There's an App for Everything!
Apps help us live our lives. They manage our schedule, keep us connected to friends and family, and help us stay informed. That said, there are a lot of niche apps that are totally weird but serve great purposes. You just need to find the right ones for you. Here are 20 of the weirdest apps that are actually useful.
1. RunPee
Do you love going to the movies, but hate the idea of missing an important scene to go pee? Well, download RunPee, which tells you exactly when it's safe to leave the theater for a pee break. It lists timestamps and vibrates at the perfect moment. It even summarizes what you missed while you were gone.
2. Sleep Talk Recorder
This weird app records you while you sleep. It captures snoring, mumbling, and anything bizarre you might do or say at 4 am. It filters out the silence to save only the unusual moments.
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3. PlantNet
This app lets you point your phone at any flower, tree, or plant and instantly identify it. PlantNet uses a combination of AI and a global database to create a botany version of Shazam. This app is useful for environmental conservation.
4. Be My Eyes
This odd app is quite heartwarming. Sighted users can help visually impaired users via live video. Someone might call you to ask what the color of a shirt is or to locate something in their pantry. This app makes daily life easier for millions of people.
5. Poop Map
This one is a bit hard to believe, but it's real and popular. It lets you mark every place you pooped on a map. You can also rate each place, add comments, and even compete with friends.
6. RunZombieRun!
This fitness app transforms a run-of-the-mill job into a zombie survival game. Through your earphones, you hear the moans of zombies, receive mission briefings, and it's also loaded with sound effects. Your jog will quickly become a run-for-your-life situation.
7. Drunk Mode
Drunk mode is a lifesaver. It prevents you from sending embarrassing texts and calling people by locking contacts for a set time. It can also help you retrace your steps the next day. It sounds silly, but it is quite practical and has been saving people's dignity since 2014.
8. Hush City
This app gives you the quietest spots in your city for reading, working, or relaxing. It can be a park, alleyway, or a peaceful corner you never considered. Users upload locations to build a "quiet map" of calm oases around cities.
9. CARROT Weather
This is a weather app with personality. CARROT provides forecasts with snarky humour, and it can even get a little dark. It tempts you to go outside before you die from a lack of vitamin C, and it's also quite accurate.
10. Too Good To Go
This practical and conscientious app lets you purchase surplus food from bakeries, grocery stores, and restaurants at discounted prices. You won't know what you're buying since everything is a mystery bag of unsold items, which makes it all the more fun.
11. Fake-A-Call
This app is your escape from a bad meeting or awkward date. It lets you schedule a pretend fall with a customized caller ID and ringtone. You can even opt for fake conversation audio to really sell it.
12. Noisli
This app creates ambient background noise combinations. You can choose from rain, coffee shop chatter, or white noise, to name a few. You can mix and match sounds to create the ideal soundtrack for your sleep, focus, or creativity.
13. Hollow
This app is designed for emotional journaling. You speak to an app "tree" that listens to you without passing judgment. You can pour out your thoughts and feelings, and the "tree" grows visually as you express yourself.
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14. Blower
This app is truly bizarre. It blows out birthday candles using the phone's speaker vibrations. It mostly works and is kind of a novelty, but it's also very impressive from a physics standpoint, and that counts for something.
15. Coffitivity
Do you work better in a coffee shop?. If so, this app recreates the gentle background hum of a traditional coffee shop with the hum of espresso machines and clinking cups. Studies show that ambient noise boosts focus and creativity, making this app very useful.
16. Skiplagged
This travel app is the hack you've been searching for. It helps you find hidden flight deals using "hidden city" ticketing. This makes your layover your destination. It exploits a strange loophole that airlines hate, but that you will love.
17. Sleep Cycle
With this app, your phone listens to your breathing and registers your movements while you sleep. The point is to wake you up during your lightest phase of sleep, not when you're in the middle of a heavy REM cycle. It's a bit eerie but quite effective.
18. iNap@Work
This app is pretty hilarious. It simulates keyboard tapping and mouse clicks while you take a nap at work. It even plays background noise, so no one's the wiser. It's wildly specific but great for exhausted employees.
19. WaterMinder
With this app, you log every glass of water, and it reminds you to stay hydrated throughout your busy day. It's simple and necessary, as most people don't drink enough water. WaterMinder gamifies your daily hydration process.
20. Forest
Forest is a productivity app where you plant a tree virtually, and it grows while you stay off your phone. If you leave the app to check TikTok, your tree will die. Somehow, it's a truly effective guilt trip that symbolizes your hours of discipline and focus.
