For foodies
If you’re looking for new recipes, try Deliciously Ella and So Vegan for plant-based meals—or KptnCook and Kitchen Stories for a ton of easy recipes.
Organize recipes from the web or physical cookbooks into custom collections or meal plans on Spillt—and see what your friends are cooking too.
Turn to EatOkra to discover Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and culinary purveyors near you.
Beli is a social-first restaurant-discovery app that lets you see where your friends and fellow savvy diners are eating and recommending.
Is a drink too sugary? Does a shampoo contain allergens or endocrine disruptors? Scan a product’s barcode with Yuka and it will highlight any nutritional red flags, irritants, carcinogens, and more.
For party planners
These women-founded apps are all here to help you plan your next event. Turn to Givingli, Partiful, or Paperless Post to send charming e-vites and manage logistics.
Or try hosting (or attending) a public gathering with Eventbrite.
Zola offers a variety of tools (like a handy budget tracker) to make wedding planning feel a little less stressful.
For bookworms
Get smarter book recommendations and reflect on your reading habits with StoryGraph’s delightful, data-rich charts created by Nadia Odunayo.
Or dive into hundreds of dynamic discussions with fellow book lovers in Fable from founder Padmasree Warrior.
For exploring new hobbies
AI-powered plant whisperer Planta helps rookie growers and green-thumbed plant lovers alike keep their plants thriving with personalized care tips, troubleshooting, and identification.
Track your knitting and crochet projects with YarnBuddy. Import patterns, add project details (yarn type, needle sizes, etc.), and let the app guide you from start to finish.
Looking for a way to relax while supporting illustrators from all over the world? Scribble your way through Lake.
For building relationships
Letterloop helps you build newsletters that friends and family contribute to by asking (and answering) intentional questions.
The messaging app Marco Polo lets you share text and video messages with the people you care about most—without worrying about likes or followers.
Looking for new friends? Swipe through locals looking for the same in BFF.
Lex is an inclusive, equitable, and accessible space for LGBTQ+ people to discover connections.
If you’re interested in romantic connections, these women-led dating apps can help you find the perfect match.
For managing your money
Financielle offers income calculators, expense trackers, and a step-by-step guide to saving money.
Or lean on Alinea’s sprightly AI coach Allie, designed to help Gen Z invest with their values.
For fashion fans
Create an inventory of your closet by snapping a pic of your clothing, removing the background, and adding it to your Save Your Wardrobe archive.
Indyx makes it easy to track which outfits you wear when.
Shop everything from luxury fashion to secondhand goods with these apps.
Phia uses AI to unearth the lowest prices on trending brands and hot bargains on previously loved gems, and it ensures you’re the first to know when a “sale” sign goes up.
The fashion app Daydream uses natural language and image recognition to seriously streamline the shopping experience. Just drop your specifics into the chat (“Black-tie appropriate structured velvet dress in emerald or burgundy”) and Daydream will scour more than 10,000 brands to deliver options that fit the bill.
Former Harper’s Bazaar UK editor in chief Lucy Yeomans founded Drest, a game in which you play fashion stylist, outfitting avatars of real-world supermodels with pieces from elite fashion brands.
For astrology fans
In her namesake app Chani, astrologer and New York Times best-selling author Chani Nicholas offers comprehensive horoscopes, personalized birth chart readings, and guided meditations.
To see your compatibility with friends, Co–Star uses real-time NASA data to personalize in-depth horoscopes and (hopefully) deepen the relationships in your orbit.
Or explore moon astrology with Moonly to learn through daily lessons, articles, timely affirmations, and more.
