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Life-Changing Apps You Won't Believe You Lived Without

With phones and tablets, you can be entertained, work from anywhere and stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues. However selecting the must-have apps is a challenging task. This compilation has been put together to make it easy for you. ...

With phones and tablets, you can be entertained, work from anywhere and stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues. You can turn your phone or tablet into a movie-theatre, desktop-workstation, canvas or recipe manager on the go - with the right software. However selecting the must-have apps is a challenging task. This compilation has been put together to make it easy for you.

Water Resistance Tester

The Water Resistance Tester is a very simple, but vital, software that can stop water damage to your phone. All it does is tell you if your phone is water resistant or not. By pushing down forcefully on the screen, it uses the barometer in your phone to check pressure changes. If there's no water resistant seal, then the pressure shouldn't vary much according to the app. We can't speak to the science, but we tested the app on a water-resistant phone (we had to remove the case first, as cases can interfere with the test) and it said that the phone was still resistant. Judging by positive reviews on Google Play Store, we're not alone in thinking that its judgement is correct.

Of course, you know whether your phone was originally water resistant or not, but over time or after a drop, that resistance may have lessened.Check that the seals are still intact on your phone if you've sent it in for repairs. Because of this, it's an app worth running occasionally. Plus, it's free with the option to donate and remove ads.

Pocket Casts

Podbean, Stitcher, and Apple all have podcast easy ways to recommend new casts and manage the ones you want but they don't offer everything that Pocket Casts does. With this app, you can browse podcasts by charts, networks, and categories. Plus add the ones you want to build your own playback queue which makes it great for listening on commute or while working out.

The app regularly scans for new episodes so you never fall behind on your favourite series. Plus, with automated downloading and customizable filters, it's easy to keep everything organized. You can also customize your listening experience with powerful features like an up-next option, quiet trimmer, chapters, playback skipper and more.

Video Glitch Effects

With this app, you can shoot images and videos while applying over 100+ effects and filters live. This includes Retro VHS, Shadow, Xray, and Neon effects that are available for TikTok producers using Android phones. You may add tracks from your phone to the videos by importing it into the app. Lastly, you adjusting aspect ratios before creating high-resolution films to post on social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram

Glitch Video Effects has been downloadedILLION+ times on the Google Play store, with over 630K users giving it a 4.7/5 star rating. You will need Android 5.0 or higher to run Glitch Video Effects, which is available for $10 but you can also test it out for free for 7 days! 

Amazon

The Amazon app is a customer's best friend when it comes to obstacles like global travel and foreign currency. With handy features like Amazon Prime, same-day shipping, barcode scanning and more, this app makes it easy as pie to shop for items both big and small from the comfort of your own home.

With this hi-tech, easy returns process, users can select the items they want to return or process returns immediately from the Amazon app. After scanning a QR code from the app, our partner will take care of all return shipping. Plus, if you've entered your payment and address info before, you can buy anything with only one click!

Spotify

Spotify is often the first music application that comes to mind because it's one of the best streaming services available. With a wide range of options for users, Spotify has something for everyone - from major label albums to lesser-known artists. In addition, video support for some of their most popular podcasts makes Spotify even more versatile and user-friendly.You can try the app for free, but if you want features like ad-free listening, downloading songs, and unrestricted skips, you'll need to pay $10 per month. Although Spotify does offer a fair 3-month long free trial. This app also has an option of $15 monthly called "family household plan", a $5 monthly "student account", and a $13 monthly "Duo" account that covers two individuals in the same home.

Shabaam

Who doesn't love a good GIF? Most people would say that they're even better with music. With Shabaam, you can add tunes to your favourite moving pictures and really make them pop.

Shabaam's GIF collection is vast, making it easy to find the perfect one for your occasion. You can then record audio using your smartphone, which will be overlayed on top of the GIF. This creates a short movie that you may download or share through other apps.