APPS SPECIAL... 8 apps you should add to your phone right now

8 apps you should add  to your phone right now   Millennials consider these apps as a `little secret'  on their smartphones Many of us have one or two apps that qualify as `hidden  gems'. They are the apps that aren't exactly at the top  of the App Store or Play Store, but we love and use them  often. Maybe we heard about them from friends or  discovered them through trial and error -either way,  they are the apps we tend to believe are our own little  secret. It turns out, 21 per cent of people say they have an app  on their phone they consider a `hidden gem', according  to comScore's `2017 US Mobile App Report', which  gathers data about smartphone app use among US adults.While some of the apps chosen are growing quickly   -like Waze -others are still on the rise. Here are eight  free hidden gems you should add to your phone from  the App Store and Play Store: Marco Polo is a video chat app that lets you send  quick messages back and forth with your friends If you've ever wished about playing with walkietalkies as  a kid, there's an app designed to do just that -Marco   Polo. It is a faceto-face messaging app for oneto-one  and group conversations.You can create as ma ny chat  groups as you like, talk realtime, while communications  are private. TheScore is a sports app that provides news,  scores, alerts, and a lot more The app gives up-to-the-second game updates and  statistics, as well as breaking sports news. An event  calendar lets you look up upcoming games, statistics  for past matches, as well as the latest scores and  important plays. Inbox by Gmail is an email app that organises your emails The app aims to help you manage not just email, but  also the information in those emails with automatic classification, a to-do list, deferring emails and breaking  out photos, itineraries and shipments.Features like  reminders and deferring messages will help you to stay productive. Hiya helps better identify who's calling you and  blocks spam Hiya provides the context needed to confidently take or  make calls. The app collects reports from a variety of   data sources, public and private, and categorises unwanted calls into different types. It even offers  the granularity of noting `IRS Scam', a fraud it sees  as a rising trend, to provide a user with even more  vigilance. Waze is a communitybased navigation app Always st ay updated about what's happening on the  road with this navigation app. It gives you real-time   traffic information, hazards and instant road alerts to  avoid traffic and save your time. You may find the  interface unattractive, but the app doesn't require you  to set up an account before using. Hopper tells you the exact right time to book a flight The app is designed to help you plan your travel for less  (read at budget prices). It predicts and tells you when to  book flights as well as saves you money in the process.  If you are a frequent traveller, it will give you travel tips  about nearby airports and dates to save even more on your trip. Feedly is an app for organising all the news you  want to read in one place Feedly offers curated suggestions, different layouts,  and gesture-based shortcuts while letting you access  your news feeds on the go. Also, it is pretty attractive compared with other apps in its category. Sure, it has  some shortcomings, but it is certainly one of the best  mobile RSS readers available. Wattpad lets you read and write fiction on your  phone Wattpad is considered a social media platform for readers, where you can discover stories and books created by writers around the world. You can save your favourite stories and  take them with you wherever you go -even offline.  It also lets you connect with writers and other readers  and discuss the stories .

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