Best Apps: Dec '19 Edition

A quick roundup of some of the interesting apps on Android, iOS and the web...

1. Access scholarly articles for free: Unpaywall
2. Alarm that forces you to get off the bed: Alarmy (Android/iOS)
3. Audit apps and websites for transparency: Openly Operated
4. Backup articles: Authory
5. Camera: Spectre Camera (iOS)
6. Chat without internet: Bridgefy (Android/iOS)
7. Check air quality: Air Quality (iOS), Carrot Weather (Android/iOS)
8. Check events and restaurant ratings: BookMyShow, Dineout, Insider, LBB
9. Discover new products in tech: Product Hunt (Android/iOS/web)
10. Documentary streaming service: DocuBay
11. Extend Apple Shortcuts: Pushcut, Toolbox Pro (iOS)
12. File sharing: Anonymization App, Firefox Send, OnionShare
13. Game subscription service: GameClub
14. Google Play Store alternative for Android: Aptiode
15. Hotel and travel bookings: Cleartrip, Goibibo, MakeMyTrip, OYO, redBus, trivago, Yatra
16. How to guides for crafts, repairs and do-it-yourself projects - Snapguide (iOS)
17. Improve vocabulary: Reji (Android/iOS)
18. Learn Indian classical music through AI: NaadSadhana (iOS)
19. Learn programming basics: Encode (Android), Knowin (iOS)
20. Listen to audio series: Audible Suno (India only)
21. Listen to audiobooks: Storytel (Android/iOS)
22. Local search engine: Justdial
23. Manage the security of your iOS device: iVerify (iOS)
24. Online marketplace: OLX (Android/iOS)
25. Personal privacy-focused journal: Diarly (iOS)
26. Privacy websites: PRISM Break, PrivacyTools, That One Privacy Site
27. Markdown writer: Press (Android), Typora
28. Notes: Danger Notes, Flow Moleskine (iOS), Joplin, write.as
29. Scan and solve math problems: Microsoft Math Solver (Android/iOS)
30. Task Manager: Actions by Moleskine (Android/iOS)
31. Time and productivity tracker: Boosted (Android)
32. Track expenses: Expensify (Android/iOS/web)
33. Transform every article on the web into audio podcast: Playpost (Android/iOS)
34. Trip guide: FairTrip (Android/iOS), TRVL
35. Video conferencing: BluJeans, TeamViewer
36. Write poems and short stories: Creative Writer (iOS)