Sometimes you don’t really get a feel for how an app works by watching or reading reviews, let alone by viewing the Appstore or Playstore pages. A trial or free version is what is truly needed and if you simply learn that, no, this is not for you, then so be it. But every now and again, those apps that you could give a good try to, make it onto your homescreen.
Here are a few of those that I have spent time with that you may not have tested yet.