The App Store takes delivery of hundreds of new apps per day. The overwhelming scene makes it possible to easily overlook an exciting game, valuable productivity suite, etc. However, we have a solution. Today’s Best Apps tackles this problem by providing you with a handpicked and tested list of apps that are truly worth your consideration each and everyday.
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OptimizeMe - Lifelogging and Quantified Self Improvement App by OptimizeMe (Free, 12.3 MB): This nearly all-encompassing activity logger will help you get a good look at your life and make the changes you need and want. For the most part, your responsibility is to record every activity, separated into four major categories, using the stopwatch method to track the time it takes for the morning routine, working, sleeping, shopping, reading, eating, chatting, cooking, exercising, gaming, and, well, all else, even sex, if you want to be very thorough about the analysis. Speaking of such, the other daily inputs include current body weight, self-assessed physical and stress levels, plus water consumption and step count. To make things easier, you may link OptimizeMe with the Moves app to automatically insert physical activity details as well as location. Obviously, there's a lot of data here, but OptimizeMe does a great job of examining and displaying it in visual form through graphs and gauges that show trends, correlations, and comparisons, allowing you to adapt for the better day-by-day.
Noiseware by Imagenomic ($2.99, 15.4 MB): The acclaimed visual noise filtering tool is now available as a simple mobile studio to fix your photos on-the-go. If you're not familiar with the term, in regard to images, "noise" describes the random variations in color that are scattered on photos, especially those having darker scenes. This graininess can be fixed, or at least reduced by blending, keeping things basic. Although, if not done properly, the result will simply be a blur, out of focus looking moment. Noiseware helps prevent such situations by providing a sophisticated correction algorithm through an automated method, but also offers three semi-smart adjustment options plus a triple-setting customization mode. Furthermore, you may zoom in to see details as well as long tap to show the original image for a quick comparison. Once satisfied, save the image back to your iDevice and share it using the typical iOS choices: Messages, Mail, Twitter, Facebook, AirDrop, AirPrint, or clipboard/pasteboard.
