What Is Your Favourite or Most Useful App

There are so many apps that I use eg
WhatsApp
Guardian online - I subscribe
Google maps - when driving
Email on iPad and iPhone
Ring Go
Banking apps
BorrowBox
Facebook
Messenger - occasionally
Wallet - for store cards
Notes
NHS
Photo library
Calculator
Nectar BBC iPlayer and similar
Spydus library(book index)
Canon printer app
Kindle
There are probably others too..

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?

Libby is the same .

Thanks . I will give it a go.

Apologies if this is a stupid question, but where there is an equally good equivalent website, what are the advantages of using an App instead?
I don’t mean why might it be easier to use a phone, as the advantages of that are self evident, but what about on an ipad?

I do use some Apps, but in many instances I think I access the same information and online facilities via a website, no?

Cabbie, I was thinking the same thing. I do most of my online shopping on my IPad.

Cabby I like the apps I use because they are faster to access, no logging in for instance. Faster to use one in, and don’t need an internet connection.
I’m thinking especially about the bank that I use several times a day, and Waitrose.
The bank literally takes 3 seconds with facial recognition.

Apologies Cabbie.

For example ...

Lidl Plus app. I scan each time I shop there. I no longer get a paper receipt as they go straight to my activity in my account. I get lots of rewards from it, today I had a free cake and 15% off a few items.

Toby Carvery app. Collect stamps and get rewarded.

Scan & Go app. You can your mobile phone at ASDA as a scanner, instead of the hand held scanner in store.
Also the ASDA Rewards app. Scan each time you shop to get rewards.

My bank app. I just use my finger print to sign in to see my balance or pay someone etc. If you ever receive cheques you can take photos with your phone and pay them in.

GPay Wallet (Google Pay) app. I can add gift cards to it. My bank card is added to it, so I can use my phone at the check out to pay.

PayPal app I use often to pay someone, usually my children.

These are just some examples. They are just more convenient, when out and about.

For those who love looking for the Northern Lights, I thoroughly recommend the Glendale App:
aurora-alerts.uk/
There's a lot of heavy science about the state of the sun given in graphs which I do not look at as I've no idea what it all means. However once logged in, the first thing you see is a map of the UK which shows where the aurora is visible in real time. This info is provided by others using the app and as a user you can also post if you have a sighting. The app can also send alerts when activity on the sun's surface is going to result in a visible aurora display.
I am logged in every night but always switch off alerts before sleeping. I've been fortunate to have seen some amazing aurora displays during my life so I'm not overly keen to be woken in the early hours with an alert notification.