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Top 5 Apps for a Cozy Quarantine

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September 23, 2021
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It might seem way too early to say but if you are loving yourself some steaming cappuccino a little more, craving freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies, or witnessing gold and russet trees everywhere, fall is around the corner! Does that mean putting on your favorite hoodies and heading out for a stroll? Err, maybe not as the pandemic is not over yet!

Quarantining can be exhausting. We all crave human connection. But let us enliven your quarantine this fall with some exciting apps that will keep you company!

Popcorn Time

Bless the movie makers for bringing some joy to our quarantine – there are a gazillion movies out there to keep you hooked! But paid subscriptions are a no-no for most of us.

No worries! Popcorn Time is here – a hero without a cape, saving you from paid subscription services like Netflix and Hulu. Yes, Netflix hype is constantly going up, but Popcorn Time is all set to steal the spotlight by being the only free service among big movie-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.

Popcorn Time, built on BitTorrent Protocol, is a go-to option for movie buffs as its free content can be accessed from anywhere in the world. Its user interface is almost similar to regular movie-streaming apps; it shows a list of movies with thumbnails, provides subtitles, and lets you watch fresh releases in no time.

However, Popcorn Time, despite being a wonderful movie-streaming service, does have some room for improvement. It does not fully facilitate iOS users. A VPN is also recommended to avoid any attackers wreaking havoc on your system running Popcorn Time!

HalloApp

If you are longing to connect with your loved ones, we feel you! Pretty much all of us miss deep, meaningful conversations or a light mood fun chat with our close friends and family over a cup of coffee. Quarantine might leave you feeling disconnected. But who said this feeling cannot go away? HalloApp is here to shoo this lonesomeness away and bring your loved ones closer to you. Built by the two earliest employees of the social-networking giant ‘Whatsapp’, HalloApp is a new private social networking app with features parallel to WhatsApp;
  • connect with people whom you share your contact number with.
  • chats are end-to-end encrypted (for real).
  • you can join group chats with your friends and family.
Moreover, HalloApp stands out amongst other social networking apps through the personalized experience it offers to users. Your feed is no more clogged up by brands, influencers, or unwanted ads. Rather, you get to scroll through meaningful moments of your loved ones, not through what the algorithm wants you to see.

Popcornflix

We all love the idea of binge-watching our favorite TV shows and chomping on our stash of snacks in quarantine. But if all these perks come with a free subscription, it sounds like a double treat!

Popcornflix is a movie and video-streaming app that does not propel you into the hassle of a monthly subscription fee. It does not even compel you to reveal your personal information for signing up (which is optional anyway).

Moreover, you can choose from a plethora of popular TV shows and movies that are not more than two clicks away. But in return, this app will insert ads into your viewing experience – no pain, no gain.

Crossclip

Quarantine must have not affected you much if you are a gaming enthusiast – having all the time to yourself, being glued to your hybrid gaming chair, and never letting go of the controller!

If so, you must be familiar with a bundle of streaming apps that are used to record and stream gameplay footage – there are plenty. But it can be a hassle to edit and share live streaming videos on mobile platforms.

Moreover, even on popular apps like Twitch, it is difficult to capture attention unless you are an established streamer with a well-grown audience. But if you are about to or recently have kick-started your journey as a gaming streamer, it would be a challenge for you to earn recognition. It is also difficult to filter spams or scams on it, making parents deem Twitch unsafe to use.

No worries as long as Crossclip is here. There are more chances to go viral on social media apps like LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok. With Crossclip, it is a speedy process to convert gameplay footage for mobile. You can simply upload a video or import clips from twitch, choose an output format, edit (crop, blur, frame) the video in a few clicks, and upload your video on social platforms through the Crossclip’s mobile app.

Chances are that you might come out of quarantine as a well-known gaming geek!

Clubhouse

You can either be a chatterer who loves to be heard by people or a person who is a dedicated listener ready to bag all the wisdom others have to spill. In either case, it is a pain to be confined in your home, disconnected from your friends or colleagues – your regular patient listeners or talkers.

If you could relate to it, Clubhouse is for you! An audio-based social media app that lets you talk to, listen to, and learn from people from all over the world in real-time. It is like living in a podcast, roaming around the hallways of the app meeting incredible speakers and listeners. Using Clubhouse you can tell your stories to people, develop ideas, meet, and befriend new people from around the world.

The app is getting a lot of attention lately as Elon Musk, the visionary tech enthusiast with an immense entrepreneurial spirit, showed up on Clubhouse earlier this year. But lately, people have been reporting a few things that could have been improved to make this app more user-friendly. The user interface could have been less cluttered, there could have been an option to record, save and view the sessions from the past, and the app should have added a video feature to the existing version.

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