If you’re still on the fence about whether or not you should invest in an XR (x-ray) device, then you’re probably in the wrong place.
But if you’re all-in on XR and just looking for the best apps for your new baby, then welcome! I’ve been there.
In this article, I’ll share some of my favorite XR apps after reviewing dozens of them over the last few months. I’ll also give you a couple of tips on what to look out for when shopping for an XR app.
Best Apps For Xr
Now that you’ve got a brand new iPhone XR, the first thing you’ll want to do is find more reasons to use it. And the best way to go about doing that is apps! Use that awesome 6.1-inch edge-to-edge display to catch up on your favorite feeds, read articles, click and edit amazing photos and more!
These are the best apps you should try on your iPhone XR.
1. Shortcuts
The Shortcuts app is one of the best things about iOS 12. It brings automation features to your iPhone which are directly integrated with Siri. Now, you can create complex workflows which are triggered using a specific Siri phrase.
For example, you can say one phrase to Siri and have your iPhone change the lights, read out the news, turn off Do Not Disturb mode, send a message to someone, and a lot more.
You can even create Shortcuts using third party options. A wide variety of apps like Carrot Weather, Streaks, Overcast and more have been updated with support for Siri Shortcuts. Which means you can create complex shortcuts using individual actions from third-party apps.
Download: Shortcuts
2. 1Password
1Password is the best password manager for iPhone and with iOS 12 it’s even better. Now, you can use 1Password data to log into any web page or an app, without opening the 1Password app. Just enable 1Password in settings and choose the Passwords option in the login page. Your 1Password data will show up right there.
Download: 1Password
3. Overcast
Overcast is our preferred alternative to the Podcasts app. It’s easy to use and is filled with useful features like Smart Speed and Volume Boost. It even works with Siri shortcuts in iOS 12. So you can create custom phrases to start a particular podcast or a playlist.
Download: Overcast
4. Houseparty
FaceTime Group Video call isn’t here yet. But you can get the same functionality by using Houseparty. This is the app that Apple ripped off in the first place. You can create rooms where your friends can drop in and out as they please.
Download: Houseparty
5. VSCO
VSCO is still the best all in one app for clicking and editing photos, especially in the free category. Some of the filters are now a classic.
Download: VSCO
6. Halide
If you want to shoot in RAW, you should be using Halide. The beautifully designed app lets you shoot in RAW as well as JEPG. The new version of Halide lets you trigger the camera using Siri and it uses the new fast new processor for advanced RAW processing and depth mapping. This means you get even better portraits than the stock Camera app!
Download: Halide ($4.99)
7. PCalc Lite
PCalc Lite is the versatile, customizable calculator app you should be using instead of the default one. The app gives you a useful widget and a couple of really nice themes. And it works with Siri Shortcuts as well.
Download: Pcalc Lite
8. Apollo
Read Reddit on your iPhone, in style. Apollo is a detail oriented, thoughtfully designed app for reading and using Reddit. Doesn’t matter if you’re a lurker who never posts, or if you comment on subreddits regularly, Apollo will feel right at home.
Download: Apollo
9. Snapseed
You can do wonders for your iPhone photos in Snapseed, and no that’s not an exaggeration. Snapseed, the free app, gives you all the tools you need to fix and enhance your photos. You can do the basics like changing the brightness, contrast, exposure and all. But Snapseed really comes into play when using the highlights and vibrance feature. Plus, you can even apply effects to just a specific part of an image! That’s Photoshop level features, in a free app on your iPhone.
Download: Snapseed
10. Spotify
If Apple Music is not your thing, Spotify is the best alternative. And in some ways, it’s far better. The dark UI is awesome to look at and is actually easier to use than the Music app. Plus, Spotify’s recommendation engine is brilliant.
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Drafts
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Agile Tortoise makes a great note-taking and quickfire writing app with the aptly named Drafts. Fire Drafts up, and the app throws you a quick blank page with keyboard at the ready. New entries and notes get placed into an Inbox so you can tag and sort them later.
Alternatively, you can use any of the dozens of useful quick actions and app integrations to turn your jotted-down text notes into documents, tweets, social media notes, emails or messages, while Inboxed notes can be tagged for sorting, flagged for importance, or archived. The text editor itself is highly customizable, allowing you to tweak everything from spacing to line heights and margins.
A $2.99/month premium subscription to Drafts lets you add and edit quick actions; it also adds themes and icons while introducing workspaces and other handy productivity features.
Download Drafts for iPhone
Flow by Moleskine
best iphone apps: Flow by Moleskine
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Moleskine isn’t just about physical journals and notebooks anymore. The company has made a strong push into iOS apps, highlighted by Flow, an impressive drawing and note-taking app that does justice to Moleskine’s notebook roots. Flow is ideal for the iPad’s more expansive screen, but you’ll find a solid iPhone version, too.
Users can draw or take notes on an infinite-width canvas that lets you customize everything from your writing tools (virtual pens, pencils and markers in a variety of colors and sizes) and paper (from Moleskine’s traditional ivory paper to black, white, and blue, with options for grids and more). Additions in the Flow 2 updated included real-time collaboration, vertical documents (ideal for the iPhone’s screen) and a pencil case feature that puts your drawing tools on your iPhone while you use your full iPad screen as a canvas.
The app is free for a 7-day trial, with subscriptions costing $1.99 per month. With that fee, you get cloud storage and app updates.
Download Flow by Moleskine for iPhone
Voice Dream Reader
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If you need your iPhone to do the reading on your behalf, turn to Voice Dream Reader. This 2021 Apple Design Awards winner has earned raves for boosting the accessibility features of Apple’s phones.
You can set Voice Dream Reader to work on documents and ebooks, with the app’s text-to-speech prowess taking over the reading for you. Your $19 purchase gets you one premium Acapela voice and there’s support for 36 built-in iOS voices across 27 languages that you can also enjoy for free. Otherwise, in-app purchases allow you to select from more than 200 other premium voices.
In addition to support for PDF, Plain text, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, RTF, and Google Docs as well as ePub ebooks and web articles, Voice Dream Reader includes a built-in scanner for converting printed text into speech.
Download Voice Dream Reader for iPhone
Best iPhone utility apps
When you’re on the hunt for the best iOS apps, don’t overlook utilities. Many of them may handle just one task, but that one task can make your iPhone that much easier to use.
Just Press Record
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The stock Voice Memos app in iOS 14 does an good job as a voice recorder, but if you’re looking for something more muscular in the vein of Google’s Recorder app for Android, try out Just Press Record, a $4.99 one-tap recording app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch that also adds some useful features like built-in transcription features for easy note taking. Users can record from a long press on the app icon, from a lockscreen or notification widget. The app can transcribe speech with support for a number of languages and spoken punctuation commands.
Recordings are sorted by date and time, and can be manually renamed. The transcription also allows you to search through recordings for specific terms. You can sync recordings and transcriptions to iCloud, where they can be shared to a variety of apps.
Download Just Press Record for iPhone
Calzy
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Calzy takes a neat approach to calculator apps with a “Memory Area” for quickly saving and labeling calculations, variables, and other bits of data that you might want to store for easy reference across multiple sessions. The $2.99 app also includes a configurable keyboard, 3D touch support, scientific functions, history and bookmarking, as well as multitasking support.
Calzy is an excellent all around calculator app, and it’s no surprise that the app can point to an Apple Design Award on its resume.
Download Calzy for iPhone
Deliveries
best iphone apps deliveries
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Deliveries is one of the best iPhone apps because it handles everything associated with your packages. You can track parcels through a variety of services, including UPS, USPS, FedEx and DHL. A simple system allows you to enter package information through tracking numbers or via iCloud syncing that pulls delivery information from your emails and receipts to automatically populate your incoming deliveries list.
With that info at hand, you can then view a quick timeline summary of incoming and delivered packages and ETAs; you can even find the location of your packages on a map where available, or through the provider’s online tracking portal. A Today widget keeps you informed of incoming packages and notifies you of package arrivals.
Deliveries is a subscription-based app now, with $1 a month unlocking all the app’s features.
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