What's the first app you launch when you're bored?

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I hate that when I have a "dull" moment, I launch Facebook. There must be more interesting/stimulating/motivating apps out there. What's yours?

Jason · Accepted Answer

Talk about music with strangers or friends. Discover some cool new music. Enhance your daydreaming with some tunes... lots of reasons to reach for this one when you're bored!

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Gives me good content to consume. Can't explain it better than that.

Hussein Yahfoufi · Answer

Not on the app yet (unless I missed it) but I do find myself coming here a lot on the web

Mike Coutermarsh · Answer

Instagram gets me. I even watch the stories. I think because they are more discoverable. Also - stories from athletes/celebrities are more interesting than my friends (sorry friends!) 😀

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Sometime's it's just nice to unwind and lay down some beats. This app is intuitive yet surprisingly flexible.

Hung Truong · Answer

My #1 app to get the latest updates about the things I'm interested. A wealth of information controlled by who you choose to follow.

Chetan Menaria · Answer

I read at least 5 articles everyday from medium, this is more useful than checking status of some strangers :)

Niv Dror · Answer

Not the first thing, but something I'd like to start doing... Journaling your day in 60 second, everyone has time for that, and the end result, and the end of the year (or even month) would be very cool to see and have.

Niv Dror · Answer

Love listening to comedy podcasts to take my mind of things. Highly recommend the Laughable app, which shows you all the podcast episodes your favorite comedians have been on.

Eithiriel DeMeré · Answer

Just absolutely love playing this game.

Kanbanote · Answer

The app is very well designed, and it is pleasant to learn about culture and art. There are a few stories every day and it's very visual and interesting.

Pedro Pita · Answer

My favorite reddit client for iOS...

Lori Kingshott · Answer

Instead of mindless hours of Candy Crush, this is a fun way to get a refresher on a Classic Education, that you can then drop into conversations IRL.

Lori Kingshott · Answer

I like to learn all of the time. And this App is well-done.

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Great strategy game that only takes about 2 to 5 minutes per match. Perfect when you're standing idle, waiting for a call, or for water to boil.

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Totally. I love Ask Product Hunt these days. :D

Tejas Kinger · Answer

I love pocket. Particularly the "Recommended" tab within the app. Gets me good reading material from people I follow.

Helen Larsen · Answer

You can spend your free time usefully, earning money for visiting other websites and so on. And this app can help you ;)

John Ababseh · Answer

Always trying to stay current with the most recent news around the world

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It's just really interesting to play this game, though, it's not that dynamic but helps to calm.

Hussein Yahfoufi · Answer

Not sure this is more interesting/stimulating/motivating but it is more fun

Primer · Answer

Great community, very active, content is always fresh and relevant... and funny.

Reme Le Hane · Answer

Nothing better than reading the fun and horror stories from fellow developers

Leo · Answer

So many sub reddits to get into from funny to the interesting and everything in between

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👀 I've broken free of Reddit and it's come to haunt me

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Hardbound is a great way to get more knowledge in a very short period of time (average 5 mins), while being highly immersive. I fire it up to turn boredom-time into knowledge-time.

Tarik Kurspahic · Answer

They have micro moments down to a science! You can get utility from just a few minutes of learning a language. Perfect for those quick breaks...

Sudarsan Gp · Answer

Quora as it provides interesting stories and perspectives from a diverse group of individuals.

Maged Morsy · Answer

Golden content from experts on various topics and interests !

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YEAH! I always forget about Medium 🤔

Nora Conrad · Answer

I've become obsessed with this one.

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OMG I forgot about this! I've been trying to shift my "reading time" from short status posts / etc. to longer pieces that require more focus and continuous thinking. I've been trying to fight the "squirrel" mentality that I feel like a lot of apps have given me, and has affected my ability to focus. Opting to read a book when bored has really helped.

Omer Saeed · Answer

Love looking at my bucket list.  Then boredom disappears!!

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Live videos are the new newsfeed.

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Live videos are the new newsfeed.

J.L.M · Answer

It's an easy wasy for you to open your trap and voice your opinion WHILE being recorded. Yeah, pay's not that much (50 cents to 65 cents) but Its fun to have your opinions recorded over random, consumer based things.

Jeremy Gollehon · Answer

Get some news you know you want.

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Used to play this, but lost interest rather quick. Neat game though.

YoWindow Weather · Answer

Play with the weather and cute cartoon scenes. Scroll time forward to see the scene changes to the forecast, sunsets and seasons.

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Endless fashion scrolling. Might as well get it on sale!

Pradeep Sharma · Answer

Listening some great music and then forgetting about everything else

Hyper · Answer

It´s a social network based on invitations, facilitate ideas to go out, to get company for your adventures or to get who invite you to that adventures.

Marlon Wayne · Answer

It's just a really easy way to pass time by answering some quick questions for strangers. Fun to see what random opinions people have.

Rotem Yakir · Answer

It's funny and help you express yourself through humor

mj · Answer

If you get bored, take a pic of something you own to rent out like a bicycle or tools. It gets addictive and you earn cash from your stuff collecting dust.

Tejas Kinger · Answer

+1 to the fact that you have greater control over content.

James Feng · Answer

Visit r/AskReddit and r/WritingPrompts. You won't be disappointed!

Cem Carak · Answer

The New Tinder for Activities and Events! It helps you find out about anything and everything happening around your location from concerts to comedy shows, to classes, to special events and more... Plus you get to meet other people interested in the same things as you. It has an AI that learns your taste to recommend you in the future only things you would enjoy doing and not just everything.

Tarun Gangwani · Answer

Not much better than Facebook, but nice to see what's going on (and ensuring we didn't get bombed).