20 Great iPhone Apps You Didn’t Know Existed
Ever since Technology made its foray into our lives the mobile progressed to becoming our most trusted friend. Not only that it came with virtually so many apps which were guaranteed to change our lives forever.
However, in the plethora of applications available we get spoilt for choice. We pick up those apps which we think are best suitable for our needs and have been provided fairly decent reviews too.
There is a considerable big section of apps which does not get attention because people were busy picking run of the mill stuff. Here we bring you a compilation of 20 such Great iPhone Apps you had no clue about.
They are unique, trendy and created with the whole purpose of solving a lot of your problems in a wink. Browse amongst them as we are sure you would love to download them all.
1. Kik
Kik is way more than just messaging. It’s the easiest way to connect with your friends, stay in the loop, and explore – all through chat. No phone numbers, just pick a username.
- Choose who to chat with one-on-one and in groups
- Share pics, videos, gifs, games, and more
- Meet new friends with similar interests
Review: PCMag
Many messaging apps require you to give up your phone number to those who you chat with, but Kik only requires a username. And with a bot store already boasting more than 6,000 bots, Kik beat Facebook Messenger and Skype to the punch in the field of artificial conversationalists. Group chat, photo and video sharing, and gaming add to this youth-focused app’s appeal.
2. Spark Email
Smart Inbox lets you quickly see what’s important in your inbox and clean up the rest. All new emails are smartly categorized into Personal, Notifications and Newsletters.Spark is the best personal email client and a revolutionary email for teams. You will love your email again!
Review: PCMmag
Spark sports a slick interface and organizes your email into logical categories like Personal, Newsletters, and Notifications, though you can switch to a more standard full inbox view if you like. It handles multiple accounts, but doesn’t combine categories for them as Outlook does. The app is very configurable, with customizable swipe actions It also lets you pin improtant stuff and snooze emails to deal with later.
3. Chegg Books
Looking for your Chegg eTextbooks. Download the Chegg eReader app to read your eTextbook anytime anywhere.Looking for Chegg Study? Download the Chegg Study app and take Textbook Solutions and Expert Answers on-the-go.
Review: PCMag
Every college student is familiar with handing over several 100-dollar bills and lugging many pounds of textbooks from the campus store. Chegg’s goal is to take some of the pain out of that process. The app lets you rent, buy, or sell books. The company offers study apps, too.
4. Wikipedia
Explore your world, find a quick fact, or dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with the official Wikipedia app for iOS. With more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages, your favorite free online encyclopedia is at your fingertips.Find Wikipedia articles about places next door or across the globe, with a map and location based search experience. On a trip or your daily commute, with Places it’s easy to learn more about the world around you.
Review: iTunes
This app is really good! This app is really good like source of information if you know what you need/want or at least about what you need/want to know. It’s not app where you can go to home page and see interesting article. You need to search article which you need so you need to know its name.
It is not a news app, yes it has a news section, but there are not much news and it is very difficult to find news on a particular topic in which you are interested, for example, there you can filter news by country but results will be really bad. It is not news app, but it’s good source of information.
This app also like the website supports many languages. It’s an international app. Full list of supported languages you can find in the app description.
But some people say that Wikipedia is not accurate source of information. Partially I agree with this statement because anyone can edit or create an article in Wikipedia, so for scientists this source is not good.
Also in different languages this app has different articles with a little bit different information.
5. Downcast
A powerful, complete, and easy to use podcast player that will help you manage and listen to podcasts the way you want to.Downcast: Probably The Best Podcast Downloader for iPad and iPhone” – Wired Gadget Lab
Review: PCMag
Downcast’s iPhone app shines with excellent features, smart downloading options, and a great interface. It’s worlds better than the stock Podcasts app from Apple. Downcast is suited for people who want a lot of control over their podcast listening experience, and it’s that fine level of control that makes it our Editors’ Choice. Downcast lets you customize not only how often the podcast catcher checks for new episodes, but also where you are when it does, using geo-fencing. For example: “Check for new episodes when I arrive at work.”
6. LiveXLive
LiveXLive Powered by Slacker, formerly Slacker Radio, is a totally reimagined music streaming app that lets you listen to your favorite music and watch live streaming performances for free, all in one place.For all subscriptions, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account only after confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period with no change in price.
Review: PCMag
Slacker Radio is now LiveXLive. It always seems to pound just a few beats harder than the rest. The revamped app combines the company’s live music and video streams with Slacker Radio’s knowledgeable DJs and deep music well to produce one of the most complete streaming music services on the market today.
7. Coinbase
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, with over 25 million users across 32 countries worldwide. Coinbase allows you to securely buy, store and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and many more on our easy, user-friendly app and web platform.
Review: G2
What do you like best?
I really like the easy interface because in the different wallets I have used it is a bit more complicated to understand where everything is located and in this case it is very simple since in the beginning it shows directly your balance in the different currencies and without any complication, I also think it’s great the security with which it is counted since to initiate session always ask for verification by phone to avoid a possible theft of the account and make it more secure
What do you dislike?
among the negative aspects I think there are very few since most major functions works perfectly well in the only thing that could improve is that when I want to log in my account asks me to authorize the pc in which I am initiating session when practically always use the same for what I think is a bit tedious failure because it is a process that I have to perform every time I want to enter my account
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend taking care not to start session in disconnected equipment since it can lead to the theft of the account and to keep the account secure associate direct means of communication such as email among others
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
in my particular case it has helped me to receive payments from my clients without any inconvenience since in most cases they are immediately available to be able to use the funds removing a weight from me regarding the way in which I can receive payments of clients abroad
8. Qapital
Qapital is the only mobile banking app that lets you save smartly, spend happily, and invest comfortably with intuitive tools that make it easy to take control of your personal finances. We’re committed to making money work for our users, not the other way around. And with more than 35,000 five-star reviews, we’re pretty sure we’re on the right track. Last year, our members saved an average of $1,500*. What would you do with that extra cash?
Review: PCMag
Proper budgets are serious business, but who says they also can’t be a fun game? Personal finance iPhone app Qapital entices you to save through gamification and tiny actions you take every day. It makes saving for goals easy. Just be ready to open a new savings account that entails a low monthly fee.
9. Hipmunk
Hipmunk compares the top travel sites to find the best hotel and flight deals. Discover great destinations, save up to 60% off on hotels with ‘tonight deals’, sign up for free flight fare alerts, and book instantly in the app.
Review: iTunes
I have loved using Hipmunk. The design is beautiful. Prioritization buttons are just right. I like being able to optimize the return and then go back to the outbound flight. The main problem is a lack of coverage of Delta. Is Delta just saying no to use of their data? Is it a matter of paying them for data?
10. Yelp
Yelp has over 135 million reviews of businesses worldwide. Whether you’re looking for a new pizza place to try, a great coffee shop nearby, or need to book a haircut, Yelp is your local guide for finding the perfect place to eat, shop, drink, explore, and relax. The Yelp app is available for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Review: PCMag
The most comprehensive business-reviewing app, Yelp turns out to be an invaluable tool for finding restaurants, stores, and services nearby, especially when you’re in a town you don’t know well. YAnd you can find good local spots worldwide with it, not just in the US.
11. Signal
Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real-time with all of your friends at once, and share media and other files with complete privacy. The server never has access to any of your communication and never stores any of your data.
Review: PCmag
Signal offers the easiest way to send secure messages. The ZRTP protocol it uses for calling is thoroughly tested as is the open source Signal protocol for sending text. The organization that supports it is run on grant money by volunteers and is disinterested in monetizing Signal’s users or their data. It’s so trusted that messaging apps from Facebook and Google use it for their secure messaging options.
12. Toot!
Toot! is a client for the Mastodon social network. It is beautiful, and full of character and whimsy.
Review: PCMag
PCMag’s Max Eddy is our in-house Mastodon fanatic. You don’t know Mastodon? It’s the open source alternative to Facebook and Twitter, but it’s not for the fainthearted. The Toot app lets you get your Mastadon on your iPhone, with a fun design, account switching, and never any ads.
13. Converter+
Converter+ is a unit converter with the most extensive list of currencies and units in hundreds of categories. Converter Plus also comes with many calculators like mortgage, loan, tip, fuel consumption and many others for everyday problems.You can edit existing templates, add your own or download templates contributed by other users.
Review: PCMag
This all-in-one calculation app, Converter Plus, delivers numbers on nearly everything, from currency conversions to loan interest figures. It converts metric to imperial measurements for temperature, cooking volumes, length, and more.
14. 1Blocker X
Optimized for Safari, 1Blocker improves your browsing experience by blocking ads, trackers and other annoying webpage elements, such as popups, persistent cookie consent dialogs, and invasive newsletter signup prompts.1Blocker makes sites load on average of 50% faster. It’s very secure by design — we can’t track and see webpages you visit.
Review: PCMag
No one likes ads, but ads on the mobile Web are especially obnoxious, eating up your time and your data. It’s now possible to throw off the yoke of privacy-compromising trackers, pop-over ads, and the like with iPhone ad blockers. If you’re willing to pay, 1Blocker will deliver the most powerful and flexible ad-blocking experience on the mobile Web. If you’re not willing to pay, it’s still pretty great.
15. Mention
Mention is used by more than 500,000 professionals to manage their online presence: create alerts on your company name, your brand, your competitor, be updated in real-time about the most relevant mentions over the web and react, get statistics, collaborate with your teams around them.
Review: PCMag
Mention scours the web day and night to find new instances of search terms of your choosing, and alerts you when it finds them. The search-and-alert program is an alternative to Google Alerts, taking the core concept from that competitor and blending it with social media monitoring tools, resulting in a supremely rich package for businesses or anyone in a branded-persona line of work.
16. NordVPN
Enjoy safe and private Internet access with the world’s most advanced VPN.With NordVPN app for iPhone and iPad you can privately surf the Web and secure your Wi-Fi connections against various cyber threats. Sign up for your free trial now.
Review: PCmag
Internet service providers getting more and more snooping privileges, thanks to the FCC, you’re well advised to protect your privacy with a VPN. NordVPN is our favorite, and its iOS app sports one of the sleekest interfaces of the lot. It can give you some peace of mind while you surf on you iPhone using the coffee shop’s Wi-Fi.
17. Kid mode
Kaspersky Safe Kids is built to make parenting easier.On their iPhones & iPads, children will see a ‘time is up’ notification – if they exceed the usage time limit you set.that you turn on your Global Positioning System (GPS) to increase the accuracy of your child’s location. Please note, the GPS usage increases battery power consumption.One My Kaspersky account allows you to connect up to 500 devices for 100 kids.
Review: PCmag
Implementing parental control on iOS devices is tough, but Kaspersky Safe Kids manages the job, and, unlike some competitors, it’s tenacious. Your kids won’t be able to remove it. There’s no limit on the number of devices or child profiles. And the app offers unusually flexible control of device usage time, along with geofencing and an alert system.
18. Todoist
Life can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to. Todoist keeps track of everything – from simple errands to your most ambitious projects – so you can get it all done and enjoy more peace of mind along the way.
When you don’t have to worry about forgetting things, you’ll feel more calm, in control and motivated to achieve your goals. Todoist helps get all your tasks and thoughts out of your head and onto your to-do list anytime, anywhere, on all of your favorite devices – including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and macOS. Even when you’re offline.
Review: PCMag
Todoist lets you geek out on organizing tasks and offers support for a wealth of platforms and integrations. The paid version adds task labels and reminders, location-based reminders, the ability to add notes and upload files, and a unique productivity chart.
19. IFTTT
Connect your favorite apps, services, and devices to create new, seamless experiences.Over 630 apps work with IFTTT including Twitter, Telegram, Google Drive, Twitch, Weather Underground, Dropbox, Slack, and devices like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, iRobot, LIFX, Philips Hue, and your iPhone. The IFTTT app also integrates with the Health app, so you can easily track and maintain your habits.
Review: PCMag
If this, then that—shorten that little tag line to IFTTT, and you’ve got one of the best apps on the market. This amazingly simple yet powerful iPhone app can automate just about anything you’d want to do in your digital life. for example, if I add a new contact in Gmail, then save that person’s contact information to my Evernote account. If you’re turning your home into a smart home, you definitely want to keep the IFTTT app on your iPhone, as it can help you manage a range of devices, so that if you get into your smart bed, then the app can turn the lights off for you.
20. PicsArt
600 million+ installs strong, PicsArt is the #1 photo editor & pic collage maker on mobile. Download PicsArt and enjoy our tools, effects, collage maker, camera, video editor, free clipart library, 5 million+ user-created stickers, our drawing tools & face editor with face swap & beautify tool. PicsArt’s all about making awesome pictures & having fun by remixing free-to-edit pictures into awesome collages & memes.
Review: iTunes
This app was great for a long time easy and fun to use, but some things the app has been and now aren’t doing have been given me problems let me explain, first on add a pic when I place a pic with a background I get all options for editing that added pic, but if it’s a png pic that has no background the options goes down from 10 options to five and the main one I’m speaking of is the crop options they’re just not there anymore and I need those options for my pics I make, second when I use multiple pics and I move them out of the main screen they disappear behind the black wall of the outer screen and I can’t see them unless I tag on them and if I forget where I put it I have to go tapping around to find it that didn’t use to happen, third on the text option when I type a word or set of words there use to be outline points around the word to make it fit how I want the words place on the pic, now all I can do is make it bigger or smaller and when I move the words any way they either end up one long bar of a word or they’re stack on top of each other centered not placed like I want them.
Now do I need to wait until a new update comes or find a new app !
