Best Apps: May '20 Edition

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

1. Annotate PDFs: Highlights (iOS)
2. Calendar: Vantage Calendar (iOS)
3. Catch up on news: Knewz, News Break (Android/iOS), Winno (iOS)
4. Convert text to speech: Speechify (Android/iOS)
5. Create email aliases: Firefox Private Relay, SimpleLogin
6. Create shortcuts to Google Assistant commands: Action Blocks (Android)
7. Digital painting and 2D animation: Krita (Android)
8. Draw animations: FlipaClip (Android/iOS)
9. Email: On Mail, Canary Mail, Twobird (Android/iOS)
10. Habit trackers: Done (iOS), Habitify (Android/iOS)
11. Hyperlocal weather: Overdrop (Android/iOS)
12. Manage online subscriptions: Subscriptions (Android)
13. Meditation timer: Center (Android/iOS)
14. Notes: Bundled (Android)
15. Open-source phone dialler: Simple Dialer (Android)
16. Participate in crowdsourced scientific research: Zooniverse (Android/iOS)
17. Podcasts: Cosmicast (iOS)
18. Productivity tracker: Boosted (Android)
19. Recognise objects: Seeing AI (iOS)
20. Reminders: Directive, Due (iOS)
21. RSS reader: Elytra (iOS)
22. Secure Wi-Fi: Cisco OpenRoaming (Android)
23. Securely send large files: Filemail
24. Task manager: Kairn (invite-only)
25. To-do list: Taskful (Android/iOS), Sorted (iOS), Memorigi, Tasks.org (Android)
26. Third-party keyboards: AnySoftKeyboard, OpenBoard (Android)
27. Two-factor authentication: MYKI Authenticator, Yubico Authenticator (Android/iOS)
28. Video editor: Spark Camera (iOS)
29. Wallpapers: Bing Wallpapers (Android)
30. Web browser: Kiwi (Android)