WhatsApp is a simple, free-to-use communications app to send messages to other WhatsApp users. You can send simple text messages, images, video, documents, and make calls. You can start conversations with one person, or create and join group conversations. WhatsApp can use your internet connection instead, helping you reduce your mobile bill. WhatsApp began in 2009 as an idea between Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former employees of Yahoo. Around the time the App Store became a feature on iPhones, Acton and Koum saw the potential apps could have. After buying an iPhone, the pair began working on WhatsApp - a portmanteau of sorts putting "what's up?" and "app" together in one word. WhatsApp shot to success and was bought by Facebook for about $19.3 billion US dollars in 2014. WhatsApp is popular among smartphone users, with over 1 billion people worldwide using the app. This makes WhatsApp the most popular messaging application app in the world. A former popular messaging app, MSN Messenger, only had around 330 million users. One of the main elements to the app that attracts users is the security. WhatsApp maintains a strong, end-to-end encryption of all messages and calls. This means that only the people you chat or speak with will see it. Such encryptions also means the team at WhatsApp can't access your information. To get started, users need to enter in their mobile phone number. This acts as your unique ID on the service. Friends and family that also use WhatsApp can be added to your contact list, if you allow WhatsApp to read your phone contacts. From there, choose the person you want to start a conversation with and start messaging! Whether it's texting a college friend to organize a study group, sending funny GIFs to your friends, or calling family, WhatsApp can do all that, and more.

TBH is the newest social networking app that offers an anonymous way for friends to interact. The name of the app comes from the famous social media trend “To be honest” where users provide feedbacks or comments about another user. This trendy way of letting a person know what other people think of him has been embraced by many adolescents across the globe and is one of the continuing social media crazes of the internet today. What this fresh app brings is a new flavor to this trend. By focusing on anonymity and ensuring a positive language in the questions made by the users, the TBH app hopes to provide positivity, promote social awareness, and build a community without undermining privacy and security of the users. The app works by allowing you to create and answer funny questions about your friends. Every time a friend picks your name, you get to earn gems which you can use to unlock and answer more questions. Using the app is simple. First, you need to grant it access to your contact list and location and pick the name of your college or high school. Then, TBH provides you recommendations for people to add coming from your contact list and the school you attended. Once you have added friends, you get to play a 10-question game which lets you pick one of the four friends listed as an answer to whimsical questions like who would you want to be stranded on an island, who would become the next president, and many other funny and quirky prompts. As a TBH user, you can also submit question ideas along with an emoji of your choice through the app. The TBH team screens submitted questions and once a question is approved, the user earns trophies for the submission. While the app is in its second month as of October 2017, it is now one of the top downloaded apps on iTunes with over 5 million users. This brought Facebook to purchase TBH from Midnights Lab LLC. The app is currently available only for iOS so you need an Apple device to use it.

The AliExpress app brings the joy of shopping to your mobile device. Known as the go-to place for all your shopping needs, AliExpress is one of today’s largest online retail platforms with thousands of small and medium businesses selling their products to millions of users worldwide. The AliExpress app is packed with features that make online shopping a pleasurable experience. AliExpress began in 2010 with the creation of AliExpress.com. The online shopping platform was the brainchild of Jack Ma, the man behind the Alibaba Group of Companies. Currently, AliExpress is the largest shopping platform in China, home to the biggest consumer market of today. It has also performed well in other countries including in Russia where it is the top shopping platform and in Brazil where it is one of the ten most visited sites. Here what you get when you download the app: Access to a massive collection of unique and high-quality products Free shipping for more than 75% of the products listed Big savings with coupons, exclusive discounts, flash and super deals Order tracking with automated notification of shipment status Secured Purchases with buyer protection Product recommendations, personal feeds, and personalized deals Another thing about the AliExpress app is that it has an extensive language and currency support. The app is available in 20 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Russian. Currency support covers eight payment currencies (Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, US Dollar, Japanese Yen, Russian Ruble, British Sterling, Swedish Krona, and Euro. The app also offer an additional of six viewing currencies. You can download the AliExpress app from the Play Store for Android devices running on Android 4.0 or higher and on iTunes for Apple devices running on iOS 8.0 or later. The app currently enjoys a 4.5++ rating and has more than 4.5 million reviews.

One of the top games on Android and iOS, Subway Surfers takes you to an endless cat and mouse chase between a teenager who likes graffiti and an inspector and his dog. The game belongs to the endless runner game genre that is common for mobile devices. The first version of Subway Surfers came to the app store on May 2012. Typically, the creators, Kiloo and SYBO games would release thematic updates that are aligned with the season of the year and holidays. Beginning 2013, game developers also released thematic updates featuring nations of the world. Special events are also available which also comes with in-game bonuses and rewards. Critical response to the game varies with positive and negative reviews. Some claim that the intuitive controls make the game exciting while others complain about the monotony of the gameplay. The game is rated 4.5/5 on Google Play, 3.6/5 on iTunes, and 4.4/5 on Microsoft Store. A lot of game enthusiasts post walkthroughs of their Subway Surfers gameplay on the streaming site Youtube. Subway Surfers is available on various mobile platforms including Android, Kindle, iOS, and Windows. The app is free to play, but in-game purchases are available to gain coins and disable advertisements.

If there is one game genre that becomes more and more popular today, it would be the battle royale. Ever since the Fortnite Battle Royale by Epic Games came into action, the free-to-play game has become a global phenomenon. Fortnite has perfected the formula of a real battle royale experience providing the classic survival gameplay with a vast of interesting features that makes the game a lot more engaging. The success of Fortnite from various gaming consoles brought us a mobile app of the same name. Now, everybody can get a chance to experience the intensity and fun of Fortnite Battle Royale through their iPhones. Currently available for iOS, users can now experience the full Fortnite Battle Royale game for free. The mechanics are very simple yet the players are strongly encouraged to exert the best of their strategic skills to maximize their chances of surviving. The goal is to be the last man standing. You along with 99 other players will be deployed in a remote island. Once you landed, you are encouraged to hunt and scavenge for weapons which are randomly scattered all over the battlefield. You must be brave enough to fight and to kill whoever you encounter along the way. Much like any Battle Royale games, the battlefield will constantly shrink, leaving the remaining players no other option but to fight. The game also added interesting features including overwhelming amount of new locations to explore, new weapons and some creative modes for players to enjoy. Users can also enjoy various skins that they can apply for their respective characters. Generally, in the entire course of the game, the player will be asked not just to hunt for weapons but also to create and build covers, traps and other forms of mechanisms that they can use to inflict damage to their opponents. They can also loot weapons from their enemies and many others. If you think you have what it takes to survive this insane challenge, then be part of the ever growing Fortnite Battle Royale Community and let the amazing and action packed adventure begins!