There's an app to help you see if a watermelon is ripe, and 29 other weird apps
In this week's video from our sister site, Mental Floss, Mike Rugnetta fills in as host of the List Show. This week's topic? Thirty very, very weird apps that actually exist.
It's probably TMI, but there is, in fact, an app called "Bowel Mover," which allows you to track your bowel movements, along with your food and water intake for the day. And there are two separate games that consist of little more than holding your finger on your iPhone's screen for an extended amount of time.
If you love fruit, perhaps "Melon Meter" may be somewhat useful — you can use your phone's microphone to knock on the outside of a watermelon and determine whether it's ready to eat.
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Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.