Download This! 10 Apps Created by Black Women

Your smartphone will thank you.

Buy Black - Black girls rock at everything we do — from acting to creating art and even making apps. Here are 10 of the best apps made for us, by us. Your smartphone and inner self will thank you. By Kellee Terrell(Photo: Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Buy Black - Black girls rock at everything we do — from acting to creating art and even making apps. Here are 10 of the best apps made for us, by us. Your smartphone and inner self will thank you. By Kellee Terrell(Photo: Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

Plum Perfect - Not everyone can afford Lupita’s stylist and make-up artist to keep them fly. Enter Plum Perfect, an app created by Asmau Ahmed that helps customize the best fashion and beauty looks for you. Werk!(Photo: ColorModules Inc)

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Plum Perfect - Not everyone can afford Lupita’s stylist and make-up artist to keep them fly. Enter Plum Perfect, an app created by Asmau Ahmed that helps customize the best fashion and beauty looks for you. Werk!(Photo: ColorModules Inc)

Myavana - Are you part of #TeamNatural? Then Myavana is for you. Founded by Candace Mitchell, Jessica Watson, Chanel Martin and Joy Boulamwini, this hair app helps women with all different hair textures find the right products, try new hairstyles and connect them with other women to talk about their crown and glory. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Myavana - Are you part of #TeamNatural? Then Myavana is for you. Founded by Candace Mitchell, Jessica Watson, Chanel Martin and Joy Boulamwini, this hair app helps women with all different hair textures find the right products, try new hairstyles and connect them with other women to talk about their crown and glory. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

On Second Thought - Ever sent a text and regretted it? Us too. But thanks to Maci Peterson, you can snatch your text back and act as if nothing ever happened. Talk about a lifesaver. (Photo: On Second Thought)

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On Second Thought - Ever sent a text and regretted it? Us too. But thanks to Maci Peterson, you can snatch your text back and act as if nothing ever happened. Talk about a lifesaver. (Photo: On Second Thought)

Dumpd - Getting dumped or ending a tumultuous relationship isn’t easy for anyone. This app created by Fatima helps you heal by linking you up with new friends who are going through the same thing. Talk it out. (Photo: Dumpd)

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Dumpd - Getting dumped or ending a tumultuous relationship isn’t easy for anyone. This app created by Fatima helps you heal by linking you up with new friends who are going through the same thing. Talk it out. (Photo: Dumpd)

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PicSlit  - Turn up your Instagram photos with this app that lets you add grids and banners to your pics. It also can turn them into puzzles. Get your images to stand out!(Photo: Sheena Allen Apps)

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PicSlit  - Turn up your Instagram photos with this app that lets you add grids and banners to your pics. It also can turn them into puzzles. Get your images to stand out!(Photo: Sheena Allen Apps)

Bill Organizer – Manage & Track Your Bills - Need help getting your money right? Let Nnanna Obuba and Chidi Oparah help you with their app that manages all of your bills, incoming income and due dates so that you can never be overdrawn or miss a bill payment again. (Photo: Blue Sodium)

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Bill Organizer – Manage & Track Your Bills - Need help getting your money right? Let Nnanna Obuba and Chidi Oparah help you with their app that manages all of your bills, incoming income and due dates so that you can never be overdrawn or miss a bill payment again. (Photo: Blue Sodium)

Meld - Using your Facebook and LinkedIn account, this app is “designed for the Black professional” who is looking for someone with a similar work background. Is it classist though? Depends on how important status matters to you.(Photo: MELD Networks Inc)

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Meld - Using your Facebook and LinkedIn account, this app is “designed for the Black professional” who is looking for someone with a similar work background. Is it classist though? Depends on how important status matters to you.(Photo: MELD Networks Inc)

Words on Pics  - Want to spice up your Instagram pics? This fun app created by Sheena Allen lets you add captions, thought bubbles and speech balloons to any image. Let your humor and swag shine through. (Photo: Sheena Allen Apps)

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Words on Pics  - Want to spice up your Instagram pics? This fun app created by Sheena Allen lets you add captions, thought bubbles and speech balloons to any image. Let your humor and swag shine through. (Photo: Sheena Allen Apps)

Black History Milestones - This app is perfect for the history buff who likes to have the facts at their fingertips. Go ahead and quiz everyone around you about these African-American factoids or sharpen your own knowledge about our accomplishments. (Photo: Blabify)

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Black History Milestones - This app is perfect for the history buff who likes to have the facts at their fingertips. Go ahead and quiz everyone around you about these African-American factoids or sharpen your own knowledge about our accomplishments. (Photo: Blabify)

Thurst - Created by Morgen Bromell,Thurst is the first app created for queer people of all genders to meet each other locally and come together as a community, which we know is needed. Pretty dope!(Photo: Thurst)

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Thurst - Created by Morgen Bromell,Thurst is the first app created for queer people of all genders to meet each other locally and come together as a community, which we know is needed. Pretty dope!(Photo: Thurst)