What are your favorite little-known iOS apps?

I am not looking for things like Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, etc. but I love discovering new apps that are useful/fun/intuitive / etc... Recommend away!
Melanie KrohnProject Manager, Bozell · Edited

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Forest

Focus for 30 minutes at a time. Or a tree will die. 🌳😵

Pavan Sethi5Product @ Stealth 🤐 · Written
This is the most simple app on my phone but also the one I recommend the most. It's by far my favorite productivity tool. 1) Set a timer for a certain period of time during which you can't touch your phone 2) While the timer is going, virtual trees are planted in your virtual forest 3) By planting virtual trees, you collect coins to plant REAL trees Be productive AND plant real trees, win-win situation. You can also see how long your friends are focusing and compete with them each day.
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Love the concept. Installed it, but must start using it also ;-). Will do asap!
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K.Volkan GündüzManaging Partner of Mailcell · Written
Utilize the technology to save the forest
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Privacy for iOS

Stefan Theofilos6UI/UX Designer, Lucro Solutions · Written
Another recommendation I have is Privacy.com. I found a fraudulent charge on my card a couple months ago and since then I use Privacy for every online purchase I make.
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K.Volkan GündüzManaging Partner of Mailcell · Written
It keeps my privacy for each online purchase.
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Jacob JonesDigital Marketing Specialist · Written
This product is amazing.
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Dark Sky

Weather app that predicts when it will rain or snow

Alexander ObenauerCEO, Mindsense (Throttle & Mail Pilot) · Written
Best weather app I've ever used. Crazy accurate an beautiful local radar. Notifications in advance of rain.
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This is my go to for Weather. It's good for tropical weather - particularly tropical storms or hurricanes for knowing when things are starting to get nasty nearby
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Pinguin

Interest based conversation #FollowWhatYouLove

Joshua Gunning made this product
Check it out on TC: https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/1... PROJECT GENESIS: Our social feeds are based on “friends” or acquaintances that we’ve met throughout our lives by circumstance. We don’t necessarily share the same interests with these people, nor do we have much in common other than the circumstances in which we met. We have pretty much full access to these people. Snapchat for the “in the moment”, Instagram for the “humble brag”, Facebook for the “family-focused updates”, and Twitter for …well I’m not quite sure “thought vomit?“. However, none of this helped me much when I moved from middle Missouri to Orlando… See more
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DevonCofounder of Pinguin App · Written
Devon made this product
We've seen so much awesome conversation happening here. I've been proudly nerding out in the #Startuplife channel all week.
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BRAND24

Keep track of your brand online.

Jakub Rogalski18Community Manager at Brand24 · Written
We've just recently released a new version of our mobile app. If social media monitoring is your thing, it's a good way to keep track of all the relevant mentions. Users can sign up or create projects, which they couldn't do in the old version of the app. We haven't launched it on PH specifically but here's a link to a video explaining the most important features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mP0gGmS25s
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Penny

A personal finance coach that's simpler than Mint

Penny is a finance coach app that has an intuitive UI and uses a bot to talk through your financial health across all the accounts. Decent charts like "How's March going?" OR "Breakdown by category" are really cool
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RobbProject Manager · Written
Penny is a calming presence in a world that can be very tough to understand. She gives insight on spending and seems like she is always adding new features and abilities. Penny+ (paid level) is totally worth it for the sub-categories alone.
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Clarity Money

Stefan Theofilos6UI/UX Designer, Lucro Solutions · Written
I'm not sure if this is little-known or not, but I love this personal finance app. It has everything I need, subscriptions, budgeting, savings, etc.
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First Aid by American Red Cross

Ivan Mirmaker of Qbserve time tracking app · Written
Luckily I haven't needed it and hopefully never will but it's a nice thing to keep on my phone. Available on Android too and there's also one for pets.
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Evernote Scannable

Multi-purpose scanning app from Evernote (iPhone)

Calvin DassI'm just here for the ride. · Written
This has made going paperless so much easier! It takes 3 seconds to capture images, it enhances them automatically so they look like they've been scanned, and the PDFs or images can be shared with most other apps (I save mine to Google Drive or Box). It also integrates with Evernote and can automatically save contact information from business cards when you snap them! The scanning boundaries are also super accurate :)
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Michael HirschFounder of Big Bold Co. · Written
Michael Hirsch made this product
This to-do list/task manager is very clean, simple, and smart.
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Agenda: Widget+

Agenda is a widget app that, in my opinion, does a better job than the stock calendar widget at displaying upcoming calendar events.
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Motion for iMessage

Ruslan GirichevEmotion Designer · Written
Ruslan Girichev made this product
Just because it's mine :-) But seriously I use it quite often to quickly share any moments with my family. That is much faster to make a short video than type many words on mobile.
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CARROT

The fun to-do list with a personality

It's fun, snarky, and helps me get things done with rewards, unlockables, and challenges.
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Our Groceries

Keep all of your lists handy. Sync them with someone else -- they are at home checking the fridge while you bike to the store. It all appears magically. Love this app.
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Be My Eyes

Lend your eyes to the blind

ShafiuProduct Designer · Written
I love helping visually impaired people with this app. I've helped 9 people so far. Every time I answer a stranger's call it just lights up my day. I would totally recommend this app.
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Transloader

Remotely download things on your Mac from your iPhone

Matthias GansriglerCEO/Developer, Eternal Storms Software · Written
Matthias Gansrigler made this product
Whenever you need to download a link you come across on your iPhone or iPad to a Mac, this is the app to do it - you enter the URL into the iOS app, and the Mac counterpart starts the download. So when you return to your Mac, the file is ready for you.
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Helps you save space on iPhone storing the high-resolution photo in a secure cloud while keeping the low-resolution photo on your device. And you also can order prints of your photos and have them delivered to your home.
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My Film Buzz

Sami RehmanCo-founder and CEO, My Film Buzz · Written
Sami Rehman made this product
Existing movie rating systems are broken. They attempt to cater to everyone's tastes with a single score. These scores can be biased or skewed and are often used more as a marketing tool. We all have friends that share our particular taste in movies. Those friends that recommend great movies to us because they understand us and know exactly what we like. This is the true measurement of quality which is what makes the My Film Buzz rating system different. By connecting with your friends, you will get a personalised movie rating based on their votes. In this way your score is completely personal to you and your uniqu… See more
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Recruitee

A fast, easy, collaborative hiring tool

Beth HudsonSocial Media Marketer, Recruitee · Written
Recruitee is an ATS (Applicant Tracking System) that has a bunch of desktop users, but they also just released an iOS and Android app! Here's the blog post on it: https://recruitee.com/blog/recru... It allows you to continue your recruitment efforts on the go, which is so important in modern hiring. Everyone has a mobile device these days, so opportunities to nab top talent are likely missed if you are only interacting with candidates while you at your desk. I'm not saying that you should be checking stuff 24/7, because work/life balance is important for employers, as well! But it helps to get notifications and an o… See more
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what3words

Any location on the globe with a unique 3 word combination

what3words is a global addressing system for anyone or anything, everywhere on earth. It has divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares and assigned each one a unique 3 word address. Looking forward to it taking off and becoming ubiquitous like Google Maps😊
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