These are the 5 apps I can’t live without

You might think that if you spend your days reading and writing about phones, the last thing you’d want to do in your downtime is spend even more time using them. But the five apps here are my favorites precisely because they help me enjoy those rare moments when I’m not editing copy about the iPhone 14 Pro Max or Google Pixel 7.

Although actually, that’s a bit of a lie — because one of them is an app I use for work rather than play. However, I had to include it even though it didn’t fit the narrative, simply because it’s so good that I always want to tell people about it. Still, the other four are very much aligned with my hobbies, and maybe they’ll be useful for yours, too.

1. Komoot

Like about 70% of the world’s population, I bought myself a bike during lockdown and discovered that after a 30-year break from cycling I actually really enjoyed it. I also quickly learned that I had much more fun tearing down muddy trails than dodging idiots in SUVs on the road, and that’s where Komoot comes in.