Our top 10 best iPhone apps for July, 2015
Musical.ly
Musical.ly is a new iOS app that lets you create fun lip-sync videos. You can browse from millions of tracks to create lip sync videos to all of your favorite songs. The app provides plenty of cool video effects like fast motion, slow motion, time lapse, and more. You can even share the videos you make on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Vine.
Showtime
The Showtime app is a stand-alone streaming service that gives you access to original Showtime series, unlimited movies, documentaries, and boxing events. With the Showtime app, you can catch up on hit shows like Dexter, Weeds, Californication, and more. After the 30-day free trial, you will need to subscribe to Showtime for $10.99 a month.
Tindog
Tindog, for iOS and Android, is the first social app that aims to connect dog lovers with other dog owners nearby that share the same interests. Similar to Tinder, users can browse through recommended profiles and swipe left for “No” and right for “Yes”. If both users swipe right, then it’s a match and you can organize a place to meet up. Tindog is a great way to make sure your dog will never have to walk in the park alone again.
Tossup
Sometimes it’s hard to coordinate meet-ups with a large group of friends — even with group messaging. Microsoft’s trying to solve the problem in a new way with an app for iOS and
Star Wars
With San Diego Comic-Con right around the corner, it’s no surprise that Disney and Lucasfilm launched an official Star Wars app for iOS and
Free
Are you tired of spending your nights at home by yourself? Free lets your friends know when you’re available to hang out, without sounding totally desperate. Launched earlier this month on iOS, Free users create statuses to show if they’re available to hang out. The app has three different modes including: Going Out, Flexible, or Busy. Whether you’re Going Out or Flexible, the app will send push notifications to friends who live in your current city, letting them know your availability.
Beet
Beet is a new social video app for iOS that lets you film short videos and compiles them into an ongoing montage. Each video can be up to six seconds long, and you can add more clips as you record them. You can share your moments with friends and watch updates on your friend’s stories. You can choose to have your profile on private or public, and share videos with friends via email, WhatsApp,
Qapital
Qapital is a new mobile-banking app that’s dedicated to helping young professionals meet their financial goals. Qapital helps its customers by automatically saving small amounts of money on a regular basis, so they can buy the things they want. Users can create a fun savings plan that enables them to save up for a specific goal. Whether you’re looking to save up to buy a new car or put down a security deposit on a new apartment, Qapital makes it easy to build the bankroll you need.
PicJoy
Do you find it nearly impossible to find the photo you’re looking for in your iPhone’s endless camera roll? PicJoy is a new app that instantly organizes all of your photos, and it will help you to find them much faster. PicJoy uses a complex algorithm that lets you tag images on your iPhone and iCloud accounts, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for, whether it be a photo from Christmas, or one you took a week ago. To get set up with PicJoy, you will need to give PicJoy access to your camera roll. Once that’s done, you can search for images by date, season, weather, holidays, events, landmarks, and places.
BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed has launched an iOS news app called BuzzFeed News. The app makes it easy to catch up on major news stories from around the world. BuzzFeed News has all of the updates you need, whether you like reading about the world of business, technology, politics, or entertainment. You can set up alerts, share stories easily, and get some background and context for big stories. BuzzFeed News also highlights news stories from other major publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and a host of others.
Our top 10 best iPhone apps for June, 2015
Navigating the iOS App Store can be overwhelming at times. With well over a million apps, it has an impossibly large number of choices for you. Even the app categories — like Photo & Video, Productivity, Social Networking, and News — can be confusing. It’s hard to figure out where the app you want is located at all, let alone hunt for fun new apps. We’re here to help. We’ve tirelessly browsed through the App Store to bring you some great new iPhone apps to choose from, and a few classics we can’t get enough of lately. Below are our 10 favorite new picks.
Foursquare + Uber
Foursquare users will soon be able to order a ride from Uber directly in the local discovery app. Foursquare is working with Button, a deep-linking startup, to integrate the service. When users tap to see more details on a restaurant, the Uber hailing button will appear. Users without the Uber app installed, will receive a discount on their first ride, with the promo code “FOURSQUARE.”
Google Photos
Google officially announced its new photo-sharing service, Google Photos, at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco. With Google Photos, users can backup unlimited photos and videos to Google’s cloud for free. The app lets users sort their photos by day, or even scroll through the months, or years. The new app can create montage movies, interactive stories, collages, animations, and more. Google Photos will back up photos and videos automatically from your device, so you don’t have to worry about deleting photos to make space.
Vine
Vine, the popular video sharing service, has updated its iOS app to include better search results. By heading on over to the Explore tab, users can now browse through Top or Recent posts. The new update comes a day after Vine landed on the Apple Watch. As of right now, the update is only available on iOS, but the company says the feature will be available for
The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel is one of the most popular weather apps on iOS. Users can get detailed weather forecasts including hourly forecasts, 36-hour forecasts, 10-day forecasts, and weekend forecasts. The Weather Channel app also provides pollen alerts, rain alerts, severe weather alerts, and breaking news alerts to keep you informed with national news updates.
Netflix
Netflix is one of the best subscription services for streaming TV episodes and movies on your iPhone. If you’ve signed up for a Netflix membership you can instantly watch Netflix original series like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black (with a new season coming), and Arrested Development. You can browse through a categorized selection that includes thousands of titles, and new episodes of popular TV shows are added on a regular basis. With Netflix, users can start watching on one device, and resume watching on another.
Here’s our list of the best movies streaming on Netflix right now.
Tinder
Tinder is a social networking app for dating that lets users connect with new people nearby. Swipe right to like, or left to pass, on Tinder’s recommendations. Just remember, your swipe is always anonymous. If someone you like happens to like you back, you will be able to chat directly to them within the app.
Kik
Kik Messenger is a social app that helps you stay connected. With Kik Messenger, you can chat to individuals or groups, play games, and share funny memes. One of best features of Kik is the ability to browse the web without leaving the app. With version 8.4.0, you can instantly share videos from your gallery.
WifiMapper
OpenSignal, a company that specializes in wireless coverage mapping, has released a new app called WifiMapper that finds Wi-Fi hotspots nearby. WifiMapper can tell you where a hotspot is located, how reliable the connection is, and provide more details about the hotspot venue. WifiMapper is powered by the OpenSignal app community, which means that all of the Wi-Fi spots are recommended by other WifiMapper users. The WifiMapper app will help you avoid roaming charges and slow internet at home.
Bundle
Amsterdam-based startup, Bundle B.V., has launched an app that helps users group and organize their photos, and create shared photo libraries with friends and family members. The app’s “AutoAlbum” feature lets users create albums by selecting which photos should be included. Bundle offers unlimited photo storage, and also lets users connect to storage providers like Dropbox and Google Drive.
Roomi
Are you looking for a new roommate? Roomi makes it easy to find compatible roommates. Whether you’re looking to just rent out a room or find a new place to stay, Roomi will search for roommates based on your living preferences and interests. As of right now, Roomi is only available in New York, but the developers are planning to expand it quickly and you can sign up to request that Roomi comes to your city.
Our top 10 best iPhone apps for May, 2015
Navigating the iOS App Store can be overwhelming at times. With well over a million apps, it has an impossibly large number of choices for you. Even the app categories — like Photo & Video, Productivity, Social Networking, and News — can be confusing. It’s hard to figure out where the app you want is located at all, let alone hunt for fun new apps. We’re here to help. We’ve tirelessly browsed through the App Store to bring you some great new iPhone apps to choose from, and a few classics we can’t get enough of lately. Below are our 10 favorite new picks.
Meerkat
Meerkat is a live video streaming app available on iOS and
Periscope
Back in March, Twitter officially announced the acquisition of live-streaming app Periscope. Periscope lets users broadcast in real time to their followers. When a broadcast is live, your followers can comment and share “hearts.” When a broadcast is over, users can make it so viewers can watch later. Replays last for 24 hours.
Hipstamatic DSPO
In April, Hipstamatic unveiled DSPO, its news social photography app for iOS. The app originally launched in December 2011, but as Hipstamatic D-Series. Although the D-Series had two million download, it only survived for seven months. The DSPO app lets users shoot and chat with their friends on the camera. Users can even doodle on their images before sharing with family and friends.
Hykoo
Hykoo is a video camera app that lets users turn their videos into stories. Users can simply create three short video clips, add commentary, and instantly share to Instagram, Twitter, and
DeeMe
DeeMe is a new instant messaging app for iOS. The DeeMe app lets users create more personalized messages. Users can choose from a variety of font styles, add icons, and type their reply on top of each message.
Snapchat
Snapchat recently updated its iOS and Androidapp that allows users to share photos, videos, and articles directly from Discover. Snapchat Discover allows media companies to publish content, but after 24 hours the content disappears. Snapchat has partnered with CNN, the Daily Mail, Comedy Central, People, Yahoo!, and more. The latest update also added the ability to zoom while recording videos within Snapchat.
Funny Or Die News Flash
The Funny or Die News Flash app curates the day’s top stories so they’re easy to digest. The Funny or Die News Flash app covers everything from Political News, Domestic News, Sports News, and more. The writers of Funny or Die promise to make users laugh at everything worth reporting.
HowAboutWe
HowAboutWe recently relaunched its mobile app with a ton of new features and updated pricing. With Tonight, HowAboutWe’s newest feature, users will be able to get hooked up in under five minutes for a date in the same evening. The Tonight feature is totally free, and users get to choose who they want to go out with. By signing up for a HowAboutWe membership, users can send messages to anyone they want, see who has liked their profile, and browse profiles anonymously.
Wiith
When it comes to online dating, there are plenty of apps for iOS users-from Tinder to Match.com to OkCupid. But what if you’re just looking to meet new people and don’t want to worry about being on a “date?” The Wiith app wants to connect nearby people who share the same interests so they can meet up for local activities and events. Users can create or join others’ posted events. Similar to the Tinder
NYT Now
The New York Times recently announced that its NYT Now iOS app would be complete free, and that its new version has a fresh new look. The NYT Now app offers a selection of the best stories from the New York Times, and is refreshed throughout the day. The app has also been updated with improved “card” designs which help readers find the hottest stories of the day. Users can also share screenshots of the cards with friends and family members.
