Subject and Study Guides: Mobile Devices: General Apps

Health

First Aid and Emergency The official New Zealand Red Cross First Aid and Emergency App.
FoodSwitch New Zealand Packaged foods can be surprisingly high in salt, saturated fat, added sugar and kilojoules/calories. FoodSwitch has a database of packaged foods to help you identify those that are better for you.
Smiling Mind This app has a selection of mindfulness and meditation programs for use in different circumstances (sport, workplace etc) and for different age groups.
My Asthma App Developed for New Zealand adults and children for asthma emergencies and general well-being

MetService MetService NZ Weather Features include: morning, afternoon, evening and overnight icons for 47 forecast areas, set by our meteorologists, to help you plan your day
Google Maps Navigate New Zealand with voice-guided maps from Google, using GPS, accurate driving times and distances, automatic re-routing and live traffic reports.
Auckland Stories Explore Auckland on-foot on one of the App’s 18 walking tours, incorporating themes like heritage walks, writers’ walks and shopping walks.
NZ Herald News View your favourite sections of the NZ Herald as well as our Regional titles
Air NZ Mobile App Make travel effortless with the Air NZ mobile app. Have real-time flight info at your fingertips with up-to-date gate and seat info, boarding and departure times, and more. Turn your phone into your ticket. Scan your mobile boarding pass to print checked bag tags at the kiosk, board your aircraft, and if you’re eligible, enter the Air New Zealand lounge.
Radio New Zealand RNZ (Radio New Zealand) is New Zealand’s 100% ad-free, multimedia public broadcaster. Follow breaking news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations, programmes and podcasts and enjoy video or audio on demand

Goodreads - keep track of the books you read - get book recommendations
iBook - Stores books and PDFs for easy use - Flip pages with an easy swipe or tap - Search, make notes and highlight text in books
OverDrive: eBooks & audiobooks Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video from your library using OverDrive on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
Google Play Books All the books you love. On the page or out loud. Anywhere you are.
Amazon Kindle READ ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. On the bus, on your break, in your bed—never be without a book. Built for book lovers, the Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips.

Facebook Keeping up with friends is faster and easier than ever. Share updates and photos, engage with friends and Pages, and stay connected to communities important to you.
WordPress - manage your blog from your tablet or phone - edit and create pages on the go
Instagram Express Yourself and Connect With Friends. Add photos and videos to your story that disappear after 24 hours, and bring them to life with fun creative tools.
Facebook Messenger Be together whenever, with our free* all-in-one communication app, complete with unlimited text, voice, video calling and group video chat features.
WhatsApp WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones.

Duolingo - Interactive and visual language learning - Customise the amount of time you want to spend learning per day and at what level - Go through daily exercises and see how fast you pick up a new language
Elevate - Brain Training - Do daily exercises to develop various brain skills - Has games for areas including memory, precision, processing and comprehension - Good for challenging and stretching your brain
Khan Academy - 4200+ instructional videos
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard Allows you to record voice-over tutorials.
Te Reo Maori Maori language dictionary designed for offline use.

Bamboo Paper -Sketching tool to organise ideas -Easy upload to a variety of social media -Email, print or save sketches as photos
MagicPlan MagicPlan quickly creates professional floor plans & work estimates. It measures rooms and draws floor plans just by taking pictures. Simply add objects, annotations, photos and attributes to generate reports or complete estimates.
Microsoft OneNote - note taking app - syncs with SkyDrive
Mindly - Simple mind mapping tool - Connect to icloud or email as a PDF - Add notes to items or links, and use a variety of colour and icon options
Post-It plus - Take a picture of your Post-It notes and instantly digitize them - Organise them into boards and share with your group - Export to Evernote, email or save as an image

Dictionary.com - dictionary and thesaurus - audio pronounciation, voice search
Google Search - Search Google faster - Voice searching
Google Translate - translate between more than 70 languages - translate text, speech and handwriting in photos
Mendeley - Use this PDF and reference manager on the go. - Save, annotate and manage PDFs

Contact Plus - organise your contacts - create group lists, favourites - search and quick call functions
iTalk Recorder - recording app - edit sound quality and merge recordings together

IMDb Movies & TV - Movie and TV database
Pod Wrangler - easy, clear way of managing your podcasts - will peform background sync so that the podcasts are ready for you when you want them
wisQuotes: Motivational Quotes wisQuotes have a huge collection of free quotes in various categories.
YouTube Get the official YouTube app for Android phones and tablets. See what the world is watching -- from the hottest music videos to what’s trending in gaming, entertainment, news, and more. Subscribe to channels you love, share with friends, and watch on any device.

Feedly: Your Google Reader, Youtube, Google News, RSS News Reader - Organise, read and share the content of your favourite sites
Pocket (Formerly Read It Later) Save what you are reading online for offline reading.

Adobe Photoshop Express Edit and share photos from your mobile device.
Adobe photoshop mix - Combine and remix your photos using editing and adjusting tools - Then export them, print them, or share them with your friends
iMotion - Simple and easy stop-motion video creation - Can use manual or set interval capture - Export videos to your camera roll
Panorama 360 - Create panorama hyperlapsed videos instantly - Link them to places and share with the online community - See other panoramas from around the world