# Apps You’d Like To See **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394 "2019-08-29T03:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/21 "2019-08-30T16:47:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I need a camera app that would tell me how high and/or far away an object is. (Tinkle tinkle) [Wish](https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/19/samsung-releases-ar-based-quick-measure-app-that-only-works-with-the-galaxy-s10-5g/) [granted](https://www.oppo.com/en/about-us/press/ar-measure--beta-test-our-convenient-measuring-app-here/). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/22 "2019-08-30T16:50:52Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > (Tinkle tinkle) [Wish](https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/19/samsung-releases-ar-based-quick-measure-app-that-only-works-with-the-galaxy-s10-5g/) [granted](https://www.oppo.com/en/about-us/press/ar-measure--beta-test-our-convenient-measuring-app-here/). Unfortunately, I don’t have either phone necessary to make either app work. And will someone _please_ mop up all this tinkle tinkle? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/23 "2019-08-30T19:46:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Unfortunately, I don’t have either phone necessary to make either app work. But eventually you will have one that does. (Because the TOF sensor will be on every phone that doesn’t come in a cerial box.) ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/24 "2019-08-31T06:32:51Z")
A diary app with a daily reminder that appears at random times during my chosen schedule (say 8a-10p). Whenever the reminder appears, I’d make a note about what I was doing at that moment (e.g. watching TV, eating, walking). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/25 "2019-08-31T22:08:54Z")
As someone who edits a lot of fiction, I’d love to see an app that could automatically change tenses in non-dialogue parts of a piece of writing to make them consistently present or past. I think the biggest hurtle would be programing it to ignore anything in quotes… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/26 "2019-08-31T22:34:16Z")
Is there an app where I can drop a location point where I am and have the app guide me back there when I need it to? I need this for when I park in a big parking lot and can’t find my car. I wish I could mark where it is when I leave and have an app guide me back when I return to my car. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/27 "2019-08-31T23:06:20Z")
Actually, that exists, either with dedicated apps or the [Maps program built into IOS](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207227) (and presumably Android). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394/28 "2019-08-31T23:32:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I want something that keeps track of everything I’ve ever watched, so when I recognize an actor on some random episode of Law and Order, it lets me know where I’ve seen them before. Or tells me “You’ve never seen anything with this actor, but you’re probably confusing him with this similar looking actor.” As someone with partial face blindness, I’d love that for everyone I meet in real life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-d-like-to-see/839394.md?page=1)