Cover feature 100 best apps

100BESTAPPSYour smartphone, watch and tablet are loaded with power you’re not tapping into… so spank them into action with the finest downloads of the class of ’21

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APPLE MAGIC KEYBOARD FOR iPAD

The iPad’s on-screen keyboard is serviceable, but it’s not great for lengthy work: tapping away on glass isn’t pleasant and the board takes up a lot of space. Apple’s Magic Keyboard costs almost as much as an entry-level iPad in itself, but pays its way by making you more efficient. The keys are great and the trackpad is responsive – and because your iPad connects to the Magic Keyboard via magnets, you can turn it back into a standalone tablet in an instant.

from R5 800 / istore.co.za FILE BROWSER

Apple’s Files app is great for exploring what’s stored on your device or iCloud; this app is for everything else. It can connect to a range of cloud storage services, and also locally networked PCs, Macs and drives. It integrates with Files too, so you can quickly get at your documents wherever they live.

R130 / iOS ULYSSES

The idea behind Ulysses isn’t so much to be a tool for writing your great novel, but as a repository for every word you write. Its flexibility means it’s as good for note-taking as it is for longer jobs, and cloud-synced text can export in a range of formats. The best bit: you’ll always know where everything you write is.

R105/m / iOS 1BLOCKER

The internet is full of fluff, which can really bog down your web browsing. 1Blocker largely eradicates such junk, speeding up Safari and ensuring you get to the real stuff more rapidly. It’s a powerful and flexible tool… but also customisable, which means you can, for example, ‘whitelist’ ads on those sites you’d like to support.

from R35 / iOS

The iPad Pro’s camera is great for video calls but only the Magic Keyboard pivots it to a laptop-like angle, thus hiding your pandemic double chin.

AFFINITY DESIGNER

The idea that pro-grade design tools couldn’t exist on iPad was obliterated when Affinity’s app rocked up. Designer is aimed at, well, designers. With an Apple Pencil, pointy digits and some skill you can craft all manner of vector-based masterpieces, utilising the app’s rich features and almost endless zoom.

R380 / iPad

TABLET TITANS

If you’re thinking of ditching your laptop in favour of one of Apple’s newest iPads, you’ll be needing some desktop-grade apps

LUMAFUSION

iMovie is there for beginners, but LumaFusion’s for when you’re serious about video editing. It works on iPhone, but on iPad the app really lets you dig into its multi-track timeline, titler, audio mixer and superb special effects. You can export in a range of formats, or even to Final Cut Pro to continue your work on a Mac.

R580 / iOS MINDNODE

Got ideas in your head that need smashing into shape? Is the back of an envelope not cutting it? Then get MindNode. You start with a bullet-point list that, with a tap, explodes into a customisable mind map. Nodes can be arranged freeform or automatically tidy themselves, and you can add all kinds of notes, images, links and icons.

R43/m / iOS

TEXTASTIC

If your idea of being productive is bashing out code like you’re in a sci-fi movie, Textastic’s where it’s at. Affordable yet versatile, this app is fast, has syntax highlighting for 80 languages and can connect to all manner of external sources. Just the ticket for reworking your website or even building your own app.

R200 / iOS

PROCREATE

For veteran artists and novice daubers alike, Procreate offers an ideal digital sketching and painting experience. Newcomers can get stuck in without being overwhelmed by palettes and features; old hands can delve into custom brushes, masks and effects. Either way, there’s zero chance of grinding actual paint into the carpet.

R200 / iPad NETNEWS WIRE

If you don’t want to waste your time fiddling on social feeds to get news, or don’t want to miss a headline from you favourite publications, you need an RSS reader. NetNewsWire’s no-nonsense approach gets you to articles in an efficient manner, and the interface is nicely flexible.

Free / iOS SPARK

Apple’s Mail is the vanilla of email clients: adequate but not that interesting. Spark takes things further, smartly organising your inbox to highlight key emails, adding collaborative features and scheduling, and letting you snooze emails when you can’t stomach dealing with them immediately.

Free / Android, iOS

CONCEPTS

Almost everything you own started life on a drawing board; Concepts takes pro-orientated scrawling into the digital realm. With your device and a stylus, you can use realistic tools to jot down ideas on an infinite canvas, with a customisable wheel to quickly access presets; and since it’s vector-based, every line remains editable.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS DJAY

If your dream is to spin decks in front of a frenzied crowd of adoring fans, get some practice in with this app. The intuitive interface means even noobs can ‘UNCH UNCH UNCH’ into the wee small hours… but hook up Tidal, delve into the looper and integrate some hardware, and they’ll soon be calling you the next Peggy Gou. Probably.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS

BEST OF ANDROID

Don’t let iPhones and iPads have all the fun: these fantastic apps showcase your Google device’s ability to more than match Apple

SMOOTH TRACK

This one ramps up gaming immersion without the need to don a sweaty VR headset. Your phone tracks your head’s movements, which are relayed to compatible PC games. Ideal for staring out of windows and seeing what’s around you in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

R170 / Android R200 / iOS

DUET DISPLAY

Think it’s unfair that your Android device gets some downtime when you don’t? Then put it to good use as a second screen for your PC or Mac by way of Duet Display. This also means you can interact with laggard computing platforms that haven’t yet embraced touch by prodding at your Android device – win-win. R170 / Android ● R270 / iOS

INFINITE PAINTER

Always fancied seeing your art in a gallery but never got further than doodling on your thumb with a pen? Then try Infinite Painter. You get all the magic of realistic brushes but none of the mess. There are layers, masks, cloning tools and, for pros, the means to export paintings as layered PSDs.

Free (IAP) / Android TASKER

Do you want your smartphone to be smarter? Tasker automates actions based on conditions that you define. For example, you can stop your phone bugging you when it’s face-down, pump up the volume while playing music, turn on auto-rotate only when viewing photos, or reduce brightness for bleary mornings.

R61 / Android

STOP MOTION STUDIO PRO

Got an idea for a gritty Morph reboot? This app provides a usable yet powerful entry into stop-motion animation. You can shoot live or import everything from stills to scribbles… then add audio, export, and await the call from Hollywood. Or Aardman’s legal department.

R85 / Android, iOS POWERAMP

There’s nothing wrong with listening to music in a streaming service’s app. But when you want something more, there’s Poweramp. Load whatever formats you please, make tracks sound great using the ten-band EQ, and adjust the UI to make your music an extension of you, rather than some corporate brand.

R55 / Android POWER DIRECTOR

We’re not thrilled about the R700 annual sub for this video editor, but it is great. Load a bunch of clips (up to 4K) and you can rapidly but precisely cut your mini movie, stabilise wonky shots, add titles, experiment with overlays, then foist your creation on YouTube and Facebook.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS

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SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S7+

Sure, you can run these apps on your phone. But if you want to fully unleash the power of the best Android apps – with enough space to mix music or scribble a masterpiece – you need a larger canvas. The 12.4in OLED display on the Galaxy Tab S7+ gives you that. More importantly, this tablet has plenty of power thanks to its Snapdragon 865+ CPU, along with a punchy quad-speaker system to keep your head bobbing to tunes while you work.

R23 000 / /

The Galaxy Tab S7+ packs a mammoth 10,090mAh battery that delivers up to 14hrs of video playback – four more hours than the iPad Pro.

CUBASIS 3

In the olden days, crafting a smash hit required a studio that cost as much as a house; today you can create sonic masterpieces on your phone. And this is no reductive app: you get a slew of virtual instruments and loops, unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, virtual keyboards and pads, and a studio-grade mixer. Sadly, there’s no ‘extra talent’ IAP.

R530 / Android, iOS

DATA COUNTER WIDGET

By default, your Android phone lets you keep an eye on basics like the time, your battery level and whether you have an internet connection. But the last of those can be costly if you’re using a lot of data, so this widget makes it a cinch to track your usage.

Free (IAP) / Android HURRY

Countdowns are a good way to get you excited about an upcoming event, or to ensure you don’t forget a special day – and Hurry is a friendly way to get such things right on your home screen. The widgets are customisable, can integrate online GIFs if you can’t find a custom snap, and can even sync between devices.

Free (IAP) / Android KWGT KUSTOM WIDGET MAKER

If you fancy creating your own Android widgets, KWGT gives you the tools Within minutes you’ll be able to craft clocks, weather displays, battery monitors, music players and more. There’s even Tasker support (see p38) for automation.

Free or R97 / Android

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APPLE iPHONE 12 PRO MAX

You’re blazing your way deep into overkill territory if you decide to buy Apple’s flagship iPhone just for its ability to display widgets. After all, this smartphone is primarily about the superb camera and, well, being the best phone Apple has ever made. But it’s also the biggest phone Apple has ever made, meaning you get a mammoth 6.7in display to show off your favourite widgets and

SOOR

It’s not like Apple Music is lacking for widgets, but Soor offers something different – in the same way the main app rethinks how you experience your music collection. Naturally you get playback options; but the means to place playlists, albums and magic mixes on your home screen ensures your favourite songs are never more than a tap away.

R130 / iPhone

The 12 Pro Max benefits massively from the new App Library on iOS 14 that automatically organises your downloads into themed folders.

APOLLO FOR REDDIT

If you have an iPhone, love Reddit but hate the Reddit app, chances are you’re already using Apollo. If not, you should be. And as of iOS 14, this client enables you to add a ridiculous array of regularly-refreshing widgets to your home screen, whether you want quick access to headlines, jokes, feeds, action buttons or photos.

Free (IAP) / iOS CARROT WEATHER

Known equally for dishing out weather forecasts and barbed comments, Carrot Weather brings both to your home screen – at least on iOS (you get much slimmer pickings on Android). Its range of widgets offers glanceable maps, current conditions and forecasts, to fit whatever space you have free… plus threats, if you want them.

R350/yr / iOS

WICKED WIDGETS

So terribly busy you can’t possibly launch a few apps in the morning? Just as well these handy home-screen helpers exist, then…

MATERIAL MUSIC WIDGET

This music-player widget is a triumph of elegance and simplicity. It’s easy to set up, but looks great no matter how much of your home screen you fill with it. The app’s buttons are responsive, and if you splash out on IAP (all of R32) you can even use MMW to switch between players.

Free (IAP) / Android STAR WALK 2

If you’re someone who spends hours gawping at the heavens, you’ll want to know when something interesting is going to be up there – and whether you’ll be able to see it. The iOS version of Star Walk 2 provides a range of widgets that predict night sky conditions and outline when heavenly bodies will rise and set.

R60 (IAPs) / iOS

OVERDROP

One of the new breed of weather apps, Overdrop is as much concerned with the user experience as it is with hurling facts at your eyes. With its Android widgets, though, it comes across like the designers couldn’t stop making new ones – and decided to give you them all. There’s bound to be one you like.

R265/yr / Android WIDGET SMITH

As Apple creeps towards a point where iPhone users can fully personalise their home screens, Widgetsmith pushes things forward. It helps you quickly craft custom widgets with a range of functionality, including timezone tools, calendars and weather forecasts.

R350/yr / iOS

WONDER WONDER WEAR

Do much more with your smartwatch than checking how late you are for lunch, with help from some of these teeny tiled apps

INFINITY LOOP

Playing games on a smartwatch is a fiddly and frustrating affair, but somehow Infinity Loop works wonderfully on Wear OS watches. This simple puzzle game offers up a bunch of lines, leaving you to flip-reverse them until they form… yep, infinite loops, that look a bit like endless ballbags. Way less nauseating than it sounds.

Free (IAP) / Wear OS BFT

This app helps you track time in a different way from a clock face, helping you get things done by splitting your day into work/break sprints. These default to 25/5 minutes respectively, but can be adjusted on the watch. Every few cycles, you get a longer break. Do well and bear-based cards keep your motivation up.

R47 / watchOS

LIFESUM

A stripped-back version of the full food-logging version on Android phones, Lifesum helps that better version of you keep tabs on what you’re shoving down your cakehole – even if it’s cake. Choose your meal, select the portion size and correlate with the approximate number of calories.

Free (IAP) / Wear OS

PB: LOST PHONE ALERT FOR WATCH

Rather than make you frantically search for your missing iPhone using Find My, PB blares an alarm (or plays a voice message) when it strays out of range. Luckily, this can be disabled when on home Wi-Fi, to avoid bedlam when you go for a wee and leave your phone on the couch.

R100 / watchOS SAMSUNG PAY

It’s not universal by any means but if you wanna play for something using your wrist your options are limited in SA. Samsung Pay is one of the best, which broad device and retail support. If you’re an Apple fan, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Apple Pay is also in the country now.

Free / Tizen/Wear

DICE BY PCALC

Need that final victory roll in Snakes & Ladders, but just watched your dice roll under the fridge? Or think you’re Luke Rhinehart and can’t move without first consulting the cube? Then lob a virtual one (or ten, of varying types) across a virtual table with this app, which even tallies totals as you go.

R40 / watchOS

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FOSSIL GEN 5

Available in three slick styles with a multitude of straps, and packing Google’s Wear OS, the Fossil Gen 5 is far from a relic. An always-on display, swimproof design and 24hr extended battery life make it suitable for versatile everyday use; and if touch or voice controls aren’t your thing, there’s a rotating home button and two additional push buttons that give you complete control when switching between functions and apps.

R6 000 / watchrepublic.co.za

A suite of pre-loaded apps includes Google Fit, Nike Run Club and Spotify plus plenty of tools for health, wellness and sleep tracking. AIR MATTERS

Many apps offer nuanced weather data, letting you know precisely when it’s going to tip down. But Air Matters provides insight into the quality of the air you breathe. Along with AQI values, you can also put pollen readings on your watch face, for a fighting chance of avoiding sneezing fits in spring and summer.

R20 / watchOS WEAR GESTURE LAUNCHER

Enjoy loading your smartwatch with more apps than a Vietnamese scooter rider loads livestock? Here you can tap on the right side of your touchscreen and draw gestures to launch an app. Add different gestures for different apps to shortcut your way anywhere and look like a wizard.

Free / Wear OS WEAR AUDIO RECORDER

Recording to your wrist sounds a bit Johnny English, but saving important conversations in the heat of the moment is easier when you don’t need to fumble about with a phone. This simple audio recorder can be synced with Google Drive so messages are easily stored and shared with MI7.

Free / Wear OS

LOOKUP

On iPhone, LookUp is a dictionary app that’s friendly, colourful and fun – not words you’d expect to find all in the same sentence, granted. The Apple Watch app is similarly impressive, enabling you to get countless definitions on your wrist as well as enjoying a word of the day, thereby expeditiously ameliorating your vocabulary.

R120 / watchOS

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MOFT

Several of the apps on this spread require you to prop up your device for best effect. And that means you need to find a stand... unless you’ve welded a Moft to your phone or tablet. These adhesive stands add barely any bulk but cleverly fold out to let your device stand up in landscape or portrait. The iPhone 12 might be able to stand on its own, but its Moft model adds stability and a magnetic three-card wallet – for half the price ffering.

A folding geometric design keeps everything as slim as possible when collapsed, with 60° vertical and 40° horizontal viewing when propped up. UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL

If you’d like to know your place in the scheme of things while slurping up knowledge along the way, try this app. It compares the sizes of objects, from a Planck unit all the way up to the observable universe. The visuals are smart and vibrant, and you can tap on stuff to learn more.

R66 / Android R60 / iOS CAPO 4

Apps like Yousician can help you master the guitar, but they’re not much use for nailing your favourite songs. That’s where Capo comes in: load a track and it’ll figure out the chords. Its guesswork can be edited, and you can adjust speed and pitch while trying to figure out the hard bits and become the next EVH.

from R160 / iOS UPTIME

Describing itself as five-a-day for your brain, Uptime aims to make you smarter at speed. It does this through safe and curated knowledge from trusted experts. In other words, it’s like someone smashed TED into a social network, even letting you follow creators and ‘like’ impactful moments. Fortunately, you can’t reply.

Free / iOS

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5 / Android, iOS

HOME TIME

From watching TV to shoving knowledge into your brain, these apps aim to stave off the boredom of being stuck between four walls

CLIPS

Apple’s video capture/editor combo is all about immediacy. A big red button kicks off recording, and clips are stashed at the foot of the screen. You get loads of effects – and even AR backgrounds if you want to pretend you’re on a sci-fi set. Gimmicky, for sure, but it’s also fun and quickly gets you into making videos.

Free / iOS SHOWMAX

Showmax, SA’s own streaming service, might cost you just R100 a month but there’s another option if you’re only planning on using a mobile device. Forty bucks every thirty days gives you full access via your Android or iPhone, but you won’t get it playing on your smart TV. Which is fine, right?

R40/m / Android, iOS

RAVE

Designed for a generation that prefers talking about TV to fully watching it, Rave smashes together streaming shows and a chat engine. Sign into a service, create a room, and you and some chums can gawp at a show while chatting about it – or anything else for that matter. But remember, no spoilers!

Free / Android, iOS

LOOOM

Although technically an animation tool, Looom feels like an experiment that crash-landed on your iPad from the future. Armed with an Apple Pencil, using Looom’s interface feels more like playing an instrument than using an app. It’s a relaxing way to free yourself from conventional thinking while making pictures move.

R200 / iPad JUSTWATCH

Everyone’s got more than one streaming service but keeping what’s available on all of them straight is a bit of a chore. JustWatch puts all of the major services together (including those in South Africa) so you don’t have to scroll for hours on each to find out what’s new or trending for the week.

Free / Android, iOS TASTY

Paper cookbooks give you a drooly photo, a list of ingredients and some instructions, then leave you to it. Tasty is a better kitchen companion. You can quickly filter its 3000 recipes by type; pick one and tiny videos are provided for every step, ensuring you know at every point what your dish should look like.

Free / Android, iOS

SLEEP BY MAX RICHTER

Max Richter’s original Sleep is both awe-inspiring and overwhelming, given its eight-hour run-time. The app reframes his compositions to help you focus on work, meditate or, yes, fall asleep. You’ll need a paying Spotify account if you’re on Android, or Spotify/Apple Music on iOS.

Free / Android, iOS STRIDE: WALK, RUN, CAPTURE

If you need an added incentive to get outside and walk or run, Stride reimagines exercise outdoors as an epic struggle for territory. As you move, hexes are coloured on a live grid. Repeat visits enable you to defend your turf. Rope in local friends and Stride becomes a fun way to gamify exercise.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS

STRESS BUSTERS

If you’re feeling the strain and your middle name is ‘Help’, bring some calm and wellbeing to your life with these brain-massagers

PORTAL

Instead of merely providing sounds to soothe your ears and help you relax, Portal plays relaxing videos shot at a range of eye-popping locations. Whether your idea of bliss is a beach, a field or waves crashing against Scottish cliffs, Portal will help you get away from the real world for a few precious moments.

Free (IAP) / iOS

TOCA LIFE WORLD

For parents, a calm mind comes from stopping the kids tearing around the house for a blissful several minutes. Your device can help – at least if you install Toca Life World. With its many and varied locations, characters and secrets for younglings to discover, it’s an interactive digital doll’s house they’ll never tire of.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS SMILING MIND

Whether you need additional calm in your own life or to help one of your kids relax, this is a must-install. It’s entirely free, so won’t worry your bank account, yet offers meditation programmes for adults and children, and for all kinds of circumstances. Just the thing to make your mind, well, smile.

Free / Android, iOS PIGMENT

The simple, childlike joy of colouring-in can be surprisingly effective in reducing anxiety… but getting felt-tip all over your fingers doesn’t help. So Pigment gives you all the benefits of real-world colouring with none of the mess; and there’s even an optional tool to stop you colouring outside the lines.

Free (IAP) / Android, iOS

CLEO

Most banking apps are still barely a step up from a spreadsheet. Cleo wants to help you own your money by enabling you to understand how you spend it. Much of this is done by chatting with the app, which will urge you to save and give you a polite nudge when you’ve ‘accidentally’ bought three new smartphones.

Free / Android, iOS NIKE TRAINING CLUB

Last year, Nike walloped the mobile exercise industry around the head with size-12 sneakers by making this app entirely free. Whether you have an hour or just a handful of minutes to sweat, you can delve into all manner of workouts. Need to relax? Yoga’s included too.

Free / Android, iOS MOODISTORY

Understanding how you feel over a period of time can be a useful mechanism to root out problems or help you expand on the more moments This app p a low-fric to record moods, fr little as ta a smiley f day to de deeper jo and stats

R100 / iO

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APPLE WATCH SE

It’s odd to think the Apple Watch used to be more focused on bling than wellbeing. These days Apple’s wearables are primarily about ongoing peace of mind. This can come from apps and reminders, but the devices also have plenty of health-monitoring functions that run in the background until needed. Even the basic SE version will keep tabs on your heart, steps count and whether you’ve fallen; and your ears are safeguarded with warnings appearing when

BLOOM: 10 WORLDS

The original Bloom had you tap an iPhone’s screen to play notes and have a disc of light explode from beneath your finger. 10 Worlds takes that ‘single’ and expands it into an ‘album’: within it are ten distinctly ambient but varied evolving art/music pieces fashioned by Brian Eno and creative partner Peter Chilvers.

R150 / Android, iOS

The Apple Watch SE uses the same S5 chip from the superb Apple Watch Series 5 for super-slick performance when switching between apps.

SNAPSEED

Here’s an app we hope Google never gets bored of. Load a pic and you can improve (or wreck) it to your heart’s content with all kinds of tools, adjustments and effects. Changes you make are non-destructive too, so you can experiment before committing your edits and foisting your masterpiece on the world.

Free / Android, iOS PHOTOSHOP CAMERA

With Photoshop being a serious desktop app, it’s curious to see the brand applied to this box of often madcap camera filters. Everything’s free; and although you can be boring and make your lunch look 32% moodier, it’s more fun to transform your view into an eye-searing pop-art collage.

Free / Android, iOS OPEN CAMERA

Regularly updated, packed with options and entirely free, Open Camera is an Android marvel. The app’s flexibility stands out a dig into the m menus to bri preferred too its camera in is a godsend when you’re with a device doesn’t give all the cool to by default.

Free / Androi

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JOBY GORILLAPOD

Modern phone cams have all kinds of anti-wobble tech baked in, but you’re still better off with a tripod. However, propping your phone up on uneven surfaces requires more than a typical three-legged gizmo. This is why a GorillaPod offers something extra: three flexible legs that are stable on rocky terrain and can even be wrapped around a tree branch. There’s a model to suit every pocket, from the entry-level Starter Kit

DOUBLETAKE

It’s astonishing enough that phones can record hi-def video, but an iPhone can take two feeds at once with this app. So if you want to capture your grinning visage as you careen down a mountainside and your view at the same time, you can do so as separate recordings or a single split-screen video. Just watch where you’re going, yeah?

Free / iOS While a mobile mount is there to keep your phone steady, the same GorillaPod can be adapted for use with action cams, mics and flashes.

ADOBE LIGHTROOM

If you’re an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber, you’ll want this satellite app on your phone. It’s not full-fat desktop Lightroom, obviously, but it nonetheless lets you delve into important adjustments and edits right on your phone, which can then be continued on a computer. And for everyone else, it’s a solid freebie.

Free / Android, iOS HALIDE MARK II

This app unlocks the power of the iPhone camera. Manual focus is aided by a loupe for pin-sharp shots; exposure tools warn if you’re about to blow highlights; and RAW is tackled via the option to shoot two photos at once – one in RAW and another using Smart HDR and Deep Fusion – so you can decide which to pick later.

R210/yr / iOS

SNAP APPY

If your built-in camera software’s falling short, upgrade your imaging abilities and unleash the potential of all those megapixels

SLOW SHUTTER CAM

Apple enables you to fiddle with Live Photos to fake a long exposure, but this app lets you do it properly. Settings can be tweaked for motion blur, painting with light trails and low-light snaps. Post-shoot, you can quickly edit your pics to adjust the blur and focus on what you want to stand out.

R40 / iOS SOLAR WATCH

This one’s a weather app for photographers. Its graphic has the usual symbols and temperature predictions on its outer ring, but it’s mostly concerned with what the light’s doing. Splash out on Premium (R100/yr) and you get golden hour start/end times and an AR solar path.

Free (IAP) / iOS

FILMIC PRO

If you have designs on Hollywood, this is the camera app to get. It offers a slew of live analytics, controls and options for perfecting that guaranteed blockbuster of your dog. The sliders for focus and exposure/zoom are especially useful, putting your thumbs in command while you shoot footage for your next Oscar/Razzie winner. R245 / Android ● R280 / iOS

MOON SEEKER

If you’re obsessed with night shots, you’ll want to know the moon’s whereabouts and current phase – so this app provides various views to map its impending journey. If you’re on Android and feeling aggrieved that Solar Watch isn’t available for you, neither is this app… but sister product Sun Seeker is.

R80 / iOS