I'm a phones expert and these are my 5 must-have apps for iPhone and Android

I’ve been using smartphones since the iPhone 3G and writing about them for almost as long, and it was in large part their apps and games that first got me excited about their potential.

Of course, not all apps are worth celebrating – there are plenty of low-quality ones, and others I’d just rather limit my engagement with (like most social media platforms). But, for me, there are a handful of apps that really are must-haves – apps that I use most days and would feel slightly lost without.

So, below, I've rounded up my five favorites. They’re all available on both Android and iOS, and in my view are neither so obvious that they’re not worth mentioning, nor so niche that they’re unlikely to appeal to anyone else. So, hopefully there’s something here that you’ll appreciate too.