App reviews
The other half of the column: one mobile app a week, tried properly rather than summarised from a press release. Most of these apps no longer exist.
25 pieces, reproduced exactly as they were written. The photographs that ran with them belonged to the newspaper and are not included.
2015
- Instagram’s own collage appDec 2015The simple and clean Layout app has buttons to replace, mirror or flip selected images. There are many apps out there that help us join our selfies.
- Instapaper: Read out aloudDec 2015Instapaper for Apple watch helps users read stored articles The people at Apple love creating waves, and they know they will have a market share for whatever they come up with.
- Television Time: An app for TV buffsNov 2015Television Time’s features will keep track of your favourite shows in a streamlined fashion. Television Time is a slick TV series tracker app for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple devices.
- Make your photos saucyNov 2015While the included sauce pack has plenty of basic options for users, there are plenty more to choose from Rebelsauce is a gorgeous new photo editing app that holds the recipe for creating some awesome photographs on your iPhone.
- An app you must tasteOct 2015Make eye pleasing food or location videos with Tastemade app Tastemade is a fun app that gives you a step-by-step process for making professional-looking food or location videos.
- Assembly app helps one turn graphic designerOct 2015The intuitive app lets anyone be a graphic designer, with easy tutorials and projects, irrespective of experience Assembly is an app that allows anyone to become a graphic designer, regardless of experience level.
- Track your fitness with FitPortSept 2015FitPort looks to replace the Health app on iOS8 FitPort is an app that wants to replace your native Health app on iOS 8.
- Digital photography moves up a levelAug 2015This Android app creates interactive photos that move as you tilt and rotate the phone in your hand Fyuse is somewhere between a video, a photo, and a GIF.
- For that sleek custom launcherAug 2015Themer is a new custom launcher that completely transforms the visual interface of your device It is extremely simple to get started with Themer.
- An app to remember all passwordsAug 20151Password is now available on Apple Watch Apple Watch has taken the world by storm. There are other wearables in the market, but Apple’s brand adds heavily to the company’s bottom line.
- Android app for secure messagingJul 2015Confide is designed to send attachments and prevent recipients from taking screenshots of messages It is quite scary to know that the government has access to almost everything we do or have.
- A simple user-friendly podcast playerJul 2015With attractive features, Castaway is a simple podcast client that lets you subscribe to shows or listen to single episodes.
- Calculator for Apple WatchJul 2015PCalc app works on iPads, iPhones and the Apple Watch PCalc is a powerful calculator app created by TLA Systems’ developer James Thomson.
- Live audio broadcasting serviceJul 2015Mixlr takes you straight into the list of ongoing broadcasts and also lets you chat with other listeners.
- Experience life with a strangerJul 2015Tworlds is a simple app that lets you know who is doing the exact same thing as you are at that very moment.
- For better interaction on TwitterJun 2015Browse through your twitter feed, with some help from Periscope Periscope, by Twitter, lets you watch and shoot live streaming videos.
- For anywhere, anytime streamingJun 2015This app is a simple, free service to unify and access all your content Younity turns your computer into a private streaming service so you can access everything, anytime.
- Choose blackMay 2015Black is a black and white film emulator app with a curve tool Black is a new app in the Windows Phone Store.
- Your lock screen gets interestingMay 2015With the LokLok app, the first thing you see on your phone is a sweet message from a friend or a loved one, even when your phone is locked We often come across apps that make us do a double take, and LokLok is one of them.
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