Must Have Best Free iPhone apps 2015
If you've brought a new iPhone and still confused which all app to install on your phone, then this list is indeed for you.
There are a load of free available apps for iPhones. Some of them are targeted to selected users and some of them are just not good enough. But there are few apps that is just must download for your iPhone.
Here we bring you 20 best free iPhone apps that are available for free.
SwiftKey Keyboard:
Swiftkey Keyboard is one of the best third-party keyboard app, that offers you variety of features with seamless swiping input ability. This swipe keyboard app enhances you writing style so that you can quickly text your dear ones, without any hassle. This app supports variety of languages, so that you can type in your own language too. This app comes with smart auto correction, cloud connectivity, next-word prediction, over 30 colorful keyboard layout/themes, over 800 emoji characters, and much more.
Developed By: SwiftKey
Inbox by Gmail: (REQUIRES INVITATION)
To use Inbox by Gmail on your smartphone, it requires you to send invitation, which is mandatory.
This app gives you seamless smooth handling of your inbox and email, as it comes with many features that are not found in Gmail.
This app lets you set priorities, category-wise, allowing you to highlight most imp information.
The app lets you snooze and set reminders to those email, which are important and need special attention, so you can write later.
Those who love experimentation with new release and keeping things in an organized manner, those can try Inbox, right away.
Call Recorder – IntCall:
One of the best available apps for iPhones, Call Recorder lets you record the calls you make. It is only available to the outgoing calls you make via this app. The calls made through the service provider network can not be recorded. You need to buy credits to use this app to make calls.
You can make national and international call on Call Recorder, just like on your phone dialer. Simply dial the number and the call record would be started automatically. The app provides a full proof privacy option where the calls are only saved on your phone and nowhere else. The app is simply a recorder which records the incoming and outgoing voices and save it on your phone.
Your carrier will not charge you any money for the calls you make on this app. But you need to have an internet connection to make the calls. You can send the recorded data via email or sync with your iTunes.
After the installation Call Recorder provides a small amount of credit ($0.3) to use so you can test the app. Also there is free test call option where you can know how the app works. To buy the extra credit tap on account option and in app purchase will allow you to buy the credits.
Developed By: TeleStar LTD
Viber:
Viber is one of the best apps available for in the market for smartphones. The app is fun and extremely useful. This application lets you stay connected to your friends and your family no matter how far they are.
The app does not charge you any money except for in app purchases such as stickers and credits. Stickers give you extra fun in texting and Viber credits are used to call the people who do not use the app.
Viber automatically detects how many of your contacts use the app. For your viber contacts you have three ways to connects, free text, free voice call and free video call. Free text let you message an individual or to a group. You can create your own group or added by some other groups.
Viber is one of the thoroughly designed smartphone app. It considers all your needs and requirements. Initially released to compete with Skype it has been able to become a trusted application. It is available for all platform in 33 languages. The app does not consume a lot of data, gives clear voice and video quality even for a moderate internet connection. Viber is a must have app for all generations, all people from all countries.
Developed By: Viber Media S.à r.l.
VSCO Cam:
Another new revolution in the photography apps, can be observed by installing VSCO Cam on your smartphone. This app is curated with VSCO grid features where it offers a huge gallery of exceptional photos.
This app offers you variety of tools, which you can use to edit photos to tranform them from boring images to lively one.
This app lets you enhance your photo by adjusting the temperature, contrast, exposure, and more.
In addition you can also sync and at the same time share on social media too.
Developed By: Visual Supply Company
Wickr:
Wickr is a messaging app where you can send or receive the message without compromising your privacy or fear of your message being hacked or misused. It is one of the many iOS secure messaging apps you can find on app store but it stands aside with its unique features.
The app requires you to register your phone number but it will not be shared with anyone until you confirm. On registration it asks you to choose a WickrID and password. You can add your friends if you know their WickrID. You can choose a name from your contact list and Wickr will tell you if the person is using the app and you can add them.
For privacy purposes the app will ask your password every time you open the app, though an automatic login can be opted.
Photo, audio or text can be sent on this app. You can also select and attach file from cloud services Dropbox and Google Drive. While sending the message you can choose the expiration time of your message from 0 seconds to 6 days.
Whenever the recipient of your message takes a screen-shot of the message it will send you a notification.
Developed By: Wickr, LLC
Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal:
The greatest fitness app available in the whole iTunes store is MyFitnessPal. The app is available for both iPhone and iPad for free. When you install the app and open it for the first time it asks your purpose, if you want to lose weight, maintain weight or gain weight. Depending upon the information you provide to the app it calculates how much calories you need per day. Then as you eat something, make an entry and it will keep calculating the calories you consume. This is the greatest calorie counter with information of more than 4,000,000 foods.
The app has very easy tools that makes it much more easier to use. It remembers your favourites and add multiple foods at once. MyfitnessPal account can be synced with other healthkit apps which makes it much more easier and convenient. The app also provides methods of more than 350 exercises which can help you stay fit.
You can also connect with your with your friends and keep updated each other and motivate each other. Your goals can be customized if you've any specific recommendation from doctor or nutritionist.
This is truly one in all app to keep you healthy and fit.
Developed By: MyFitnessPal.com
FitStar Yoga:
Because of the life we lead, we do not do much physical work and to compensate that we need to work out. And to do that, yoga is the best option.
But because of our schedule, dedicating few hours to yoga trainers becomes quite difficult. So an app which provides us live yoga sessions in form of videos is a great option. You can do yoga anytime anywhere you want. Your yoga trainer is internationally recognised yoga expert Tara Stiles. The training sessions are exclusively designed for beginners to experts.
FitStar-yoga gives your training sessions with HD videos of Tara Stiles giving you instructions with poses. You can choose the duration of a session yourself depending upon the time you got. The app gives Apple TV support which can put your video on big screen. You need an internet connection to use FitStar Yoga app. You can sync FitStar-yoga with other apps like MyFitnessPal to track your weight and nutrition to keep yourself fit.
Premium version of FitStar-yoga gives you more flexibility, more training videos and dynamic sessions based on your feedback. You can upgrade to premium version in-app purchases to get additional features. The monthly subscription is $7.99 and annual is $39.99.
Download link of FitStar-yoga for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fitstar-yoga/id936999508?ls=1&mt=8
Developed By: FitStar, Inc.
Mint Personal Finance:
Mint is a personal finance manager app that lets you manage your income and expenses, to track them wisely. This app lets you maintain a record of your expenses, bills, spending, credit card payments, and more. This app lets you set reminder so that you never miss out any imp date and pay penalties later.
The app lets you manage your budget with ease and checkout the overview of your earnings and spending in form of charts and graphs, for better evaluation. Worth try app to manage your finance.
Developed By: Mint.com
Hyperlapse from Instagram:
Hyperlapse is a fun app to shoot time lapse video and share it instantly on your Facebook and Instagram account. The app is a gift from Instagram itself.
The app is very simple to use with only few steps. Simply open the app and you will be taken to the record screen. Simply press the record button to start the recording. You can also switch the cameras using a smaller button on the right side of the screen. After you stop the recording, you will be asked to choose the speed of the video. You can choose from 1X to 12X option to to increase the speed and lapse the time.
After the video is processed, it is automatically saved to your camera role. You can share the time lapse videos to Facebook or Instagram directly. The app is available for both iPhone and iPad in more than 30 languages. You can shoot the cinematic quality video with automatic stabilization in Hyperlapse.
Download Hyperlapse today and start shooting time lapse videos while you are walking, running, jumping or falling.
Developed By: Instagram, Inc.
Flipboard:
Flipboard is your personal magazine. It an online portal of collection of different news websites and magazine. You can use it everyday to follow news and keep tab on your favt celebrities. You can keep all the in one place, follow all your favt people and you can also share stories, news, photos and videos you like.
The app asks you to choose the sort of new you want to follow. You can choose 4 topics and then register. You can either use your email id and password to register or just use Facebook account to avoid all information entering task. Based on your choices the app will choose related magazines and news portals to provide news. You can click on the news headline to get redirected to the webpage of the news provider. In the search option, type any name or keyword and the related articles and news story will follow.
There are many news based apps available in the appstore but you will not find any better app than Flipboard. It gets you news from all world class publications in real time. Flipboard is available in 24 localized editions. And the app is completely free.
Developed By: Flipboard
Hotspot Shield VPN for iPhone:
Security is a very important aspect of any mobile or internet service. If you are using public network or wi-fi, it becomes more important for you to secure your bandwidth mobile data.
Hotspot Shield or Hotspot VPN is a mobile app that solely concentrate on the security on the mobile internet data. Hotspot VPN creates a VPN (Virtual Private Network) so you can stay in control of your data while allowing to gain unrestricted internet access. This app provides a banking level HTTPS security encryption layer to secure your wi fi network. It prevents hackers from stealing your private information. Hotspot VPN masks your IP address to browse the web privately and anonymously.
The app is one of the greatest invention in the field of internet and data security. It is mostly used by business travelers or students but it has a great impact in the regions where internet censorship is implemented.
The app uses a virtual server based out in US, UK and Japan bypassing the local server thus allowing unrestricted internet access.
The app is simply downloaded on your mobile and the installation creates a VPN profile. You can switch the servers as you want. The app becomes the part of the iPhone setting and security creating a profile on your iOS. You can turn on and off your VPN as per your requirement. The app is only available for free for a week. Then you have to buy monthly or annual subscription.
Developed By: AnchorFree Inc.
Humin:
A naturally thinking app, that has the ability to manage your contacts and remember them just like the way you think.
The app lets you ditch the alphabetical order of managing contacts and lets you search names with natural phrases. This app is so unique that it captures the moment of your meeting, which means it lets you capture the moment with meaning text and info.
This is quite smart as it reminds you about your next meeting and at the same time gets you notified when your dear one is visiting your place.
Developed By: Humin, Inc
Venmo:
Venmo is a part of eBay and Paypal, that lets you send money for free. This is one of the best finance app that lets you pay for your friends dinner, rent, shopping, etc. with ease. The app lets you collect money from those who've brorrowed your money.
The app uses great secure system, that never release out your financial information, and protects the same, always. You can use this app by simply signing-up with Facebook or using your email address.
Developed By: Venmo
Dayre:
Your blogs are the ways to live your life again and again. It is a way to put your life in front of others to see how remarkable it is, how beautiful it is, how great it is. Dayre is a your blog you can update from your phone on the go. It is like Twitter but on Dayre you can share 500 characters instead of 140 words of Twitter. You can share anything of your life in form of words, photos, videos. The custom made stickers are exclusive feature of Dayre and you will not find it on any other blogging portal. Just share your location if you are on a visit to an exotic place and want your friends to know.
If you are a busy person and like blogging, this is the perfect app for you as you can update while you are waiting for bus, traveling in metro or cozying up in your blanket. Its amazing graphics make blogging more fun and quirky experience.
Here on Dayre you get a personalised URL here which is accessible on web or mobile.
Make your profile, set a profile picture and start sharing your amazing life today.
Developed By: FTW Tech Pte Ltd
TripIt - Travel Organizer:
TripIt is a travel planning app that lets you plan your holidays the way you want them to be. This app lets you organize your travel plans allowing you to create trips and holidays to your dream place. This app lets you do hotel booking, airline bookings, rent a car, and all those that you may require while traveling the new place.
The app directs you the directions, map and weather updates, for any destination. This app has the ability to sync your trip plans with your Google Calendar or Outlook, to stay updated. You can always edit your plans and at the same time share on social media, in a go.
Developed By: TripIt, Inc.
Tuneln Radio:
What I've missed in my iPhone is Radio. I actually like listening to random music that is provided by FM music channels. But as soon as I came across TuneIn Radio, that problem went away. Not only music, not only local FM channels but you can get international radio channels for music, news or religious content.
TuneIn Radio is the largest collection of news, music, sports and talk radio. It is a collection of over 100,000 radio channels which you can listen to in real time. The app is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod.
The app shows recommended and most popular radio channels on its home page. You can make your profile by signing up to connect with your friends and find content to follow. You can follow your favourite stations and shows to see latest updates in your profile.
Open browse tab to find your favourite radio station. You can find the stations by clicking on the sections such as Local Radio, Music and Sports. If you don't know where to look for your desired channel then just type in the search option.
TuneIn Radio sound quality is in HD. And you don't have to worry about buffering and noise that is common in traditional Radio.
Developed By: TuneIn
Shazam:
Have you ever been in a situation when you listen to a song but can not remember the singer's or album name. Sometime you listen to just a small clip of the song and it is unrecognizable to you but you desperately want to know the song. Here comes Shazam, an app only to make your make your music experience great. You will never be in a condition where you have to find out the whole song searching through the internet, Shazam will do it for you. And what's more it will also find the Youtube video and lyrics for you and you can directly listen complete song or watch video here on the app without making much effort.
You have to simply turn on Shazam and place it near the music. After the search you can also see the iTunes music store option to buy the song directly. You can also listen to the music on other music apps like Saavn, Rdio, Spotify and others wherever it is available. Reviews for selected albums are also available.
All your previous searches will be saved under tags option if you need it.
You can share your findings on Facebook, Twitter, email, Whatsapp and other mediums.
Download link of Shazam for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/shazam/id284993459?mt=8
Developed By: Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
Cam Scanner:
This is definitely one of the most popular and useful app available ever made. Cam Scanner is a mobile document scanning and sharing app which lets you scan any document and convert it into desired format such as pdf and jpeg.
Cam Scanner is very easy to use. Just open the app and choose if you want to use camera to take picture or upload file from gallery to. The file you select will be processed in the app. You can crop or add effects to the image to give it proper feel of scanned file. The auto enhancing algorithm of the app gives clear and sharp quality to the texts and graphics in the scanned documents.
The app is not only useful to scan your documents but also to convert your analog pictures into digital. If you have a normal quality old picture and want to convert it into digital good quality image, I would suggest you to use Cam Scanner. After the provided effects and all, you can further edit the images in other image editing apps.
After and the editing when you are satisfied with the result there is multiple option to save or share the file. You can email, print, upload to cloud storage or just save it to album. You can use it as either as pdf file or jpeg file. You can make changes to the text in the pdf file if you've appropriate software. Paid apps are available through in-app purchase where you can get additional features like text extraction.
Developed By: INTSIG Information Co.,Ltd
iHome+Sleep:
What an amazing app to mange your sleep and schedule. Its an alarm clock with unique and distinguished features. The app iHome+Sleep is available both for iPhone and iPad.
It is basically an alarm app where you can set different types of alarms for your sleep. The alarm manager is customizable with great features. Set nap alarms and gentle awake alarms as per your need. You can set up wake and sleep alarm volumes if you do not want to disturb others.
You simply set an alarm when you are ready to sleep. You can decide your nap time, how much time you need to fall asleep. Lock the home screen and your alarm will be activated. If you exit the app, it will not work.
You can also use your iPod library if you want to wake and sleep on music. It is also a weather app where you can see temperature, sky condition and highest, lowest temperature of the week. The time is also visible on the home screen of the app.
iHome+Sleep is not just an alarm app but it keeps track of sleep. It will store all the data and tell you how much sleep you've had in entire week or month.
An in-app purchase option is available to buy ad free version.
Developed By: iHome
Verdict:
You can try these best free iPhone apps which you can install on your new iPhone to have smooth, seamless and smart utility experience.
