Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

Best FreeApps

Recommend free phone apps atwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 27 Dec 2019-7Jan 2020^35

PHOTOS

Nude

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5

Ifyou’ve

everbeen

embarrassed

bysomeone

accidentally

find ingaprivate

photo or video

on your phone,

then it mightbe

worthinstalling

Nude.The appis

designed to

safeguar dyour‘privat emedia’byscanningyourphoto

librar yfor potentiall ysensitive images andofferingthe

choi ce ofhidi ng or deleting them.Hiddenphotosare stor ed

in Nude andcan onlybeviewedbytappinginyourPIN code

or by using your fingerprinttounloc kthem(on

deviceswith afingerprint sensor). It’s agood

waytoautomatethistypeofprocess but

accura cy isn’talways guaranteed,and theapp

currentlydoesn’t supportSDcards.

MUSIC

Playlistmania
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5.1

Differentmusic-
streamingservices
offertheirown
playlistsoftracks.
If youdiscovera
playlist of songs you
like on astreaming
serviceyou don’t
subscribeto, youcan
usePlaylistmaniato
convert it into a
playlist forthe service
that youdouse.You
canalso usethe app
to orga nise your favouriteplaylistsand sharethemwith
others. It’s afantasticidea, in theory. In practice,the app
currentlyonlysupportsconvertingbetween
Spotif yand Deezer,which isn’t muchuse to
Apple Music, AmazonMusic or YouT ubeMusic
subscribers. It’s earlydays, butthistoolhas the
potentialtobebrilliant.

PHOTOS

1Gallery

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7

1Galleryisa

photogallerytool

thatprovidesa

fast,attractively

minimalist

interfacefor

browsingthrough

thephotosand

videosstoredon

yourdevice.Like

othersimilartools,theappletsyou

organisephotos,sharethem,create

albumsandmore,andincludessome

simplebuteffectiveeditingtools.

However,1Gallery’spartytrickisthatit

alsoallowsyoutosendphotosand

clipstospecial,secureencrypted

albumsthatarepasswordprotected,

whichmakesitparticularly

handyforkeepingcertain

images(yourdriving

licenceorpassport,for

example)private.

BROWSER

Operafor
Android
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opera 491
(varies)

Everybody
andtheir
AuntieJillis
addingadark
modetotheir
appsthese
days.Butthe
latestupdate
toOpera’smobilebrowsergoesone
stepfurtherbyofferingawiderange
ofcustomisablesettingsforitsnew
NightMode.Asyoumightimagine,
thisallowsyoutoswitchtoadarker
theme,butyoucanalsosetacustom
schedule,fine-tunethecolour
temperature,alterthescreen-dimming
settings,enabledarkweb
pages(evenonsitesthat
don’tofferthemnatively)
andforcethekeyboard
toappeardimmed.

BROWSER

Vivaldi

Browser

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5

TheAndroid

versionof

Vivaldiisnowin

itssecondbeta

version.In

additiontoa

refreshed

interfaceand

somestability

improvements,theupdateintroduces

aselectionofhandynewsettings.

Youcannowenabletheabilitytoclose

tabsbyswipingtheminthetab

switcher,forexample,andit’snow

possibletoenablescrollbars(whichare

otherwiseinvisible)ordefaulttothe

desktopversionofsites.Theupdate

letsyoucustomiseyour

homepageandoffers

powerfultoolsfor

removingunwanted

bookmarksandnotes.

This fortnight’s top free and paid-for apps

forAndroid and iOSphones and tablets

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