On an iPhone, you just swipe down from the middle of the screen. Boom. A search bar appears. Type any part of the app’s name—even just “Ube” for UberEats—and it pops up like a loyal puppy. On Android, it’s usually a little magnifying glass icon right on your home screen or at the top of your app drawer. Seriously, this trick works in under two seconds. It’s faster than hunting through five pages of apps you forgot you downloaded.
Fun fact: A 2019 study found the average person checks their phone 96 times a day. If you spend just 30 seconds each day searching for an app, that’s 29,200 seconds a year wasted. That’s eight hours of your life you could have spent watching cat videos or napping. Use the search bar. Save the naps.
