We bring you a collection of the best mobile applications that we recommend several of the editors and other Webedia technological media. They are the applications that we use the most in our daily lives, those without which our life would be a little worse because of how useful they are to us.
In this article we are going to leave you the description that each editor has made of each application that they wanted to add to the list. This way, you will be able to know the reason for the choice and how it is useful to us. It will be a combination of new and old appsbecause we each have our customs.
And as we always say at Basics, this is our choice, but it does not mean that they are the best applications. Therefore, we invite you to also leave us in the comments section the applications that are essential for you and why they are so.
Alarms
By José Alberto Lizana
“One of the big fears I can have when I have something important to do first thing in the morning is falling asleep, and to avoid that I use this application. Its use is quite simple since it breaks the habit of snoozing the alarm so that we finally get out of bed, and to do so it proposes you solve mathematical problems, record steps or even scan the bar code on the shampoo in the bathroom.”
BlackMagic Camera
By Alex Alcolea
“I use the iPhone and the camera app is fine for a ‘I’ll catch you here, I’ll kill you here’, but not for when you want to get serious. You can lock the focus, but little else. That’s where I think any keen video user with the iPhone (which is one of the best phones for recording) should download BlackMagic Camera.
It is guaranteed to be from a very reputable company like Blackmagic, it is completely free and it is the most complete application for recording video. “I recognize that it can be somewhat dry and is not the most intuitive for making videos of your cats to share on Instagram, but if you want to get serious about creating content by recording with your mobile, it is an essential tool.”
CapCut
By Alberto De La Torre
“One of my go-to applications for editing short videos on my mobile when I have to publish some stories on ‘s Instagram. There may be some more in-depth ones but I pay my subscription religiously because it has that perfect balance between simplicity but with enough variety of options to not miss anything.”
Clue
By Azucena Martín
“I have always been quite forgetful when it comes to the menstrual cycle, that’s why I downloaded this application and have been using it for several years now. I think it is very useful for many reasons. It helps you be prepared when it’s time for your period, which is what I use it most for. But you can also track your symptoms, to detect if there have been changes that you should consult with your doctor. In my case, for example, it has helped me a lot to limit the menstrual migraines that I usually have at the beginning of my period. menstruation.
Of course, it’s also useful if you’re trying to get pregnant, because you can know where you are in your cycle at any given time. It has many functions that are only paid, but in general with what is open you can already have good control of the cycle.”
Concert Archives
By Yúbal Fernández
“Just as there are applications to keep track of the movies or episodes of series you watch, the books you read or the records you listen to, this is an application to record all the concerts you go to.
The concerts are pulled from a combination of Setlist.fm’s database with their own, and users can add them manually so that none are left unregistered. You can also mark or create festivals, where in addition to all the bands on the poster appearing you can specify which ones you have seen. For me, it’s essential.”
Discogs
By Yúbal Fernández
“I am one of those rare people who still buys music in physical format, and with a collection of 500 CDs and 120 vinyls it is sometimes difficult to know if there is one that you have or not. To avoid duplicate purchases I registered with Discogs, where you can save all the records you buy in any format.
But there is also much more. For each album you have a history of each edition, in case it has been released in different formats or there have been different editions in different years. In addition, you have the largest store for buying and selling first and second-hand albums in the world, with users and stores from all over the world offering all types of editions for sale.”
Flush
By Álvaro García
“I’m one of those who every time I leave the house I want to have a bar, a shopping center or any other establishment with a bathroom nearby. In short, a pisser. And since I know I’m not alone, I recommend the Flush application for this. It is, so you understand me, “the Google Maps of public bathrooms.” It shows all those places such as libraries or shopping centers that allow us to enter the bathroom to save us the embarrassment of having to go to the service of a bar without a drink.”
Focus Timer
By José Alberto Lizana
“Maintaining concentration is essential for working or studying and this application gives me the necessary tools to achieve it. It has a Pomodoro timer to divide work into different blocks of time that are combined with breaks. In addition, it synchronizes quite well with the iOS ecosystem by having very visual widgets for the home and lock screen and allows you to see the timer at a glance with the aim of motivating you a little more when there is little time left to finish.”
GeForce Now
By Alex Alcolea
“I love video games, but I’m not crazy about games designed for mobile phones. These last few months I’ve been playing a lot on Steam and I have a subscription to GeForce Now, so I’m burning it and taking advantage of it to continue my PC games on my mobile.
I can play 007 First Light or Forza Horizon 6 with the same quality as on my PC, but from the comfort of doing so from the iPhone by connecting a Bluetooth controller. The latency with Wi-Fi works wonderfully and if you have an unlimited data rate, you can also play away from home to, when you arrive, continue the game on the PC with your achievements and progress.”
Games without Internet Connection
By Noelia Hontoria
“10,000 games without an internet connection for Android. I discovered this app during a very long flight and since then it has become essential for me. It has a collection of very interesting simple and quick games, with different levels of difficulty, ideal for those days when I only have five minutes to disconnect.”
Local Send
By Noelia Hontoria
“It is one of the applications that I use the most and that makes my daily life the most easier. Whether it is to move files that I need for work or to send vacation photos to my partner, it is a very simple, secure and private way to do it.”
Merlin Bird
By Azucena Martín
“With this application you can record the song of a bird or take a photo of it to find out what species it is. It’s great, because every time you go out to look for birds you can make a new recording or photo and the ones you detect are saved in a catalog. In addition, every day it challenges you to look for a bird in your area. In a way it’s like looking for Pokémon, but with animals that really exist (I hope I don’t offend your sensibilities with this).
In addition to being entertaining and interesting, I think it is very useful, because it is a way to go out for a walk more or to pay attention to what is around you when you walk down the street, without always putting yourself on autopilot.”
Sofa Time
By Álvaro García
“Sofa Time is my new best friend to keep track of everything I watch in streaming, what I have yet to see and even the movies that will be shown soon in the cinema and I don’t want them to pass me by. I met it months before the closure of TV Time, which was my go-to app, and I think it is the one that best represents what I am looking for: a simple interface to mark watched content, create lists and search for new content. It was born as an iOS exclusive, but they already have a version for Android about to come out of the oven.”
Spotify
By Alberto De La Torre
“Right now it would cost me a world to leave Spotify. I’m not a big music lover and I don’t have very fine hearing, I’m sure there are colleagues who enjoy applications in which the sound is less compressed. For me it is a great application because I have generated a huge podcast base that keeps me up to date with the topics I am following and it is probably the application that accumulates the most hours in operation because it is running while I run, go to the gym, clean the house, cook… In fact, now that I think about it, I probably use it too much.”
Stats.fm
By Yúbal Fernández
“If you love having statistics on everything you listen to, this is your app. Forget about just having monthly or annual summaries of what you hear, this app connects with Spotify and Apple Music, and you can even upload your historical data to know everything you’ve listened to and how you’ve done it since you signed up for them.
You can know when you first listened to an artist, how many times you have listened to them, and know the most listened to songs, artists or styles of the last month, year, or forever. All this with summaries at the end of each month or season so you can share on networks.”
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