Idle Ideas apps
Travel and going out apps
Three apps for time away from the usual: see what your trip savings buy on the ground and watch the trip fill up, keep a two-tap tasting journal at the cellar door, and find what's on tonight at Singleton's pubs and clubs.
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Free
Singleton Tonight
For anyone heading out in Singleton, NSW
What's on tonight at Singleton's pubs and clubs, and the six nights after.
- Meal deals, raffles, trivia, bingo and live music at Singleton's pubs and clubs
- What's on now and what starts soon, with your locals first
- Send a mate the specials, and one-off nights to your calendar
- The evening's weather, and getting home: courtesy buses and a taxi
Specials come from venues' websites and Facebook pages, so check before you go. Venues can list for free.
Free. No trial, nothing to buy.
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Free
Ground Value
For anyone saving up for a trip
See what your savings buy on the ground, and watch the trip fill up.
- A budget for the days there, by travel style, backpacker to luxury
- Every deposit in the local money, and in beers, meals and nights there
- How much of the trip is paid for, in days, and what to save each week
- 33 destinations, and anywhere else priced by region
No bank login. Everything stays on your phone. Prices are examples, not quotes.
Free. No trial, nothing to buy.
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Looking for testers
Sip or Tip
For anyone who visits cellar doors
A tasting journal with two taps: snap the bottle, then Like, Meh or Don't.
- Names can wait: Tidy up reads the label, on the phone
- Each tasting day added up, and what you keep liking
- Have I tried this? Search, or snap a label in the bottle shop
Every Australian wine region, the Hunter's cellar doors built in. For adults 18 and over.
Two tasting days free, then A$9.99 once.
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Looking for testers
Slushometer
For anyone heading away with an esky
How much ice to buy, how to pack it, and how long it'll last.
- An ice countdown for every esky, with one tap per tin
- Campfire mode, and a food log with the 2-hour / 4-hour rule
- The nearest servos, from a list kept on your phone
Works with no reception. Everything stays on your phone.
A$14.99 once.
Sip or Tip is still being built, so its page shows what is planned rather than what is finished.
The other groups
Three free apps sit on the home page; the rest are grouped by what you do.
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Business apps
For small businesses run from a phone: cleaners, sparkies, plumbers, caterers, market stallholders and farms. Bookings, run sheets, quotes, invoices and records, with no per-user fees.
Moppa, Bright Spark, RiserOps, CaterPass and Stallie. One more is still being built.
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Home and family apps
For the household: the pets' health, the kids' week, Nan's medicines, the shed full of boxes, the bags you pack every time, and what the pool needs.
Mixed Paws, Adds Up, DaySheet, Doovalacky, Repack and Pool Chem Dip.
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Work and shifts apps
For people paid by the roster or the hour: your swing worked out a year ahead, and the shift tracked right up to knock-off.
Boots Off and Tools Down.
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Art and hobbies apps
For painting, drawing and making things: a drawing grid and composition lines sized to your real canvas, so the picture lands where you planned it.
Graticola.
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