From gaming adventures and personal safety tools to productivity enhancers and wellness aids, women-led and designed apps for Android are empowering users across the world. TCL takes a look at some amazing apps designed by women for women in celebration of Women’s Month.
In this highly acclaimed game, Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. You choose your own route around a 3D globe, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Meghna Jayanth, a video game writer and narrative designer, was a core member of the design team and wrote a half-million word script for the game.
After an incident of sexual assault, Charlen Larsen and her father developed bSafe to be one of the most reliable personal safety apps available on Android. bSafe offers features technology to prevent and document violence and threats—these include voice activation alarms, live streaming, audio/video recording, fake calls, and location tracking.
Female-founded and led Bumble is a dating app with millions of people to meet and dates. Its unique feature is that women make the first move. Whether you want to make genuine matches, chat with strangers, find friends, or even expand your professional network, it’s a friendly and safe platform.
Melanie Perkins is an Australian technology entrepreneur, who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Canva. The app has become one of the most popular free photo editors, logo makers and video editors in the world. It integrates some powerful magic AI tools that make it perfect for home or small business use.
Renee Wang left her job at Google and sold her home to build Castbox. It’s a free, easy-to-use player for podcast lovers, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. With a wide category of podcasts, you can stream or download your favourites anywhere, anytime for free.
Founded and led by women, Clue is a safe and inclusive menstrual cycle tracker, and one of the only period apps entirely based on science. Clue is more than a period diary. It’s an ovulation tracker, period, and pregnancy calendar ready to guide you through all your cycle’s stages.
Female founded and led Habitica is a free habit-building and productivity app that uses retro RPG elements to gamify your tasks and goals. You can use Habitica to help with ADHD, self-care, New Year’s resolutions, household chores, work tasks, creative projects, fitness goals, back-to-school routines, and more.
Developed by Adi Tatarko and her husband Alon Cohen, Houzz is an app for improving and designing your home. You can browse more than 25 million high-resolution photos of home interiors and exteriors for inspiration when building or renovating. Save and share photos with friends, family and home professionals.
Rootd is the scientifically validated female led app for anxiety and panic attacks. It helps you overcome panic attacks and anxiety the moment they strike with proven lessons, panic button, breathing tool, and exercises. The app blends a guided process for both immediate and long term relief, with clean and engaging design.