Computer! Totaal lists the best apps for Android and iOS for you every month. Whether they’re super handy, solving a big problem, or just plain fun, these are the best apps of May.
Slowly
Time to relax with Slowly. The app focuses on establishing and maintaining contacts, but in the way we did twenty to thirty years ago. Just send a digital letter to someone, wait for them to read it and get a reply a few days later. In the app you can search penpals with common interests or languages ​​you speak. Oh yes, just like in real life, the delivery time depends on the physical distance between sender and recipient. The free version has advertising, a premium subscription costs a hefty 4 euros per month.
Slowly
Operating system
Android, iOS
price
Free (+ in-app purchases) 8 Score 80 
Stargon Browser
Stargon is a browser with many free useful functions. For example, the browser offers a free VPN, provides an ad-blocker and you can take screenshots of parts of your screen. Of course you can surf incognito and dangerous sites are immediately blocked so that your Android device is not at risk. You can access all of Stargon’s features by tapping the icon at the bottom right.
Stargon Browser
Operating system
Android
price
Free 8 Score 80
Any Distance – Share Workouts
Any Distance is a free app for iOS, you need to register with your Apple account. With the app you can share data from the Health or Strava app with friends on your social media in a beautiful way. Every time you have done an activity, choose your favorite app such as Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat from the share menu. Then choose one of the options, save the image as a photo on your camera roll or place it immediately; the app knows exactly which format is best for the app you have chosen. Any Distance is completely free to use.
Any Distance – Share Workouts
Operating system
iOS
price
Free 9 Score 90 
Wise
If you order things online more often and pay in foreign currency, you will notice that some banks charge quite exorbitant costs for this. Wise (formerly Transferwise) offers the perfect solution: you can create virtual bank accounts in, for example, pounds and dollars. Send money from your bank account to Wise in Euros, do the conversion to foreign currency in the app for fair rates and pay for a product with your virtual bank account in the local currency.
Wise
Operating system
Android, iOS
price
Free 9 Score 90
Measure Map
Have you always wanted to know how far a certain route actually is? With the app Measure Map you measure the distance of the walk to the park or the center. With the app accessing your location, tap anywhere on the map with your finger to mark the starting point. Then add as many points as you want and the app will keep track of the approximate distance. You can also export a route as a csv or kml file or save it as an image. For this you have to pay 2.09 euros, after which you enjoy these options for two years.
Measure Map
Operating system
Android
price
Free (+ in-app purchases) 9 Score 90
My Heritage
My Heritage you may know of the DNA test kits that can help you find out if you have royal blood in your DNA. The service also has an app that allows you to create a family tree. You can add up to 250 people for free, but if you want to create a complete family tree with more people, you have to take out a paid subscription. Unfortunately that is shockingly expensive, so hopefully you don’t have a very large family! The paid version does allow you to search all kinds of databases and get in touch with others who have started a family tree in your family.
My Heritage
Operating system
Android, iOS
price
Free 8 Score 80
Group Transcribe
Group Transcribe is a new app from Microsoft for the iPhone. With the app you have conversations with international conversation partners in your own language, the app functions as a real-time babelfish. Most translations are quite good, and if something is not translated completely correctly, the tenor of the conversation can always be followed. Make sure that everything you say is immediately shown in the app. At the moment, the app is only available for iOS, it is expected that Android will be next.
Group Transcribe
Operating system
iOS
price
Free 9 Score 90
Intratuin: plants & living
There are a lot of apps with which you can virtually put furniture in your home, but with the Intratuin app place a ficus, monstera or calathea in every possible place in your living room, courtyard or bedroom. This works well, but the app occasionally has a little trouble estimating whether it puts the plant exactly on the ground and whether the dimensions are a bit correct, but that shouldn’t spoil the fun. Of course you can immediately see how expensive a plant at Intratuin is and the app offers you a plant care schedule for all your plants.
Intratuin: plants & living
Operating system
Android, iOS
price
Free 8 Score 80 .