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by: ExBlue Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 7:06am  
Not sure if we have had a post about this, before, but so many times, I hear about apps that are available and I never knew they were out there! Of course, I love a free app, provided you are not inundated with ads, but I am also not so cheap that if I like an app, I will be more than happy to pay a buck or two or three, to enjoy it ad free.
 
So I am thinking we should probably specify Droid or iPhone, purpose of the app (discounts, organization, etc.) and what you like/don't like about it.
 
I have a Droid. Here are some of my favorites:
 
Textra - texting app. I think I got 1 month free, with advertisements, but after the month I purchased it for a couple of bucks (it's a one time purchase). I love the layout, the fact that you can "pin" a frequent texter to the top of your list, sharing photos is easy, as well as GIFs, scheduled texts (type now, and send the next day, a couple of hours from now, etc.), and my favorite part, audio texts, for those times when you want to send someone a voice text, when words just won't do.
 
SwiftKey - FREE keyboard app. I just switched over to this not too long ago. It really does have the best predictive text I have ever seen. It's a fairly clean app. What I don't like is their symbols selection might be just a little bit smaller than some of the other apps.
 
Nova Launcher - desktop control. I first used the free app and it was better than adequate. A couple of months ago, they had a special with a $0.99 one time download so I grabbed that. I love having control of how my desktop looks, and with the addition of adding locks on apps that don't normally come with that option (this is in addition to your home screen lock), it adds extra security to your bank apps, etc.
 
Copy Me That - this is a FREE app, and I just downloaded it this week. It can keep and organize recipes for you and help you organize your grocery list. You can even organize your grocery list by category, or by store layout. You can tag your recipes and don't ask me how it does it, but if you have a recipe that you got from a blog, it somehow ignores the background story associated with what inspired the blogger's recipe, how their Aunt Suzy will eat three helpings, etc, and you just get the recipe and ingredients, plus it gives you options on the photo to use for the recipe, taken from the page where you obtained the recipe.
 
MyFitnessPal - I have the FREE version. It is obviously a fitness, calorie tracker app. It keeps you honest, you can scan barcodes when adding foods to your calorie counter, and it seems to have an endless list of food items, but if you run across one that's not in there, you can add it easily enough. It will tell you if you have had too many carbs, sugar or fat for the day, based on your weight loss goals, and super user friendly.
 
Prisma - FREE app that takes photos and transforms them in various ways, based on what type of photo result you want, such as abstract, cartoon, and it allows you to set the saturation for each type of photo transformation that you choose. I will give you and example. Here is a photo I used the "surf" transformation on, and I will post the actual photo in a subsequent post.
 
 
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ExBlue Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 7:08am  
Here is the original photo:
 
 
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 8:08am  
Android (Pixel)Waze (GPS app)BeFunky (photo app)FillUp (tracks gas usage)FaceBookInstagramPocket (store web pages for later)CookPad (recipes)KeePassDroid2 (password manager)Care4Today (medication Reminder)Mostly used. most of them daily. 4951
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ExBlue Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 10:30am  
@FoFa
 
So if I do Pocket, I don't have to keep 15 browsers open to a page I want to read later, and I don't have to save everything as a favorite? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 11:04am  
FoFa
 
So if I do Pocket, I don't have to keep 15 browsers open to a page I want to read later, and I don't have to save everything as a favorite?

@ExBlue:
 
 
BasicallyI save to pocket (from my phone, or PC's (work and home) to read something later.Sometimes if it is a fancy page, you have to use the VIEW IN WEB (or something like that), but yea.Is it perfect, no, but pretty good overall.And free. 4951
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Fallon Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 11:11am  
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 11:32am  
I don't even know how people function without a Waze App.Best thing ever.
 
@Fallon: I love Waze. Unless I'm going just a few blocks, I almost always turn it on to get an ETA.
 
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~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 11:49am  
Thanks for the ideas @Fallon and @Exblue; I just downloaded Prisma and WTForecast 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 11:55am  
Nike Fitness. I don't use but my wife loves it. Throw it with a Chromecast to the TV.Pluto TV. Lots of mindless content channels. Commercials get old but it's free. TubiTV: Free movies and shows. Just started using but decent content. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 12:07pm  
NOT CNN go
 
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~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 12:09pm  
Other than some of the standards that come with the phone,  I haveAmazonChase bankFidelity Net Benefits (my 401k)A couple of different weather appsmaps, navigation, GPSfive gamesseveral news apps 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Jul 3, '17 12:16pm  
Apple
 
Fitness Pal
MotionX-GPS - has different modes ( walk, run, bikeand others - sailing??)
Keeps track of my pace( average and Max), time elapsed,mileage and has a bunch of coaching options- time elapsed- pace- mileage etc. I use it for running- have the coach call elapsed minutes so I know when to walk or run
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