Download from Google Playstore.
Snapseed is the only photo app you’ll want to use every day. It makes any photograph extraordinary with a fun, high-quality photo experience right at your fingertips.Anyone can enhance, transform, and share their photos with ease using incredibly advanced features from the leader in digital photography software. Built-in Google+ capabilities make it even more powerful to share your images with your friends and family.
Features:
• Auto Correct - Automatically analyzes your photo and adjusts color and exposure to perfection.
• Selective Adjust - Make precise selections and enhancements to specific areas of your photos in seconds with Nik Software’s revolutionary U Point technology.
• Black & White - Get that classic Black and White look with this darkroom-inspired filter.
• Vintage Films - Make any photo look like a vintage color film photo from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s.
• Drama - Add style with a custom effect specifically tailored to your photos, ranging from subtle textures to wildly artistic effects.
Features:
• Auto Correct - Automatically analyzes your photo and adjusts color and exposure to perfection.
• Selective Adjust - Make precise selections and enhancements to specific areas of your photos in seconds with Nik Software’s revolutionary U Point technology.
• Black & White - Get that classic Black and White look with this darkroom-inspired filter.
• Vintage Films - Make any photo look like a vintage color film photo from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s.
• Drama - Add style with a custom effect specifically tailored to your photos, ranging from subtle textures to wildly artistic effects.
Windows Phone 8 Apps
Nokia Smart Cam - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
Requires the Lumia Amber software update. Nokia Smart Camera shoots a sequence of photos, making it easier to capture great moments. Either choose your Best Shot or combine the photos into one picture using these amazing features: Motion Focus – add blur to emphasize motion,Action Shot – add a strobe effect to show action, Remove Moving Objects – remove unwanted objects, Change Faces – choose the best faces for great group shots, Apply an effect right away, or save the sequence to edit it later. When you’re done, share your pictures directly with friends.
Vines - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion. Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see.
Features:
• Free, unlimited uploads
• Instantly post videos on Vine, then share to Twitter and Facebook! .
• Find, follow, and interact with people close to you.
• Explore trending posts, featured hashtags and editor's picks.
• Pin favorite Vine accounts and channels to your home screen.
• Connect to Vine from within camera mode.
• Pin the Vine camera to your home screen and launch with one tap.
Features:
• Free, unlimited uploads
• Instantly post videos on Vine, then share to Twitter and Facebook! .
• Find, follow, and interact with people close to you.
• Explore trending posts, featured hashtags and editor's picks.
• Pin favorite Vine accounts and channels to your home screen.
• Connect to Vine from within camera mode.
• Pin the Vine camera to your home screen and launch with one tap.
Instagram BETA - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
Over 150 million users love Instagram! It's a simple way to capture and share the world's moments on your Windows Phone. Customize your photos with one of several gorgeous and custom built filter effects. Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family. Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Features:
• 100% free custom designed filters: XPro-II, Earlybird, Rise, Amaro, Hudson, Lo-fi, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Nashville, 1977, and others. * Video recording with breathtaking cinematic stabilization.
• Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field.
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare. • Unlimited uploads.
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments. • Full front & back camera support.
• And much much more...
Features:
• 100% free custom designed filters: XPro-II, Earlybird, Rise, Amaro, Hudson, Lo-fi, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Nashville, 1977, and others. * Video recording with breathtaking cinematic stabilization.
• Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field.
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare. • Unlimited uploads.
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments. • Full front & back camera support.
• And much much more...
MapQuest - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
Getting there has never been so easy! With the free MapQuest app for Windows Phone 8, you'll get voice-guided navigation, traffic-aware re-routing, the ability to search for restaurants and other popular places, and so much more! The advanced functionality and modern design will quickly make this one of your favorite apps.
Features:
- Voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation using GPS.
- Traffic-aware feature automatically routes you around traffic jams.
- Navigation instructions displayed in Live Tiles.
- Easily find restaurants, hotels & more with MapQuest's innovative Map Layers feature.
- Options including multi-stop directions and ability to avoid tolls or highways.
- Live traffic conditions updated every 5 minutes.
- Quick access to recent searches and favorite locations.
- Driving or walking directions provide the optimal route for your needs.
- Clean, elegant design makes it easy to get the info you need quickly.
Features:
- Voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation using GPS.
- Traffic-aware feature automatically routes you around traffic jams.
- Navigation instructions displayed in Live Tiles.
- Easily find restaurants, hotels & more with MapQuest's innovative Map Layers feature.
- Options including multi-stop directions and ability to avoid tolls or highways.
- Live traffic conditions updated every 5 minutes.
- Quick access to recent searches and favorite locations.
- Driving or walking directions provide the optimal route for your needs.
- Clean, elegant design makes it easy to get the info you need quickly.
Simple Calendar - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
See more from your calendars at a glance. The Simple Calendar live tile shows up to three appointments, and the month view shows all of the day's appointments underneath. Look at the whole month and still know where you should be in an hour - just double-tap a day to create a new appointment.
Features:
-Easy to use, no setup required.
-App doesn’t send any data to our servers.
-Beautiful and simple design.
-Easily add an appointment by double-tapping on a day in the month view.
-Easily jump to today's date by tapping and holding on the calendar.
-Month view lets you see all the appointments for a particular day.
-Multiple appointments on wide and medium live tiles.
-Option to use transparent background for wide and medium live tiles.
-Option to hide all day appointments on the live tile after a certain time of day (you customize the time you want).
-Option to hide certain calendars.
-Options to customize live tile appearance.
Features:
-Easy to use, no setup required.
-App doesn’t send any data to our servers.
-Beautiful and simple design.
-Easily add an appointment by double-tapping on a day in the month view.
-Easily jump to today's date by tapping and holding on the calendar.
-Month view lets you see all the appointments for a particular day.
-Multiple appointments on wide and medium live tiles.
-Option to use transparent background for wide and medium live tiles.
-Option to hide all day appointments on the live tile after a certain time of day (you customize the time you want).
-Option to hide certain calendars.
-Options to customize live tile appearance.
Camscanner - Free Download from Windows Phone Store.
Turn any Smartphone into a Scanner with CamScanner for Intelligent Document Management. CamScanner is an intelligent document management solution for individuals, small businesses, organizations, governments and schools. It is the perfect fit for those who want to scan, sync, edit, share and manage various contents on all devices.
Features:
You can scan and sync:
* Bill, Invoice, Contract, Tax Roll, Business Card…
* Whiteboard, Memo, Script, Letter…
* Blackboard, Note, PPT, Book, Article…
* Credential, Certificate…
Scan Documents:
* Auto detect and crop scanned images.
* Smart enhance documents with 5 enhance modes.
* Quickly covert to PDF files Manage Documents.
* Easily search texts in document images.
* Add/Edit name, tags and notes to documents.
* Copy, move and marge documents Sync Documents.
* Upload, download and manage documents at www.camscanner.net.
* Access and update documents on smartphone, tablet and web app Share Documents.
* Upload document to SkyDrive and send file link via email.
* Send JPEG images via email.
* Save document image to phone Photos.
Features:
You can scan and sync:
* Bill, Invoice, Contract, Tax Roll, Business Card…
* Whiteboard, Memo, Script, Letter…
* Blackboard, Note, PPT, Book, Article…
* Credential, Certificate…
Scan Documents:
* Auto detect and crop scanned images.
* Smart enhance documents with 5 enhance modes.
* Quickly covert to PDF files Manage Documents.
* Easily search texts in document images.
* Add/Edit name, tags and notes to documents.
* Copy, move and marge documents Sync Documents.
* Upload, download and manage documents at www.camscanner.net.
* Access and update documents on smartphone, tablet and web app Share Documents.
* Upload document to SkyDrive and send file link via email.
* Send JPEG images via email.
* Save document image to phone Photos.
Author : Nadeem Ansari
Designation: Senior Editor
Bio: A gadget freak who can't make a day without his tiny little toys and is constantly trying to keep himself up to date with the latest events in tech history. Loves to read and write articles.
Bio: A gadget freak who can't make a day without his tiny little toys and is constantly trying to keep himself up to date with the latest events in tech history. Loves to read and write articles.
