Instant Alert: 12 apps we were obsessed with in 2015

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   12 apps we were obsessed with in 2015 by Biz Carson on Dec 29, 2015, 9:30 AM Advertisement As tech reporters, we have a fun job that requires us to test many of the latest apps. But really, there are only a few apps we love and apply to our daily lives.  One thing we noticed when compiling our 2015 list of app obsessions: these aren't only for entertainment. BI's tech reporters increasingly use apps to help us do everything from laundry to tracking our heart rate to turning on and off light bulbs. Here are the apps that stayed on our homescreens in 2015.   SEE ALSO: The 5 most expensive Airbnb rentals booked for New Year's Eve are insanely gorgeous and cost over $3,000 per night Google Photos, a favorite way to organize all the photos we take "Two reasons: Unlimited storage and automatic sync. I no longer have to be worried about running out of space on my phone, and don't have to waste time transferring the photos to my external hard drive. As someone who's got two kids, I take a lot of photos, and it's nice to have an app that'll save all of them for me — for free!" -Eugene Kim, Tech Reporter Google Photos is free on Android and iOS (yes, iPhone users, you can use it too). Unroll.Me, an easy way to get rid of all those email subscriptions "I have an annoying tendency to pass over email subscriptions I don't like instead of taking the time to unsubscribe. Unroll.me turns deciding what email subscriptions I want into a Tinder-style "swipe left/right" game. Though it doesn't work for me all the time, it has helped me unsubscribe from 75 email subscriptions already — and I haven't felt like I'm doing any extra work." -Nathan McAlone, Tech Reporter Free on iOS. Read more about Unroll.Me here. 1010!, a Tetris-like game that will have you addicted in seconds A favorite among many Business Insider reporters, both stateside and in our UK team, 1010 is an obsession for much of our team.  "It's like Tetris, but slower, and I hate being timed." -Alyson Shontell, Deputy Editor Available on iOS and Android for free. Read more about it here.   See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011