Qello Concerts

   April 29, 2023    Comment   

Qello Concerts

Qello Concerts brings the world’s largest collection of concerts to your mobile device. With solid video quality, great sound quality, and an absolutely incredible selection of concerts to choose from, Qello is a very impressive app. Select from almost any genre of music – from Carlos Santana to Slipknot, from Bob Marley to Beyonce, Tupac to Tiesto, you will be able to find shows from your favorite artists no matter what style of music you listen to. The free version allows users to watch one or more free tracks from every show, several free shows a week, and more than 30 channels of “Qello TV” (continuous video from varying concerts). A $4.99/month subscription allows users unlimited access to stream any full concert from the collection. The selection is constantly updated, so you’ll never get bored of the library. This app is simply a must-have for any music lover.

DropBox

   April 28, 2023    Comment   

DropBox

Dropbox is a free service where you can bring all of your photos, documents, and videos anywhere you go. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to your phone and Dropbox website. You can easily edit all of your documents as well as share photos with your family.

ooVoo

   April 27, 2023    Comment   

ooVoo

ooVoo is a very versatile free app that allows instant messaging, voice, and video chat. Users can interact with each other via text, video, and photo messages, free voice calls (no matter where each user is), and ooVoo’s most prominent feature, video chat. While the app’s messaging and voice services are convenient and of high quality, the video chat feature is truly ooVoo’s shining star. The video quality is unmatched in similar apps, and the group video chat feature allows users to add up to twelve users at a time into a free group video call. The desktop version even offers desktop sharing, which is great for presentation and other business applications. With an easy interface and an incredible array of features, ooVoo is one of the best communication apps we’ve ever come across.

AroundMe

   April 26, 2023    Comment   

AroundMe

 

How many times have you been out and about and needed to quickly find the nearest bank? Or gas station? Or even the nearest bar? AroundMe solves all of that. AroundMe quickly identifies your position, and can help you find the nearest banks/ATMs, bars, coffee shops, gas stations, hospitals, hotels and more to your current position. Tapping a specific category will display a list of corresponding locations and their precise points on a map. Selecting one of these options will display a host of useful information about each location. Simple, accurate, and lightning-quick, AroundMe is one of the most useful apps we’ve encountered recently.

MyFitnessPal

   April 25, 2023    Comment   

MyFitnessPal

 

With the New Year rapidly approaching, weight loss is a subject that is sure to be on many peoples’ minds. The trouble is, with the endless stream of fad diets, fad exercise routines, diet pills, and other “lose weight quick” schemes that flood the market, many people are overwhelmed with the concept of losing weight. MyFitnessPal allows its users to use the most tried and true method of weight loss available – tracking your diet and exercise. MyFitnessPal allows you to track your caloric intake by adding your meals manually or using their huge database of foods to enter nutrition info (it even has a barcode scanner). Then it allows you to track your caloric output by inputting your exercise for the day (via its large database of strength and cardio exercises). If you expend more calories than you take in – Voila! You lose weight! You can set goals and track your weight loss progress with this app, as well. This is a must for anyone with “lose weight” on their New Year’s Resolution list.

Untappd

   April 24, 2023    Comment   

Untappd

 

Untappd is the ultimate app for beer lovers, setting up a type of social network for brew enthusiasts around the world. Untappd allows its users to explore nearby popular bars and beers, share reviews, ratings, and photos of what you’re drinking, as well as read reviews from friends and other beer snobs across the globe. Besides the social aspect, Untappd can recommend new beers based on your taste. The app also allows you to create a “wish list” of beers you’d like to try, and it allows you to unlock a variety of badges for trying different brews at different locations. With a constantly growing community, Untappd is a very fun app for you beer drinkers out there.

Audible

   April 23, 2023    Comment   

Audible

 

Audible.com, owned by Amazon, is an online service featuring over 150,000 audio books (and other spoken word content). The Audible app delivers all of Audible.com’s content to you with a simple, clean interface while you’re in your car, at work, cooking, really whenever you’d like. You can browse Audible.com’s library, download new books to your account (Wi-Fi is a must when downloading), and, of course, listen to them all within the app. With a variety of features, including variable speed and button-free mode, there is simply no better way to access and listen to audio books out there. If you’re an Audible.com user, this app is a must-download immediately. If you aren’t, this app alone is a great reason to sign up!

BitLit

   April 22, 2023    Comment   

BitLit

As far as literature goes, I’m finally making my way into the digital age. I have just recently begun acquiring eBooks on my phone and my tablet, making reading on the go much easier. However, many of my favorite books still sit on a bookshelf in my room, collecting dust. BitLit is a new app that is seeking to assimilate your collection of physical books with your digital books on your phone or tablet. BitLit works with publishers to offer you free (or deeply discounted) digital copies of the books you already own physically. You simply take a photo of the cover of your physical copy with the BitLit app (as well as a photo of your name written on the copyright page), and they will send you a link to a digital copy of that same book. To make it even simpler, you can scan entire shelves of your books, and BitLit will tell you which of your books are eligible for digital copies. Time to enter the digital age – download BitLit today.

Pushbullet

   April 21, 2023    Comment   

Pushbullet

 

Pushbullet is the most simple and direct way to communicate between your phone and desktop/laptop computer. Quickly send notes, files, lists, addresses, or URL links between the two devices, and an interactive notification pops up (either via a Chrome or Firefox extension on your computer, or in your notification panel of your phone). You can also use Pushbullet to mirror your phone’s notifications to your computer – instantly see incoming texts or notifications from your phone apps (Twitter, Instagram, etc.) while working on your desktop. While there are more cumbersome ways to perform the same tasks, Pushbullet does them quickly, simply, and efficiently. This really is one of those apps that you never knew you needed, but can’t live without once you download it.

Wickr

   April 20, 2023    Comment   

Wickr

Wickr, with the motto “Leave No Trace,” is a self destructing messaging app that was designed by cryptographers, is like a much more adult and secure version of Snapchat. The focus on Wickr is privacy and security – even your name and phone number are never in the company’s hands. Messages (which can include pictures, audio, or video) “self destruct” after a user-determined lifespan (from 3 seconds to 6 days). Messages are instantly encrypted using military-grade technology, and each message has its own decryption key. Once the messages self destruct, Wickr works in the background to overwrite the message’s data so it can never be recovered. Wickr also disables the screenshot function, so recipients can’t keep any of your messages (a problem that has cropped up with competing apps). The app features a well-designed and easy to use interface, and an image editor (similar to Snapchat’s) is available as well. Wickr is a fantastic app for sending secure messages, and is absolutely the best in its category. We’re looking forward to seeing what the future holds for this app.

Coursera

   April 19, 2023    Comment   

Coursera

Coursera, founded by Stanford computer science professors, works with over one hundred universities to make their courses available online. With over 800 courses in more than 25 subject areas, ranging from physics to engineering to medicine to business, Coursera is one of the biggest suppliers of massive open online courses in the world. Now with the Coursera app, you can take that vast library of knowledge on the go. Built to supplement the online courses available at coursera.org, the app allows you to stream video lectures (and sync from where you left off on coursera.org), take quizzes tests, browse and enroll in courses, and view the syllabus for any course you’re taking. While the app currently doesn’t support interaction in the discussion forums, or allow you to access peer-reviewed writing assignments, Coursera is a very well designed app, and a very useful one. Expand your knowledge today with Coursera.

Weather Underground

   April 18, 2023    Comment   

Weather Underground

 

Weather Underground is our favorite weather app for both Android and iOS operating systems. Weather Underground draws from several data sources, even from 37,000+ personal weather stations, providing you with the conditions most specific to your area. You can view current conditions, animated radar, satellite, webcam views, and user-uploaded photos. Users can also report current conditions (and hazardous road situations) to bring the most up-to-date data to your device. While data and feature-rich, the Weather Underground app maintains elegant style and simple convenience. In our opinion, this app walks the perfect line between the two. You can receive as much weather information as you’d like, but it’s presented in a beautiful and concise manner. With the most features and the best design, this should be the go-to weather app for your mobile device.

Up by Jawbone

   April 17, 2023    Comment   

Up by Jawbone

Up is a health tracker app by Jawbone, creators of the Jawbone fitness tracking bracelet. The app is designed to work as a companion to the UP and UP24 fitness wristband. The app is designed to help users improve their health by tracking their daily habits. The wristband collects data on its users sleep, eating habits, and daily activity (including steps taken and calories burned). The app offers a simple and elegant interface – it’s easy to track your data, and includes goal-management and suggestions on how to improve your daily health. The new version of the Up app, currently only compatible with iOS devices, offers many of the same benefits without the need for the wristband. The app uses the iPhone’s (5s, 6 and 6 Plus) built in hardware to track activity, and syncs with the Health app to manage your health data. The new version also links with MyFitnessPal, RunKeeper, and a host of other apps to keep all of your fitness data in one location.

Tinder Dating App

   April 16, 2023    Comment   

Tinder Dating App

 

Tinder offers a very simple way to meet new people. Tinder simply finds people nearby that like your profile, and connects you with them if you’re also interested. Used mainly as a dating app, Tinder brings up the profiles of hundreds of single people nearby and allows you to browse through them. The app links to your Facebook account, pulls photos to create a profile picture, and allows you to add a short profile description (500 words max). You can change your photos if you’d like, and you can set filters for the profiles the app brings up for you to browse (whether you’re interested in meeting men or women, age range, distance, etc). From there, potential matches are brought up one by one — if you swipe their profile left, they are gone from your app forever; if you swipe right (and they swipe right on you), you can begin chatting and set up a date. It doesn’t get simpler than that. This simple, fun, and addicting app may find you the man or woman of your dreams.

Stronglifts

   April 15, 2023    Comment   

Stronglifts

 

Millions of people across the world have made a resolution at the start of the New Year — this is the year that they will lose weight and get into shape. There are many different ways to do this; you can commit to a running or cardio program, sign up for spin classes, etc. One way that people often overlook to speed up your metabolism and improve your body composition is to begin a weight lifting regimen. However, most people have no idea where to begin. Enter Stronglifts 5×5. This app takes lifters through a simple but effective weightlifting course, taking you through several compound lifts designed to build muscle and increase strength. The simple and easy to use app takes you through the entire workout, even down to timing your rest between sets. It records your weights, sets, reps, and tracks your progress in an easy to read graph. If your goal is to become stronger and look better, Stronglifts 5×5 is a great app to get you started.

Asphalt 8 Airborne

   April 14, 2023    Comment   

Asphalt 8 Airborne

 

Asphalt 8: Airborne is the latest offering in the Gameloft’s popular “Asphalt” series. Airborne builds upon what made the previous Asphalt games so fun, but adds the element of stunt jumps into the gameplay. Each track features several ramps that you can jump and perform tricks from, giving you extra nitro (a quick boost to propel you ahead of other racers). The game features over 40 cars, including Bugattis and Lamborghinis, which you can unlock via gameplay or through in-app purchases. The controls are simple – the throttle is always on, and you tilt your mobile device to steer (sensitivity is adjustable in the settings). Tapping on the right side of the screen uses a nitro boost, which gives you a short temporary acceleration kick, and tapping on the right side of the screen brakes (which also allows you to begin a drift for sharp turns). Certainly one of the most fun racing games available, Asphalt 8: Airborne is certainly worth a download.

Tinyscan

   April 13, 2023    Comment   

Tinyscan

Tinyscan is an easy-to-use, yet beautifully designed and very useful app from Appxy. Tinyscan essentially turns your phone or mobile device into a portable scanner. You can quickly and easily scan photos, letters, receipts, or pretty much any other document you can think of in a matter of seconds. Scan in color, grayscale, or black & white, saving the results either as an image or PDF file. Scans are easily organized in folders, sorted by name or date, and are fully searchable. With useful features such as automatic page-edge detection, different contrast settings for documents, several page size settings for PDF documents, and seamless integration with Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, and more, Tinyscan is a great app. If you’re looking for an easy to use scanner that can consistently produce hassle-free, high quality scans, give it a download.

OkCupid Dating App

   April 12, 2023    Comment   

OkCupid Dating App

OkCupid is one of the most popular dating sites on the web, with over a million users logging in every day. Like most other dating sites, users create a profile with short blurbs about themselves, and then upload profile photos. From there, users answer a series of multiple choice questions, designed to help the OkCupid algorithm find you better dating matches. The more questions you answer, the more specific the matches tend to be. The app works smoothly and quickly, and allows you to access all the features available on the OkCupid website. With an easy-to-use app, huge database of daters, and mathematically-curated date matches, OkCupid is certainly worth a shot if you’re looking for love. Best of all?—the service is completely free!

Plenty of Fish Dating App

   April 11, 2023    Comment   

Plenty of Fish Dating App

When it comes to dating, we’ve all heard the saying – there are plenty of fish in the sea. Plenty of Fish, referencing the famous phrase, is one of the world’s most popular completely free dating service and app. The app couldn’t be more simple and easy to use. After answering a few questions and typing up a quick overview of yourself, your profile is created and you’re ready to begin looking for dates. There are several filters while browsing for potential matches – from location, age, height, and more that will help you find the person you’re looking for. A “my matches” section features suggestions for potential dates based on your profile. Or if you prefer, the app even includes a “meet me” option, which functions very similar to Tinder, quickly browsing through profiles with “no,” “yes,” and “maybe” options. If you find someone you’re interested in, you can message them via the app for free. For a quick, simple, efficient, and free way to meet new singles, Plenty of Fish is one of the best dating apps out there.

Airbnb

   April 05, 2023    Comment   

Airbnb

Airbnb is an online service to connect travelers with hosts that own property for vacation rentals. Looking to head to the Colorado Rockies for a weekend of skiing? Perhaps there is someone who owns a home in Vail that will be out of town that weekend, and would like to rent his/her home out for the weekend. Airbnb can connect the two – allowing the “host” to rent his/her place out to the “guest” for a fee. Users and hosts both must register and create a profile via the app or the website, and a rating system allows users and hosts to check the other’s reputations to make sure their transaction is trustworthy. The app itself is well designed, both from an aesthetic and functional standpoint. Browsing and searching through locations is easy, and booking a location is a snap – even on short notice. Even listing locations is simple and painless on the app. Airbnb is a wonderful service and app for travelers and hosts alike – definitely worth a download.