Helpful Smartphone Apps for Seniors

Simar Singh Productivity, Smartphones

I have compiled a list of apps that would be helpful to the senior citizens. I will keep updating this list whenever I come across any new apps.

Health Apps

  • Good Rx – Compare prescription drug prices and find coupons to save up to 80%, even with insurance.
  • Red Panic Button – This GPS based app can send an emergency message to any email or number with a press of a button.
  • Heartwise Blood Pressure Tracker – HeartWise Blood Pressure Tracker is a monitoring tool developed to help monitor patients BP in a visual manner that can be communicated to healthcare providers. 
  • Instant heart rate – The app measures a user’s heart rate in only 10 seconds by using the smartphone’s camera and flash to track color changes in the light that passes through the index finger as new blood is delivered with each heartbeat. 
  • Pillboxie – Pillboxie is the easy way to remember your meds.
  • WebMD – Check your symptoms, access drug & treatment information, get first aid essentials, and check local health listings on the go

Helpful Apps

  • AARP – The app also connects you with daily news stories, nearby events, and members-only benefits and discounts.
  • Senior savings – Save money at your favorite restaurants, grocery stores, movie theaters, and more with this free app!
  • Epicurious – Puts more than a thousand food videos directly at your fingertips
  • Find my phone – Find your missing device. Sign in at iCloud.com to find your missing iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, or AirPods on a map
  • EyeReader – EyeReader is a unique reading magnifier that utilizes the LED light of the iPhone, providing a solution to the problem of reading small print in dark areas
  • Find my parked car – Allows you to save your exact parking location and view it at a later time when needed. Set an alarm for metered parking

Entertainment Apps

  • Flipboard – Flipboard is the social news app and allows you to stay informed about the topics that matter most to you has never been easier.
  • NPR – provides an up-to-date digest of the news of the hour, with headlines and breaking alerts
  • News – Reuters, BBC
  • The Weather Channel/News 12 Weather
  • iBooks/Kindle
  • WordBrain/Lumosity – Good Puzzles
  • Words with Friends – Scrabble but online
  • Old Time Radio – Travel back in time and listen to great radio mysteries, dramas and comedies from yesteryear. Over 14,000 episodes from more than seventy shows are available, all free of charge.
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