Best Stuff That Works Apps

13+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
12 free apps
Updated September 2026

With an average user rating of 4.6★, the stuff that works category is one of the App Store's strongest. Browse all 13+ apps we track, sorted so the most loved ones surface first.

Compare top Stuff That Works Apps (September 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1StuffThatWorksStuffThatWorksFree4.6★ (891)NoNoSep 2026
2Apple ResearchApple ResearchFree4.2★ (1.5K)NoNoSep 2026
3WikipediaWikipediaFree4.3★ (6.3K)NoNoSep 2026
4ZoteroZoteroFree4.6★ (425)NoNoSep 2026
5Habit Rabbit: Habit TrackerHabit Rabbit: Habit TrackerFree4.7★ (8.6K)YesYesSep 2026
6Text to Speech Reader: ReadBitText to Speech Reader: ReadBitFree4.3★ (240)NoYesSep 2026
7Bearable - Symptom TrackerBearable - Symptom TrackerFree4.8★ (6.3K)NoYesSep 2026
8Facts - Daily Random TriviaFacts - Daily Random TriviaFree4.8★ (66K)YesYesSep 2026

Top Picks for Stuff That Works

StuffThatWorks#1

StuffThatWorks by StuffThatWorks Ltd.

Finding treatments that work
Editor's Choice
🏥 Medical
4.6😊(891 ratings)
Free
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Connect with others managing chronic conditions. Share experiences, discover effective treatments, and contribute to a collective knowledge base. Gain insights through AI analysis and personalized health tracking.

What We Love

  • 🤝 Helpful community
  • 📊 Useful data and insights
  • 🔍 Comprehensive information
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🙌 Empowering for chronic illness
  • 🤩 Great resource for rare conditions

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with required phone number
  • ⏱️ Long and invasive surveys to join communities
  • 🤯 Confusing navigation and UI
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding own posts and discussions
4.2😐(1.5K ratings)
Free
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Contribute to groundbreaking health research by participating in studies using your Apple Watch and iPhone. Gain insights into your health and help advance medical science and Apple's health technologies. Choose which data to share and manage your contributions.

What We Love

  • 👍 Frictionless participation
  • 🚀 Excellent data collector
  • 💡 Great concept
  • 🌟 Behind you 100%
  • 👍 Love collaborative research

Room to Improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 🐛 Buggy app
  • 🔋 High battery drain
  • 🚫 Limited to Apple devices
  • 💰 Lack of compensation
Wikipedia#3

Wikipedia by Wikimedia Foundation

The Free Encyclopedia
Worth Considering
🔍 Reference
4.3😐(6.3K ratings)
Free
#32in Reference
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Access the world's largest free knowledge base with over 60 million articles in nearly 300 languages. Explore trending topics, save articles for offline reading, and customize your reading experience with various themes and text sizes. Contribute to the community by editing articles and participating in discussions.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Vast information repository
  • 👍 Customizable reading experience
  • 🚀 Convenient offline access
  • 👍 Reliable and trustworthy content
  • 👍 Excellent app design and UI

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High data usage and battery drain
  • 🔒 Concerns about political bias and censorship
  • 🔒 Unreliable editing process and information accuracy

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FAQ about Stuff That Works

What are the best stuff that works apps for iPhone?
StuffThatWorks tops our stuff that works apps ranking as of September 2026, with a 4.6-star average from 891 App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 12 of the top stuff that works apps we rank are free to download, including StuffThatWorks and Apple Research.
StuffThatWorks has no ads and has no in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of September 2026.
We track 13+ stuff that works apps on the iOS App Store as of September 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
StuffThatWorks is a platform that connects individuals with chronic conditions. It allows users to join communities, share their experiences with treatments, symptoms, and triggers, and contribute to a collective knowledge base. The app uses crowdsourcing and AI analysis to provide insights into what treatments work best for different conditions and subgroups.
Key features include community forums and direct chat, crowdsourced data on treatments and symptoms, AI analysis of treatment effectiveness, a personalized health timeline with wearable integration, an interactive map of members, and the ability to ask research questions to the community. Users can also search for others with similar experiences.