TOP USEFUL APPS FOR YOUR SMARTPHONE

Hello friends... I've gathered here a compilation of some great apps that will teach you something amazing every day no matter your nich. Let's get started.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

 Get a new space picture from this site with a scientific explanation.

Available on:  iOS

Photomath

This app will not just solve your equations, but also explains how to get the solution for yourself. So far it only works on printed equations, not handwritten ones.

Available on: iOS and Android

NIGHT SKY

If you are interested in what's going on above your head then you will learn something from this app. It's star map shows you were constellations and planets are in relation to your current location. It also includes satellites – very handy for International Space Station spotting.

Available on: iOS and Android.

Dictionary.com

You can use the Dictionary.com app to look up words. But it's not just a dictionary: you can also expand your vocabulary with the Word of the Day feature and see what words people around you are looking up.

Available on: iOS and Android.

WolframAlpha

This is the ultimate reference app. Ask it all manner of questions that come to your mind like.. what time the sea comes in, where a satellite is, how to solve a quadratic equation – and it'll do its best to calculate the answer.

Available on: iOS and Android.

Duolingo

This is an easy and intuitive way to learn languages. Choose from Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, and English.

The app doesn't cost you anything and instead supports itself by getting users to translate sentences while they learn (BuzzFeed has a deal with Duolingo, so you could even be translating BuzzFeed posts into other languages).

Available on: iOS and Android.

NASA

If Astronomy Picture of the Day isn't enough for you, NASA has its own app with a whole universe of interesting stuff on it. You can even stream NASA TV and watch live rocket launches.

Available on: iOS and Android.

Quick Math

 As the name goes, quickMath rapidly  gives you; simple maths tests on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Draw your answer right on the screen and get through the set as fast as possible to beat your personal best.

Available on: iOS

 

Birdsnap

Birdsnap is an electronic field guide that's a little different from the others. Researchers from Columbia University and the University of Maryland have developed Birdsnap using computer vision and machine learning to explore new ways of identifying bird species. Birdsnap automatically discovers visually similar species and makes suggestions for how they can be distinguished. In addition, Birdsnap uses visual recognition technology to identify birds in images you upload. Based on your location and the time of year, Birdsnap knows which birds are present, and can use this to produce a custom guide to the local birds and to improve the automatic identification results. It covers 500 of the most common North American bird species. 

Available on: iOS.

Slice Fractions

Scrub up your knowledge of fractions with this addictive game. It's designed for kids, but big kids of all ages will enjoy it too.

Available on: Android.

Google Maps

It's great features such as 3D building and street view features are a neat way to explore new places while not actually leaving the comfort of you home.

Available on: iOS and Android.

Exoplanets

This app is an interactive catalogue of all the known planets we've found outside of our own solar system. Scroll through them as a list, or point your phone at the sky and use the augmented reality sky map to see what you can find.

The app is made by a professional astronomer and is updated within hours whenever new planets are announced. You can even choose to get push notifications, so you're the first to know.

Available on: iOS. Exoplanet Explorer is a similar app on Android.

Daily Art

Are you into art? Daily Art serves up one piece of artwork a day, along with an explanation. You can scroll through previous day's artworks and even save them to your camera roll to refer to later.

Available for: iOS and Android

That is all for now guys. Hope you had fun. Stay tuned for more updates