The season for giving back

Gifts-with-heart apps to help others

How about helping others this festive season? Try these gifts-with-heart apps:

Donate a photo This app uses what we all have in our phones – photos – to do good. For every photo you upload to the app, Johnson & Johnson will donate US$1 to a charity you care about.

Forest This app lets you ‘plant’ and ‘grow’ virtual trees when you disconnect from social media for a specified period of time. Your virtual forest then earns virtual currency which is used to plant real trees in Africa through the non-profit Trees for the Future.

AskU You can help local charities by answering market research questions on your smartphone. The more survey questions you answer, the more money those companies will donate to, for example, The Smith Family, to help educate disadvantaged young Australians.