Apps of the week: Storehouse | MindNode | LRN

MAKE your smartphone even cleverer with these three useful apps

Photo organising app Storehouse

Storehouse

Winner of the Apple Design Award, Storehouse turns a collection of photos or videos into a shareable story. With the ability to add up to 50 photos and videos to each page, you can create a gallery to share with friends and family, with pictures that would just be taking up space. It even generates an embed code for your blog, and you can also distribute it to all major social media sites.

Free, Apple iOS, www.storehouse.co

MindNode

Thanks to MindNode, brainstorming is no longer just for whiteboards – now, you can doodle your ideas down on your smartphone. MindNode’s clean interface allows users to create mindmaps of any size. With two modes for brainstorming and organising, the app is a great time-saver, and a great way to generate ideas on the go.

You can also share maps between Apple devices, as well as exporting in PDF form.

£7.99, Apple iOS www.mindnode.com

LRN

If learning to code seems an intimidating prospect, then give LRN a try. Gain an understanding of how to read, write and speak the language of programming on your phone through a series of clever interactive mini-quizzes. With the technology boom in Scotland right now, there’s never been a better time to learn.

Free, Apple and Android iOS www.lrnapp.com