Mobile applications can either be useful, help us in our work, facilitate contact with others or be used for entertainment. However, there is one peculiar group of applications that has virtually no use. They are created as a kind of joke, maybe a test to see how many people will download it, or a simple way to earn money for minimal effort.
The first example is an application with a very graceful name “The most useless app ever” (It is not on the App store, at least I have not found it, perhaps it has already been withdrawn). In any case, as the name suggests, this application is not used for absolutely nothing, the whole game is that after starting the application our eyes see a red button, after pressing which absolutely nothing happens. The author himself in the description said that he created this application only to prove how useless it is.
Another example of a useless app is the controversial “I Am Rich” app This app is no longer available on the app store however at one time it cost $999.99 which was the maximum you could sell something for on the app store. Upon launching the app, some sort of red gem and icon was displayed. After pressing the icon, a mantra was displayed which contained the following phrase:
“I am rich,
I deserv [sic] it
I am good,
healthy & successful”
Interestingly as many as eight people decided to buy this bizarre app. six of them came from the united states and two from europe. Two of these people got a refund for the app, which still adds up to about $6,000 spent on an app that has no functional use except to show off the fact that the user can afford to buy it.
The next app is quite interesting, at least for a lot of people as it has 10 million downloads and a rating of 4.5/5 which made me wonder if it actually had a specific use, but it turned out to be a simple lighter simulator. The application is called “Lighter” and its purpose is to display a lighter that we can light and extinguish. It can be lumped together with all kind of simulators like razor simulator for phone and other applications of that kind. The only use I can find for this application is to turn it on during a concert of some oldschool band if you don’t have a real lighter with you.
The last app I want to include in this list is the “Is it dark outside?” app. This app, based on your location, determines what time zone you are in and based on that it gives a verdict whether it is dark outside or not. The application is available on the App Store has a rating of 5/5; however, I have not found the number of downloads for this application and it is a pity. Anyway, the app is free and iphone users can download it, unfortunately android users will never know if it is dark outside.
Sources:
https://cyrekdigital.com/pl/blog/najdziwniejsze-i-najbardziej-bezuzyteczne-aplikacje/