20 Super useful apps you should be using! Most are Free and there's one that even pays YOU!

Ever since Apple launched it's App Store in 2008, there's been a flood of smartphone apps in an effort to catch up.  Because of apps like these, we can do simple things like finding out instantly which song is playing or more complex stuff like the square root of pi being 1337th decimal and much much more, depending on our needs.I just makes our lives a bit easier. 

We compiled a list of the coolest apps around with their links. Most are free! One, in fact even pays YOU!

Jasmine: YouTube on Steroids for iOS.  

Jasmine is plain and minimal. It has a feature that allows you to play YouTube audio in the background, freeing you up to do other things on your phone. Think of this as a YouTube on Steroids with packed features like Background audio, Night-Time Low Light functions,Full Airplay Playlists, Living Room Streaming Audio etc

Availability: iOS

Price: Free

Catch Notes: Catch your most important ideas so you don't miss  anything.

This handy little App enables you to create Voice,Photo and Text Notes both Online and Off. Sharing Checklists and collaborating with other App users is Childs' play. For the Security Conscious, users can protect their Notes with a 4-Digit PIN.

Availability:Android and iPhone

Price: Free

Slice: Organizes your On-Line Shopping. A must for On Line Shopaholics

It's an excellent Courier/Package Tracker and additionally helps you track all your Online Purchases. This App scans your e-mail on a secure level for receipts from iTunes,Amazon and wherever else you shop and creates an awesome Shopping archive.

Availability: Android and iOS

Price: Free

Check the Weather: The Name says it all.

Check the weather provides an awesome interface to view the weather at your location or other favorite cities. It also provides a 10 day forecast, precipitation information and weather advisories.

Availability: iOS 

Price: Free

SwiftKey: Keyboard replacement. You will never go back to your old keyboard

Swift Key : Changes the way you type on Android.

What it does basically is ''learn'' how you type on text,mail Twitter and other type active applications and serves up suggestions on what you want to say.

Availability: Android

Price: $3.99

Prismatic: Stay on top of the News and Developments

Prismatic is an innovative news reading application that strips away Excess adds and messages and presents your the bare-bones news in a format that's easy to read. This is also an app that ''studies'' your interests and brings to you topics you are most likely to be interested in.  An added bomus is Twitter Commentary on articles from people you're following.

Availability: iPhone and Web

Price: Free

Shazam: Oldie but Goodie. Informs you of what song is playing.

How many times have you scratched your head wondering which song is playing. No worries, good old Shazam tells you exactly that! Works every time just as it did the first.

Availability: Android, Blackberry, iOS, and Windows Phone.

Price: Free

Evernote: Searches Scanned Documents

Evernote's objective is simple. To Remember Everything! This great app organizes and tags your most important notes and the greatest thing about this app however, is it's smart ability to search any scanned file or document.

Availability:Android, Blackberry, iOS, Windows Phone, Web OS, PC, Mac, Google Chrome, and the web.

Price: Free

Robin: Android's version of Siri

Simply put, you ask Robin for directions and you get a plethora of information such as local points of interest, real-time parking, fuel prices, traffic information, weather , your Twitter news and much more. Robin was designed with the driver in mind as it helps you keep your eyes on the road rather than on your navigation devices.

Availability: Android

Price: Free

Wikipedia Offline: The Famous internet encyclopedia without having to be connected.

Simple! Full Wikipedia functions with articles stored on your device memory. Not being ''connected'' is no longer an excuse to be left without your favorite encyclopedia again.

Availability:iOS

Price: $9.99

Nike+: Where you ran and how long it took.

As a budding Jogger , before Nike+came around, it could have been difficult to calculate exactly distance and time. This smart application allows you to track not only your distance but also calories burned and pace. Best of all: Information is logged across multiple runs to see your process.

Availability:Android and iOS.

Price: Free

WolframAlpha: The computer's computer

WolframAlpha in essence takes the entire WolframAlpha site and crams it into your iPhone,iPad or Android Devices. It's a wealth of information and can answer your every question on maths,Statistics,Data Analysis Chemistry , Engineering and a host of other Disciplines.

Availability:  Android and iOS

Price: Free 

Apex Launcher for Android takes your customization even further.

Apex Launcher is a lightning fast and customisable launcher for your Android's home screen. Apex assists you in customizing your Android Grid size and allows you up to 9 different pages. Moreover, users create a scrollable dock with up to 7 icons per page. The reviews are excellent and it's easy to use.

Availability: Android

Price: Free

Notability: Voice recording and handwriting recognition for your notes.

Notability integrates your handwriting , voice recording an even PDF annotation and media into a single app. Enhance your notes by adding pics from your own photo library or web clips, figure, sketches and drawings to add to your notes. 

Availability:iOS

Price: $0.99

Google Chrome: Your favorite Browser and tabs in one place.

Google Chrome has become popular and is renowned for it's speed. This app allows you to synchronize web pages across multiple computers and devices even. Now when you decide to pick up your iPhone,Android, iPad or iPhone, you see exactly whats on your desktop.

Availability: Android, iOS, and Mac and PC

Price: Free

Gigwalk: An App that actually pays YOU

Gigwalk pays you for simple tasks like taking pictures and sending in or serving as event staff by scanning events in your area. An event could be something as simpleas as confirming that the traffic light on road X isnt't working.

Availability: iOS 

Price: Free

Spoken Layer: Listen instead of read.

Spoken layer converts an entire webpage into an easy to listen podcast. Use this smart app to read the news to you while commuting instead of having to actually read it in the hustle and bustle.

Availability:iOS

Price: Free

The Night Sky: Stargazing taken to a new level 

The next time you're on a romantic night out with your chick and you're trying to impress her with your knowledge of astronomy, I bet you my last buck that you don't know if you're pointing towards Saturn or the Milky way. This app records where you are and tells you which stars are directly above you. Cool huh?

Availability: Android and iOS

Price: $0.99