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The 10 Most Useful Apps

With limited phone storage, which apps make the cut?

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In 2015, it is rare to find someone who is not attached to their phone. From talking and texting, to surfing the Internet, smart phones are used in so many different ways. For some, a phone helps them perform daily activities, manage their calendar, serve as a photo album and so much more.

With infinite ways to use a phone, and more than a million apps available to download, one may run into a problem — so many apps and so little storage. This is why it is important to pick and choose the most important apps to keep and the unnecessary ones to go.

Here are the 10 apps every one should have on their phone:

1. GroupMe

GroupMe offers texters a unique group chat experience. With this app you can be involved in as many group chats as you would like. They can all have different names and members. It is a great way to organize your conversations and connect with different groups of people in your life. You can mute chats, leave chats or end chats if you want to. The best part of this app is that, unlike iMessage, you don't have to have an iPhone to be a part of the group chat. With GroupMe, users are able to connect from anywhere in the world and with any type of smartphone.

2. StyleIt

This app is FREE, and is like a pocket stylist for your every needs! It is super-easy, and does all the work for you. You first snap a pic of something of yours you like, so a pair of shoes, a dress, etc. Next, the app will take whatever you uploaded and style outfits for you in less than five seconds! Crazy right? And while your outfits are being created, StyleIt will find the best deals to buy the outfit components right from the app.

3. Afterlight

There are dozens of filters to choose from and many ways to brighten, clarify, saturate, highlight and add color to your pictures to make them exactly how you want them. The best part about Afterlight is that it allows you to edit your picture without it looking too edited. The only downside to this app is that it costs $0.99, but is TOTALLY worth all 99 pennies.

4. Timehop

Because why shouldn't you be reminded of every embarrassing thing you've ever posted on the Internet? Timehop changes its feed daily to show users their past activity on social media sites. Sometimes Timehop can help you to remember really funny memories and other times it can make you thankful you are not the person you were four years ago.

5. Waze

Waze is an amazing app for anyone that drives or spends a lot of time in the car. Waze will work as a GPS to find you the fastest route to your destination based on traffic and road conditions. The predicted times of arrival are accurate and the route will change as traffic develops. Not only does Waze track your movement, but it tracks all other drivers connected to the app so that if they hit traffic in front of you, it will send you a better way. Drivers can warn others users of any police, roadkill or roadwork on the road. Everything is given to you on a map and alerts go off to avoid the users constantly looking at their device and minimize distractions. It is best used by a passenger in the car rather than the driver.

6. Spotify

Spotify is not only for your computer, it can also be used on the go with your phone. For $10 a month, premium users get access to millions of songs by popular artists on their phones. You can create your own playlists or listen to ones made by other users. Although Spotify is free to use on your computer, it comes along with advertisements and interruptions, and you can't use all that Spotify has to offer on your smartphone. It's much cheaper than paying for every song in your iTunes library if you listen to a lot of music.

7. Mobile Banking

Whether you have TD Bank, Bank of America, or even some small banking company, they have an app for that. Mobile banking allows you on-the-go access to your accounts, anytime, anywhere. It's a safety net for your money. You can allow transfer funds from one account to the other, and even deposit checks just from a click of a button. It helps with people who are insanely busy or lazy. But regardless, it's a big help.

8. Lose It!

Lose It! is not only just an app for weight loss. It's a great way to track your calorie intake and daily exercise by logging it. To make things easy, you are able to scan the barcodes for the foods you wish to add to your daily log. But, if your food doesn't have a barcode, Lose It! has a way to search and select from many options to find the perfect match and calorie count for the food you are eating. It's a great way to stay healthy. For anyone looking to lose weight, you can use the app for that purpose by inputting your ideal weight goal and how long you want to achieve that goal and Lose It! will give you the amount of calories you are allotted each day in order to reach that goal.

9. Heads Up!

Everyone's phone needs at least one app for entertainment. The goal of Heads Up! is to guess the word on the phone you place on your head based on your friends' descriptions ... all before the timer runs out! There are many categories such as celebrities, animals, movies, accents and characters. This game costs $0.99 in the app store but is great to entertain friends. Heads Up! can be played with one friend or a group. It's great for parties because the only game piece necessary is your phone!

10. Eat 24

Eat 24 is a super-convenient delivery and take-out app. Eat 24 takes your current location and gives you options of where you can order food from. You can even filter these options by searching for certain types of food, specific restaurants or particular dishes. Menus are available for restaurants and pictures are included so you will know exactly what you are ordering. You can order and pay on the app. Eat 24 allows you to easily scan your credit card into the app and saves the information so that you don't have to re-enter it every time you order. The app is connected to Yelp, so you can see costumer reviews of the restaurants you are ordering from. There are over 20,000 restaurants on the app, so you will never go hungry!


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