I am surprised that I haven’t created one of these posts in the past. I’ve been an iPhone user for almost 6 years, and apps have pretty much taken over my daily life – from catching up with friends on social media to shopping online, and even relying on maps and ride-hailing services from top app development companies Sydney.
Here we go with my top 5 favorite apps of 2016.
A Color Story is the best photo editing app I have tried, and I have tried a LOT of photo editing apps. You can adjust curves! For anyone who uses Photoshop, you know how valuable this is in a phone app.
2. Instagram
I joined Instagram in the middle of 2011, and as of 11/30/16, I am 3 posts shy of 3,000 images posted. That’s a lot of estate sale photos. I do miss the old algorithm, because I don’t feel like I see as much as I want to anymore.
3. I don’t know why it took me as long as it did to start using the Hilton HHonors app. We took a lengthy road trip last Christmas and stayed in Hilton hotels all the way, racking up points along the way. The app is so easy to use that I don’t ever go on the regular website anymore to book Hilton hotels. I can’t think of a higher compliment than that.
4. Timehop
Why spend all of this time putting content on social networks if it can’t create a beautiful set of memories to look back on? Timehop is GENIUS and if you aren’t using it, you are missing out. Every morning, I check to see what I did 1 year ago, 2 years ago, etc. It is one of my favorite apps ever.
5. Slack
Unlike most people who use Slack, this is being used in my personal life, not my professional life. I would love to start using it in my professional life, but for now, I have a lovely group of friends in a group, with multiple threads for us to talk about whatever comes to mind. I love that I can use this so easily from my phone.
Honorable mentions:
- Whatsapp: for texting internationally, there is no better option.
- Facebook: for all of your unneeded political opinions.
- Wunderlist: for creating and sharing lists – the one used the most for me is Will and I’s shared grocery list.
- Glympse: mildly creepy but you can share your GPS location with someone else. Will and I use this for when we are meeting somewhere and cannot provide updates by text due to driving etc.
- Snapchat: good times with those filters.
- Later: this has been great for posting Instagram content for Noritake.
- Tumblr: for aggregating lots of content about specific things I am interested in, I haven’t found anything better.
- Spotify: playlists, playlists, playlists.
- Twitter: for commentary during live events I’m watching on TV, there is nothing better.
