MUST HAVE APPS FOR 2018
cost of these and future purchases. This app
is a must-download because it’s basically
free money.
The app pushes surveys to you every now
and then, most of which only take a few
seconds to complete. When you’re done, the
app rewards you with between $0.10 and a
dollar of Play Store credit. That can be spent
on anything in the Play Store, including
these essential apps, movies and TV, books,
or music.
Airbnb
One of the best brands in the
world, and one that more
companies should strive to
be like, Airbnb has one of the easiest-to-use
interfaces, a great booking system, and for
the most part is super reliable for finding
a good deal on somewhere to stay that
isn’t a hotel. I think for me, a more budget-
conscious traveler, Airbnb offers a better
experience in finding a unique place to
stay, especially when compared to budget
hotels. Another beautifully designed mobile
interface.
Boldmatic
Boldomatic comes across
like a social network for
people who like making bold
statements – in bold colors and with bold
text. Imagine Twitter, but with a chunky font,
eye-searing backgrounds on every post, and
a user base that’s perhaps a little too full of
itself.
Boldomatic also works as a means to create
content for elsewhere. Your creations can
be hurled at Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr, to
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share them with the wider world (or Photos,
if you want to keep them just between you
and your iPad).
Yousician
Learning a musical
instrument isn't easy, which
is probably why a bunch of
people don't bother, instead pretending
to be rock stars by way of tiny plastic
instruments and their parent videogames.
Yousician bridges the divide, flipping a kind
of Guitar Hero interface 90 degrees and
using its visual and timing devices to get you
playing chords and notes.
This proves remarkably effective, and your
iPad merrily keeps track of your skills (or
lack thereof ) through its internal mic. The
difficulty curve is slight, but the app enables
you to skip ahead if you're bored, through
periodic 'test' rounds. Most surprisingly, for
free you get access to everything, only your
daily lesson time is limited
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader is a
popular app on the desktop
for viewing, annotating and
signing PDFs. On iPad… well, it’s much the
same, albeit with a reliance on cloud storage,
and a nicely-designed touchscreen interface.
On importing a PDF from another app,
Dropbox, or iCloud Drive, you can rearrange
its pages, add a signature, slather the thing
in comments, and highlight bits of text. If
your document arrived from Adobe Scan,
you can search the text, and select/copy
some to paste elsewhere. Annoyingly,
January 2018
INSIGHT