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here at Pocket now we get a ton of questions about our favorite devices our favorite apps and games and even about our personal lives the pocket now insider series is a way for us to answer those questions I'm Taylor Martin this is pocket now and these are my top apps for Android and iOS each time I set up a new phone I go through the same ritual of downloading dozens of applications I rely on but of all the applications that download each time there are only a handful I wouldn't want to go without these are my must have applications on both Android and iOS on Android my needs are pretty simple action launcher is my saving grace when using since or touch with devices and it's even my go to launch our when using the stock or near stock Android phones unlike most launchers the application drawer is an alphabetical list of all apps accessed by swiping right word from the left side of the display one of my favorite features is covers or an icon which acts like an icon when tapped but reveals the contents of the folder underneath when swiped upwards in version 2 point 0 which went live earlier today there is also a quick page which allows widgets and apps shortcuts to be open from within any app by a swipe from the right side of the display the application drawer can also be open to top any application the developer chris lacy continues to make this the most intriguing an impressive replacement launcher out there after using samsung devices for a while there's always one feature i miss from samsung's custom keyboard the clipboard it's a feature all Android devices should have as i find myself copying and pasting quite a bit clipper plus is the best solution I've come across yet anything you copy immediately gets saved to your clipboard within clipper it remains persistent in your notification shade if you need to access something you've recently copied pull down the shade tap the clipper plus notification and it brings you to your most recent clippings tapping one will instantly copy the text and return you to the previous application from there simply paste it's super easy with several settings to tweak to your liking it comes in a free version but if you want the cloud sync across multiple devices and access to more clippings you'll need to upgrade to clipper plus for 199 for someone who uses multiple devices cloud sync is a must-have feature even for the simple things like an alarm clock that's why timely is such an incredible yet simple app it's a beautiful application with a timer stopwatch and alarm clock within the application I can enable or disable all alarms on all of my sink two devices there are tons of customization options as well as a broad selection of alarm sounds hands down it's one of the best alarm clock apps around I couldn't possibly make a video about my top apps without mentioning dashclock most of you know by now that it's a free widget with an ever-growing list of extensions I've made a couple videos on dashclock already so check those out for a more in-depth look at the widget my top apps on iOS are a bit more specific and unique I've already said I do a lot of copying and pasting one of my least favorite things however is having to paste ugly long URLs from mobile the bitly app for iOS helps solve that problem it gives me access to all of my previously shortened links as well as the ability to shorten new links on the fly what the app can do is pretty limited but I can track link analytics and manage all of my shortened links fairly easily twitter is a big part of my daily routine and on iOS there is only one client I bother with tweetbot 3 it was recently updated with iOS 7 support and a new UI as expected is packed with all the same features as before link shortening through user definable services several read later services and various options for picture and video uploading it's smooth and polished and has one of the cleanest you is now with a light or dark theme frankly this is the Twitter client to beat and it's well worth the 299 price tag I'm also an avid user of if this than that and I was dying for a mobile application to be released until earlier this year now I can edit and create recipes straight from my iphone I have things like weather updates that push to my pebble through push over on Android or SMS notifications for Instagram uploads on accounts I need to follow if this then that is an awesome automation utility and the ability to use it from my phone is irreplaceable Calendar apps are a dime a dozen but fantastical to is something special from the UI navigation to the creation of calendar entries fantastical makes going back to the run-of-the-mill calendar app quite difficult why natural language event creation type things like go to the grocery store tomorrow at three for an hour and it will create an event titled go to the grocery store dated for the following day from 3 to 4 p.m. it's honestly incredible the following applications are on both Android and iOS and most of them are fairly well known by now pocket for example is simply my choice in read later applications the UI is gorgeous and it's widely supported across all the platforms I use iOS and Android tablets phones chrome Mac etc save things to pocket and read them offline later it's straightforward simple and necessary the same goes for hangouts it's simply my preferred method of contact these days it's available on Chrome Android and iOS and I use it religiously every single day from multiple devices I use feedly to browse RSS feeds what i've read is synced across all of my devices and my computer from within feedly I share to my buffer account which allows me to share links and various content on a predefined schedule there is also a buffer app for Android and iOS which allows you to manage what's in your buffer your schedule etc buffer is an absolute must when you're managing multiple social accounts it's something I simply can't live without that's going to do 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