An App That: 10 Illustrations Showing the Strangest App Ideas

People have new app ideas every single day—each one is more innovative (for better or for worse), more outlandish, and less practical to a larger population. While tweeting your app idea doesn’t make you the next San Francisco startup, it provides some humor and cries of “if only, if only” from your followers. Yes, we too would like to know what celebrities we look like based on our selfies, but alas, we’ll have to wait a little longer.

We picked our 10 favorite crazy app ideas from Twitter and imagined what they’d look like in the real world. Let us know which one you want the most in the comments below.

Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that let you here your dogs thoughts in their voice

— brig (@BrigitSaysStuff) January 29, 2015

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

WHAT IF THERE WAS AN APP THAT SENT YOU RANDOM PICTURES OF CATS AND CALL IT SNAPCAT

— jessie (@jessiebrain_) December 24, 2014

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that took a picture of your face and then made it into an emoji you could use. Get me on Shark Tank right now

— John (@HaKuuusaMatata) May 2, 2014

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that instantaneously downloaded food into ur stomach… ???????????? #ridiculouslyfastfood

— Jennifer Brashaw (@JennyBrashaw) February 21, 2014

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that could help you find great #coffee no matter what city you found yourself in? http://t.co/x6wYqWdevk

— Guddina Coffee (@GuddinaCoffee) November 20, 2013

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that you could take a picture of any animal & it would tell you what that animal is? ????????

— Anna Marie (@AnnaMarie_Long) September 30, 2013

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

what if there was an app that was like shazam but for other peoples outfits

— Liz Siranosian (@lizsiranosian) September 7, 2013

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What if there was an app that allowed you to try on any engagement ring you wanted? Sounds dangerous ladies… November 16, 2012

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that could take battery life from one persons phone & put it in your phone? #Hm

— K.Gatsby (@xoxolovekiara) May 3, 2012

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Illustration by Sarah Lawrence

What if there was an app that let you send scents?

— Meez™ (@_JaeMeez) February 8, 2015