Top 5 Apps On Your Phone You Can't Live Without!

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Simple. Top 5 apps on your phone you can’t (don’t want to) live without. These could be the 5 apps you use the most…or not!

Me:

  1. Maps (I prefer the basic “Maps” app over Google maps or others - use it ALL the time in and out of town)
  2. Spotify (music and podcasts)
  3. RunKeeper (track all my fitness activities)
  4. Soda Crush (the one and only game I play!) sure I could live without it but…
  5. Argh! Tie between NYT Cooking app and Goodreads - both make two pleasures, reading and cooking easier.

That was hard for me. I use and appreciate many apps!

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BTW, on purpose, I chose not to include social media apps. But I use them heavily. :slight_smile:

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  1. Scanner Pro
  2. Train Time (metro north train app)
  3. Apple Wallet
  4. Southwest Airlines
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Twitter Facebook Garmin Connect Strava Weather Bug Instagram

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  1. Telephone App - let's you make unlimited calls and speak to people live from wherever you can get a signal
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Hmmm…

Most used:

Pokémon Go (no judgement please)

eBay

My Fitness Pal

Maps

Pandora

All Trails

Alarm (clock)

Oops…that’s more than 5…

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Maps
RoboKiller
Weather
Twitter
Audible

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Maps
Health (built-in step tracker)
Clock (timers)
Weather
And a tie, because they’re usually used together: Yamaha (that controls our in-house speakers) + Spotify

Not including social media apps largely because a thing that actually works for me, in helping to reduce the amount of time I spend on them, is keeping them largely OFF my phone and on the laptop.

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@tpike12

This must be for folks with a go phone or limited calls. I get unlimited calls without an app.

Sorry for the diversion.

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^^^ I took this as a snarky way of saying phones should be just for calls.

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@thumper1 - it was just a poorly executed joke. I think it’s funny that for most people, the voice communication functionality of a cellphone is probably used less than other functions of the cellphone. My kids hate when I call them rather than text.

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No judgement, @Midwest67. Want to be my friend on Animal Crossing Pocket Camp? :smiley:

(It’s verrrry soothing.)

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Maps
Weather
Clock
MyFitnessPal
Spotify/Amazon Music
Camera

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Maps
Weather
Photos (to see new photos of GD or to look at her photos to brighten my day)
Gmail
Apps from news outlets where I used to live (out of curiosity and habit)

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Waze, weather, health tracker, Wordscape, music

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Was it a joke? I was going to install it in advance of an overseas trip. Too bad.

Mines are,

  1. map
  2. clock
  3. measuring tape
  4. weather
  5. apple wallet
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Camera
Messages
Clock/Timer/Alarm
Maps
Weather
Spotify
Facebook
Instagram

I think that’s five if the first three don’t count. :smile:

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Mine is

  1. Pokemon Go
  2. Poke Genie

    Camera & phone & texting & calendar & clock/timer (all part of basic phone functioning so don’t count)
  3. Multi-Way Tie: Pedometer, Google app (for 2-factor verification), Hawaii Public Library App & Libby, Google Maps
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Interesting that so many people use Maps (myself included). I think it’s one of the best driving inventions EVER! Use it all the time.

Also interesting that some of the apps listed are quite basic - like weather (I also use a lot), clock features (of course!).

I saw eBay listed above…was surprised not to see other store apps as being most loved or frequent use. Like Amazon.

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  1. Book Crawler. My reading list is my life (well, except for CC). ?
  2. Cat Quest. I’m hooked on this little RPG.
  3. Overcast. Immense improvement over the standard Apple podcast app.
  4. Sporcle. Quiz game.
  5. Waze. Can’t drive anywhere without it’s traffic busting help.