Download - Discovering New Apps
Discovering New Apps/Software
By Danielle PorterENGL 4045-63452February 20, 2016
Nine Apps Enhancing Your PC/Smartphone Experience
Evernote (PC/Android/iOS)
Evernote is an app that helps organize ideas, business contacts, web articles, and more. You can chat with collaborators and save handwritten notes by taking pictures. There are four versions of Evernote, all of them will sync across phones and computers, allow you to share and discuss with associates and clip from anywhere on the web:
Service Price Benefits:
Basic free of charge Organize ideas, business contacts, web articles, and more. You can chat with collaborators and save handwritten notes
Business ($12/month per user) lets you keep team projects and work together, fast on-boarding and SSO (single sign-on), central user administration, and enhanced security with SSL (secure sockets layer).makes sure no third parties can look at or tamper with messages.
Plus ($24.99/year) offers 1 GB of space, offline access, and adds a passcode lock on mobile apps.
Premium ($49.99/year) offers 10 GB of space,offline access, turns notes into presentations, adds a passcode lock on mobile apps, allows you to scan and digitize business cards, see content related to your notes, and search in Microsoft Office documents and attachments.
Pros and Cons of EvernotePros:• Downloading
Evernote for your phone and PC will sync information with your phone and computer.
Cons:• Evernote is
easier to use if you are on mobile.• An account is
required to use Evernote. If you only have text notes, use your phone’s memo pad.
Evernote on mobile
Additional Information• You don’t have to be in a business to use Evernote. Aspiring writers
can use Evernote to keep up with story ideas, websites to publishing companies, or anything that keeps your creative juices flowing. If you have bad handwriting like me, try not writing it in pen or in a diary.
Evernote on PC
AdGuard (PC/Android/iOS)• Many sites and content creators on the internet suggest not
using an ad blocking program on their site or add their site to its whitelist.
• Some sites will refuse to let you view content if you have an ad blocking program enabled.
• Online advertisements are a way most sites get money, but some can slow down computers, give them viruses, or irritate users browsing on mobile browsers, apps, and games.
• Adguard is a Google Chrome extension that not only blocks apps, but doesn’t let sites recognize it as ad blocking software.
Pros and Cons of AdguardPros:• Doesn’t interfere with most sites
preventing users from viewing their content because they have ad blocking software.
• Is an alternative to AdBlock
Cons:• Has an app but it’s not in Google
Play or the App Store so you must download it from adguard’s site.
• This involves allowing your phone to allow instillation of apps from both trusted and unknown sources. This is not recommended if you are wary of turning on this option.
• If you have the mobile app, it won’t work on most apps showing ads.
• AdGuard is not enabled to block ads on apps like YouTube or Twitter.
AdGuard on PC
500 Firepaper (Android Only)
• 500 Firepaper is an app that changes the wallpaper to your home every couple of minutes, depending on your settings, and takes the struggle of finding a quality wallpaper every month.
• The slides’ backgrounds are screenshots of 500 Firepaper’s wallpapers from my phone.
500 Firepaper’s features• 500 Firepaper has a wide array of
wallpapers showcasing nature, landscapes, abstract art, city and architecture, concerts, and more. • You can support the creator of 500
Firepaper by upgrading to Pro, but all of the features are already available on the free version.
Pros and Cons of 500 FirepaperPros:• Colorful, high quality
photos.• Pro version is optional.• You can change how often
the wallpaper changes.
Cons: • There’s an option to
leave your phone on full brightness during daydream mode, despite if your phone is at its lowest brightness setting. If you leave this setting on, it will drain your battery life.
Drippler• Drippler is an Android/iOS app that provides tips and
apps for enhancing your Android/iOS experience.
Pros and Cons of DripplerPros:Informative, impartial articles.
Cons:Articles are released once a day.
Drippler’s MenuArticles on Drippler
Battery Doctor (Android/iOS)
• Batter doctor closes apps running in your phone’s background and draining your battery life.
Battery Doctor logo
Pros and Cons of Battery Doctor Pros:• Battery doctor will detect and fix
issues in your phone’s battery life.
Cons:• Forces you to download apps, such
as Save Power and Clean Master, in order for it to work properly.
• It may give the user the feeling that installing these apps will take up more phone storage than app already installed on the phone.
• If you have your phone on low brightness most of the time, close all apps, and keep your phone charged as needed, there’s no need for Battery Doctor.
Clean Master (PC/Android/iOS)• Clean Master removes caches from apps, boots battery life,
and improves computer/smartphone performance
Pros and Cons of Clean MasterPros:• Cools down phone
temperature• Hibernates apps that slow
down your phone and drain battery life• Removes caches leftover
from apps
Cons:• In older
computers/phones, this app isn’t effective.• Installs apps (1 Tap
Boost/Hibernate) that you may not need
QR Code Reader (Android/iOS) Only• an app that scans QR
codes.
QR Code Reader logo
A QR code. Download the app and scan it!
Scan this one, too!
Pros and Cons of QR Code ReaderPros:• Scans QR codes well
Cons:• According to marketers, QR
codes aren’t recommended to be used unless you are involved in marketing.
• very few people use QR code scanners from advertisements.
• http://gizmodo.com/5969312/how-qr-codes-work-and-why-they-suck-so-hard
• http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/qr-codes-for-the-dead/370901/
• http://www.sentrymarketing.com/2015/03/qr-codes-the-final-wordprobably/
A random QR code from google images scanned by QR Code Reader
Lumosity (PC/Android/iOS)
• The famous brain training site has an app! • Has games training your Speed, Memory, Attention,
Flexibility, and Problem Solving.
Pros and Cons of Lumosity
Pros:• Ad Free• Premium is optional• Different games every day
Cons:• Free version lets you
play three games per day • Premium lets you pay
five games a day.
Photo Editor Pro(This version is Android only)
Don’t have Instagram or Twitter? Photo Editor pro enhances your photos without
an account or a social media app.
Before Photo Editor Pro After Photo Editor Pro
Pros and Cons of Photo Editor ProPros:• Easy to use• Creates a separate folder
for edited photos.
Cons:• You have to install a
separate app for stickers and frames.