@lichme I’m annoyed with the play store app because it always has issues with updating apps, which means I can’t install new apps until the old ones, whose updates appear to be perpetually “pending,” actually update.
/image forever on hold
@Targaryen My most used are Plex, Nova (UI Manager), nzb360.
I also have a bunch set up for home automation.
The one I’m the biggest fan of is Hue Goal Light. It will flash my lights the color of the team that scores anytime the Leafs are playing, which is usually Blue and White.
@narfcake I have Nokia Lumia 530 (I think) that is a Windows phone. It works great as a cheap backup, and it has an FM tuner .
I wish more phones had FM, and even AM, tuners.
/giphy no data coverage
@eonfifty The 520 and 521 were their mainstay models during the potential growth of WP. 8 was a lot more efficient and usable with entry-level hardware versus Android at the time.
The lack of apps really limited their appeal, though.
Android: I love me some Plants vs. Zombies 2. I have over 700,000 coins in it. Right now their update isn’t working properly but I can still play more modes just fine.
Kindle: Netflix is getting a lot of workout on my Kindle 8. I love how I can download a show or movie and watch it offline without any playback issues (finished Stranger Things and running Daredevil, Fuller House, and Riverdale). Runner-up goes to Prime Video where I’m watching Flight of the Concords.
I want to get into podcasts so I can listen to them in the car and not have to pay for Sirius XM radio. What’s a good podcast app?
@JT954 Do you want to use podcasts on the kindle? If so, podcast addict is my favorite of all that I have tried. On the iOS universe I’m stuck with the default podcast app and overwatch (?).
@cf1@JT954
Podcast Addict is probably the best podcast app on Android. It has all the advanced features, but a simple UI/UX. It is free, but has tiny banner ads at the bottom of the screen. 5/5
@DVDBZN@JT954 I think it is the best podcast app anywhere. It has many really nice features I haven’t found elsewhere, it has let me easily download all of the available catalog of my chosen podcasts, and he is very responsive if an issue arises. It is fully functional for free but after a year of being so happy with it, I went ahead and gave him the 2.99.
Just discovered a pretty cool app called Tunity. Ever go somewhere and find a tv that’s on mute but you really want to hear it? With Tunity you scan the tv and it uses your location and the image to find the channel and broadcast the audio portion to your phone. We have a tv in our waiting area in my hospital that simply won’t play sound. I tried out Tunity on it yesterday and was able to stream ESPN audio. It gives you the option of adjusting the stream to match it up with the spoken word on the tv. I’d imagine it would be useful at places like the gym.
@readnj You have to be close enough to scan the tv first and the station has to be in the list of those Tunity supports. Here’s a review of it that shows how it works.
For typing, I use SwiftKey. Unlike other keyboards, this one has arrows. I hate having to touch on the screen to correct a word for it just to keep going in the wrong place.
It has a swipe option, but I always type like normal. The app also learns how I write and their suggested words are usually spot on. Saves me time.
@JT954 The only reason I stopped using SwiftKey is to have the row of number keys, otherwise it’s great. I miss it’s predictive text which really did learn my style.
Too many to name. I will just mention one I have been using more frequently recently. myNoise is a repetitive soundscape generator. It has scenes ranging from white noise, spaceship cockpit, and beach sounds to nature walks, relaxing music loops, and rain/thunder. Each scene comes with several presets emphasizing certain sound effects, instruments, or frequencies, which can also be custom tuned and saved as presets.
I have noticed that I am able to fall asleep within minutes when using this app (I prefer “Take It Easy”).
My only complaints are that it tends to heat up my phone, not respond to pausing with headphones or pausing when headphones are disconnected, and limited free selection.
@DVDBZN I had an old phone whose camera would not shut off sometimes. It started after I added a new camera app. The phone would get so hot that it would become uncomfortable in my pocket, even after I uninstalled the app. It had me worried it could catch fire. I got a new phone.
@eonfifty
Sounds like it may have installed some sort of virus or spyware, or it was completely unrelated and could have been a problem with some hardware.
@DVDBZN@eonfifty I had the same prob with a phone a while back. Not from that app but it kept getting really hot. No virus. Believe me… they checked it out thoroughly before they had to supply me with a new one.
@DVDBZN@lseeber I don’t think it was anything malicious. The app was Open Camera, but I had rooted the phone and installed a popular custom ROM. I think they just didn’t get along.
Amazon, Amazon music, MyRadar, youtube, Merlin, Walmart, Words with Friends, Solitaire, Myswordbible, Dailynewspapercrossword, Irismini, retailmenot. These are the ones I pretty much use daily.
@lseeber I use Myradar too. It’s informational and not very resource intensive. Sometimes I play Words With Friends, but I’m currently in a Draw Something phase.
Outside the basic chrome, YouTube ect
I use Ibotta(a cash back app)
Libra (a weight tracking app)
Saildroid(a boat speed and position app)
My fitness pal ( a diet app)
Ptracker ( a period prediction app)
Morecast ( my favorite weather app)
Tides near me (a tides app)
Podbean (a podcast app)
@CaptAmehrican
Recently started using My Fitness Pal, and am surprised by how much I am learning. Finding out that it’s not hard to stay below a calorie goal, but hard to reach all of the nutrient and water goals.
@DVDBZN water is easy for me . I like to drink a glass of water before each meal and usually am sipping on a water bottle all day. Low calories is a harder challenge particularly while getting enough protein and fiber.
Flashlight.
TuneIn Radio, Prime music and Iheartradio on my current and two old phones because I can’t pick up radio in my kitchen or at work. Can you say speaker docks?
Bank app to deposit my paycheck.
Keep Notes for shopping list.
Stocard for all those stupid store cards.
Ibotta for cash back.
Redners and Walgreens for store coupons.
Samsung Health to track steps and sleep.
IMDB because I need to know who is in the movies I watch then promptly forget.
Camera, calendar, Chrome, calculator, maps, Gmail, facebook.
c:geo – Geocaching for Android.
What3Words. They stole Meh’s receipt system to map every 10 square feet on the planet to a three word address. As useless/interesting as Meh’s receipt system!
Play Store, cause I can use it to get a bunch of other apps.
@lichme What other apps are you using? I’m curious what people are using these days.
@lichme I’m annoyed with the play store app because it always has issues with updating apps, which means I can’t install new apps until the old ones, whose updates appear to be perpetually “pending,” actually update.
/image forever on hold
@Targaryen My most used are Plex, Nova (UI Manager), nzb360.
I also have a bunch set up for home automation.
The one I’m the biggest fan of is Hue Goal Light. It will flash my lights the color of the team that scores anytime the Leafs are playing, which is usually Blue and White.
i didn’t know meh had app
/youtube magic fluids
Best background ever.
Tind… err, Music Player/Amazon Music/Onkyo Music. Gotta listen to my musics.
Windows Phone user here; what are apps?
/s
@narfcake I have Nokia Lumia 530 (I think) that is a Windows phone. It works great as a cheap backup, and it has an FM tuner
.
I wish more phones had FM, and even AM, tuners.
/giphy no data coverage
@eonfifty The 520 and 521 were their mainstay models during the potential growth of WP. 8 was a lot more efficient and usable with entry-level hardware versus Android at the time.
The lack of apps really limited their appeal, though.
@eonfifty @narfcake Most cell phones have FM tuning. Service providers disable this function to sell data.
@narfcake @rtjhnstn Bastards!
/image you bastards
I like Twidere and Periscope. I get news from Twitter, and neat live video streams from Periscope.
Android: I love me some Plants vs. Zombies 2. I have over 700,000 coins in it. Right now their update isn’t working properly
but I can still play more modes just fine. 
Kindle: Netflix is getting a lot of workout on my Kindle 8. I love how I can download a show or movie and watch it offline without any playback issues (finished Stranger Things and running Daredevil, Fuller House, and Riverdale). Runner-up goes to Prime Video where I’m watching Flight of the Concords.
I want to get into podcasts so I can listen to them in the car and not have to pay for Sirius XM radio. What’s a good podcast app?
@JT954 Do you want to use podcasts on the kindle? If so, podcast addict is my favorite of all that I have tried. On the iOS universe I’m stuck with the default podcast app and overwatch (?).
@cf1 I’m open to both. I could use the Kindle around the house and the Android phone in the car.
Would you recommend Podcast Addict on Android? Apple is too rich for my blood.
@cf1 @JT954
V fond of Downcast. Also Overcast.
@cf1 @JT954
Podcast Addict is probably the best podcast app on Android. It has all the advanced features, but a simple UI/UX. It is free, but has tiny banner ads at the bottom of the screen. 5/5
@DVDBZN @JT954 I think it is the best podcast app anywhere. It has many really nice features I haven’t found elsewhere, it has let me easily download all of the available catalog of my chosen podcasts, and he is very responsive if an issue arises. It is fully functional for free but after a year of being so happy with it, I went ahead and gave him the 2.99.
Just discovered a pretty cool app called Tunity. Ever go somewhere and find a tv that’s on mute but you really want to hear it? With Tunity you scan the tv and it uses your location and the image to find the channel and broadcast the audio portion to your phone. We have a tv in our waiting area in my hospital that simply won’t play sound. I tried out Tunity on it yesterday and was able to stream ESPN audio. It gives you the option of adjusting the stream to match it up with the spoken word on the tv. I’d imagine it would be useful at places like the gym.
@cinoclav That does sound really neat. I’ll have to try that.
@cinoclav Whoa. I’ll look that one up.
@cinoclav Never heard of that. Would it work to choose one out of multiple tv’s at a gym for instance?
@readnj You have to be close enough to scan the tv first and the station has to be in the list of those Tunity supports. Here’s a review of it that shows how it works.
@cinoclav
I was looking for this a while ago, but couldn’t find anything that didn’t require an account. Does this one require you to make an account?
@DVDBZN You do have to sign up but no big deal.
Pokémon Go
@sammydog01
Did they improve the battle feature?
For typing, I use SwiftKey. Unlike other keyboards, this one has arrows. I hate having to touch on the screen to correct a word for it just to keep going in the wrong place.
It has a swipe option, but I always type like normal. The app also learns how I write and their suggested words are usually spot on. Saves me time.
ah, yeah. I use Gboard all the time. Samsung’s keyboard was terrible. I miss my HTC.
@JT954 The only reason I stopped using SwiftKey is to have the row of number keys, otherwise it’s great. I miss it’s predictive text which really did learn my style.
@callow I’m pretty sure you can incorporate numbers at the time or hard press them. I like having the number pad, personally.
I’d have a flip phone if work didn’t require me to have all sorts of connections to it.
Oh, google maps, even when walking. That’s useful
Gmail and web browser.
Too many to name. I will just mention one I have been using more frequently recently. myNoise is a repetitive soundscape generator. It has scenes ranging from white noise, spaceship cockpit, and beach sounds to nature walks, relaxing music loops, and rain/thunder. Each scene comes with several presets emphasizing certain sound effects, instruments, or frequencies, which can also be custom tuned and saved as presets.
I have noticed that I am able to fall asleep within minutes when using this app (I prefer “Take It Easy”).
My only complaints are that it tends to heat up my phone, not respond to pausing with headphones or pausing when headphones are disconnected, and limited free selection.
4.3/5
@DVDBZN I had an old phone whose camera would not shut off sometimes. It started after I added a new camera app. The phone would get so hot that it would become uncomfortable in my pocket, even after I uninstalled the app. It had me worried it could catch fire. I got a new phone.
@eonfifty
Sounds like it may have installed some sort of virus or spyware, or it was completely unrelated and could have been a problem with some hardware.
@DVDBZN @eonfifty I had the same prob with a phone a while back. Not from that app but it kept getting really hot. No virus. Believe me… they checked it out thoroughly before they had to supply me with a new one.
@DVDBZN @lseeber I don’t think it was anything malicious. The app was Open Camera, but I had rooted the phone and installed a popular custom ROM. I think they just didn’t get along.
Amazon, Amazon music, MyRadar, youtube, Merlin, Walmart, Words with Friends, Solitaire, Myswordbible, Dailynewspapercrossword, Irismini, retailmenot. These are the ones I pretty much use daily.
@lseeber I use Myradar too. It’s informational and not very resource intensive. Sometimes I play Words With Friends, but I’m currently in a Draw Something phase.
Outside the basic chrome, YouTube ect
I use Ibotta(a cash back app)
Libra (a weight tracking app)
Saildroid(a boat speed and position app)
My fitness pal ( a diet app)
Ptracker ( a period prediction app)
Morecast ( my favorite weather app)
Tides near me (a tides app)
Podbean (a podcast app)
Then a handful of less useful assorted apps
@CaptAmehrican
Recently started using My Fitness Pal, and am surprised by how much I am learning. Finding out that it’s not hard to stay below a calorie goal, but hard to reach all of the nutrient and water goals.
@DVDBZN water is easy for me . I like to drink a glass of water before each meal and usually am sipping on a water bottle all day. Low calories is a harder challenge particularly while getting enough protein and fiber.
Flashlight.
TuneIn Radio, Prime music and Iheartradio on my current and two old phones because I can’t pick up radio in my kitchen or at work. Can you say speaker docks?
Bank app to deposit my paycheck.
Keep Notes for shopping list.
Stocard for all those stupid store cards.
Ibotta for cash back.
Redners and Walgreens for store coupons.
Samsung Health to track steps and sleep.
IMDB because I need to know who is in the movies I watch then promptly forget.
Camera, calendar, Chrome, calculator, maps, Gmail, facebook.
c:geo – Geocaching for Android.
@callow Oh yeah. I forgot to list it but I use IMDB all the time. I Don’t watch tv without it!
Oh, I forgot to mention Comixology. Terrible on a phone but a great app to read comics on a 7 inch screen device or higher.
The Taco Bell App so I can truly Live Más.
@Bluedragon07 That’s thinking outside the bun!
The yo app is amazing. It’s all you need from social networking.
On my phone? The call forwarding option so the phone rings on our house phone.
I know how to answer our house phone.
Audible. Definitely used more than all my other apps combined.
What3Words. They stole Meh’s receipt system to map every 10 square feet on the planet to a three word address. As useless/interesting as Meh’s receipt system!
Oh, in real life? Google Podcast.