What Is Your Favourite or Most Useful App

On my phone:
WhatsApp is the one I use every day.
Borrowbox nearly every day
MetOffice a couple of times a week - likewise Bluesky BBCSounds and Instagram

I use different sets of apps on my laptop, my ipad and my TV.

None are my "favourites" to be honest as they all do different things!

Whatsapp
Facebook, for the found
Gransnet
Mumsnet
Transdev, for bus times
Word, for making lists
Drive, for bread recipes
Messenger, for chatting to friends
Word Trip, for passing the time.

NotSpaghetti .... I've never heard of Borrowbox before. I don't have a library card but my grandson does.
Is it for childrens books too?
I will have to have a look at it again.

Interesting thread.

I have shied away from apps, on the whole.
Not sure why.
It may have been parking apps that put me off.
Far quicker to just insert coins.

Another BorrowBox fan here.

Also NHS app for repeat prescription ordering.

Citymapper for public transport and walking routes in unfamiliar places.

RingGo parking app is brilliant. Time saving and easy to use.

PayPal for ease of paying money to friends or family.

I think you can get a library card online (to use with Borrowbox), Welshy

And yes, all ages.

I don’t think all libraries subscribe to Borrowbox . I couldn’t find my local library on the list and on the council website it mentions Libby. Is this the same sort of thing?

NotSpaghetti

I think you can get a library card online (to use with Borrowbox), Welshy

Thank you, I have just joined. I didn't realise you could do it all online.

Libby is in my area too and for a while I had both apps but I find Borrowbox really easy to use and possibly it has more books...

Greenfinch

I don’t think all libraries subscribe to Borrowbox . I couldn’t find my local library on the list and on the council website it mentions Libby. Is this the same sort of thing?

I hadn't heard of that either, but I just googled it and yes it looks similar.

libbyapp.com/interview/welcome#doYouHaveACard

Apps I use a lot are
WhatsApp
Facebook
Waze for maps
BBC weather
Vinted
Times online
3 parking apps
Banks
BBC music also for podcasts
Booking.com and tripadvisor for trips
My gym
On my iPad I use iplayer and Netflix and edit photos

My library is now offering CLEVNET

www.clevnet.org/

I think this must be new...

Tenko what do you use to edit photos?

I use a few already listed but also use following apps

NHS
Gov uk
My Fitness Pal
Fitbit
Flight Radar
Kindle

Thanks Welshy.

Photos
Banks
WhatsApp
NHS
FB
Newspapers
Gransnet
Pharmacy
KFC
YouTube
EBay
PicCollage
AppStore
Notes……

Absolutely couldn’t manage without Copy Me That. It copies recipes, makes shopping lists and you can meal plan. Use it all the time. Also love Shop Shop which is my shopping list ( basically the only thing I use on my mobile phone!)
Do like Headspace and You Tube for meditation and yoga classes too. Good Reads for keeping track of all the books I read.

WhatsApp
Press Reader (not paid for a newspaper for years)
Libby
Google
Google Pay
Notes
Ryanair
Flightradar
Smile
Chase
Clock
Loop
AirBnB
Email... the list goes on

I’ve always had difficulty entering info on a phone, so I’ve never mastered apps and thus miss out on all sorts of benefits. Also, I now need reading glasses to see anything on my aging Android mobile, since my cataract op and the fitting of long-distance IOLs (lenses).

I can now drive again, which is wonderful, but it’s only very recently that I’ve finally braved using PayByPhone so that I can actually go anywhere apart from supermarkets with their own car park! Still feel sorry for all the old biddies, like me, who continue to have that problem. Today’s technology leaves a lot of people out in the cold.

fancythat

Interesting thread.

I have shied away from apps, on the whole.
Not sure why.
It may have been parking apps that put me off.
Far quicker to just insert coins.

Unfortunately our local car park no longer accepts coins, which was frustrating and I had no choice but to download the app.

iCal - is that an App, I'd be lost without it jogging my memory
What'sApp
Facebook
Met Office Weather Forecast
Wallet
Notes
StepsApp
Local Newspaper
Trolley
Snapseed
Amazon
Etsy
Next - at sale times
Bluesky - for a bit of good news
Banking Apps

Redactrice

I’ve always had difficulty entering info on a phone, so I’ve never mastered apps and thus miss out on all sorts of benefits. Also, I now need reading glasses to see anything on my aging Android mobile, since my cataract op and the fitting of long-distance IOLs (lenses).

I can now drive again, which is wonderful, but it’s only very recently that I’ve finally braved using PayByPhone so that I can actually go anywhere apart from supermarkets with their own car park! Still feel sorry for all the old biddies, like me, who continue to have that problem. Today’s technology leaves a lot of people out in the cold.

Redactrice

Do you have a laptop, computer or a tablet? They have much bigger screens for you.

For example I have WhatsApp on both my android phone and on my laptop. I much prefer to use it on my laptop because of the size of the screen and the size of the keyboard. I can also view photos I receive, larger too.

G Pay
Vinted
eBay
DailyMail
Shazam
Radioplayer
NHS Wales
Clock