If you could only keep one app on your phone, what would it be?

runjake|9 months ago

The web browser of course. It can do most anything an app can do including taking photos and recording audio.

I don’t know if there is another correct answer, right?

yeah as long as you have given it sufficient permissions. but actually i dont know if it does count default apps already come with phone, otherwise you'll already get a shiny ooh quality neat-looking (not guaranteed) camera app for better use.

paulcole|9 months ago

I mean this is like picking “satellite phone” if you could take one thing to a desert island with you. Kind of a boring answer even if it’s technically correct.

walthamstow|9 months ago

Google Maps or OSMAnd, assuming I get phone calls and texts for free.

Banking I can do on a computer, I live in a place with great public transport so losing Uber would not be the end of the world

Quinzel|9 months ago

Safari. Because at least you can access most other services from that. The navigation might be a bit shit, but you’re still connected.

owebmaster|9 months ago

Definitely not safari because its PWA implemention is lame.

brike|9 months ago

cheater....

beAbU|9 months ago

OP, from your replies here it seems you came into this with your own opinions.

What is the one app you would keep, and why is it ChatGPT?

paulcole|9 months ago

I’ll try to not be boring here with my answer.

If I could only do one thing with my phone (app-wise) it’d either be music or podcasts. If I had to pick one, I’d go with podcasts.

So I’m going to say my podcast app of choice, OverCast.

Kuyawa|9 months ago

Brave. I could access the whole world with it, no ads, AI at my fingertips, maps, banks, crypto wallets, chats, apps, there is absolutely nothing I can't do and if there is, I'd build it.

Bender|9 months ago

SMS/Texting. All I use the phone for is voice and text. In fact I miss my old Danger Sidekick II for its nice physical keyboard, tiny phone with a slide-up screen. It was perfect for me.

anenefan|9 months ago

I'm in a very rural area so the first on any cheapie android phones is a good GPS program - doesn't need mobile network coverage to get position, time and speed of travel.

koliber|9 months ago

Notion.

Or the Telephone app that allows me to make phone calls, if we are pedantic.

d--b|9 months ago

2 Factor authentication.

I can do everything else on dumb phone + computer + camera, but 2FA is the reason I simply cannot drop the smartphone.

ValdikSS|9 months ago

There are feature phones which support applications (not Android-based), but indeed nobody made an OTP authenticator for it.

cypherg|9 months ago

Instagram because it's by far the app that gets the most use on an hour by hour basis. Endless content plus messaging.

codingdave|9 months ago

Merlin Bird ID.

I can do everything else at home on my PC.

barnacl437|9 months ago

does it count default basic apps already installed on phones? otherwise it wouldnt even form a thing. well, as most others, a browser.

but i think i am NOT a person for one-app phone. i tend to install a lot and just throw em off the memory lane.

ValdikSS|9 months ago

Email client I guess.