The Best Non-Sticker iMessage Apps

The JibJab app is the ultimate funny on your iOS device. Feature GIFS, eCards, and favorite​ music videos, you'll never know what you might uncover next.

Square Cash is a slick and super simple free app that lets you send money fast.

With Shazam, you can instantly find out what that catchy tune is.

Discover, reserve, and manage restaurant reservations free and instantly—anytime, anywhere. ​

Yelp is the one app that millions turn to when they want to know if a restaurant or business is good or not. It's an essential on every device.

Zappos offers shopping by brand, category, or search term. Mark your favorites, make your purchases, and manage your account with this simple app. Using iMessage, you can send great items to your pals.

Venmo lets you send money for free and transfer to your bank overnight.

The ESPN app is the ultimate sports source. Get scores, watch live sporting events, catch the news, and never miss a big play. The app also offers Apple Watch and iMessage support.

The Internet Movie Database is the top movie reference website and it now has an exceptional app. It’s a huge database of everyone and everything in Hollywood such as movies, TV, actors, and more. In addition, you get a serviceable tv listings app and a nice movie showtimes app as well. If you don’t need to buy your tickets on your phone, you really don’t need a separate movie listings app. Here you can watch trailers, read reviews, read the latest news from Hollywood, plus so much more.

Fandango is a classic app that belongs on the devices of every movie buff. With a Fandango account, you're able to pre-purchase your movie tickets without having to go to the box office first. The movie showtime app allows users to browse showtimes by movie or theater, and you can make a wish list of movies that you don't want to miss out on. Notifications let you know when a movie starts playing so you aren't late, and there are exclusives and giveaways that are only in the app, so don't miss out.

With Genius, you can find lyrics and crowdsourced musical knowledge on over 1.7 million titles. You can also find what songs are hottest on the service.

Citymapper provides information for major cities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Obtain information on all modes of transportation including buses, subways, ferries, car sharing, and Uber.

Easy to use app that offers both typing or speaking translation.

Made by Readdle (the same developer behind other acclaimed productivity apps including PDF Expert and Spark), Scanner Pro turns iOS devices into portable scanners as it offers users quick and easy ways to scan documents and save them as shareable files.

In the Discovery secction of the app, you can now find a number of curated podcast recommendations. More will be added weekly.