It started because I was bored on a Tuesday night and kept seeing videos of people claiming their phones were “doing the work for them.” I’m a skeptic by nature. But I also have a lot of commute time and a journalism degree, so I figured: let me actually test this properly.
I downloaded seven apps. I used each one for at least two weeks. I tracked everything in a spreadsheet. And at the end of 30 days, I had a pretty clear picture of what’s real, what’s slow, and what’s genuinely surprising.
Here’s the full breakdown.