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Here’s a Quick Way to Solve App Overload

by Peter SchroederJanuary 21st, 2017

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Wow, I have a lot of apps.

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Wow, I have a lot of apps.

After taking a quick inventory on my phone, I discovered I have over 100 apps. Why the hell do I have over 100 apps?

The endless amounts of apps often leaves me with a feeling of chronic app fatigue (sounds dramatic, right?)

My daily circus routine of jumping from app to app led me on a path to reclaim control of my phone again.

Take Inventory And Simplify

Through taking an inventory of my phone, I was able to prioritize and bring my apps down to under 50 (still a lot, but it’s an improvement.)

I realized I didn’t need to keep an app on my phone for every single place I ever went. I deleted a lot of restaurant and coffee apps. They are great for deals, but not worth the clutter.

There is also no reason to have too many news apps. I ended up keeping just Medium and Pocket. Through pocket, I can see multiple news outlets stories.

Go through your phone and if there are any apps you don’t use on a weekly basis, get rid of it.

Social Media and Messaging

When my app cleanup was all said and done, I was left with mostly social media and messaging apps.

There just isn’t an easy way to cut down on these apps.

While there may not be a solution for this now, there will be one soon.

To solve this problem, I have decided to develop an app which caters to the problem at hand.

The app I am developing will combine all forms of communication into one simple application to both digest and send messages and emails from a central location.

I am currently in the early stages of development for my unified messaging platform, which I have named UNUM messenger.

I plan to launch UNUM messenger in March of 2017 as a Beta. If you would like to be notified when UNUM messenger launches, you can sign up to do so here.