Best new apps for iPhone and iPad

What are the hottest new apps on the App Store right now? These!

There are over a million and a half apps for iPhone and iPad and the number just keeps growing. Every day new and newly updated apps hit the App Store, and it's impossible to keep up with all of them. Luckily, you don't have to. All you have to do is bookmark this page and come back every day. When you do, we'll have the best of the best new apps waiting for you!

And don't forget to check out our list of this week's best games for your iPhone.

Best new and updated apps

This week, make sure you never miss another event, check out a new social podcast experience, connect IFTTT to your iPhone's calendar, and more.

• Soon - This is an app for helping you stay in the loop about upcoming events. It doesn't matter if the event is happening near you, miles away, or even online, Soon will keep track of it so you don't miss it. If you're looking for something to do, you can find trending events and discover events promoted by the Soon community. You're also able to set up your own events with custom locations, and message your friends directly in the app so that they don't miss out. If you need a little extra incentive, you can always try to make it to the top of Soon's leaderboards. - Free - Download Now
• Breaker - Breaker is a new app for podcasts that puts an emphasis on community. Of course, you can subscribe to your favorite shows, discover new shows, and everything you would expect from a podcast app. But you can also follow your friends in the app, and get recommendations for new podcasts based on likes and listens. Interestingly, Breaker also lets you comment on episodes, because podcasts really needed a dedicated comments section. - Free - Download Now
• IFTTT - While not exactly a new app, and not exactly updated, IFTTT has added a couple of interesting integrations in the form of the iOS Calendar and App Store apps. With these, you can build applets that tie in to services like Todoist or, as one of the pre-built Calendar applets does, IFTTT's own weather functionality. Get emails or notifications when an app goes on sale, or even add events to the iOS Calendar app using your Amazon Echo. - Free - Download Now
• Lighten - Get your ideas down and brainstorm projects with Lighten. Meant to be easy to use while still powerful, Lighten lets you create mind maps to make planning easier. You can star particular topics and add relationships between them. You can also add to-do lists to your mind maps, keeping your task management in Lighten. Sync your files between iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud Drive, and even import XMind files. - $0.99 - Download Now
• LIKEtoKNOW.it - This app makes it easy to shop for the cloths from your favorite fashion accounts on social media. Take a screenshot of an image from the social media account of your favorite designer, fashion magazine or blog, and more, and LIKEtoKNOW.it will analyze it and pick out different products that you can buy that appear in that photo. So if your favorite fashion YouTuber posts a picture of Instagram of a great dress, you can screenshot that image and the app will tell you where you can get it. - Free - Download Now
• HelloGbye - If you travel often, you might want to give this app a shot. It's meant to help you quickly and easily plan trips, including booking flights and hotels. What's great about the app is that all you have to do to get started is use your words. Say, for instance, "Fly me to New York on April 13 for three nights, then fly me home," and HelloGbye will find options that fit your parameters. The app can handle multi-city trips and help plan travel for up to nine people per trip. In addition to booking your travel, HelloGbye will also help you plan your itinerary for your stay at your destination. - Free - Download Now

Featured apps

It's that time of the year: baseball season. Opening Day is April 2-3, and the featured apps this week help you get ready, whether its keeping up with your favorite teams, finding game tickets, or passing the moments between each real game with virtual ones.

• MLB.com At Bat - Whether or not you subscribe to MLB.tv, this is a must-have app for baseball fans. Pick out your favorite teams and customize the types of notifications you get about them, from team news to live score updates during games. If you do subscribe to MLB.tv, you can watch game right on your iPhone or iPad. You can also subscribe to the (significantly less costly) At Bat Premium, you can get live audio broadcasts of games with no blackouts. - Free - Download Now
• MLB.com Ballpark - When you actually get a chance to go out to the ball game, Ballpark will help you get the most out of your experience. At several baseball stadiums around the country, Ballpark leverages Apple's iBeacon technology for easy check-ins, and you can use the My Journal feature to get your check-in history from different ballparks. You can get a team schedule for each park, ticket information, and for some parks, you can buy and store those tickets right in the app. Get stats on your favorite team, participate in team social media events, and more. - Free - Download Now
• SeatGeek - You need tickets to the next game near you, but you'd like to save some money. That's where SeatGeek can help. The app arranges deals on tickets from best to worst, color-coding them for your convenience. Buy tickets, but can't make it to the game? Send them to a friend, either for free or for money, with support for cashing out to your bank or to Venmo. You can use SeatGeek not only for sports, but concerts and other events as well. - Free - Download Now
• R.B.I. Baseball 17 - When there's no game on, get virtual baseball action at your fingertips with the latest edition of this video game series. Using licensed ball club material from MLB, R.B.I. Baseball lets you play full, nine-inning baseball games using its two-button control scheme, with game modes for season play, postseason, and exhibition games. Play with all 30 MLB teams, in each club's stadium, with recreations of real players. You can even modify your lineups to create the baseball team of your dreams. - $4.99 - Download Now

Free app of the week

Blyss - Experience beautiful environments in this endless puzzle game from Dropout. Bylss' puzzles continually evolve, procedurally generating for a never-ending selection of challenges.

Here's some of what you can expect from Blyss:

• Procedurally generated Unique and Unlimited Puzzles
• 3 Challenging & Exciting Game Modes!
• Global Leaderboards for every Game Mode
• Handcrafted Missions to keep the thrill going
• Special Combo system
• Facebook and Twitter High-Score Picture Card Sharing
• Ambient Themes with unique handpicked Music
• Serene Visuals
• Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements

You can get Musemage for free from the App Store until April 6.

• Free - Download Now

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