Watch Out For These New Exciting Social Apps

With a lot of new social apps pushing to be the next smartphone hit, here are some of the best you should consider.

Talkshow

Subtitled “texting in public”, this app aims to get people hosting virtual chat rooms about any topic they like, encouraging visitors to contribute their thoughts and images.

Flipagram

Just like Instagram but with the ability to add music to your photos and videos before sharing them. Licensing deals mean the music is legit, and the app can share to Instagram and other social networks as well as its own community.

Once

Is modern dating just about swiping through dozens of Tinder (www.gotinder.com) profiles looking for matches? Once has a different approach, showing you a single match every day and giving you 24 hours to get in touch with them.

FreshTeam

FreshTeam gets colleagues pinging messages back and forth, as well as jumping into voice calls and checking one another’s location on a map.

Musical.ly

This is a social network for amateur music-video creators. The app is for making and sharing lip-sync videos with friends.

Shelfie

Shelfie is a clever app for bookworms: take a photo of your bookshelf and it will tell you which books are available as free (or at least discounted) ebooks. It also serves as  a social reading network for chatting to likeminded souls.

Kimoji

If you ever wished there were more shoes, nails and bottoms in your emoji keyboard, Kimoji launched by Kim Kardashian is worth a look.

Mush

Mush is a location-based social app for mothers, helping them meet other parents in their area for messaging and playdates. It also offers advice on all things involving motherhood.

WonderBox

Made by children’s apps firm, Duck Duck Moose, WonderBox is a social app designed to be used within families. That means private messaging between parents and children, as well as creative challenges to share, and educational videos pulled in from YouTube.

Rando

Rando picks a photo at random from your smartphone, and then sends it to a friend. You can also send gifs or quotes. Its developer says he made it to make people think about what is lurking in their camera rolls, and whether they are happy to share it.

Stylezz

With this app you can browse the latest outfits from fashion bloggers by following their profiles, but you can also share photos of your own clobber. The app also helps you buy the clothes you find.

Vidku

Using this app you can share your clips publicly or in private groups, with the option to “unshare” them from individual friends or whole groups whenever you want.