11 apps that have actually changed people's lives

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When I discover an awesome new app, and am excited about it, I can have a tendency to exaggerate how much it changed my life.

But there are some apps that truly do.

A recent Quora thread asked the simple question: "What app changed your life?" The answers ranged from apps that inspired people to become programmers, to those that helped them make new friends or quit smoking. But all of them had significantly altered the way the person went about his or her life.

We went through and picked 11 of the most useful responses. Here they are:

Headspace

"It's a real skill to be able to treat our thoughts with rationality and objectivity, to recognize them as just thoughts and feelings and not include them in our identity. Headspace offers series of guided meditation, and it's really helped me through some of the tougher days to make me feel grounded again."

-Kelly Li

Inshorts

"I always had an aversion to reading newspapers, not because of what they printed but because I found it really hard to concentrate on each article (owing to their overwhelming size). They also restrict you to depend on a single source for all of your news. Inshorts, on the other hand is a news-curating app that presents the most relevant news in less than 60 words. It gives you a lot more in a lot less and saves a lot of your time. The best part, it only serves you facts, no opinions!"

-Khushi Desai

Evernote

"It has made my life so freaking simple. There is a sense of control. I know things now. There is definite proof."

-Aditya Joshi