It is nice to know how to do things by yourself – every skill that you master makes life a bit easier for both you and your loved ones. But we can't know everything, as much as we wish it wasn't so. Thankfully, we live in an age, in which information is abundant, and our smartphones and tablets provide access to that knowledge.
Today, we have a selection of how-to guide apps for Android and iPhone. If you want to learn how to replace a flat tire, how to make guacamole, how to knit a scarf, or how to take your PC apart, these apps can help you out. Now go check them out and if you have a favorite among them, let us know down in the comments!
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With Instructables for Android you can browse the online community's vast array of how-to guides submitted by every-day folks like all of us. It isn't an official app, but it works just fine and makes exploring the projects database easier than browsing the web site.
Download: Android
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Howcast offers a rich selection of educational videos covering a broad range of topics: from making cocktails to jump-starting your car.
Download: Android | iPhone
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Next up we have Snapguide, which is available exclusively on iOS. It is a simple and beautiful app allowing users to both browse the selection of how-to guides, but to submit their own as well. With Snapguide you can discover new things to cook, build, wear and more.
Download: iPhone
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Guide Central is another really good how-to guide that deserves some attention for it covers topics of all sorts. Despite being a fairly new arrival, Guide Central is quickly growing in popularity as it is getting lots of positive feedback. Perhaps you should also give it a try.
Download: Android | iPhone
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If your smartphone, tablet, or any other kind of gadget is misbehaving, you can probably get it repaired by yourself with a little help from iFixit. The app provides thousands of how-to repair guides and step-by-step teardowns.
Download: Android | iPhone
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Drawing is a skill that can actually be quite useful in life. In case you didn't take any classes in school, here's an app that can help you out.
Download: Android | iPhone
How to Draw
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If you're among the folks who don't mind getting their hands dirty, here's probably the best cooking apps you'll ever use. It offers thousands of recipes that are beautifully illustrated and thoroughly described.
Download: iPhone ($4.99)
How to Cook Everything
10 how-to guide apps for iPhone and Android
Here's an app you can learn a lot from. With over 120,000 how-to guides in its database, wikiHow can teach you almost anything: from how to get in great shape to how to delete a Facebook account. The iOS version of the app has a bonus feature, which lists guides you would find useful in emergency situations.
Download: Android | iPhone
10 how-to guide apps for iPhone and Android
1. wikiHow
Here's an app you can learn a lot from. With over 120,000 how-to guides in its database, wikiHow can teach you almost anything: from how to get in great shape to how to delete a Facebook account. The iOS version of the app has a bonus feature, which lists guides you would find useful in emergency situations.
Download: Android | iPhone
2. Instructables
With Instructables for Android you can browse the online community's vast array of how-to guides submitted by every-day folks like all of us. It isn't an official app, but it works just fine and makes exploring the projects database easier than browsing the web site.
Download: Android
3. Howcast
Howcast offers a rich selection of educational videos covering a broad range of topics: from making cocktails to jump-starting your car.
Download: Android | iPhone
4. Snapguide
Next up we have Snapguide, which is available exclusively on iOS. It is a simple and beautiful app allowing users to both browse the selection of how-to guides, but to submit their own as well. With Snapguide you can discover new things to cook, build, wear and more.
Download: iPhone
5. Guide Central
Guide Central is another really good how-to guide that deserves some attention for it covers topics of all sorts. Despite being a fairly new arrival, Guide Central is quickly growing in popularity as it is getting lots of positive feedback. Perhaps you should also give it a try.
Download: Android | iPhone
6. iFixit
If your smartphone, tablet, or any other kind of gadget is misbehaving, you can probably get it repaired by yourself with a little help from iFixit. The app provides thousands of how-to repair guides and step-by-step teardowns.
Download: Android | iPhone
7. How to Draw
Drawing is a skill that can actually be quite useful in life. In case you didn't take any classes in school, here's an app that can help you out.
Download: Android | iPhone
8. How to Cook Everything
If you're among the folks who don't mind getting their hands dirty, here's probably the best cooking apps you'll ever use. It offers thousands of recipes that are beautifully illustrated and thoroughly described.
Download: iPhone ($4.99)
Here's an app you can learn a lot from. With over 120,000 how-to guides in its database, wikiHow can teach you almost anything: from how to get in great shape to how to delete a Facebook account. The iOS version of the app has a bonus feature, which lists guides you would find useful in emergency situations.
Download: Android | iPhone