Smartphones are the technological marvels that let you accomplish all essential tasks and entertain you just the same. However expensive your phone might be, you can make the most out of it only with the right mobile apps installed. The Google Playstore and the Apple App Store hold millions of mobile apps, some free while others paid, but all for the right reasons. The best mobile applications let you utilize the features of your smartphones to the optimal. But the app market is flooded with countless apps, and more new ones are adding in now and then.
How then can you figure out the must-have apps for your phone?
We have compiled a list for you with apps listed in several categories, so you can browse through and pick the one you like most.
1. Browser:
Chrome/Safari browser on your mobile phone is a must to open and browse any website. Also, today the best solution to any of our problems is to search it on Google. All Google does is match your inquiry with the correct information on the web and thus, seldom gets it wrong.
2. Your All-time Mail App:
Although all Google services like Gmail, Google Drive, or Maps are accessible from the web login, having individual apps for all these on your phone is much more convenient for easy accessibility and usage.
3. Best Music App:
Music is food for our souls, and we all have our go-to playlists for all moods. Be it trending music or our favorite monsoon hits. These days, even telecom operators like Vi offer music in all genres and languages through the Vi App. Guess what? All Vi users can now get ad-free Hungama Music access on the Vi App.
4. Dose of Entertainment:
OTT apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. are the new cool destinations for all things entertainment. You can watch the latest shows and movies with these video streaming apps while on the go and keep yourself entertained.
5. Gaming Apps:
You can go a step ahead with gaming apps that offer all the added entertainment and help you kill boredom. Multiplayer games like ludo or pubg offer mobile apps with various modes and lighter versions that do not require heavy hardware support. All you need is a gaming app to spend time and have fun with your friends.
6. Health & Fitness:
With the pandemic, we adapted to being indoors and finding ways to accomplish everything confined to the four walls of our home. When offices switched from working from the office to working remotely from home, we adapted to it and achieved our goals. With time we learned the importance of staying healthy mentally and physically to keep our bodies and sanity in check. There are many subscription-based or free fitness apps that cater to all our health needs. Having a go-to health app on our phone is essential to work out and track our progress.
7. Finance 101 Apps:
In this digital-first world, everyone including the small vendors learned and moved to virtual payments. Mobile banking and UPI apps became the new trend to transfer money for anything big or small.
8. Social Media/Communication
From being a mere photo-sharing platform, Instagram became one of the most influential and sales-driven apps. Other widely used social networking apps like Twitter or Snapchat also have a strong user base.
9. Note Keeping:
Keep all your important text notes safe with easy-to-use note-taking apps like Sticky Notes or OneNote. These apps also offer a security feature where you can lock a Note with a password and accessing the note would require you to furnish your password.
10. Photo Editing Apps:
Clicking pictures is a breeze, thanks to the high-resolution smartphone cameras. With just the press of a button, you can now click hundreds of photos like a pro. Sometimes when you need to edit these photographs to adjust brightness or crop the picture, the default photo editor of your phone might not suffice. Get a photo editing app to crop a photo, resize, add filters or text to the pictures and make your photos stunning.
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