I’m curious to discover more stuff that exists in the App realm, there must be some small indie apps we don’t know about everywhere
Insight Timer is a meditation timer with the features I like:
- timer
- intervals
- save as preset
it’s also got a huge marketplace of guided meditations, though I don’t use them
On Google Play, Insight Timer has 5M+ downloads and is Editors’ Choice. It is not a small app, and it’s constantly trying to get you to pay for premium. I have never cared about or noticed low quality audio until trying to use this app. It’s been a very weird experience trying to relax and noticing how poor the recordings sound. I assume this is another upsell thing
PianOli: A little toy piano for your kids to play without being able to swipe out and mess with your other apps.
Flashlight: Flashlight from the Simple suite, that allows you to pulse or strobe your phone’s torch. It can even pulse SOS messages.
Moonlight: Stream your entire desktop (e.g. gaming PC) to your phone using the sunshine (previously nvidia gamestream) protocol. Works fantastic.
Brain Waves for binaural beats
Trail Sense, it’s all the “survival” tools in one great package. Do I use it often? No. Does it feel like unwrapping my favourite toy every time I open it? Absolutely.
I use the AR tool for sun positions every time I’m finding a tent spot or to watch a sunrise/set, and the bubble level is perfect for finding a tent spot that isn’t tilted 2 degrees towards your head so you wake up with a headache.
Lemmy Boost
kinder world, it’s a plant-watering emotions-thinking about game that’s a cover for a mindfulness app. really effective because cute animal characters.
Pocket Bard is great for setting adaptive music in D&D sessions. Pick a setting (town, cave, woods, dungeon, etc.), choose the activity the party is doing (exploration or battle), choose an intensity. The music will automatically adapt and fluidly change to match the situation.
Do you know of an alternative that allows custom music and sounds? I haven’t found anything that works well.
Thank you for this. This is just what I’ve been looking for.
My partner introduced me to the Dutch “112” app (112 is the emergency telephone number in Europe).
I hope I never need it of course, but if I do it automatically shares my location and it allows me to chat instead of call if I would be in a situation that requires that.
Also, I really enjoy Jepster as my biking computer when cycling. The guy that built it is also very approachable when you find a problem, which is great.
And when you’re planning to get kids have a look at “Kinder”…
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Data Jar: When you use iOS Shortcuts this is a great way to store persistent simple data with iCloud Sync
Walkscape. It’s like Pokémon go and runescape but without the emptional manipulation.
Or
Streetcomplete - gamify openstreetmap and help fill out the map.
I’ve been enjoying using both of these, and they make a great pairing. Go for a walk, check out the streets!
I’ve just finished making my Streetcomplete account! And I’ve got some work around me it’s gonna be fun
I just got accepted into the beta for walkscapes. It’s such a relaxing game and using steps vs distance is super nice to have as a tracking system.
If you travel a lot, Toilet finder.
Edit: and not an app, but a website: Pairdrop - really useful for cross-platform file sharing, especially when you just need to email to colleagues something you snapped with your personal phone, but yoe have overly tight IT systems in place at work that stop you from connecting your personal phone to your email or OneDrive.
This reminds me of tinyapps.org . I loved this resource in the early aughts.
For me it’s StreetComplete. It’s like Pokémon Go, but you’re doing actual map quests that help verify or correct information in Open Street Maps.
And if you do enough per month, you get free map downloads without a subscription if you use OSM the app.
I think it’s only on Android though.
Same I use it so much. Really fun to fill in info
I wish they’d get people to verify transit schedules literally the only reason Google maps finds itself on my phone
The Transit app has been quite helpful for me to replace Google Maps!
Hah, bold of you to assume my local public transport actually has a schedule.
O7
Wooow! Now that’s a fun and useful game like I’ve been searching for a while! Downloaded count me in!!!
There’s also a more powerful version of it called SCEE
Though that’s more for advanced users. If people don’t already know about street complete, they should use the regular version.
This is the most addictive thing I’ve done in a while. It’s rare to find something where just two clicks can help in a bigger project, and at least where I live there are thousands on tiny dots to check
Glad you’re enjoying it. Have fun unlocking badges!
Not an app, a site:
Free Photoshop clone. For my needs, it’s over the top perfect.
It works really well and has been my go too for studies last year
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I’m recently enjoying walkscape, which is an RPG where you have to walk in real life to progress in game activities, such as crafting or fighting.
It’s in closed beta, but you can sign up for the next wave of beta invites and I got in pretty fast
Also, I downloaded streetcomplete but haven’t really gotten around to it. It’s an app where you map out your surroundings for open source maps with Infos, like opening times at a bank or the width of the street or the type of road, etc. A cool concept, but I always forget about it
Haha I was gonna suggest it too, it’s been a lot of fun! Helps get me walking and the community are nice :-)
I’ve been eyeing walkspace since I discovered it on lemmy, it’s just that because it’s in Beta waves, I know when I’ll get access to it, my hype to try it out will be gone. And I won’t use it :/ so I’m waiting
I have been using walkscape as well. My walks with the dogs have almost doubled in length, just because I have a little incentive to achieve a goal in the game.
