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was looking through my phone but couldnt really find anything. most the main apps I use are pretty mainstream. curious to hear other people’s thoughts

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Chat gpt app. Need a recipe? It’s there. Have a question about your favourite hobby? It’s there. Need help making a decision? It’s there.

Flipp. grocery flyers, and you can make shopping lists and then click on it to see where each item is on sale without browsing flyers

Print to size. Have an empty picture frame? Measure it and print a picture! I mostly use it for tattoo stencils but have a framed picture of Danny devito above my fridge

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Consent-o-matic. Safari extension. remember those stupid “agree to cookies?” This extension will automatically take care of those pop-ups.

Photomator photo editor. Probably the best Apple-eco photo editing app on iPhone or iPad. They are a subscription based now, unfortunately. But god the app is excellent.

Backmarket. Not just an app but a platform to buy certified refurbished electronics. They’re just so good, reasonably priced items, good warranty guarantee and eco-friendly.

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Raindrop.io - Save things for later.

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Prequel - so many free filters and effects to choose from

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YNAB - Budgeting app. I've been using it for almost 6 years now. It's amazing.

Things3 - This app helps me stay organized between work, school, and errands. Very intuitive to use.

These are my daily apps. I'm not sure if these fit under the "lesser known" category, but more people should definitely use them more.

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Packages - Excellent for tracking…packages using a tracking ID.

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The less apps you use the better, stop adding unnecessary shit to your phone

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Dime - budgeting app, completely free, no ads and amazing UI

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Sleep cycle. I wake feeling so much clearer.

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Tide for ambient sleep sounds

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Things, Structure, Carrot and Flighty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Libby! Free books and audiobooks to rent as long as you you have a library card. Also Kanopy same thing as Libby but for movies to rent!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

love libby, it’s the reason I have too many audible credits built up

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  • Bonk: Social media for the action button (I use with my gf)
  • Ice Cubes: Open source app for mastodon
  • FocusPomo: Pomodoro app
  • FoodNoms: iOS native MFP alternative
  • WaterLlama: Water tracker
  • Transit: Public transportation (idk if this one is still “lesser known”
  • Everlog: Journal/Day One alternative
  • stats.fm: Spotify statistics
  • Mela: Recipe Manager
  • Wipr: Best adblocker for safari IMO
  • Opener: Open safari pages in the correct app
  • Solves: best calculator replacement imo. Tried Calzy and Calcbot also.
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Nikke Goddess of Victory

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I’ve been using Perplexity instead of Google in the last few weeks. It’s the fasted AI search tool that I’ve tried. It gives nearly instant answers with sources. You don’t even need to specify exactly what you’re looking for. For example I just searched „how to remove the rubble to get to Nere“ while playing Baldurs Gate 3 the other day and it instantly showed me the correct answer pulled from different sources without me having to include the name of the game.

Standard search is free, and there’s a paid co pilot available with more features. But I haven’t used it.

Also Artifact for news aggregation. Really good algorithm that learns very fast what you’re interested in, reader mode, AI summaries and text to speech. It’s from some former Instagram dudes and they have added more and more community sourced stuff, so let’s how long it will be great for news.

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I love the Archimedes calculator app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Days Since. It's an accountability app that you can use to track your bad habits. It's helped me cut back on drinking.

Since I started using it, they added an annoying subscription service for $18/year or something like that. The free version still works great though. I would happily pay $18 once but $18 per year is too much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Hindsight is the same thing - but counts down to the hours, minutes, and seconds. Also it's a one-time purchase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IDK? Decision Maker. As someone who sometimes struggles to make decisions (even the smallest ones), I‘m surprised at how helpful this app is. Other than that, tricount and yuka.

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Adguard with their DNS

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pretty basic but i use google more than safari

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This loop is so good

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Onlyoffice :Free and ad free MS Office alternative Joplin :Free, open source, Markdown Note taking app Matter :Great Read it later app Solves: Great Free Calculator Stoic VFlat: Very good Document scanner

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Seterra

Ever wanted to refresh your geography? Countries, capitals, regions, flags, rivers, ... No ads and just really well done app. Spent a few minutes every day and you'll know more or less where every country in the world is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like Remember the Milk combined with Evernote for productivity. I also find myself using the Apple reminders app for things like medicine reminders and stuff that’s not a business task. More personal stuff—like ordering my Mom flowers for her birthday, etc.

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Use the health app for medicine reminders. It also has trackers built in that you won’t find inside the reminders app.

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Nokoprint if you don't have a wireless printer. I print stuff from my phone with the usc cable n adapter.

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I had some fun listening to radio stations all over the world with Radio Garden

Identifying birds with the Merlin Bird ID app

Bitwarden, if you need an open source, free password manager

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AnyTracker to track prices on any website