21 Apps To Help Gen Z Outlive 2021

From waking up early every morning to mark your attendance in an online lecture, followed by muting your professor; to being a nighthawk — sometimes due to incessant assignments, or sometimes because your bae refuses to go to bed. Managing academics, extracurricular activities, figuring out ways to live on a budget, sleepless nights, keeping up with society, or dealing with anxiety is reason enough to drive you insane.

The Gen Zers are rightly known as digital natives, who hardly have any memory of the world as it existed before smart devices. There are ample apps out there designed to cater to your needs, then why not take advantage of them? Check them out.

1. Taffy

We have all heard that appearances are deceptive and here’s an app that beliefs in the same ideology. It’s a dating/friending app that connects users but with one twist: Profile pictures are blurry until you start a conversation and are slowly revealed through active chat. Thus, this platform helps you showcase your true self.

2. So City

Confused about where to hang out with your pals or where to find the best local delicacy? Don’t worry, So City has got you covered. Discover handpicked recommendations by local crackerjacks and track down aesthetic cafes, latest events, and hidden gems.

3. Duo Lingo

Raise your hand if Narcos got you wondering — how cool life would be, only if you knew Spanish. With 19 international languages available, Duolingo is changing the way people learn languages around the world. It contains fun bite-sized lessons and tracks your progress with tempting achievements.

4. Roo

Growing up it is completely normal to be curious and have tons of questions related to sex popping in your head. Roo is an app that confidentially answers all your questions about sexual health, relationships, and more. Their answers are backed up by professional health educators.

5. Mint

This is an all-in-one app, which includes budget plans, bill trackers, and financial planners. It lets you be hassle-free by breaking down your budgets into different categories, allowing you to see where to spend extravagantly and where miserly.

6. HER

The world’s largest and most loved free dating app for LGBTQ women. HER is built by and for lesbian & queer womxn. It’s more than a dating app, it shares LGBTQ+ news about all the events taking place in your area to help build a stronger community.

7. Calm

Sometimes the very thought of becoming anxious can be enough to trigger anxiety. Calm provides meditation series with a goal to help you find peace. Highly recommended by top psychologists and therapists.

8. Hemingway

Whether you’re typing emails on the go, editing an important assignment, or composing an essential LinkedIn post, Hemingway acts as your personal professor by mentoring your grammar and improving your work with utmost accuracy.

9. PGO

Have you lost your sanity by draining your precious time searching for a pg accommodation and after all ending up with a disappointing choice? No compromising with your wishlist now. What PGO is trying to solve is the void in the services and amenities that often fall far short till you check-in and face it. Happy hustle-free hunting to you!

10. Twitch

This app gives you a chance to take your gaming passion to the next level and connect with fellow gamers. Stream your favorite MMO RPG, and FPS games for PS4, PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It also gives you live streaming and gamer chat in the palm of your hand.

11. bSafe

When was the last time you read the front page of a newspaper that did not include violence, sexual assaults, or rape? bSafe gives you groundbreaking technology that prevents and documents violence. It has amazing features like voice activation, live streaming, audio or video recording, and follow me in combination with location and tracking.

12. edX

Get your hands on courses from the world’s best institutions — Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, The Smithsonian, and more. No more busy schedule excuses, with edX’s free app you have the freedom to learn at your own convenience.

13. House Party

Why miss your friends when you can house party? It is a social networking service that enables group video chatting. It makes connecting effortless by alerting you when your friends are “in the house” and ready to chat so you can jump right into the conversation.

14. Sleep Time

Lost the count of times you told yourself you’re going to sleep early but ended up binge-watching till 5 in the morning. Yup, we have all been there time and again. Sleep time is an app that detects movements during your nap and chooses soothing alarm sounds and lullabies. It also wakes you up at the lightest sleep stage so you are well-rested.

15. Canva

Canva is a graphic design platform that is used to create resumes, presentations, posters, and other visual content. Your work instantly becomes more attractive when created through Canva. This is the only design destination you’ll ever need.

16. Anki

Learning your syllabus can a tedious process, to make it jocular you can create flashcards that can even include images, audios, and videos for an easier learning experience. Study all sorts of things wherever and whenever you want.

17. Daily Hunt

Even though reading the newspaper is beneficial, some find it a bit monotonous. With the help of Daily Hunt, you can keep track of the current happenings on the go. This app offers tailor-made content through a recommended stream of news portals to keep you engaged.

18. Nike Training Club

Life has its ups and downs, some call it to deadlift. Whether you are hitting the gym or exercising at home, this app surely has a routine that fits your schedule. With Nike, you can start training with a personal plan that guides you while adjusting to your lifestyle. Stop scrolling, get squatting.

19. Medium

If you’ve got a hook for writing, it’s time you turn your passion into power. Medium is an open platform where expert and undiscovered voices alike, bring new ideas to the surface. You can grow your audience through followers, newsletters, and writer stats and even make money.

20. GoPaisa

Shop without digging a hole in your pocket using GoPaisa. It offers cashback when you shop at top online retail stores like Flipkart, Amazon, or recharge your phone, or order food from Dominos, Zomato, and even for ordering everyday groceries or cab booking.

21. Self Control

Self control helps you to increase your productivity by blocking your own access to distractive apps. Set a period of time to block for, and add apps to your blacklist; until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those apps, even if you restart your device or delete the application.