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What are your top 5 most frequently used apps on your phone?

9 points by avni000 11 years ago · 21 comments · 1 min read


I came across an interesting article about how to better understand how much users are using your app (http://recode.net/2015/01/13/theres-an-app-for-that-but-how-much-are-you-actually-using-it/) but wanted to see what types of apps are getting daily usage from people.

Mine are: Gmail, Day One, Twitter, Starbucks and Dropcam.

luxpir 11 years ago

Opera Mini, Modest (email client), Vim, SSH, QCPUFreq

Odd list, perhaps. Still ploughing away with the N900, overclocking it on every reboot. Notes with Vim are synced to laptop and raspberry pi via Syncthing.

Websites for everything else. Trying to move off Gmail (already have for work, self-hosting now, was sending as my personal domain for years via Gmail/Apps) and the Google ecosystem. Already out of Facebook for a good while now. Still tweeting, but only work-related. Would like to play with Slack, but an N900 client is probably not in the works :)

Side-note, while explaining, I'm holding out for a decent (open, free) alternative to Maemo. That looks to me like Ubuntu Touch/Phone, especially with their convergence plans, but the dust might need to settle on that first. None of the Jolla/Sailfish/Firefox offers look quite like what I'm after yet, for various reasons. A nice polished Ubuntu phone would bring me up to date and out of the 5 years-ago past.

If that all comes to pass then the top-5 apps list might look something like:

Firefox/Iceweasel, email client, translation tools, Vim, SSH

maraglee 11 years ago

Well 5 is a bit boring, no? For me at least that would be filled with mail, browser, whatsapp, public transportation app and runtastic. Beyond that: moon Reader, pocket, pocket casts, calculator++, Wikipedia

KhalPanda 11 years ago

I'm surprised some form of browser isn't in the top 5 of everyone's lists.

Gmail, Hangouts (Android L SMS integration), Chrome, Sleep Better, reddit is fun.

Cyrag 11 years ago

K-9 Mail, Telegram, Google Calendar, BlinkFeed, Firefox

simantel 11 years ago

Coincidentally, an app may have some answers for you: http://homescreen.is/

laurenproctor 11 years ago

Mailbox, Chrome, Weather, Nike Running, and Network (a podcasting app) in that order.

inck0705 11 years ago

Facebook, GMail, 9gag, Reddit, Chrome

MegaLeon 11 years ago

Reddit Sync, Pocket Casts, Pushbullet, Fitnotes (frequent gymgoer) and Headspace

iqonik 11 years ago

Not including pre-installed: Twitter, Facebook, BBC News, HipChat and WhatsApp

Jeremy1026 11 years ago

Safari, Spotify, Messages, Twitter(?), The game that I am playing that week(?)

lewisgodowski 11 years ago

Messages, Safari, Mail, Tweetbot, ESPN SportsCenter

0942v8653 11 years ago

Safari, Pythonista, Mail, Editorial, WolframAlpha

theGREENsuit 11 years ago

Gmail, Reddit in motion, CBC News, Flipboard, GasBuddy

cdvonstinkpot 11 years ago

Facebook, Evernote, Twitter, in that order.

FlopV 11 years ago

Gmail, IHeartRadio, Instagram, White Noise

Pyrodogg 11 years ago

Gmail, Facebook, Chrome, Hangouts, Clock

nonameface 11 years ago

Gmail, Slack, Drive, Audible, and Twitch.tv

onedev 11 years ago

Wow did not expect to see Starbucks in anyones list.

  • avni000OP 11 years ago

    What can I say - I need coffee and their mobile payments app is handy.

pathy 11 years ago

Probably something like: (Facebook) Messenger Tweetbot Chrome Overcast Instagram

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