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20 Super Useful Apps You Should Be Using

Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:40
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 Kevin Smith|

Since the launch of Apple’s App Store in 2008 there has been a flood of smartphone apps all with the intention of making our lives easier.

 

Because of these apps we can find out instantly what song is playing on the radio without having to be told, we can know the square roots of pi is to the 137th decimal, and much more.

Take a look at this list of other smart apps.

They might teach you about something you didn’t know before or help to make your life just a bit easier.

Jasmine, a better YouTube player.

Jasmine, a better YouTube player.

Kevin Smith, Business Insider

Jasmine is a minimal YouTube app replacement. We love how Jasmine allows us to play YouTube audio in the background, freeing us up to do other things with our phone.

The app is chock-full of features including a nighttime/low light function, full playlist support, and Airplay, Apple’s feature for streaming audio and video to your living room

Check out a full walkthrough of the app >

Price: Free

Available on: iOS

Catch is a fun way to take voice, photo, and text notes.

Catch is a fun way to take voice, photo, and text notes.

Catch helps you capture your most important ideas so you never miss anything. You can create voice, photo, and text notes, online and offline. It’s incredibly easy to share checklists to collaborate with others, too.

For those worried about security, users can protect notes with a four-digit PIN.

Price: Free

Available on: Android and iPhone

Slice helps you track and organize all your online shopping

Slice helps you track and organize all your online shopping

Slice

Besides being an awesome package tracker, Slice is an app that helps you stay on top of all your online purchases.

The app securely scans your email and finds receipts from iTunes, Amazon, and wherever else you shop online creating great archive of purchases.

Price: Free

Available on: Android and iOS

Check the Weather is our new favorite weather app.

Check the Weather is our new favorite weather app.

Kevin Smith/Business Insider

Check the Weather provides a beautiful interface to view the weather in your current location or favorite city. The app provides a 10-day outlook, precipitation stats, and even weather advisories.

Check out our full walkthrough of Check the Weather here >

Price: Free

Available on: iOS

SwiftKey for Android is a keyboard replacement that’s so good, you’ll never go back to the old keyboard.

SwiftKey for Android is a keyboard replacement that's so good, you'll never go back to the old keyboard.

Business Insider / Matthew Lynley

Swift Key will change how you type on your Android.

The app automatically detects how you’ve typed in the past — from text messaging, mail, chat, Twitter and a few other services — and serves up suggestions on what you’re going to say.

Price: $3.99

Available on: Android

Use Prismatic to stay on top of the news you care about.

Use Prismatic to stay on top of the news you care about.

Prismatic is a new news reading app that strips away clutter like ads and presents you with a simple, easy-to-read interface. Think of it as Instapaper meets Flipboard.

As you use Prismatic the app gets to know you, delivering the stories you’re likely to care about based on your interests. The app knows your interests based on the articles you’ve read and the topics you’ve chosen. It also shows you Twitter commentary on articles from the people you follow.

Check out our full walkthrough of the app >

Price: Free

Available on: iPhone and Web

Shazam: Know exactly what song is playing

How many times have you wanted to know what song is playing but you have no way of figuring it out?

We remember the first time we used Shazam and it just worked.

We’re still amazed every time it works.

Price: Free

Available on: Android, Blackberry, iOS, and Windows Phone.

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