The best apps of 2013

New Delhi: The way to get the most out of your smartphone is load it up with some great apps. The biggest app trend of 2013 was the domination of "free-to-play" games: those that are free to download and play, but which make their money from in-app purchases of virtual items or currency. Another big trend in 2013 was fitness tracking apps. Here are some of the best: 1. Moves iPhone/ Android $2.99It is an activity-tracking app that uses your smartphone's sensors to track your walking, running and cycling, while also showing you where you went during your day.Features • Automatic Tracking: Records daily walking, cycling and running. • Places: Recognizes places in your daily life. • Storyline: Visualizes your day in an easy-to-read timeline. • Routes on map: See the paths you took. • Pedometer: Counts your steps, so you can set simple goals.• Connected Apps catalog: Use your Moves data with other apps.2. Inkly Cards (Free)Create and send your own handwritten greetings cards straight from your iPad (or iPhone). Inkly lets you choose your card from over 1,300 designs. You can then write your message on a piece of paper, photograph it with your iPad camera, and transfer your handwriting (and sketches if you so wish) inside your chosen card. Then pinch it, zoom it or rotate it to suit3. Dubble (Free)Dubble is a photo sharing service which takes a photo you've uploaded and mixes it with one from another randomly chosen stranger to create a new image. The results are striking and can be easily shared via services such as Instagram.4. Helpouts Android It is a way to connect to experts in a host of categories for one-to-one help on. From computers to cooking, fashion to fitness you can talk to the experts via live video chat.5. Adobe Photoshop ExpressIt is a solid tool for making light photo edits on your iPhone. You can make better-looking pictures with automatic fixes and filters. The app can even handle noise reduction (extraneous particles that show up on photos). Get more of what you want:•Basics: Crop, straighten, rotate, and flip your photos. Remove red eye.•Auto-Fix: A one-touch adjustment for contrast, exposure, and white balance. •Color: Slide controls for clarity, contrast, exposure, highlights, shadows, temperature, tint, and vibrance.•One-touch filters: Choose from more than 20 eye-catching effects!•Borders: Add a distinctive personal touch to your photos with 15 borders and frames. Express yourself!•Add the Looks Paid pack to give your photos fun, fresh looks with 20 more one-touch filters*•Add the Noise Reduction Paid pack to minimize unwanted grain and speckling in your night photos*•New image rendering engine improves performance and enables handling of large file sizes – i.e. panoramic photos•Share to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more.•One place for all your photos: Upload your photos to private albums in Revel to view, re-live, and share memories on your iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Upgrade to Revel Premium after 30 days to get unlimited photo & video imports - just $5.99/month.6. The Elements in Action iPhone/ iPad, $3.99 The periodic table comes to life with 79 video explorations of the weird, wonderful, and sometimes alarming properties of the elements. Filmed by BAFTA award winner Max Whitby in partnership with Theodore Gray, author of the iconic book and app The Elements, and previously available only in a few museum installations, this is the most beautifully filmed collection videos ever assembled to explore and explain what makes each element unique and fascinating.7. Any.do (free) It is a list-making and task-management app. It comes with a unique feature called the Any.do moment that encourages making a habit of reviewing your daily tasks. It's a sophisticated app that includes time and date reminders, as well as geolocation reminders, which work surprisingly well. 8. Beethoven's 9th Symphony iPhone/ iPad, free It is a real treat for classical music fans. This app offers four famous recordings of Beethoven's Ninth and lets you switch between them while viewing the score, and hear experts talking about the work and its composer.9. Google Play Music iPhone/ Android, free/£9.99 Google Play Music lets users discover, play and share the music they love on Android and the web. With our new All Access service, you can play millions of songs on Google Play, listen to radio with no limits, and enjoy playlists handcrafted by our music experts. With both All Access and Standard, the Google Play Music app lets you listen to your music collection anywhere. All your music is stored online, so no need to worry about syncing, storage space or offline playback. It's a full, unlimited Spotify rival.10. Angry Birds Star Wars II iPhone/ iPad/ Android/ Windows Phone ($0.99)Based on the Star Wars movie prequels, the app offers another round of slinging birds at (evil Empire) pigs, with famous characters aplenty – and even some tie-in toys. For the first time ever you can “Join the Pork Side” and play as the fearsome Darth Maul, Emperor Palpatine and many other favorites!