Pinterest

Pinterest offers us an online space where you can share or follow pics and images that inspire or interest you. The latter can be sorted by thematic boards

The Android app of the inspirational images social network

Share pictures on themed boards that bring together different interests, hobbies, events, or whatever you can think of. This is Pinterest for you, a social network of images that intends to connect users through elements that they find interesting. Its name derives from the words pin and interest, because when we share these images, we're pinning them to a board, so to speak.

Unlike other social image networks like Instagram or Flickr, the idea behind this network is to share inspirational collections. For this reason, a single user can maintain several thematic forums at the same time, keeping in order all his interests and collections offered to his followers.

It is a social network suitable not only for anonymous users and individuals but also for celebrities, artists and brands who also have an account on this platform.

Key Features and Functions

The Android app is designed in such a way that we can share on our panels absolutely everything that we come across while browsing the web. For this purpose, it offers us functions such as the following:

• Track content by topic, user, or forum.
• Manage your boards and pins.
• Manage your profile with personal information such as name, profile picture, a short description of yourself, location and reference website.
• Receive notifications and stay informed about the most important updates related to the users and topics you follow.
• Send private messages to other users.
• Save screenshots and store them publicly and privately.
• Find ideas in different categories: Popular, Gifts, Animals, Arts, DIY & Crafts, Famous Sayings & Quotes, Sports...

The APK is therefore a resource for users to be able to find inspiration online on any topic of their interest: drawings, fashion and clothes, tattoos, cooking, hairstyles, art, love...

When was it created and how many users does it have?

The first beta version appeared in 2009 and was developed by Evan Sharp, Paul Sciarra and Ben Silbermann. In 2015, it surpassed 100 million users. So it's definitely not the most used social network (we'll leave that honor to Facebook), but it has quite a large user base and has become one of the most popular and successful social platforms in the world. And that's thanks to the release of its official apps for iPhone and Android, which has resulted in a huge leap in the number of subscribed Pinners.

Currently it is blocked in China and other countries like India due to their legislatures, which is against some of the rules of those nations.

What's new in the latest version?

• There is no changelog available for this app.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 7.0.