QUIZ: Smartphone Addicts Will Know All of These App Icons

The app allows users to pin DIY projects, recipes, and places they want to go to their favorites folder so they can easily return to their pins while browsing around for new ideas and projects they’ll probably never end up doing.

When this platform made its debut in 2005, millions of people were hooked by the various cat videos, funny videos, and even music videos that appeared. YouTube also gave people the chance to create their own web series and share their thoughts on difficult subjects.

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming site that made its debut in 2006. With it, users can create or shuffle their own music playlist. Best of all, the music is available for free. On the downside, annoying ads pop up from time to time.

Anyone that has a question they can’t answer turns to Quora. With this platform, they can post the question and hopefully get a response from other knowledgeable users. Then everyone gets to vote on the best response.

Unlike other web browsers, Google Chrome has worked across various platforms since Microsoft Windows released it in 2008. The company also claims that it makes web surfing a whole lot safer than Internet Explorer.

Anyone with an opinion tweets every now and then. Even celebrities have gotten onboard to share their thoughts or to promote a product. But many people soon find out that there are people on Twitter who will disagree with your opinion, too.

The dating app allows users to swipe right if they like a match or swipe left to ignore the recommended match. For years, users have relied on Tinder to find their short-term or long-term soulmates.

People who need to video conference all the time use this app. It can also be used as a virtual classroom as well. Zoom has become particularly useful during the pandemic as it allows people to work from home and communicate with other co-workers from the safety of their own home.

People looking to back up their work or free up space on their hard drive use Dropbox, a cloud-based service that lets people sync and store files online. And it’s a better alternative to saving the files in a backup drive that can fail without warning.

This app was originated in China and is known as Douyin in that part of the world. But the concept is the same. Basically, users get to record a short video, no longer than a minute. Most videos come in the form of a comedy sketch or a dance.

The app allows people to post photos and videos permanently or on their Insta-stories which disappear in 24 hours. The app has become so useful for influencers that even celebrities like the Kardashians use it.

It first graced the online community in 1998 and is known as being one of the earliest platforms for money transfer. Since then, millions have used PayPal to send and receive money from other PayPal users.

The music sharing platform is German based but is available to everyone. And with it, aspiring musicians and established music artists can promote their musical creations and allow listeners to stream the music from their devices.

Need an aerial imagery of a specific location or a street map of a certain location? Google Maps offers all the best possible routes to get to a destination and also includes a panoramic view of the locations.

Subscribe to Pandora and stream some of the most popular songs ever. The app also uses a subscriber’s music list to offer recommendations of songs they might like.

The streaming service was originally a mail-order DVD company way back in 1997, but they eventually started offering online streaming as well. Now it’s a fully online platform and people all over the world are loving it.

Gmail was first developed in 2004. After going through a lengthy testing phase, it became available in 2009. Today it’s one of the most preferred email services around the globe.

Opera is a multi-platform web browser that has a unique interface and provides a level of functionality that other browsers don’t have, such as integrated VPN and reduction of online tracking and browser shielding.

Long before Zoom came into the picture, Skype was everyone’s go to app to have a video conference call or regular phone call with friends and loved ones living in another city, state, or even country.

This app allowed users to loop short six second videos. While it definitely was no TikTok, it was certainly popular when it was in service. The app was discontinued in 2019. But its co-founder Dom Hofmann created a worthy successor called Byte, which was released in 2020.

People who telecommute— or work from home—use Slack with other co-workers to perform private group chats and direct messages to ensure everyone at work stays in the loop.

This app is the go-to for anyone looking to check out reviews about a restaurant or other business before actually going. It’s also a great place to leave good or bad reviews.

The ghost icon is symbolic of the fact that Snapchat lets users post photos and messages that are only available for a short amount of time. Once the time expires, the post disappears like a ghost.

The app was once called Read It Later, but was eventually renamed to Pocket and it allows users to manage online articles by creating a favorite reading list. This makes it easier for users to go back and read something when they have time for it.

This app allows solo users to stay organized by making a list of things that need to be done. It can also be used with a team to track, share and manage a to-do list.

The app originated in Japan and became a worldwide option for people looking to instant message and communicate with family and friends all around the globe.

Google Meet replaced Google Chat and Google Hangouts as a video communication app that works with every other available Google Service. It was designed so that people, particularly those in a work setting, can set up meetings.

The app was acquired by Twitter and allows users to watch popular online celebrities in a live-stream. Unfortunately, the app that made live streaming from smartphones popular shut down in 2021.

Originally, this app was used primarily as a ride-calling service no matter where the user was. But Uber has branched out into package and food delivery, too. Best of all, the service lets users add their location and destination and pay and rate their driver from the comfort of their phone.

This app is a great alternative to YouTube as it is a video hosting and sharing service that provides videos in HD to any device. It can also be used for live event streaming as well as video file transfer.

Users who can’t get that tune out of their head can provide the app with a sample of a TV show, a movie, or an ad where the song came from. Then, the app’s algorithm will identify the song.

The social networking site was founded in 2007 and has been used to post images, short videos and blog content. But most people might recall that the site lost popularity after it promised to get rid of any and all adult content.

Travelers looking for a vacation rental rely on this app to find the right accommodations and host their own spaces. Airbnb also provides users with reviews made by previous guests. It also offers a list of tourist activities for the area in which the traveler will be staying.

This app allows gamers to live video stream while playing so they can also interact with other streamers and fans from around the world while they play, too.

This offshoot of Facebook means that users can use the messaging app without actually being on Facebook. This all-in-one app also allows users to group video chat, video call, text or voice chat.

In 1991, QuickTime became available on Mac and was used whenever someone wanted to view videos or a montage of photos. And to this day, this classic app is used for the very same purpose.

This app has quickly risen to fame as the most popular way to text message, video call or voice chat with friends and family around the world.

The app allows users to create a website as well as content. It’s particularly popular among bloggers looking to run a blog successfully thanks to the app’s open-source content management system.

In 2003, Apple released the web browser known as Safari for desktop users. But over time, it became a default browser for Apple devices. And like Google Chrome, Safari allows users to explore the web however they want.

The name might sound dated, but it’s certainly not the telegram that people used fifty or sixty years ago. This app allows instant messaging, file-sharing, and end-to-end encrypted video conference calling.

The app allows users to find the very best deals on just about anything they love to eat, see or do. With Groupon, they not only gain access to coupons but also some sweet discounts that can ultimately save them up to 70% on things.

The Goodreads app gives users the chance to browse and find new books from a personalized recommended list of titles based on the person’s genres of choice or based on previous titles that they’ve read.

The Dunkin’ Donuts app allows users to place their orders ahead of time so they don’t have to wait in line early in the morning before work. The app also provides a rewards program that allows users to earn perks like a free beverage.

The app is an excellent tool to help lose weight. It not only provides an online calorie counter but also a diet plan. As an added bonus, it gives a person access to nutritional information on 14 million foods to see what’s healthy and what isn’t.

This app helps improve a person’s sleep cycle by providing information using an intelligent alarm clock and tracker that analyzes an individual’s patterns, coughing, snoring, sleep talking and more.

The app provides personalized local and national news, tech, sports, and entertainment articles to get users up to date with what’s really happening with the world.

Users depend on this app for live navigation, traffic alerts, maps and GPS in order to get to their final destination safely while avoiding accident scenes and delays related to construction and heavy traffic.

The app allows users to meet others in their local community who have the same interests as them. Meetup also allows people to find groups that host in-person and online events so they can meet new people.

Users press on this icon in order to access LinkedIn, a platform used to professionally network and allow employers and employees to find each other by sharing information about themselves.

The app gives users access to Reddit, an online platform where topics and ideas are arranged in a social networking community. Users are able to comment on the original post and to other users, often with quippy comments.