While navigating this unusual time at home, we’ve created a curated list of apps that will help you live your best-quarantined life! From video conferencing to grocery delivery services to fitness classes at home, these apps are reinventing how we live (at home).
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
FOOD + DELIVERY
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Daily Harvest | Ready-to-blend smoothies made with organic ingredients delivered straight to you! Pick the number of smoothies per month, flavors, and then delicious smoothies will be delivered to your door.
DoorDash | Get breakfast, lunch, dinner and more delivered from your favorite restaurants right to your doorstep with one easy click.
Favor | Favor is the easiest way to get anything you want in your city delivered to your door. Favor is also waiving all primetime fees across Texas to ensure everyone has access to the food and supplies they need.
My H-E-B | It’s never been easier to shop online with H-E-B. Enjoy the convenience of curbside pickup or home delivery with in-app shopping and ordering. Also, H-E-B and Favor have teamed up to create their Senior Support Line, a new delivery program designed to offer a safer solution for seniors!
HelloFresh | Every week, HelloFresh delivers a box of delicious recipes and the exact amount of fresh ingredients you need to cook them at home.
Postmates | Food and drink delivery from your favorite restaurants, 24/7, 365 days a year. Postmates gets you what you want when you want it. Just Postmate it.
Uber Eats | Hungry? Order restaurant food easily with the Uber Eats app. Track your food order in real-time and get your food delivered in minutes to your door. Uber Eats is also now offering free delivery when you order from local Austin restaurants!
Wine.com | Browse, search, or scan the largest selection of wines for professional ratings, reviews, and pricing. Find your favorites, or let their friendly, non-commissioned sommeliers help you choose.
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
STAY CONNECTED
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Airtime – A platform for people who want to video chat with their friends while watching shows, movies, and YouTube. Watch the videos you love with the people you love!
FaceTime – This free app allows up to 32 users to connect via video or audio calls. Connecting with family and friends face-to-face might just be the best medicine during social distancing.
Houseparty – A video chatting app that mimics the feel of a small, intimate gathering with a handful of your closest pals – even if you’re hundreds or thousands of miles apart.
Marco Polo – Combines the best of texting, social media and video chats – all in one private, easy to use app. Since it’s not live, you can exchange messages at your leisure, and they’re stored in the cloud forever, so they won’t disappear after a certain amount of time.
Netflix Party – A Google Chrome extension that lets you sync up your account with other Netflix users, so you can watch the same movie or show of your choosing while using the in-app group chat function.
Snapchat – Snapchat may be your go-to app for fun filters but it also offers a free quick video call function, which lets you check in with friends from far away to say hi, before going back to your marathon movie session.
WhatsApp – Perhaps the best-known option for those with international family and friends, their group chats let you share messages, photos, and videos with up to 256 people at the same time, so you won’t miss anything while social distancing!
Zoom – Known for video conferencing business calls and meetings, Zoom is a great option for large gatherings – up to 1,000 video participants and 10,000 viewers can be in a single session, so you can host a virtual game night with literally everyone you know!
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
FITNESS AT HOME
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Aaptiv – Reinvent the way you do cardio. Audio workout classes that combine the guidance of a professional trainer with a motivating playlist. Be sure to try their free 7-day trial!
Calm – Enjoy 100+ guided meditations to help you manage anxiety, lower stress, and sleep better. Be sure to join along with local favorite, Matthew McConaughey, on a dreamy story about the mysteries of the universe.
Charity Miles – Earn money for the charity of your choice while walking the dog, on a run, or even doing weekend hike – don’t forget to practice safe social distancing and keep 6 feet away from others.
ClassPass – Stream thousands of live or on-demand workouts from top studios around the world. Try everything from yoga to strength training to HIIT and more. 100% of their live stream class proceeds go to studios until June 1.
Daily Burn – Stream thousands of barre, Pilates, cardio, strength training and high-intensity workouts over your smart TV. Daily Burn is currently extending its 30-day free trial to 60 days, with premium access to all new members!
Headspace – Live a healthier, happier, more well-rested life with just a few minutes a day of meditation using the Headspace app. Give it a try – the first 2 weeks are free!
Nike Training Club – The NTC app helps you reach your fitness goals with expertly designed workouts from our world-class Nike Master Trainers. The athletic giant has also waived the $14.99 a month fee for its premium service indefinitely.
Peloton – While better known for its spin classes, Peloton also offers thousands of strength, yoga, stretching, and boot camp workouts on its app. Peloton has extended its 30-day free trial period to 90 days!
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
HOME + LIFESTYLE
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Bouqs – Cut-to-order flower delivery service, epically fresh farm to table flowers delivered weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly – straight from the fields of the farm to your door.
Etsy – Support small businesses by shopping millions of one-of-a-kind items and find the perfect thing for moments big and small. Etsy features curated collections of inspiring gifts, art, furniture, and more.
Epicurious – The all-new Epicurious app makes it even easier to find the world’s best recipes, watch incredible food videos, and cook delicious meals.
Giftagram – Allows you to shop and send thoughtful gifts for any occasion while at home – birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day, and more. Giftagram makes it easy to be thoughtful!
Gottesman Residential – Find your dream home virtually! Discover homes near you with one tap, share those that you love, and receive instant alerts when new matches hit the market.
Havenly – Maybe it’s time to spruce up that home office! Chat with a Havenly consultant, upload photos of your space, and collaborate with a perfectly-matched interior design pro to refresh or redesign your home.
inLieu – The most impactful way to give a gift. You may not be able to celebrate in person but inLieu allows users to make donations in lieu of purchasing gifts and at the same time makes donating fast, easy and social.
Trunk Club – Build yourself a better wardrobe even it’s all loungewear currently! A stylist will personally select apparel and accessories based on your preferences, then send them straight to your door.
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
PRODUCTIVITY
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1Password – No better time to get organized than the present! This password manager saves all of your passwords to help keep account information safe and log in to sites with a single click. It’s that simple!
GoogleDocs – Create, edit, and collaborate on the go with the Google Docs app. Work together with colleagues in real-time: share documents, comment and add action items, and never lose document changes with its version history feature.
Grammarly – Your very own personal editor while working from home! Whether you’re sending an urgent email, an important LinkedIn message, or an essential Facebook post, you can write from your phone or laptop with confidence.
Hangouts Meet – Collaborate and build relationships with your team and partners regardless of where you are in the world. You can also see your meetings for the day with all the important information from Calendar, then join with a tap.
If This, Then That (IFTTT) – Create automatic actions that are compatible with practically every app, so having high priority emails move into tasks in your project management software, become (literally) a no-brainer!
Scanner App – Working from home can have its challenges but Scanner App here to help. This handy scanner app will turn your phone into a powerful mobile scanner so you can share any document in PDF or JPEG format.
Slack – Bringing team communication and collaboration into one place as never been so important! Check off your to-do list and move your projects forward by bringing the right people, conversations, tools, and information you need together.
Trello – A virtual tool for organizing your work and life. Free your brain from remembering every planning detail and join more than 35 million registered users to organize all your projects at work, at home, or anywhere in between.
Best Apps For Quarantine Life
ENTERTAINMENT
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1 Second Everyday – Take advantage of this time to appreciate the small things! 1 Second Everyday is a video diary that makes it easy to take your day-to-day moments and create a meaningful movie of your life.
Arts & Culture – Virtually visit top exhibits, zoom in on artworks in mind-blowing detail and browse thousands of stories, photos, and videos. Be your own curator by finding your favorites, creating your own collections and sharing them with friends.
Audible – Discover the world’s largest selection of audiobooks and audio entertainment. Also, your first audiobook is on them!
Disney+ – From new releases to the classics, only Disney+ gives you and your littles unlimited entertainment. Get the best of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic all in one place.
iHeartRadio – This free app offers it all! Stream unlimited music, thousands of live radio stations, podcasts and playlists for any mood or activity, all in one app.
Mahjong! – Because of its simple rules and engaging gameplay Mahjong has become very popular. Your goal is to match and remove all tile pieces from the tower.
Overcast – Need a break from Netflix? Overcast is a powerful yet simple podcast player, with Smart Speed, Voice Boost, and Smart Playlists to help you listen to more podcasts in more places.
theSkimm – Delivered to your inbox each AM, theSkimm makes it easier for you to live smarter and stay in the know by breaking down the most important news you need to know to start your day.