10 free alternatives to expensive iOS apps

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

Decent and affordable alternatives to popular paid apps.

1. Microsoft Office (2 690 rubles per year) → iWork

All applications from the Microsoft office suite are free, but they only allow you to view documents. To edit and create new ones, you will have to buy a subscription. You can do pretty much the same thing with Apple's iWork, just for free. Documents, spreadsheets, presentations right on your smartphone or tablet with seamless synchronization with Mac.

2. Fantastical 2 (379 rubles) → "Calendar"

Fantastical was pretty cool a few years ago and had exclusive features like natural language recognition and custom event reps. Today, all of this is available in the standard iOS calendar. Why then overpay?

3. Reeder 3 (379 rubles) → Feedly

RSS, whose death has been predicted for many years in a row, continues to live and flourish. The most popular reader since the days of Google Reader was Reeder, but now its need is questionable. Feedly copes with similar functions just as well, moreover, it looks more modern and does not cost a dime.

4.1Password (749 rubles) → "Keychain"

One of the best password safes is 1Password. Excellent support, reliability, security and password sync across all devices. Stop. It seems that the same is in the built-in Keychain Access and works right at the system level.

5. Threema (229 rubles) → Telegram

In the past few years, many have become much more serious about their own security on the Web and prefer to conduct important correspondence in secure messengers. Threema is one of the toughest nuts in this regard, but it can be successfully replaced with secret chats in free Telegram.

6. Castro 2 (299 rubles) → "Podcasts"

The podcasts, which have already been completely buried, are gaining momentum again. Today's podcast manager Castro boasts a host of advanced features for listening and finding new sources, but Apple's Podcasts are nearly as good as it gets and will satisfy most users.

7. Tweetbot 4 (379 rubles) → Twitter

With a very high quality bar, Tweetbot has become the default Twitter client for many of us. The official application was far from ideal for many years, but now it is not a shame to install it on a smartphone. It is modern, fast, functional and will forever remain free.

Twitter Twitter, Inc.

8. Pixelmator (379 rubles) → Snapseed

Pixelmator's cutting-edge capabilities make it an outstanding graphics editor on mobile devices. However, they are often redundant on a smartphone or tablet. The free Snapseed is as good as its expensive counterpart and also boasts a wide range of photo editing tools.

Snapseed Google LLC

9. Streaks (379 rubles) → Coach.me

Popular habit manager Streaks has won Apple awards and can help you reinforce good habits and skills. However, you can use the free Coach.me almost as well. The application contains many settings, individual reminders and provides detailed reports. He has everything to make you better.

10. Scanner Pro (299 rubles) → Office Lens

The scanner is not a feature in a smartphone that we often use and that is worth paying for. Instead of the expensive Scanner Pro, you can easily scan papers with Office Lens. An application from Microsoft can do absolutely everything that a good scanner should be able to do, and is distributed free of charge.

Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner Microsoft Corporation