MakeupPlus – Makeup Camera

This one is for ladies!   Men, please excuse.

Ever wanted to try out the new hair color and check out how it would look on your hair? Or a new shade of lipstick or eye shadow?  Would be messy to really try it out in real, and more messy to remove it immediately, if you don’t like it.

MakeupPlus comes  to the rescue –  it is the perfect app to take your selfie editing to the next level. With MakeupPlus, you can give yourself a full virtual makeover – from lipstick, contour and eyelashes, to brows and hair color, hair style, faux freckles and glitter – to find a look you love, right from your phone’s camera! With the AR GLAM feature, you can change your look from sexy cat to futuristic femme fatale and transform your selfies and make your social profiles stand out.

You can even watch exclusive video makeup tutorials by some of your favorite makeup artists and learn how to create virtual looks in real life!

Go for it ladies!  Improve your Facial Quotient!!

Android : https://goo.gl/Ewutvx                   iOS : https://goo.gl/vPyybi

Blue Light Filter – Night Mode

Our eyes often feel tired when we are accessing and reading our phone at night – especially when the lights are off – and more so, when we wake up suddenly and want to read that juicy Whatsapp joke!

Blue Light Filter comes to our rescue at such times. It is a proven fact that Blue Light  emanating from our phone, can cause harm to our eyes. Shifting your screen to night mode can relieve your eye-strain, and your eyes will feel at ease during night reading. Also blue light filter will protect your eyes and help you sleep easily.

You have options to adjust the intensity of the blue light as per your convenience. A simple slider does the trick. Also, you can automate the process and set the blue light filter to switch on and off automatically, say between 10 pm and 7 am. The free version carries ads which can be easily removed by moving up to the paid version

A must have app for those who cannot let go of their phones, even at night!

Android :  https://goo.gl/7t3gaf

 

Peak – Brain Training Games

Peak helps you push your cognitive skills, train harder and use your time better with fun, stimulating games and workouts – in short – reach your Peak!

The app chosen by Google as one of the Best Android Apps in 2016, helps you with free games that challenge your Memory, Attention, Problem Solving, Mental Agility, Language, Coordination, Creativity and Emotion Control. The games are designed to push you hard with short, intense workouts designed around your life. Test your Focus, Memory, Problem Solving, Mental Agility and more. The in-built Coach will challenge you with new workouts, track your progress and show you where and how you can improve, keeping you motivated and pushing you further.

More than 35 games are available with regular updates to keep you challenged.  You can even get personalised workouts and in-depth insights with Peak Pro, which is the paid version.

So, what are you waiting for – Just go for your own PEAK!

Android :      https://goo.gl/Y4tdni                                iOS : https://goo.gl/WLQKQw

 

ColorNote Notepad

Color Note is a popular note taking app. Very light and simple to use.

It is a quick and simple note-taking tool for notes, memos, emails, to-do lists and much more. Taking notes is just like typing into a basic wordprocessing program – just type as much as you want, select a color to the note, share or even set a reminder for the note. In the to-do list mode, you can make a checklist of various to-do items, and tick them off, one by one when each of the items gets done.

You can view the notes in the traditional ascending order, in grid format, or by note color. You can even password protect important notes and put them as sticky notes on your home screen. Online backup and sync cloud service is available which also allows you to share your notes across devices.

A simple app with many uses.

 

HealthifyMe

Healthify Me is a Weight Loss Coach which helps you to get back to a healthy life and lifestyle.

Awarded among the Best Apps on Google Play for 2 years in a row, HealthifyMe gives you access to India’s Largest Calorie Counter with a large database of over 100,000 Indian foods to help you track your meals along with your nutrition intake on a daily basis. The app also equips you with your very own fitness, nutrition and yoga coaches who will give you a personalized workout and diet plan to suit your fitness needs.

Whether your goal is weight loss, weight gain or to stay fit, HealthifyMe is your complete fitness app. 60% of HealthifyMe’s premium users are experiencing visible changes, and lose up to 2 kg in the first month, courtesy continuous monitoring coupled with personal coaching from India’s top nutritionists and fitness trainers.

Android : https://goo.gl/Xx2MT8

Car Maintenance Reminder

“Car Maintenance Reminder” is an all-in-one car application that helps you to: (1). Keep track of mileage, fuel efficiency and cost; (2). Log services, and get maintenance reminder when a due date approaches.

For the fuel efficiency section, you may enter the petrol filled and the mileage every time you fill petrol. And you will get the fuel efficiency, frequency and multiple graphs as reports for daily costs, driving distance, etc.

For the other maintenance services like Oil Change, Air Filter replacement, Brake checking, PUC, etc. etc., you may fill in the last date done and the frequency required and the App will pop up a reminder when these things have to be done.

The free version allows you to enter data for just one car, and the paid version allows you to enter data for multiple vehicles and also take backups, etc.

A very useful app for those who want to maintain their cars immaculately!

Android : https://goo.gl/KKpQCc

 

ShareTheMeal – Help children

There are 20 times as many smartphone users as hungry children. If every one of us gives just a little, we can make this world a better place!

This simple app allows you to donate to hungry children in war-torn, poor and famine-struck areas. The cost of the meal is just Rs. 30 per day per child. You just have to tap on the area where you would like to donate and the amount, give your credit card no., and the app takes care of the rest.

This app is part of the World Food Program (wfp.org) of the United Nations (UN), which provides the food and monitors the impact. More than 13.5 million meals are already shared – what are you waiting for?

More details at https://sharethemeal.org

Android : https://goo.gl/24e4xI                  iOS : https://goo.gl/tb1gk7

 

Medisafe

Medisafe is a Medicines & Pill Reminder – If you are on medication, and have to juggle and take several medicines daily, this app is for you. If you do not take your medicines in the right dose and the right time, you could be playing a risky game. Protect yourselves and your loved ones by taking your medicines regularly by using this app.

Millions use Medisafe to stay safe with their medicines and keep track of blood pressure, glucose and other measurements. With Medisafe you can easily share results with doctors to track better outcomes, faster.

You also have the option to read about the side-effects, contra-indications, etc. for the drugs you take, in clear intelligible language.

Medisafe is a MUST HAVE APP for anyone who takes medicines, temporarily or permanently.

Android : https://goo.gl/lWN2sz                                        iOS : https://goo.gl/9EevLL

www.NewOCR.com

NewOCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service, which can analyze the text in any image file that you upload, and then convert the text from the image into text that you can easily edit on your computer.

You may upload your image file in JPG, TIFF, PDF or even ZIP format. It has 106 recognition languages which includes even Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. The output can be downloaded in Plain text (TXT) or Microsoft Word (DOC) or Adobe Acrobat (PDF) formats. It supports low resolution and poorly scanned pages too! It also recognizes mathematical equations and allows rotation of text while converting. Multi-column support for newspaper and magazine articles is also in-built.

The best part is that the conversion is free and there is no registration. Just head to http://www.newocr.com, upload the file and convert it into text.

A very convenient tool for daily use online.

 

 

 

Similar Sites

Similar Sites improves your browsing experience by suggesting sites which are similar to your favourite sites. You just have to visit www.similarsites.com and paste your favourite site url in the space provided and voila! It will list out the sites which are similar to the one selected – it is that simple.

The website also gives you the option to add an extension to Chrome which allows you to do the same seamlessly. When you are on a site you like, just click on the Similar Sites extension on the top right and the same functionality will be available to you right from your favourite browser.

A very simple and elegant way of browsing similar sites, when you are  doing research or just browsing!