Learn New Skills on Your Phone

It has been 10 years since the launch of the original iPhone, which revolutionized not just the way we use our phones but the way we live our day to day life. Learning is one of the essential activity in human life. As Dr. Seuss once said, "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go". Gone are the days when you have to find a teacher and attend regular classes to learn a new language or a new instrument. Today, with the powerful smartphones in your pocket and brilliantly created apps, you can learn many skills from cooking to coding in the comfort your home or anywhere you want. So, here are the apps you can use to learn some really cool skills only with your smartphone. 

Learn a new language 

Want to learn French, German or Spanish? Even Japanese? Well, there is an app for that. Actually, there are many apps for that. However, Duolingo and Memrise are the leading language learning apps as of now. These apps provide an engaging and fun way to learn languages. Learning with Duolingo is fun and addictive and similar to a role play game. You can earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up. On the other hand, Memrise uses what is called adaptive learning technique, which is the use of clever science to adapt to your personal learning style and performance. Other language apps you should check out are Babel and Lingua.ly. 

Learn a musical instrument 

If you are an iPhone user, then Apple's famous Garage Band will not only help you learn and play musical instruments but write and produce songs as well. However, it is limited to iOS, that means only available in iPhones and iPads. A cross-platform option for learning music is the Yousician app. The app covers piano, guitar, ukulele, and bass. Additionally, you can play along with your real instrument with the app guiding you. 

Learn to code 

The iOS user has certain advantages when it comes to learning to code because of two reasons. One is the programming language called Swift developed by Apple that can be used to make apps for iPhone and Mac. Secondly, brilliant apps such as Mimo and Swifty, are only available on iOS. 

If you are interested in learning Swift, then Apple offers plenty of resources for free from Swift Playgrounds app to e-books and other tutorials. With Mimo anyone can learn programming languages such as Python, HTML, Java, etc. just by using an iPhone. Alternatively, Udacity has an app that works across Android and iOS which offers a lot of video tutorials and other learning contents such as quizzes and games. 

Learn to cook 

Cooking is an essential survival skill everyone must learn, and making Maggie at home is not cooking. When it comes to learning to cook, there are plenty of apps across both PlayStore and App Store. Epicurious is an app that offers more than 30,000 recipes with a shopping list and step by step instruction to follow the recipe. Another excellent app is SideChef which have many how to videos, daily cooking ideas, and social features.