Mobile Apps: Buying Advice, Tips, and News
The Apple App Store and Google Play are packed with millions of mobile apps, but only a fraction are truly worth your time. Our expertly curated guide highlights the best apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices across dozens of essential categories, featuring the standout tools, games, and services that deserve a spot on your phone or tablet.
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Our Favorite iPhone Apps for 2026Your iPhone is only as powerful as the apps you use—so how do you find the best ones in the crowded Apple App Store? We've done the work for you, with our top 113 app picks across 12 essential categories.
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This AI-powered scanning app handles documents, IDs, and receipts all from your phone's regular camera. And right now, a lifetime subscription is 85% off!
Carrier Pidge and Roost Social intentionally delay message delivery to emulate one of the oldest ways of communicating across long distances.
The Flowkey app listens while users play and provides real-time feedback on notes and chords. The subscription works across laptops, phones, and tablets, and it's yours for 92% off!
Cache is all the data your phone stores locally, but it can build up over time and slow things down. Here's how to clear your cache and start fresh.
The ride-hailing company is partnering with drone delivery provider Zipline to pull off the ambitious goal which will involve Uber Eats.
Flowkey listens while you play and gives you feedback in real time. You can study the masters or just practice your finger placement, and a five-year subscription is on sale now for 92% off!
Trim down or bulk up, run faster, or bike farther—no matter how you exercise, our favorite workout apps help you stay committed to physical fitness.
Tired of pulling out your ID at the airport? You can add your driver's license and passport to your phone for easy scanning at TSA checkpoints and other supported locations.
This app combines proven memory techniques with gamified lessons that fit into busy schedules. A lifetime license makes it easier to learn at your own pace, and it's 59% off!
Flowkey Classic uses real-time feedback, interactive lessons, and thousands of songs to help you learn piano at your own pace. And right now, a five-year subscription is 91% off!
This app turns bestselling nonfiction into 15-minute summaries you can read or listen to, and a lifetime plan is currently 76% off. That gives you lifetime access for only $70!
If you regularly deal with paperwork, this one-time purchase can simplify everyday document management right from your phone! And you're in luck, because it's 79% off right now!
They argue such bets could tempt investors to commit arson to register wins.
Telegram's CEO warns that the same tactic could be used on other iOS developers.
Transform Apple's versatile tablet into a movie theater, PDF reader, or video editing station using our expertly curated list of apps for work or play.
From killing accidental Live Photos to silencing Siri for good, these quick tweaks completely eliminated my biggest iOS headaches.
This piano-learning app listens as you play and corrects your technique in real time, matched to sheet music and video for the songs you actually want to learn. And it's yours for 91% off.
The Kremlin says Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has turned a blind eye to Ukraine using the messaging app to conduct sabotage and attacks inside Russia.
Flowkey teaches you to play the music you love with the proper technique, sheet music, and instant feedback, no expensive in-person lessons required. And right now, it's yours for 91% off!
The lawsuit 'contains no details about the factual basis for its allegations,' according to a judge, though she's giving the plaintiffs until Aug. 13 to produce evidence that could revive the case.
