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Thousands of new apps are added to the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store every day. Bring your smartphone or tablet up to speed with some of the latest and greatest apps.
For iOS and Android users who already know about those well-known, must-have apps like Google Maps, Dropbox, Evernote, and the rest, the following list offers a refreshing pick of newer apps that can transform practically any compatible device.
Here are some of the absolute best apps you'll want to consider downloading and making good use of this year.
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Shabaam
It's no secret that people love to share GIFs everywhere online, giving rise to all sorts of GIF-maker apps. Shabaam takes the GIF trend to another level by allowing you to spice up your favorite GIFs with added audio.
Choose a GIF from the app's extensive GIF library, and then use your device to record your voice (or any sound of your choice) to be d믭 over the GIF. The final product is a short video (because it can't remain in GIF format due to the audio) that you can save to your device or share through other apps.
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Android
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Bite
There are countless food and restaurant review apps, but Bite takes the headache out of guessing which places and dishes are worth trying based on irrelevant information. Instead of having to endlessly browse through generic menus and peruse through too many unhelpful reviews, Bite focuses on providing users with high-quality imagery and information that actually matters.
Bite users are encouraged to share their experiences with dishes they tried using applicable review options that focus on rating aspects of taste, quality, and cost. Best of all, the app lacks the clutter that many other review apps have, making it easier than ever to discover great dishes and contribute to the community.
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iOS
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Yarn
Yarn is for the mobile user who wants something different than a cool video game to play or a great book to read. The app features a large library of stories told in text message format as if you were snooping through somebody else's phone and reading their conversations.
Episodes and conversations are updated daily, and you can enjoy stories from several categories, including mystery, romance, comedy, sci-fi, fantasy, and others. The free version of the app is limited, but you can upgrade to a subscription plan for unlimited access to all stories and features.
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iOS
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Zedge
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If you really want to make your smartphone or tablet your own, Zedge is the app you'll want to use to personalize your device's ringtones, notifications, and alarm sounds. The app offers thousands of high-quality sounds that are free and easy to download.
Browse through the categories or use the search function to look for a specific sound. From obscure sounds to classic jingles, you can set a custom ringtone for each person in your contact list, so you always know who's calling.
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iOS
Android
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Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts is a premium app worth checking out if you listen to podcasts and want to discover great podcasts and easily manage your library. Browse podcasts by charts, networks, and categories, and then add the ones you like to play episodes on the fly and create your own playback queue.
The app constantly checks for new episodes, so you always have access to the latest from your favorite shows, with automatic downloading and custom filters to keep them organized. You can also personalize your listening experience with powerful features, including an up-next option, a silence trimmer, chapters, a playback skipper, and more.
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iOS
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Calm
Thinking of giving meditation a try? Calm is a free app geared toward beginners. It offers short, guided meditation sessions ranging from three to 25 minutes. Sessions focus on various topics, including anxiety reduction, stress management, improved sleep, breaking bad habits, cultivating gratitude, and more.
In addition to individual sessions, hundreds of programs are available if you're interested in a long-term meditation challenge. There's also an option for unguided meditation sessions with a timer and more than 30 soothing nature sounds.
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iOS
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Fabulous
Fabulous is an entertaining and interactive habit app that helps you improve your energy levels, fitness, sleep, and productivity. Based on scientifically proven techniques, you're challenged to complete daily meditation, work, creativity, exercise, and other types of self-improvement sessions to help you change your habits in as little as 19 days.
You'll start small with incremental goals that help you build your habit progress over time. Eventually, you'll have renewed rituals for your morning, workday, and nighttime routines.
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iOS
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Canva
Whether you need to design a new Facebook header photo or create a cover to publish your Kindle e-book, Canva is the free and intuitive graphic design app that can help you get it done in minutes. Upload your images or choose from premium stock photos and illustrations before customizing your design using the app's easy drag-and-drop feature.
Canva offers a variety of layouts, free photos, fonts, shapes, icons, charts, lines, illustrations, grids, and background options you can use to design your graphic exactly the way you want. When you're done, save it as a high-quality image to your camera roll or photo folder or share it directly using your favorite social app.
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iOS
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Forest by Seekrtech
Need to be productive but can't resist wasting time on your iPhone? Forest is a premium app that motivates you to stay focused by starting every work session with a planted seed in your very own virtual forest. You'll have to stay in the app to watch the tree grow over the time period that you work and avoid leaving the app or risk killing the tree.
The more you use the app to be productive (and thus grow more virtual trees), the more coins you earn. You can spend coins through the app as donations to help plant real trees in the developing world. To accomplish this, Forest partnered with the non-profit organization Trees for the Future, which helps improve impoverished farmers' livelihoods by revitalizing degraded lands.
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iOS
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