The Mobile Apps That Tech Square Researchers Use Daily

For some of us at Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club, the beginning of the new year can be an invitation to be “out with the old habits and in with the new.” For those who are familiar with the Marie Kondo method, the removal of things that no longer bring us joy can also apply to our mobile phones – deleting old messages, photos, and emails can be very therapeutic. Conversely, we were curious about mobile apps our community members can’t go a day without using. With this notion in mind, we popped up at the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) to catch up with PhD students and researchers about the top five mobile apps they use on a daily basis.

Mobile apps that TSQATL Social Club members use daily

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Based on the participants that afternoon who briefly stopped by for an afternoon pick-me-up of doughnuts and coffee, we learned that the top six most common mobile apps used daily are as follows: 

  1. Chrome

  2. Outlook

  3. LinkedIn

  4. Facebook

  5. Instagram

  6. Gmail

We also noticed that there is a shared interest in keeping up with personal finances, with apps like You Need A Budget (YNAB) and Credit Karma among the responses. 


Unsurprisingly, social media networking apps took the top category of daily used apps, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, GroupMe, and KakaoTalk are also included in this category.


Mobile app categories that TSQATL Social Club members use

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Whether the most used apps were in the social networking or personal finance categories, one thing was clear – just like the rest of us, these Tech Square researchers also rely on their phones to keep in touch and stay in the know. 

What mobile apps do you find yourself using on a daily basis? Let us know in the comments below. 

Did You Know?

The Apple App Store initially launched on July 10, 2008 to allow third-party developers to create and launch mobile apps using the iOS Software Development Kit. Google Play shortly followed, launching the Android app market on October 22, 2008.

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