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Our iPhones come packed with so much stuff these days, that it's easy to lose what we actually need under all the excess. Scrolling through screen after screen of apps, we're all guilty of forgetting to clear out the junk. After all, how many of you have downloaded some clothing shop app just to get a 20% discount?
Unless you're a wilderness hiker, you probably don't need Apple’s official Compass app. If you're not a tech bro, you might not need Stocks, and when did anyone last use Books when we've got Amazon right there?
The Watch app is pointless unless you have an Apple Watch, while there's no need for Pages as a subpar version of Word. But among all of Apple's 'useless' apps, there's one we continue to forget about.
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Even the mention of Freeform might have some of you saying, "Sorry, what?" as it's easy to forget the digital whiteboard even exists. Still, you search for Freeform right now on your iPhone, it's probably sitting there, gathering dust.
Launching alongside iOS 16.2 in December 2022, Freeform is relatively new to the iPhone scene but is pretty easy to forget.
Creating infinitely scaling canvases that we call 'boards', Freeform allows you to input notes, photos, web links, and even draw. Even then, most still don't really know what it's for.
There's been much debate on Freeform's uses (or lack of) on Reddit, with one puzzled post titled, "Freeform do you use it? If yes, for what, how? If not, why?"
In the comments, it seems that those few who've used the app aren't that impressed. Someone wrote: "Tried to plan a vacation with family with it, but it was too buggy at the time so I gave up."
Another grumbled: "I don’t use it because I have no use for that type of app. If I did, I would have already been using something else before Apple released this."
There are some supporters out there, as one Freeform fan chimed in: "I unironically love the Freeform app.
"I do a lot of costume design for cosplay, and the app is great for importing photos to start sketching/mapping out how I'll make certain components, creating work schedules on those same boards, etc. It's great."
Elsewhere on Reddit, someone went on a Freeform rant, saying it’s the 'worst' app you can have on your iPad. Again reiterating that there's an unfortunate lag when you get to a certain point, they say that it forces your boards to save into the Cloud, which affects your already troublesome storage issues. If that wasn't enough, they lay into its lack of different strokes and making you export as a PDF. In the end, they concluded: "I like the simplicity and elegance of the app, but the lacking features, the general app instability make the app seems really half baked."
Even if we still don't really know what Freeform is for, we're sure many of you will forget it exists (again) and it'll continue lurking in the background of your phones.
