Sleep tracking, personal finance manager, social networks for filmmakers and other tools that could make your iPhone even more useful in 2023
The year 2022 was marked by great apps on iOS, but given the immensity of the company’s catalog, some of them have probably gone unnoticed. To highlight the best inventions, the canaltech put together the list of best apps for iphone of the year.
There are all sorts of options in today’s roundup, including social networking, camera apps, photo and video editors, personal finance manager, and even a sleep monitor to keep your health up to date. Check out all the options below.
Be real
If you haven’t caught BeReal fever yet, you still have time. The “now photos” app gained popularity in Brazil in 2022 and is still an interesting option to interact with friends and family more spontaneously with photos taken during the day.
It works like this: once a day, at a random moment, the app warns you that it’s time to capture the moment with a photo. The user then needs to take a photo of what’s in front of them, along with a selfie, and post it for contacts to see.
In friends’ posts you can interact with reactions and comments and, at the end of the year, see a retrospective with all the photos published up to that moment. It’s quite interesting to realize that despite the fact that other people’s lives seem so interesting in the Instagrameveryone goes through even mundane moments on a daily basis.
Sleep cycle – Sleep tracking
Keeping up with quality sleep is an essential part of maintaining personal health. Luckily, there are apps that can help you with this mission, such as Sleep Cycle – Sleep Tracker.
The tool monitors the quality of sleep, providing feedback on how the process is happening and if there are any disturbances during the night. The app can show you snoring, coughing, sleep talking, lots of movement, and other details.
SmartGym: with Workouts at Home
Practicing physical activity is essential to keep the body moving and healthy. In the App Store there is an interesting tool option to help in these moments, SmartGym.
The application has been chosen as one of the favorites of Apple in 2018 and 2019, it syncs with the apple watch and helps maintain a workout routine of different styles (even at home). You can set up gym sheets in the app, check your exercise progress, take measurements, and explore different workout options in the “Explore” menu.
To organize
There are also a wide variety of applications in the App Store that seek to help control personal finances. An example of this is Organizze, a complete expense management tool to always keep bills under control but also your personal goals.
The tool is free to use, but the paid subscription offers extra features to refine your usage and provide more detailed reports. For many organizations it can be an opportunity to definitively abandon the recording of expenses in diaries and notebooks.
letterbox
Letterboxd is a kind of social network focused on movie lovers. The platform allows you to list the movies you’ve seen, rate them and give your opinion about them on a personal page, either to keep your opinion of each work for yourself or to show it to friends.
The platform is free to use but also has subscription options. If you want to have a year 2023 filled with movies, now’s a good time to start putting together your lists in the app.
DSLR camera
DSLR Camera is still an interesting alternative to the iPhone app. The tool offers refined capture options, helping you get the most out of the sensors on your device.
The app is paid and there are in-app purchase options.
Adobe Lightroom
After taking a photo, editing it can be interesting. For this, there is the famous Adobe Lightroom consists of a set of advanced editing tools, but arranged in an accessible way for all types of users.
Adobe’s feature is available for free, but they also offer subscription options with exclusive features.
CapCut
In the videos, of course, one could not stop talking about CapCut. The editing tool is hugely popular among social media content creators, allowing you to create cuts, change playback speed, add stickers, audio and other effects, very easily from your iPhone.
Apple Music
If you haven’t heard of Apple Music yet, now would be a good opportunity to give it a try. Apple’s streaming service grew a lot in 2022 and reached the threshold of 100 million songs available in the catalog.
In addition to the plethora of track options, the platform has also improved over the year. Apple Music offers very high quality reproduction and, since December, the Apple Music Sing “karaoke function”, which allows you to remove the voice from the chosen song so you can sing with only the instrumental part.
IFTTT (If This, Then That)
To automate actions on your iPhone, you can switch to IFTTT (If This, Then That). The tool allows you to automate certain cell phone activities based on certain triggers, avoiding the user having to perform repetitive actions.
IFTTT is free to download but offers in-app purchase options.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
