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What’s the most useful app on your phone?

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  • 17-04-2024 10:41pm
    #1
    ottolwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭


    Apart from calls and messaging. What is the most useful app on your phone and why?



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    #2
    yagan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,603 ✭✭✭yagan


    Any weather app with a decent rainfall radar.



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    #3
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    revolut. I can’t believe mainstream banks haven’t pulled the finger out yet.



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    Sigma101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭Sigma101


    Stellarium - for when I need to find Jupiter in a hurry.

    Easily the best app on my phone.



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    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,821 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Instagram …. love photography and the version of that app now is excellent.

    Tiktok… don’t upload stuff but it’s good for a laugh / entertainment and killing about 30 minutes a day scrolling etc…

    Guitar tuner…. Don’t have to go searching for tuners and buying batteries for tuners. They eat batteries…app is super accurate too… my ear just isn’t.

    Spotify… for tunes 😎



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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,201 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I like my Google wallet for my cards.

    However it would have to be TikTok(I know). I mainly see stuff I enjoy, music, comedy, bit of TV programs from past and present, the odd cooking video, Nostalgia Videos. It's all stuff I enjoy and no current affairs, negativity, etc.

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    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,671 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Google Maps, although sometimes I like to switch it up a bit and remind myself how awful Apple Maps is by comparison, just for the craic, then back to Google.

    Reason? I’d be lost without it 😬



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    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,236 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Ultimate guitar for when I want guitar tabs to songs I'm not able to play



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    #9
    i124Q
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭i124Q


    Waze. It has saved me countless times on the road. Not just for penalty points. But also standstill traffic that has come out of nowhere and random objects on the road or roadworks.



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    #10
    SoapMcTavish
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭SoapMcTavish


    Google translate - brilliant for travelling - does voice, text and photos of text .. eg menu's



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    #11
    ottolwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭ottolwinner


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122033150#Comment_122033150

    im going to give this one a go. Never heard of it before. Thanks.



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    taxAHcruel
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭taxAHcruel


    Don't use my phone much. But find myself sometimes using some hiking apps like AllTrails and Komoot and a couple of others for finding places to go alone or with the kids that I might not otherwise have discovered. Especially when outside Ireland or in parts of Ireland I do not normally go.

    Other than that I generally just use apps for tracking my running or to listen to podcasts while I am running. So Strava and Spotify mostly.



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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122032701#Comment_122032701

    Living in the west of Ireland, I had to turn off the predictive weather notifications on my iPhone. I used to get about 20 of these a day:

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    CuriousCucumber
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭CuriousCucumber


    Strava - Use it so much, that I'm happy to pay €60 a year for the Premium version, despite barely using these features

    X - Amazing for following sports and breaking news

    Spotify - Use it in the car, when working, and when out walking

    Google Maps - use it for travelling, planning, general nosey-ness



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    Alonzo Mosley
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Alonzo Mosley


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122033218#Comment_122033218

    Brilliant app …..



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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,022 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122033218#Comment_122033218

    I only heard of it recently when folk were discussing boycotting Israeli goods.



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    FunGoose
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭FunGoose


    Pushbullet is a great app for instantly sending photos, videos, music, screenshots, links etc. from desktop to mobile, and vice versa. The free version is limited to 100 messages a month which is more than enough, for me anyway.



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    I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct


    Radio Garden. Tune in to any radio station in the world. No need to suffer the crap on Irish radio. It's available on desktop too.



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    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,496 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    LiveScore to keep me up to date with what's happening in the football and to watch the highlights.



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    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    The only app I pay for is Strava, so I can see how crap my athletic abilities are! But the most useful one has got to be Google maps.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    #21
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭drury..


    Live guide , comprehensive sports guide

    Maps



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    #22
    i124Q
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭i124Q


    It's the best!



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    #23
    BaywatchHQ
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭BaywatchHQ


    The RTE player app is useful for me as it allows me to cast to the TV, my Northern Ireland TV won't allow me to download the RTE app. When I search for it there is no sign of it, although the TG4 app works. Also it allows you to watch things in HD as we don't have access to RTE HD.



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    #24
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    Tidal - high quality audio for music

    Duolingo

    Borrowbox for free ebooks and audiobooks

    Local library app for reservations etc

    ChatGPT

    Cui bono?



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    #25
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,334 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Waze

    MyFitnessPal

    GuitarTuna

    Revolut

    Audible



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    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    A lot of the above, but I'd also like to add Shazam, and BirdNET (like Shazam but for birds).

    Oh, and Transit for busses (on Android for me). WAY better than the TFI app, and is international and multi-modal AFAIK.



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    #27
    Sheedy234
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Sheedy234


    GOOGLE MAPS best thing invented 😃



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    #28
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Android Digital Wellbeing app, can put daily time limits on apps and websites.



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    #29
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122050614#Comment_122050614

    I just wish that businesses would keep their opening hours updated on it! But yes, an amazing piece of tech. 👍️



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    #30
    O'Neill
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭O'Neill


    City Mapper- not perfect but amazing given it’s free.



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