The ten most unnecessary apps that nobody needs

"There's an app for everything" is a phrase you hear a lot these days, and in fact, there's an app for almost everything you can imagine. Many are unexpectedly useful, some are money savers, and others are perfect for saving time while using the bathroom. Given how easy it is to come up with brilliant app ideas, it shouldn't come as a further shock that some of the Google Play and App Store offerings are less than spectacular. Here are some of the most absurd apps out there that nobody really needs.

Send Me To Heaven (SMTH)

«Send Me To Heaven», SMTH for short, works by measuring how high you can throw your phone in the air and catch it again. This is the only way to play the game over and over again. But as you can imagine, for many users it is the last game they played on their device. Because the required coordination of eyes and hands does not work for everyone. Especially if you want to win and throw it several meters in the air. The inventor of this app has openly set himself the goal of getting rid of some mobile devices because he gets annoyed with the many devices and is very successful with it.

Is it dark outside?

The app does exactly what the name suggests. The app tells inclined users whether it is dark outside or not. In addition, there is information on longitude and latitude and on sunrise and sunset. «Is it dark Outside?» reveals the result of her sophisticated calculations in this universal app without frills and without beating around the bush. For this, however, it is necessary for the app to be able to access the GPS location. Because unlike some other apps, the current location is not used for better tailored advertising. Rather, this is an indispensable prerequisite for a reliable calculation. You certainly don't want to risk the app delivering incorrect results.

Fix a fight

Everyone knows couples who simply cannot develop a proper culture of argument. There are great conflict apps that help to end a fight digitally. With "Fix a fight" (4,99 euros), for example, the parties to the dispute can easily state their state of excitement before, during and after the conflict (you can choose between "exhausted" or "angry") and inform the other person via smartphone notification . So instead of throwing vases and phrases at each other, the dispute is fought out digitally.

Cry Translator

"Cry Translator" (EUR 4,99) evaluates the cries of a baby that the smart parents have previously recorded with the iPhone and gives recommendations for action. Empathy 2.0 so to speak. The app developers recorded over 200 different baby cry samples over a period of around two years. Alleged experts then evaluated and categorized these sounds. Hunger, for example, is said to be assigned by a particular sound in a "crying sample" that accompanies the sucking reflex that a baby develops when hungry. The cries of your own offspring are then flux compared with the database and the app gives the parents information in a matter of seconds about what the baby supposedly wants to say with his cries.

Virtual cigarette smoking

As you can easily guess from the name, the app is a cigarette smoke simulator for mobile phones. To do this, you take a glow stick from the virtual pack, light it and watch the virtual cigarette slowly burn down on the phone screen. To smoke the cigarette, you can blow into the microphone, free of charge anywhere and without any health consequences.

Taxi Hold'em

Taxi Hold'em is not a poker app, as one might assume, but a taxi app. And there is nothing more or less you can do with it than turn the display into a taxi sign. All you can do now is hold your cell phone in the air to hail a taxi. At least that's the idea behind it. And to make the whole thing even more effective, the app whistles continuously after switching it on. But if you can't raise your arms, whistle or at least call "Taxi" with your fingers, it's probably better to take the bus...

Daily water

This app tracks how many glasses of water you consume during the day, because we all know how important it is to drink enough. I don't need an app like this myself, because I drink when I'm thirsty ...

Couple

Let's come to an app whose description actually sounds so useless that it almost makes sense again: "Couple". A free app for iOS and Android, which is dedicated to being the perfect digital connection between two partners - so to speak, the app counterpart to engagement rings. Logically, the app only offers a single connection, so it's not for those who want to connect their entire community. The two partners have various features available, many of which could also be done with apps such as WhatsApp and/or Facebook Messenger: Messages, pictures and videos, voice messages and the location can be sent to the man or woman bring wife. There are also one or the other (cheesy) gimmick. For example, you can send your loved one a small drawing, alternatively both can also draw colorful knick-knacks at the same time. The other person can also be pinged and sent a small “Thinking of you” message – in Facebook jargon, this would probably be called “poking”. What else is there? Oh yes, the "Thumbkiss": You press your thumb at the same time for about a second on the same spot on the display - which then turns red and... well, nothing and...

Yo

On the surface, the only function of "Yo" is that a user can text the word "Yo" to a friend who also uses the app. Nevertheless, "Yo" was only recently able to collect 1,5 million US dollars from investors. The valuation is now between 5 and 10 million dollars. Co-founders Or Arbel and Moshe Hogeg explained that they were offered a lot more. Yo has been downloaded more than 2 million times so far. The approximately 50 active users have already sent more than four million Yos. If Yo is indeed an app curiosity, it would be one of the most successful of all time.

iBeer

With «iBeer» there is free beer for everyone! Now you can treat yourself to a cool blond on your smartphone whenever you want. The fun app turns the smartphone into a virtual beer glass that you can fill with the popular beer at any time. But you shouldn't move your glass too jerkily so that you don't spill anything. And if you drink too fast, the glass can break. As soon as you move your virtual smartphone glass, the content also reacts. Gentle movements create more lather. Of course, the beer runs out of the virtual glass when you put it to your mouth. Funny noises provide additional fun, for example when pouring and drinking. Not to mention the burp sound after teaching the pot...