8 completely unique apps that you have to try out

posted by Chris P. / Feb 15, 2016, 4:13 AM

8 completely unique apps that you have to try out

After so many years in the industry, it's fair to say that we've covered the basics at PhoneArena as far as apps and games go. We have selections of calendar apps. Lists with camera apps. Collections upon collections with music and video playback apps. The very best of games—in genres ranging from first person, through third-person shooters and board games, down to horrors and puzzles. These are just a few examples of the popular categories of apps that most of our readers look for.

But these are rather predictable. A selection of calendar apps? You don't really expect anything exciting out of that one, even if we've hand-picked some pretty rad calendar apps. They're calendar apps, after all. How exciting can a calendar app be? Calendar apps.

Anyways, it being Monday, we figured we'd go for something a whole lot more unpredictable and unique—a selection of just a few of the novel apps we've come across in the past. Not one of these is similar to the one after it, and they all offer something truly unique that we believe many of you will love.

Here's our pick:

8 completely unique apps and games that you have to try out

Quartz

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8 completely unique apps and games that you have to try out

We first heard about the idea of 1 Second Everyday from Cesar Kuriyama at TED—the private, non-profit organizer of conferences all around the world, on various subjects. The idea, as the name implies, is pretty simple: record a second of video every day for a year. It sounds daunting, but having tried it already, and seen friend's final creations, we can attest to the awesomeness that is the resulting, 365-second long video. Kuriyama first got hooked because he felt he's missing important memories that end up forever evaporating from his memory. And it's true. We just watched one of our clips, and it definitely put a smile on our faces and reminded us of some absolutely rad experiences from 2013.

1 Second Everyday is not for the faint of heart and require discipline to pull off. Once you're over the hump, however, which means remembering to shoot a second-long video everyday for at least 2 weeks or so, you'll find that it's pretty easy to keep up until the end. And don't worry, if you miss a day, it's not the end of the world—the app will automatically put a blank frame for that one day.

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