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What's your favourite/most useful app?

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JanePGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 30-Apr-14 16:19:40

We all spend so much time on our tablets/smartphones etc, that we at GNHQ have decided to start rounding up our pick of the most useful/entertaining or even downright silly apps.

This will be a regular thing, and to get things started, we'd like to hear from you about which ones have benefited you in some way.

So, which apps make your life easier? Which ones make you laugh? Which ones do you find helpful? Which is your overall favourite? Serious or silly, we'd like to hear about it. Thanks all cupcake

Helenanne Tue 17-Feb-26 20:18:48

The PressReader app, supported by many Uk public libraries gives free access to thousands of UK and international newspapers and magazines. You need to be a library member, to have a login, but that is also free.

twiglet77 Tue 17-Feb-26 20:09:34

Ah too hasty, sorry!

Fallingstar Tue 17-Feb-26 20:08:44

Oh bums, another of those old threads.
Why is the OP blue?

Fallingstar Tue 17-Feb-26 20:04:52

Citymapper, the Train app, and Uber, seeing as we rely on public transport to go anywhere since my DH had a stroke.

Ilovedogs22 Tue 17-Feb-26 19:49:08

chloe1984

I love the iplayer radio app all I ever need to access any radio programmes I may have missed.

Ohh yes! I love the iplayer apps.
I can always find something to watch or to listen-into. Brilliant stuff.

SORES Tue 17-Feb-26 19:42:19

Yes it is, interesting, so it will possibly be alive for a while.

Welshy Tue 17-Feb-26 19:22:11

SORES

Thank you for pointing that out to me. I've only just noticed the date on post.

In fairness it is a good topic.

SORES Tue 17-Feb-26 19:14:04

Welshy, you can see ^^

troll patrols pick up moribund threads then post, usually
showing an advertisement for something extraordinary
it is advisable not to click onto as it will be a scam

then regulars carry on posting, as has happened here

twiglet77 Tue 17-Feb-26 18:56:01

WeatherBug
FlightRadar24
Spotify
Fitbit
MyFitnessPal
Trolley
TooGoodToGo
SkyviewLite
Olli by Tinrocket (photo editor)

Welshy Tue 17-Feb-26 18:45:43

Maremia, who was deleted?

Maremia Tue 17-Feb-26 17:24:23

So, this Zombie was revitalised by a Poster who was deleted.

Welshy Tue 17-Feb-26 17:20:11

Trolley.co.uk it compares supermarket prices.

Also the BBC weather app.

Welshy Tue 17-Feb-26 17:12:51

Mamie I use another flight tracker called uk.flightware.com

I used it yesterday to track the plane my daughter was on.

Welshy Tue 17-Feb-26 17:04:19

I'm another WhatsApp fan. I use it daily on both my laptop (as I can see photos/videos bigger on there) and on my mobile phone.

PayPal for paying friends & family.

Google Maps especially when driving, as I don't have a built in sat nav.

Greenfinch Mon 08-Dec-25 04:05:42

Reported

kavaxa2263 Mon 08-Dec-25 03:51:14

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MollyCK Fri 27-Jun-14 20:07:44

We just started using this free application called “Moment Garden” to get real time updates on our new grandson Mark. Our son and daughter in law have created a “Garden” for Mark that is completely private and only available to see by invitation. We get an email everyday with any new photo about Mark or an update about him. It is truly the highlight of my day. We can also add “moments” to Mark’s garden or send comments to him or his parents. It’s a wonderful application, especially important to me because of the privacy. In this day and age I prefer not to have my personal information all over the internet for everyone to see.

Mamie Wed 28-May-14 16:35:53

Just seen I have been named and shamed on Twitter for my Candy Crush addiction. grin Have to report I have now got to 575 and am waiting again for an update. I thought I had taken weeks over it and then realised I had polished off fifteen new levels in FOUR DAYS shock
Happily OH is just as addicted to Sudoku so he doesn't miss me...
Thanks to this thread I have started Duolingo and am getting on well with Spanish. My granddaughter thinks it is hilarious but hasn't realised that she still has to speak to me really slowly. It will be nice to be able to talk to my co-abuela next time we go. We can only smile warmly at each other at the moment....

penguinpaperback Wed 21-May-14 11:24:39

I know one day I should buy a Kindle and I will but for now the free Kindle App from Amazon.

rosequartz Wed 21-May-14 10:12:35

Do they have an app, anno?

DD2 was telling me about apps that I can download on to my new phone at 11.15 last night. However, after a lovely day and a couple of glasses of wine it was all too much for my poor addled brain. I did not dare ask her what an app was.

annodomini Wed 21-May-14 10:04:12

Think I got this thread confused with the one about button pushing. Sorry!

annodomini Wed 21-May-14 09:42:15

The company that installed my new windows and front door keep ringing me to see if I want new gutters and soffits - no matter how often I tell them my house doesn't have soffits. As soon as I hear the name of the company, I just say, 'Sorry, not interested' and put the phone down. I have long ago run out of polite responses.

Brendawymms Wed 21-May-14 08:21:44

We had a call blocker installed about a year ago and now get very very few nuisance calls. When one comes in its easy to add that number to the blocked list. Soop

mrsmopp Wed 21-May-14 07:52:58

With a Zinio app you can read magazines on your iPad. Some libraries have an arrangement to supply magazines free for library members. There is a wide choice of magazines on varying topics.

Galen Tue 20-May-14 17:24:58

I'm the same! Solar heating gas boiler maintenance cavity wall insulation free gas boiler loft insulation. All are recorded in an American accent saying they're a British based company.grrrrrrrr angry