We polled thousands of nurses and came up with the 50 apps that nurses are obsessed with right now for music, humor, work solutions, weight loss and even tuning a violin!
Yup. There’s an app for everything. Did we miss your favorite? Add it to our comments!
Fun and Games
1. Top App: Pandora — Create a station based on a favorite song or artist and discover new tunes!
Why nurses love it: “Love the ambient station.” —Nurse Michaela
More games and entertainment apps that nurses are loving right now:
2. Jewels — A simple yet polished match-3 puzzle game. Just the right ingredients for an addictive game.
3. Ghost Radar — Got a dark supply room you need to go into? Download this paranormal activity detector first. Or get slimed. Up to you.
4. MP3 Music Downloader — Shop 16 million songs and play music on your mobile device.
5. Facebook — If you haven’t abandoned ship for Google+, you probably have this app on your phone already.
6. Plants vs. Zombies — “Use your arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants—peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more—to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they break down your door.” Sounds like fun, right?!
7. Sudoku — It’s been a top 100 app in iTunes for over a year. And it’s free. So…what are you waiting for?
8. iHeartRadio — Listen to America’s best music and talk stations.
9. Words with Friends — A great version of Scrabble that you can play with multiple friends. There’s a free version, too!
10. Shazam — Discover, buy and share the song that’s playing.
11. Solitaire — Have a couple minutes to kill? Choose from a variety of pretty backgrounds for this go-to card game.
12. Angry Birds — Download the nation’s favorite obsession!
13. iBooks — Download books to your beautiful mobile bookshelf. Help your children to read with the “read aloud” feature.
14. YouTube — This is a total must-have!
15. SquirrelCam — Watch wildlife live on your phone!
16. TV listings — The official TV Guide app lets you check listings and get all of the latest entertainment news.
17. iRecord — Record videos, movies and music.
18. Nook — Read your favorite books, newspapers and magazines and sample titles for free.
19. Bejeweled Blitz — Do we really need to explain this one?
20. Mahjong — The classic game now on your mobile phone.
21. Wordament — Real-time multiplayer word game!
22. Zentimino — This low-pressure puzzle game is meant to be challenging but relaxing!
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