# Apps you really, really want, but don't exist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480 "2013-10-17T13:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/21 "2013-10-18T17:27:08Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I want something like Spotify for birds. Where I can hit a button and it listens and tells me what kind of bird that is. I would buy that app! > [@elbows](#): > > No, I realize that. But they don’t have very extensive seashell coverage, and I want to go to the south seas. I’m just wanting the whole world of seashells, (from Vancouver to Tokyo, and everywhere in between!) all in one app! That would be a huge undertaking. I agree that it would be awesome to have. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/22 "2013-10-18T18:06:09Z")
I want a thermometer app. Tell me the temperature where I and my phone are, not the last reported temp at the local weather station 18 miles away. The temp inside my house, outside in the sun, outside in the shade, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/23 "2013-10-18T18:13:59Z")
I’ve always wanted a Monopoly app where I could play online against other users. A very simplified music player with an equalizer would be great. Google Play Music and PowerAmp both have very cluttered interfaces. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/24 "2013-10-18T18:18:14Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I want a thermometer app. Tell me the temperature where I and my phone are, not the last reported temp at the local weather station 18 miles away. The temp inside my house, outside in the sun, outside in the shade, etc. I think first you’re going to need a phone that has an ambient temperature sensor in it… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/25 "2013-10-18T20:19:06Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Not sure if this exists or if it’s just being really hard to find; a word processing app for android that can handle .rtf formats. Polaris Office? Bundled on a lot of platforms and available in the App Store. It does a broad emulation of MS Office but I don’t recall trying it with RTF docs. I’d like an app that gives the camera the infamous Sony nightvision mode. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/26 "2013-10-18T20:31:24Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > The second app I check for and never find is an app to help me identify Chinese vegetables. How awesome would that be? I’m unsure how to clean it, how to cook it, what it goes in or with, even which part I eat! Yet I’m an adventurous person and would love to try more of the things I see at the Chinese market! Check out [Asian Market Shopper](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asian-market-shopper/id436479081) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/27 "2013-10-18T21:29:13Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Polaris Office? Tested; nope. It will open RTFs perfectly but only by internal conversion to Word and then making it read-only. ---
**Author:** ![JM\_Hanes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JM\_Hanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JM_Hanes)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/28 "2013-10-19T00:08:22Z")
I just want a “Find” function to use in my house. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/29 "2013-10-20T21:24:58Z")
My wife has always wanted a tip calculator to be made that will check your location to let you know what waitstaff actually makes in the area you are eating. She works at a very high end restaurant that is frequented by travelers from other countries which assume that 3 percent is a good tip, because she is making a wage on top of her tip. That is not the case. It costs her 10 percent of the total tab of the table to wait on the table, so she only makes money after the 10 percent. So she ends up paying to wait on every fourth table she is waiting on. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/30 "2013-10-20T21:36:05Z")
> [@staili](#): > > Maybe this app exists already, and I just don’t know it, but I wish there was an app that would give an on-screen icon that my ringer is turned off on my iPhone. Do Not Disturb mode puts an icon near the clock. It doesn’t help if you’ve accidentally flipped the silent switch on the side, but if you’re using it intentionally you might find that works better. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/31 "2013-10-21T01:25:25Z")
We have a great many CDs in a large custom cabinet, and last night I was looking for a specific CD and wishing I could “Control F” the CD cabinet. If CDs have information in them that lets iTunes read the titles and songs from them, why can’t I point my iPod or iPad at the CD cabinet, dial up the CD and have it beep or something when I’m getting warmer? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/32 "2013-10-21T03:17:25Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > I think first you’re going to need a phone that has an ambient temperature sensor in it… The Galaxy S3 and S4 have one. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/33 "2013-10-22T02:52:36Z")
I want an app like [Unbaby Me](http://unbaby.me/) that’s actually effective. Unbaby Me is a Chrome app that’s supposed to remove people’s baby pictures from your Facebook news feed and replace them with pictures of dogs, Ke$ha, or what have you. Unfortunately it only removes pictures that have captions with keywords like “baby,” “stroller,” and the like. We need an app that uses pattern recognition to detect and eliminate ALL baby photos. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/34 "2013-10-22T03:26:39Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I want an app like [Unbaby Me](http://unbaby.me/) that’s actually effective. Unbaby Me is a Chrome app that’s supposed to remove people’s baby pictures from your Facebook news feed and replace them with pictures of dogs, Ke$ha, or what have you. Unfortunately it only removes pictures that have captions with keywords like “baby,” “stroller,” and the like. We need an app that uses pattern recognition to detect and eliminate ALL baby photos. How would it distinguish between actual babies and, say, dolls? Or paintings of babies? Or children’s-book illustrations? Unless, of course, you want to target using that broad a brush… (Me, I’d like a version of this that replaces images of pets that people have used as their Facebook profile pics. This ranges between annoying and creepy, depending on what the pet is doing.) ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/35 "2013-10-22T03:39:21Z")
I don’t think this is possible with current technology, but I want to take a picture of something and have the iphone tell me the dimensions. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/36 "2013-10-22T03:49:12Z")
I want a personal time management app that goes beyond a simple ToDO list, and actually tell me which task I should be doing now. It should allow me to make a task list with estimated time to complete each task, deadline, priority, etc. And combine that information along with the scheduled events in my calendar, and plan out my day for me. Also, I want a singing training app that can tell me if I’m exactly on the right note, and staying there. I’ve found a [Windows software](http://www.singandsee.com/index.php) that does this, but it’s a hassle to take a laptop to my singing rehearsals. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/37 "2013-10-22T03:57:45Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Not sure if this exists or if it’s just being really hard to find; a word processing app for android that can handle .rtf formats. [Office Suite Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobisystems.editor.office_with_reg&hl=en) seems to work. Admittedly it’s a bit expensive for an Android app, but I’ve found it to be very useful. It’s the only app I could find that displayed my PowerPoint slides mostly correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/38 "2013-10-22T03:58:12Z")
I want an app that lets me view and edit Excel spreadsheets. It has to be local to the iDevice, not like CloudOn that makes changes to the file on a server and suffers performance problems. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/39 "2013-10-22T04:02:24Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I don’t think this is possible with current technology, but I want to take a picture of something and have the iphone tell me the dimensions. I think you could start to do this if you took more than one picture from different angles… ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480/40 "2013-10-22T04:02:45Z")
One that would automatically identify and label stars using the camera and time/position of the phone would be kinda nice. …most of my other ideas are either technically impossible, or morally trouble or just hideous, unfortunately. Ah, well. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apps-you-really-really-want-but-dont-exist/671480.md?page=3)