These apps are useful, educational, and entertaining. Most are free. I've included plant and bird identification apps, library card digital book/audiobook access app, and others that I use often.
Use a library card to access books, audio books, and magazines with the Libby app.
Libby
Identify plants for free. Just close out the free trial prompt. I find this app to be super accurate for native and invasive plants. It's not the best for garden varieties for some reason, though. It gives the parent species rather than the specific ...
Identify birds with this free app. You can even identify them by sound. It lets you upload a picture to identify birds too, but that method isn't always the most accurate.
Merlin Bird ID - Home
Not a free app but very useful if you like to hunt or hike. More accurate than other options for hiking trails.
GPS Map App for Hiking, Skiing, Climbing Routes and More | onX Backcountry
Free app for navigating hiking trails. Pretty good but not always completely accurate.
AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running
Benable is a tool to create shareable lists of things you recommend. You can skip the waitlist and create your own shareable lists by signing up using my invite link, if you haven't already joined.
Benable - Shareable lists of things you recommend
Buy and sell second hand items. I like to avoid buying everything new for sustainability reasons. I easily made over $500 in sales on this app.
Mercari: Your Marketplace
If you're a stay-at-home parent, doing deliveries for Uber is an easy way to earn a little money and get social security credits from self-employment tax (US).
Uber
You post your referral links in this app.
Invitation 🎉
Inaturalist is a free online platform where you can share nature finds and get identification help from others
iNaturalist
Lemon8 is a slower paced social platform for sharing recipes and homemaking type posts
Lemon8 - Fresh discoveries every day
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) Healthy Living app is a free app that helps consumers make healthier and safer shopping decisions
EWG's Healthy Living App
Scan products to find out health details. Free app.
Yuka - The Mobile App That Scans Your Products
Not always completely accurate but neither are Google searches. Chat GPT helps to quickly get information
Download ChatGPT
Easily order groceries without dyes and filter out allergies
