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What FREE app can’t you live without?

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Jtdoyoveme · 02/12/2023 14:16

I need some inspiration and a kick up the backside with various different things.

What is the app on your phone that helps compliment your day to day life?

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Jinglingallthewaytochristmas · 02/12/2023 14:18

Borrow box. Your local library will be signed up to or it a similar app. It allows you to borrow digital or audio books.

FreshWinterMorning · 02/12/2023 14:25

FITBIT. Free with Android.

It encourages me to walk 5000 steps a day - minimum, (which is 2 to 2.5 miles.) It also sets a target of 150 heart points a week.

You will generally get 150 heart points in a week, from walking 2 to 2.5 miles a day. (A sturdy walk, non-stop, not tootling around the shops.)

The walks burn off about 400 to 700 calories too.

I have had it for a year and a half, and have kept to the regime it dictates. I have dropped about a stone, and have also dropped a dress size. I have burnt fat, and am healthier and fitter. I can walk upstairs/up steps, and uphill without getting breathless, and I can get up from the floor much easier (if I get down for something.)

GoatsareGOAT · 02/12/2023 14:29

Libby (the app our library uses)
Merlin Bird ID (identifies birds for you by their calls )
Yr.no (weather app - it's the most accurate for where I live)

Toddlerteaplease · 02/12/2023 14:31

Store card is really useful for all your loyalty cards.

teenysaladandsniffofarose · 02/12/2023 17:31

FreshWinterMorning · 02/12/2023 14:25

FITBIT. Free with Android.

It encourages me to walk 5000 steps a day - minimum, (which is 2 to 2.5 miles.) It also sets a target of 150 heart points a week.

You will generally get 150 heart points in a week, from walking 2 to 2.5 miles a day. (A sturdy walk, non-stop, not tootling around the shops.)

The walks burn off about 400 to 700 calories too.

I have had it for a year and a half, and have kept to the regime it dictates. I have dropped about a stone, and have also dropped a dress size. I have burnt fat, and am healthier and fitter. I can walk upstairs/up steps, and uphill without getting breathless, and I can get up from the floor much easier (if I get down for something.)

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700 calories for a 2.5 mile walk? That can't be at all accurate?

HamstersAreMyLife · 02/12/2023 17:33

Borrowbox for me too. Also use the free version of Spotify daily for podcasts. Also use Microsoft tasks daily and keep shared lists me and DH can both see.

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Jtdoyoveme · 02/12/2023 22:09

Thank you m. Have downloaded BorrowBox. It’s fab!

does anyone have any exercise apps that are good other than Fitbit?

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