20 best iPhone apps to get you started

Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction. 

9. Instagram

Instagram is not a hipster app anymore. It’s too mainstream. But the reasons it became so tragically popular to the hip make it a great app for the majority of us.
 
 Instagram lets its users snap a photo with their smart phone, add a filter to change how the image looks, and share it with Instagram’s online community – a great way to let your friends see (literally) what you’re up to.

The filters can make the image look retro if you’re into that, but they can also make the image sharper, give it greater detail, and improve the composition overall.

If you want to keep the photo as you took it, no sweat. You can upload unedited shots, too.

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