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
bit.ly/1gallery4 91
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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