Great Miscellaneous Apps

Hike – this may be one of those apps you hear get bought up for a ton of money, it has more privacy settings, works on low-end smart phones, instead of using data it sends using SMS messaging, 20 million users, developed by a 15 year old in India

Humin - an app that remembers all the tiny details about how and where you met someone. All you need is someone's number, and Humin will do the rest. You'll then be able to search through your contact using phrases like "met last month" or "lives in St. Petersburg".

Paper by 53 - iPad only and it is just as beautiful as it is useful. The app lets you draw out ideas and you can store them away in various virtual notebooks. It knows not to include your hand when you rest it on the screen. It comes packed with a variety of brushes and pens for your ideas, and there's even an official Pencil stylus that responds to the pressure of your input (super expensive at $59 but is really cool). Free, but you'll have to pay extra for more brushes and tool s.

Vesper  - a note-taking app that makes organizing your thoughts a breeze. Tag each entry so you can search for a specific thought by keyword. Notes are synced to your free online Vesper account. Reorganizing your notes is simple just a hold-and-drag motion, and if you want to prevent a cluttered collection, a simple swipe archives your entry, storing it until you search for it. Price: $2.99

Timeful - an intelligent calendar app mixed with a to-do list. The app's algorithm learns how you get stuff done and smartly suggests ways to build new habits and get things taken care of in a timely fashion.

Sunrise - another slick calendar app that pulls directly from LinkedIn so you can see the picture and profile of who you're meeting with. It supports multiple Google Calendars in addition to iCloud, Facebook, and Exchange. Integrates with Google Maps and makes adding events easy.

OneDrive  cloud storage for all of your documents, photos, and videos. Usually  you get 15 GB of free storage when you sign up, but right now if you enable photo backup on your mobile device they are giving 30 GB of data. Also talking about photo storage did you know that Flickr will give you a TERABYTE of free photo storage(a good idea if you max out your One drive).

Note Plus - for fans of old-fashioned, pencil-on-paper notes. The app's intuitive vector-based system turns your handwritten notes into text, and you can select multiple drawings and notes together by simply drawing a circle around them.. There's a built-in web browser that you can swipe right to access, which makes grabbing images and details a cinch.

Secret - lets you and your friends speak freely with each other and the world, but you'll never know whose secret you're reading. People post and comment anonymously, and you can now easily ask "Yes or No" questions that people can respond to. It gives you access to Flickr's photo library for background images making it visually more appealing. Unfortunately recent articles have pointed out that it is possible to find out a person’s identity and secret is not 100% fool-proof so don’t go confessing to any murders or anything.

Bandsintown – an app that scans your iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, or Pandora account to figure out your favorite bands and artists, and then informs you when they are playing nearby. You can browse upcoming tour dates, set up notifications from your favorite artists, and even buy tickets using the app.

Hearthstone -  a card-battling game from "World of Warcraft" creators Blizzard and it takes place in the Warcraft universe. It's easy for beginners to learn and start to build up their deck, but really get fun when you compete against other players online.

TwoDots - a simple but addictive puzzle game that is the sequel to the wildly popular original Dots game. The same connect-the-dots strategy returns, but there's 137 new levels and some interesting new abilities when you connect two dots together

Timber - an incredibly simple 8 bit games that will drive you nuts. The faster you chop the longer you stay but you have to avoid the falling branches.

Angry Birds Stella – the newest version of Rovio’s popular lineup of Angry bird games takes place in a tropical rainforest. There are a lot of different birds with different skills, and it will really give your problem solving skills a real workout. Beautiful graphics, fun levels, and cute characters make this game appeal to kids and adults.

Bonus: A recent article stated that the following games showed off iOS 8’s new features and Apple’s great mobile displays: Asphalt 8, Beach Buggy Racing, Defenders, Epic Zen Garden, Modern Combat 5, Mr. Crab, and Plunder Pirates.