Category: Utilities

Remindee – Create reminders from any app!

Remindee is the minimal, content-focused reminder app you can use to create reminders from anywhere!

Just hit the share button in any app for the content you want to create a reminder about, tap “Remind Me”, set the date & time you want to be reminded at – done! You don’t even have to leave the app you’re in! You can even create a reminder just by copying some text! Useful when you want to create a reminder based on a message you’ve just received.. It’s really that simple 🙂

Use it to remind yourself to reply to that Tweet or Facebook post, to read that webpage article later, to book those tickets when they’re released, to call or email that person.. the options are literally endless!

Android : https://goo.gl/xQ3Xre

Family GPS tracker Kid Control

Family GPS Tracker – Kid Control is a personal safety app that keeps track of where your loved ones are. You can set it up to receive automated alerts when your loved ones arrive home, school, or any places you set.  You can even set up Dangerous zones to receive alerts when your children enter them. In case of emergency, use the SOS button to send a help alert!

When the phone’s battery level falls below 15%, KidControl GPS tracker sends alerts about this phone, and you can remind your child to charge the phone.

While the free version allows only 2 locations to be set and gives a history of 2 days, the premium, paid version allows multiple locations and gives a history for upto 15 days. Besides, there are no ads in the premium version.

Could be used for any family member, giving peace of mind always!

Android  :  https://goo.gl/fdzdeL                     iOS : https://goo.gl/HEL1Qh

 

Spyglass

If you go hiking or on adventure rides into unknown places, which have low or no connectivity, be sure to carry the Spyglass app.

Spyglass is an essential offline GPS app for outdoors and off-road navigation. Packed with tools it serves as binoculars, heads-up display, hi-tech compass with offline maps, gyrocompass, GPS receiver, waypoint tracker, speedometer, altimeter, Sun, Moon and Polaris star finder, gyro horizon, rangefinder, sextant, inclinometer, angular calculator and camera. It saves a custom location, navigates precisely to it later, shows it on maps and using augmented reality displays detailed GPS info, measures distances, sizes, angles, and does a lot more.

Spyglass operates in 3D and uses augmented reality to show object positions, info and directions to them overlaid over camera or maps.  You can save current position, add a point from maps, manually enter location coordinates. And then find the saved place later simply by following directional arrows.

Spyglass will make you feel like James Bond whether you’re exploring in the woods or just trying to find your Honda in the mall parking lot.

Android : https://goo.gl/ujFTQQ                             iOS : https://goo.gl/kydG7a

Smart Tools – PC Mechanik

Smart Tools by PC Mechanik is an all-in-one Toolbox.  It is a handy tool box app with 40 smart DIY and metering tools like bubble level, ruler, compass, distance meter, unit converter, DB meter, protractor, stopwatch, NFC, bar and QR reader… Use the device’s in-built sensors in all in one tool box app, handy like a swiss army knife.

It also checks your heart rate, your battery and has an in-built battery tester. Unit Converter (including currency conversions), Bar Code Scanner, Time Zone display, Random No. generator, Translator and Notepad are also built-in.
For those utilities that you use often, you could create shortcuts on your home screen and make them easy to access.
The only irritant is that the free version is ad-supported at every step, which could be quite a bother – you could buy the ad-free version and get rid of those pesky ads.
A very useful all-in-one toolbox with multiple uses.

Android : https://goo.gl/76Hi9Y

customercareinfoo.com

Have you tried finding the phone no. of Ola Cabs from their website? Or even the support nos. for Amazon.in?  Difficult?

Well, customercareinfoo.com is there to help you. This is a simple website for those in India who find it difficult to contact their service providers on phone. Listings include Telecom Companies, Broadband Service Providers, Banks, DTH, Broadband, Cabs and also E-Commerce companies. Most of these companies make it difficult to connect to them over phone and this website gives you the direct telephone nos. to their support centers in major cities.

A real boon to the harassed consumer

http://customercareinfoo.com/

Video Conferencing – Zoom.us

Zoom.us is a wonderful tool to conduct meetings, web conferencing and video conferencing. The online meetings can be conducted in HD video and high quality audio, can handle upto 500 video participants and can have screen sharing and full suite of collaboration features.

Zoom training sessions can have Co-annotation and whiteboarding, Video breakout rooms, MP4 and M4A local and cloud recording and also an Attention indicator.

A Participant does not require a Zoom account in order to join a meeting. Participants can join a meeting from their phone, desktop, mobile and tablet devices. Apps for Android and iOS are easily downloadable for installation.
You can try the Basic Plan free and then, once satisfied, move on to the higher plans, based on your needs. Try it out, it may be the only connectivity solution you may need!
Android : https://goo.gl/dpFL4y                             iOS : https://goo.gl/njcTe4

Reverse Dictionary

Reverse Dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, or even just a single word. Keep it short to get the best results. In most cases you’ll get back a list of related terms with the best matches shown first.

The app is very simple to use – just download it and type the words in the search box. Tap on Search and you will get the list of matching words. It is slightly different from a Thesaurus and once you start using it, you will understand how.

Now, improve your writing (or even crossword) skills – start using reverse dictionary today!

Android :  https://goo.gl/FFdMf7

Survival Guide – Offline Survival Manual

This is a Survival Manual which is fully working offline (which is important to survive in a case of some extreme situation)  It contains info on how to make fire, build a shelter, find food, heal and other useful content in a case of emergency.

But it is not only for emergencies.  It can be also useful for trips to the outdoors, hiking, camping, learning about nature, etc. etc.  The various sections include Psychology, Survival Kits, Basic Medicine, Shelter, Water Procurement, Poisonous Plants, Dangerous Animals, Handling Weather, Water Crossing, Direction Finding, etc. etc.

Since all the stuff is available offline, you don’t need a Data Connection  or WiFi to operate this app.

A wonderful tool to have on a rainy day – literally!

Android : https://goo.gl/yueVUo

 

 

Fast Finder

If you are an app freak like me, you will have 10s or even 100s of apps on your phone. And it is such a pain to scroll through and find your app. Fast Finder (FF) searches stuff in a jiffy – just enter the first few characters of your App name and it will pop up immediately for you – super fast! Just tap on the app and launch it. It is so simple.

But Apps is not just what it will find. It will also find contacts and files. If you type the first few names of a contact, FF will bring it up for you and then you can directly dial or message from there itself!

Besides, files which are deep inside your Android system can be found super fast. Just type the file name and it will pop up. Ideal for downloaded files which most of the time, you don’t know where they went!! You can even find files by just entering the file type e.g. jpg and you will find all jpg files on your Android device – really super cool.

A great  utility for super fast search within your phone!

Android : https://goo.gl/et9Dxk

 

Decision Crafting

Our lives are full of decisions. And if you want to take sensible decisions, Decision Crafting is for you!

Suppose you have to take a decision for buying a new phone – you can list multiple phones you are considering, and the criteria you would look for. e.g. good camera, high memory, fast speed, etc. When you define the criteria, you will also specify which is the most valuable to you and which is the least. Then, for each criterion, you will assign points to each phone you are considering. Once you are done, it will show you the best choice – instantly! You can modify your criteria and their importance and also the ratings and re-evaluate your choices again and again till you optimize and find your best choice.

Your decisions could be on which University to choose,  which car to buy or even choose a spouse – if you have a choice!!

Decision Crafting is one of the best apps to help you take logical decisions.

 

Android : https://goo.gl/LrtLw7