▶ 10 apps that were a hit several years ago and are now useless

There are applications that get fashionable for a period of time and then we forget they exist. It has happened over the years with a multitude of games and social networks. But there are others that go further and now we wonder what they were for. However, at the time they seemed wonderful to us.

And it is that especially in the first years that we had smartphones we were amazed at anything we could do with them, even if objectively they were really stupid.But although now in general we make a more rational use of the mobile, it is always fun to look back with a touch of nostalgia

Beer Simulator

Does it make any sense to pretend we're drinking beer inside our mobile? The truth is, no. But there was a time when the idea seemed like the most fun. And several applications of this type arose, both for Android and iOS, which gave us the opportunity to make phone-in-hand jokes.

Ghost Detector

It is still possible to find in the app stores some ghost detector, which notifies us if there is a spectrum around us. We don't know if they wanted to download these apps because they really believed in it or because they were laughing at us, but Ghost Detector was quite fashionable for a while.

Lightsaber

Converting our smartphone into a light sword is something that we also found very funny at the time. This application even allowed us to choose the color of the sword or the type of handle, so that we could create it to our liking.

The sword later it was useless but, what did we enjoy during the design?

Broken Screen

Pretend that the screen of the mobile phone had broken so that parents believe that they have to buy a new one was a great entertainment for many teenagers. In fact, these apps are still available for pranks.

Of course now we've all broken a mobile screen, so the joke is no longer funny.

GunApp

What this application did was simulate that we had a gun on our mobile Something that in principle is absolutely useless, but taking out the gun and shooting was something that lovers of westerns and action movies were waiting for and they were not going to miss the opportunity.

This app wasn't even a game. It was just a gun that made the sound of a shot. But the reality is that at the time it gave us moments of fun.

Cigar Simulator

Yes, some people found it funny to pretend to have a cigarette on their mobile phone.

The target audience for this app was mainly preadolescents who thought they were old because of smoking, but at the time it came to have a certain success.

Lighter

This app was simply a lighter that lit up on the screen of our smartphone.

Then years later we discovered the option of simply turning on the mobile's flashlight had the same effect. But we must admit that the possibility of seeing the flame lit on our screen was somewhat funny in its day.

Hair Trimmer

Another application with which a few years ago we inflated ourselves to play jokes. It is a tool that on the screen had a hair clipper, so that we could pretend that we were going to shave the person next to us.

The funniest thing is that at that time children did not usually have access to mobile phones, and those who played with this type of applications were grown adults.

Anti-mosquito

A few years ago applications became fashionable that claimed to emit ultrasound that repelled mosquitoes The idea on paper was wonderful, but its application in practice was less effective than we expected. And they used to fill our mobile with , which was not pleasant at all.

Mirror

Finally the mirror apps keep appearing in the app stores. They may have some utility, but something as simple as opening the selfie camera without installing anything else can give us the same utility without consuming storage.