The Best Apps (Updated)

The best of everything I've encountered so far on Android and iOS... (* indicates Android only apps, ^, iOS only apps)

• AI Chatbots - AnonChatGPT, HuggingChat, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Proton Lumo, z.ai, DeepSeek, Perplexity AI, Inflection AI Pi, Meta AI, Mistral Le Chat, Midjourney, Chatsonic, Character.ai, Grok, Amazon Alexa, SoundHound Chat AI

• Booking/ Reservations/ Shopping - Etsy, Amazon, Google Shopping, Walmart, eBay, Wayfair, Overstock, Wish, OpenTable, Flipkart, Groupon, RetailMeNot, Flipp, Rakuten Rewards, Shyp

• Calculators - Google Search, Digits^, Soulver^, Tydlig^, Calzy^, iris calculator^, Archimedes Calculator^, Google Calculator*

• Calendar - Proton Calendar, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar^, Fantastical^, Readdle Calendars^, Moleskine Timepage^, Pod^, Calendar 366^, EteSync*, DigiCal*

• Cloud Storage - Proton Drive, Sync, Nextcloud, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Amazon Drive, WeTransfer, Apple iCloud^

• Coding - GitHub, Grasshopper, Sololearn, Enki, Codecademy, Encode, Mimo, Swifty^, Pythonista^, Kodex^, Working Copy^, Prompt^, Blink Shell^

• Design/ Sketching - Adobe Illustrator/ Express/ Fresco/ Firefly, Behance, Canva, Over, Weebly, Wix, Unfold, Universe, SketchBook, MindNode, XMind, Collect, Concepts, Inkflow^, Procreate Pocket^, Folioscope^, Paper^, Flow by Moleskine^

• Distraction-free Writing - Byword^, Bear^, Editorial^, 1Writer^, iA Writer^, Ulysses^, Scrivener^, Essayist^ Monospace*, JotterPad*, Pure Writer*

• Email - ProtonMail, Tutanota, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Spark, Zoho Mail, HEY Email, K-9 Mail*, FairEmail*

• Events/ Tickets - Meetup, Eventbrite, Facebook Local, SeatGeek, StubHub, Ticketmaster, Fandango, Songkick, Ticketfly, Bandsintown Concerts

• File Managers - Apple Files^, Documents X by Readdle^, Total Files^, Amaze File Manager*, Files by Google*, Solid Explorer*, X-plore File Manager*, LocalSend, Snapdrop

• Fitness/ Health - Human, Fitbit, Lifesum, Strava, Sleep Cycle, Calm, Tide, Headspace, Google Fit, Meditopia, Evolve, Apple Health^, Twilight*

• Food - World Food Atlas, Grubhub, Seamless, Eat24, Kitchen Stories, Yummly, SideСhef, Cookd, Zagat, Buzzfeed Tasty, NYT Cooking, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Postmates, Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo, Blue Apron, HelloFresh, Crouton^

• Games - YouTube Gaming, Google Stadia, GeForce Now, Amazon Luna, Microsoft xCloud, Facebook Gaming, 2048, T-Rex Runner Game, Monument Valley, Alto's Adventure, Lifeline, Blek, Two Dots, Vocabulary Builder, WordBrain, The Impossible Letter Game, _PRISM, The Room, Mini Metro, Reigns, Pokémon Go, I Love Hue, Lumino City, Puzzmo, Blackbox^

• Habit Tracking - Moment, Habitify, Productive, Streaks^, Done^, Momentum^, Today^, Strides^, Loggit^, Habitory*, Loop*, Rewire*

• Homescreen Launchers/ Wallpapers/ Widgets* - Pixel Launcher, Nova Launcher, Niagara Launcher, Microsoft Launcher, Evie Launcher, Lawnchair Launcher, Meter, Muzei Live Wallpaper, Wallpapers, Widgetsmith^

• Instant Messaging - Ricochet, Signal, Wire, Threema, Telegram, FireChat, Jitsi Meet, Google Chat, Google Meet, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Viber, WeChat, Line, Kik, Slack, Zoho Cliq, Zoom, Beeper, iMessage^, FaceTime^, Google Messages*, Briar*, Silence*

• Investing/ Trading - Robinhood, Blockfolio, Stockpile, Coinbase, TradingView

• Journaling - Daylio, Journey, Day One, Grid Diary^, Momento^, Apple Journal^, Journey^

• Keyboards - Typewise Keyboard, AnySoftKeyboard*, Gboard, fleksy, SwiftKey, Simple Keyboard*

• Language-learning - Duolingo, Babbel, Drops, Rosetta Stone, Busuu, Memrise, Beelinguapp

• Learning - Khan Academy, Udacity, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning (Lynda), Coursera, Unacademy, Sololearn, Skillshare, PhotoMath, Google Classroom, Curiosity, MasterClass, Science Journal, Socratic, Imprint, Apple Classroom^, iTunes U^, MathX^

• Mapping/ Navigation - Google Earth, Google Maps, Waze, OpenStreetMap, HERE WeGo, Moovit, Transit, Citymapper, Foursquare, what3words, Apple Maps^

• Mobile Wallet - Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe, BHIM, Square Cash, Venmo, PayPal, TransferWise, Amazon Pay, {your bank app}, Apple Pay Cash^

• Music Makers/ Players - Music Maker JAM, djay, BandLab, Suno, GarageBand^, Music Memos^, Auxy^, Figure^, Pacemaker^, Medly^, Cesium^, Poweramp*, Musicolet*, Phonograph*, Caustic*

• Music Streaming - YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Amazon Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Gaana, JioSaavn, Resso, Wynk Music, Hype Machine, TuneIn Radio, Shazam, SoundHound, Genius, Musixmatch

• News/ RSS - Twitter, Reddit, Google News, Microsoft Start, Flipboard, SmartNews, Feedly, Inoreader, Artifact, Apple News^, Unread^, Fiery Feeds^, Lire^, Funnel^, feeeed^

• Notes - Standard Notes, Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote/ Whiteboard, Obsidian, Evernote, Simplenote, Dropbox Paper, Zoho Notebook, Milanote, Notion, Apple Notes^, Notability^, GoodNotes^, Letterspace^, Chars^, Agenda^, NotePlan^, Notebook^, Noted^, Keep It^, Drafts^

• Package Tracking - Parcels, Parcel^, Deliveries^

• Password Managers - KeePassXC, Bitwarden, Proton Pass, Dashlane, 1Password, LastPass, Enpass, Myki, Google Password Manager, iCloud Keychain^

• Personal Finance - Mint, Digit, Revolut, Robinhood, Splitwise, Tab, Simple, Truebill, Spendee, Pennies^, Finma^, Pockity^, Orbit^, Wallet*

• Photography/ Photo Editors - GIPHY, Tenor, Imgur, Unsplash, Adobe Photoshop (Lightroom), Afterlight, VSCO, Snapseed, Prisma, VIMAGE, Google Photos, PhotoScan, Motion Stills, Flickr, Facebook Moments, Microsoft Pix Camera^, Halide^, Enlight^, Darkroom^, Waterlogue^, Brushstroke^, Memoria Photo Gallery*

• Podcasts/ Social Audio - Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Castbox, Anchor, Clubhouse, Spotify Greenroom, Apple Podcasts^, Overcast^, Castro^, Podcast Addict*

• Privacy/ Security - Authy, Yubico Authenticator, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Burner, Abine Blur, ProtonVPN, Anonine, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, iVerify^, Step Two^, Guardian Firewall^, Lockdown^, Aegis*, andOTP*, Bouncer*, Block Apps*, Blokada*, Exodus Privacy*, NetGuard*

• Productivity - If This Then That (IFTTT), Pushbullet, AirDroid, LibreOffice, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Zoho Office Suite, Craft, Intel Unison, Airtable, Microsoft Flow, Shortcuts^, Scriptable^, Toolbox Pro^, Apple iWork^, Steno^, Tasker*, Type Machine*, Flynx*

• Read it Later - Instapaper, Cubox, Safari Reading List^, Google Chrome*, Basket*

• Reading/ Blogging - Goodreads, Fable, Browsery, Bookshop.org, Google Play Books, Amazon Kindle, Inkitt, comiXology, Audible, Wattpad, Scribd, LitCharts, Medium, WordPress, Blinkist, Headway, Everand, iBooks^, Book Tracker^, ReadEra*, Lithium*

• Reference - Wolfram Alpha, Wikipedia, Tinycards, Google Arts & Culture, DailyArt, Google Translate, Google Lens, Microsoft Translator, Quora, Dictionary.com, U-Dictionary, Educalingo, Deepstash, Brilliant, Daily Dictionary^, Word Vault^, LookUp^, Wikiflow^, Sky Guide^, Pronounce*

• Religion/ Spirituality - Muslim Pro, Quranly, NeuBible^

• Rich Storytelling - Steller, PRY^

• Ridesharing - Uber, Lyft, Ola Cabs, Cabify, Careem, Lime, Bird, Bolt, Grab, Bounce

• Scanners - Microsoft Office Lens, Adobe Scan, Scanbot, CamScanner, Apple Notes^, Scanner Pro^, Evernote Scannable^

• Search - Kagi, Google, Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Bing

• Smart Home - Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home

• Social Networking - Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat, Whisper, Mastodon, Bumble, Tinder, OkCupid, Grindr, SLOWLY, TikTok, byte

• To-do Lists - Todoist, Any.do, Trello, Asana, Google Tasks, Microsoft To Do, Moleskine Actions, TickTick, Swipes, 2Do, Stippl, Sorted³^, Omnifocus^, Things^, Blink^, Planny^, Sofa^, Structured^, Tiimo^, AnyList^

• Travel/ Navigation - Google Travel, Wikiloc, Trips by Lonely Planet, TripAdvisor, Culture Trip, Thrillophilia, Yelp, TripGo, Wanderu, Hotel Tonight, Expedia, Kayak/ Booking.com, Airbnb, Hostelworld, Hopper, Jetradar, ixigo, AllTrails, Tripsy^, Flighty^

• Unit Converters - Google Search, The Converted^, Convertible^, Amount^, Stacks^

• Utilities - Time.is, NotebookLM, Huxe, Adobe Acrobat Reader/ Fill & Sign, Truecaller, AdGuard, 1blocker^, Annotable^, Liner^, Shuffle^, PDF Expert^, Copied^, Anybuffer^, Runestone^, Find My^, wBlock^, Find My Device*, Device Info HW*, Datally*, Textpand*, Clipo*, Clip Stack*

• Video/ Movie Streaming - YouTube, YouTube TV, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, CuriosityStream, MUBI, DocuBay, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Apple TV+, Google Play Movies & TV, discovery+, Tubi, Viki, nPlayer, VLC media player, IMDb, Letterboxd, iTunes Movie Trailers, Movies Anywhere, Reelgood^, Infuse^

• Video Editors - FiLMiC Pro, Adobe Premiere Clip/ Rush, KineMaster, PowerDirector, GoPro Quik, Magisto, CapCut, Funimate, Filmr, InShot, Vimeo Create, Videoleap, iMovie^, Cinemagraph Pro^, LumaFusion^, Splice^, Kino^

• Voice recorders - Dolby On, Otter.ai, Granola, Apple Voice Memos^, Google Recorder*

• Weather - Ventusky, AccuWeather, Weather Channel, Weather Underground, BreezoMeter, UVLens, Carrot Weather, 1Weather, Dark Sky^, Marline^, Weather Line^, WeatherKit^, Weather Atlas^, Blue^, Tide Guide^, Moonlitt^, Today Weather*, Overdrop Weather*

• Web Browsers - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Arc Search, Brave Browser, Safari^, Onion Browser^, SnowHaze^, Tor Browser*, Bromite*, Vivaldi