Tag: phone apps

App of the week: Turn your phones into a five second video battle with Clashem

If you have a short video on your phone that is worth sharing with the world, try enrolling it into a competition with Clashem and reach millions of people! Introducing users to a fast and unpredictable five second video battle, Clashem app will get you hooked instantly at the swipe of a finger. Not just uploading, you can judge other video battles as well. Simply watch two videos play simultaneously in one loop and decide which one wins! Easy peasy! And there’s something for everyone; insane sports, cute animals to stomach churning show-offs; Clashem has the entire package. Here’s everything to need to know about our app of the week, Clashem.

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This energetic app is a product of Redbull’s media house and is sure to be your new addiction. It plays two random videos simultaneously in a loop and all you have to do is pick your winner. Swipe right on the videos you like and the other automatically falls off to the left.

All you have to do is upload a video from your phone’s camera roll and send it off to battle. You can even trim and edit your videos to cut out the craziest five seconds and share them with your fellow Clashem users.Users can also favourite videos by double tapping on the screen and save them to watch them later. One can even connect and share their videos on their Facebook and Twitter profiles.

What’s more, the Clashem app also has its own set of leader boards that include trending videos across the globe.

Clashem is available for download for free on the iTunes App store.

November 5, 2015
App of the week: Sleep Science Alarm Clock

Waking up easy is all about the right timing. Sleep Science Alarm Clock app is your personal sleep assistant that tracks your sleeping pattern throughout the night. It uses a 30 minutes alarm window and wakes you in your lightest sleep phase, the phase that makes you feel like you are naturally well rested. You can also view the data and see how well you’ve slept, and if there’s a possibility of changing any outside factors to have a subsequent better night’s sleep.

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Easy to navigate and personalize, Sleep Science Alarm Clock offers features like notes for jotting down your dreams and changes in your bedtime routines, graphs showing trends and statistics, sleep goal settings for checking your actual versus desired amount of sleep and it also captures the loudest sound during the night for those times when you wonder what woke you up.

Choose from a collection of music boxes, wind chimes, seashores, gentle rains, relaxing night breezes or night time sounds.

Sleep Science Alarm Clock only available on iOS devices as of now.

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June 3, 2015
5 beauty accounts you should be following on Snapchat

Snapchat became so much cooler when it introduced the ‘stories’ feature and it has come to a stage where keep reloading that page waiting for new stories to load. Although their discover feature didn’t excite us so much, the stories seem to keep getting better by the day. First the festivals across the world, then life in different cities and now brands have started hopping on to the bandwagon. Here are 5 beauty accounts you must follow to get your dose of fabulousness every day on Snapchat.

1) Sephora Snaps

After gathering 2.7 million followers on Instagram, Sephora has taken over Snapchat and they keep posting oh-so-pretty pictures of their products. Follow Sephora Snaps and get your daily dose of beauty and makeup products with their small stories.

Snapchat handle: sephorasnaps

2) The Zoe Report

American fashion stylist Rachel Zoe is known for working with celebrities, fashion houses, magazines and advertising agencies. Her webpage thezoereport.com has already garnered a massive fan following and now she is taking over Snapchat. She posts inside stories of fashion events and everything stylish and we can’t stop looking at her stories.

Snapchat handle: @thezoereport

3) The Coveteur

The Coveteur is our guide into everything behind-the-scenes related to lifestyle, fashion and culture. We fell in love with their Pinterest page and now we get our regular dope from Snapchat.

Snapchat handle: @thecoveteur

4) Toofaced

Toofaced cosmetics brand is known for their ‘fun’ products and their Snapchat stories are equally fun too. Get to know about their products, shoots and many more things.

Snapchat handle: @toofaced

5) Irene Kim

Known as the girl with the pastel hair, Irene Kim has taken over the social media sphere and how! She uploads backstage pictures and videos along with pictures from her everyday life leaving us feeling green with envy #ThatLife!

Snapchat handle: @ireneisgood

May 14, 2015
App of the week: Dubsmash and rightly so!!

Dubsmash is a German video app that allows you to lip-sync to short audio clips including movies, songs, TV shows, quotes and much more. This app is the latest sensation amongst many celebs including our favourite man Ranveer Singh. Why do we love it? Because it makes simple conversations fun! Here’s how to use the app.

This app is available for free on both Android and iOS devices and comes with a very easy-to-use interface. Download it, search for your favourite tune or your favourite dialogue from a movie/TV show and just lip sync while you record a selfie video. Dubsmash also allows its users to upload their own dubs with the dubloader feature.

You can download the app for Android devices here

And for iOS devices here

May 5, 2015
App of the week: Fashionfreax

If you’re looking for an outfit inspiration for that perfect weekend look, download ‘Fashionfreax’ on your smartphones. Click, upload and share your outfits with the world or just keep scrolling through different outfits and get inspired! Take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqQEYT0FRIU

With its easy to use interface (something very similar to Instagram), the app enables you to upload and share your outfits with different users. You can also follow your favourite fashion bloggers around the world through FashionFreax to get your daily dose of inspiration!

Android users download the app here.

Apple users download the app here.

April 14, 2015
Snapchat’s new update is here and we are confused, to say the least

Snapchat’s January update (see here) did away with the ‘Best Friends’ feature making a lot of people happy and now it’s back. The good news is that only you get to see who sends you the most snaps and who you don’t reply to as often. And all this with the help of our beloved EMOJIS, YES! Here’s the scoop on everything new.

Snapchat’s recent update has a new way of intimating its users about their relationship with their snap-buddies. With the help of various emojis (each one having its own meaning); Snapchat users can now find out which one of their friends they message the most and the ones that ‘need love’.

If you see a ‘gold heart’ next to a person’s name on your Snapchat friends list, it means you message this person the most.

If you see a smiling face with it’s teeth out (Grimace) then it means this person and you have a mutual best friend – both of you send snaps to a common person almost all the time.

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If you see the smirk face emoji next to a friend’s name it means that they send you a lot of snaps but you are not generous enough in replying back.

If you see the cool emoji (face with sunglasses) next to someone’s face it means that one of your best friends (a person you send a lot of snaps too) is one of their best friends.

If you a see a smiley face next to a friends name, they are one of your best friends.

The fire emoji means you’ve begun a ‘snapstreak’ with this friend and you’ve been snapping back and forth for consecutive days.

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A ‘need love’ section has also been included in your list of friends to remind you of friends you don’t send snaps to. Apart from the above, there’s a low-light camera feature that improves picture quality for snaps clicked in the dark or poor lighting.

April 9, 2015
App (update) of the week: ‘FrndiNeed’

An app that brings friends together in real time (be it for fun or in emergency situations) just got better! If you are looking for promotional offers and value deals at the best cafes, salons and spas near you, you cannot miss out on this week’s star app (update) ‘FrndiNeed’. The new update, ‘Discover’ helps you locate the closest cafes, salons and spas, offering the most incredible deals. Here is everything you need to know to be in the know!

The multi-purpose app that intends to make everyday travel smoother, safer and economical for its users just got better with the new update called ‘Discover’. With its easy-to-use interface, the app identifies your current location and intimates you about the best deals at cafes, salons and spas in your vicinity.

Select the service you want, click on its icon and voila! You have access to all possible deals and discounts around. Spend less and enjoy more with FrndiNeed!

To know more about ‘FrndiNeed’ click here

April 7, 2015
App of the week: ‘Limbo’

Get your hands on Game Reactor’s digital game of the year ‘Limbo’ and be ready to get hooked. A black and white 2D puzzle-platform adventure game, ‘Limbo’ is about a young boy travelling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his lost sister. The game emblazons an atmosphere of spookiness and horror and is known to give its players sleepless nights. One attempt at finding your way out of the dense forests and you’ll never be able to let the game be. Limbo has been designed with original minimalistic graphics and special sound effects that complement the nail-bitingly exciting levels and make for a very absorbing game-play. Here is everything you need to know about this game.

‘Limbo’ is a black and white 2D puzzle game about the adventures of a young boy looking for his lost sister. Guide the boy through dark locations full of many traps and deadly hazards; climb onto short ledges or up and down ladders and ropes, push and pull objects and find a safe place for the hero.

The players have to help the boy run through ghost towns, jump over obstacles, cross rivers in boats, and avoid monsters, saving him from traps in order to eventually find his sister. Not only is this game available for download on Android and iOS devices, but you can enjoy playing this game on your PlayStations and Xbox consoles.

March 18, 2015
App of the week: ‘Hopper’ lets you find the best time to fly

If you love to travel and are always on a look out for reasonable deals then you cannot afford to miss our app of the week on your phone. ‘Hopper’ constantly tracks air fares and analyses how the prices move to help you pick the best rates. Here’s everything you need to know about the app.

This free app constantly monitors upward and downward movements in air fares and helps you buy your tickets at the cheapest predicted price. All you need to do is download ‘Hopper’ on your phone and put in your travel details. By means of a calendar, the app will indicate the cheapest and most expensive time to buy your tickets. It’s ‘Price Prediction’ tool analyses the prices in real-time and lets you know the right time to plan your travel.

‘Hopper’ also has a ‘Watch This Trip’ feature that alerts you the instant the best fare is available for your travel dates via a push notification. Once you’ve booked your tickets, you can just click on ‘Stop Watching Trip’ to disable the alerts.

This app is only available for Apple devices as of now.

Download this app here

Banner image, featured images and in-post images sourced from http://www.hopper.com/

March 3, 2015
App of the week: FlashChat

You can now chat freely with anyone on the same Wi-Fi network by downloading FlashChat on your smatrphones. This app allows you to chat using a username of your choice anonymously with people connected through the same Wi-Fi network within a radius of one kilometer. What’s more, this messages sent through this app disappear after some time so you don’t have to bother cleaning up your conversations. Take a look at how this app works

FlashChat allows you to chat with your classmates, co-workers, family or anyone who is connected through the same Wi-Fi within a radius of one kilometre. The messages are instant and you do not have to add people through friend requests.

You can chat in groups or send messages privately with people sharing the same Wi-Fi network. The unique feature of this app is that your messages will disappear, even from the server, a short time after you leave the Wi-Fi network so you don’t have to worry about deleting your personal conversations.

This app is available on both android and iOS devices.

Download this app for Apple devices here

And for Android devices here

February 24, 2015
App of the week: Glympse

Waiting for your friends at a restaurant? Send them a ‘Glympse’ to let them know that you’ve reached or just request a ‘Glympse’ from somebody who is always running late! ‘Glympse’ makes life easy by letting its users share their location in real time with the people they trust. It also lets you create groups with friends and family to make planning your get-togethers easy. Here’s everything you need to know about this app.

Download ‘Glympse’ on your smartphone and allow it to access your location. Click on ‘Send Glympse’ to let your friends and family know where you are. Unlike other location-sharing apps, ‘Glympse’ lets your friends track your location for a chosen period of time starting from a second to four hours. So say you’re picking up a friend from a bus station and she sends you a ‘Glympse’, you can track where the bus is and pick her up just when she is about to get off.

The best feature of this app is that you can share your location by means of other social media apps like Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp and more. So the recipient of the ‘Glympse’ doesn’t necessarily need the same app on his or her phone to track where you are. It also lets you know if your friends viewed your ‘Glympse’ or when they are tracking you.

You can download this app through the following links;

Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glympse.android.glympse&hl=en

Apple app store: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/glympse-share-gps-location/id330316698?mt=8

Windows phones: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/store/app/glympse/ec418e52-b788-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

February 3, 2015
App of the week: Dumb Ways To Die 2

Our favourite dumb characters are back! And this time they here to keep you glued to your phones like never before! If you’ve missed out on the first installment of the most interesting game of 2013, here’s a chance for you to download Dumb Ways To Die 2! Take a look at what makes this game awesome.

If you’ve missed out on the first installment of Dumb Ways to Die, here’s a chance for you to download the sequel of the smartphone game based on the viral Australian train safety program.

Putting the player on a mission to save little creatures from killing themselves whilst testing the player’s speed and timing strategy, this sequel to ‘Dumb ways to die’ is super addictive and involves a much bigger map and round of stages.

Through 28 action packed mini-games with little creatures trying to kill themselves, the aim in this game is to keep these creatures alive long enough to get the highest score and unlock all your favourite characters.

You can download the app here ;

Google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.au.com.metro.DumbWaysToDie2&hl=en

Apple app store https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/dumb-ways-to-die/id639930688?mt=8

All pictures/videos sourced from the game’s official website/channel.

January 20, 2015
App of the week: MyFitnessPal

Keeping track of the calories you are consuming just got easier. Get the MyFitnessPal app on your mobile device and stick to your calorie goals every day. Here’s everything you need to know about the app.

MyFitnessPal App

#1 MyFitnessPal lets you set realistic goals and targets for losing those extra kilos

Once you’ve downloaded the app on your phone, it’ll let you create your profile with details like height, weight, sex, age, target weight and more. The app then helps you watch what you eat and achieve your target weight.

#2 It helps you create a daily log of the number of calories you consume. And has food suited to every country’s taste palettes and eating habits.

After creating your profile, just keep adding the details of everything you had for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks etc. If you don’t know how to count calories for that Aloo Parantha that you had for breakfast, MyFitnessPal has a solution. The app has a database of over four million dishes from around the world. Moreover, you can also change the quantity according to your consumption to keep a better count.

#3 MyFitnessPal lets you connect other workout-tracking apps to measure your calorie goals better

You can sync this app with your other activity tracking apps and calculate the total inflow and outflow of calories. It also helps you plan your workout regime better.

You can download the app from the following links –

Google play devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myfitnesspal.android&hl=en

Apple devices: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/calorie-counter-diet-tracker/id341232718?mt=8

January 13, 2015
A ‘FrndiNeed’ is a friend indeed!

Take a look at this app that brings friends together in real time, be it for fun or in emergency situations. Available on the Google Playstore, the ‘FrndiNeed’ app promises to help its users stay connected with their close ones through geo-location services. Take a look at the multiple services the app has to offer at the time of crisis or for some good ol’ catching up.

Take a look at the features the app provides:

#Tracks your current geo-location

#Intimates the user about peers in the vicinity

#Gives a quick alert to all the peers in the FrndiNeed network about a crisis

#Offers the option of contacting the nearest friend through text/call

#Shows the current location of your friends who can reach you in no time

#Organise events to meet friends through the app’s friends list

#Notifying the friend circle regarding the users backpacking where-abouts

#Ability to plan a carpool with friends

December 15, 2014
Four apps that helped us get through 2014

The rise of mobile applications reached new heights in 2014. From games, online dating to pictures, the year 2014 was all about apps that made your life easy. With everyone chanting the single-touch mantra apps took precedence over even programs on laptops. Not just simplifying routine work like paying bills and easy banking, some mobile apps just helped us get through life because of the addictive distractions they offer. Here’s the lowdown;

Quiz up

Plain Vanilla Games’ ‘QuizUp’ was launched in November 2013 for iOS devices and in March 2014 for Android devices. This addictive game lets users answer multiple choice questions of various topics related to almost everything under the sun; from your favourite TV shows to general math. You can choose to play against random players or battle with your friends and family. The app generated a user base of over 20 million in 2014 and kept us glued to our phones.

Snapchat

Every time you spot a person taking a selfie in a public place, you know they are snappin-a-chat away. Snapchat made regular text messaging passé in 2014. With growing popularity, Snapchat started including videos, storyboards, fests and event promotions from across the world. With over an estimated 100 million monthly active users, Snapchat made it to our list of apps that kept us happy throughout 2014.

Facebook Messenger

When Facebook forced that Facebook messenger on us, everyone was anything but happy. Breaking away from the routine and getting a separate app just for messages wasn’t easy. However, soon the messenger turned into a fully equipped messaging service with text and voice. Garnering almost 500 million users the Facebook Messenger app provided another east to use communication tool.

Tinder

If anyone used GPS technology right it was the developers of Tinder. Tinder lets you meet people from around you and you get to choose them based on their appearances (the single point of criticism for the app). The phenomenal matchmaking app has close to 10 million active users daily and has helped a lot of people find friends, hook-ups and sometimes even S.O.’s

Quizup picture sourced from www.quickmeme.com

All gifs sourced from www.giphy.com

December 10, 2014