These apps live inside the Messages app and carry a wealth of extra functionalities, from song sharing to sticker creating. No matter what type of chatter you are, you’re bound to find at least a few that are of interest. To get at them, open an iMessage conversation and tap the gray app store icon to the left of the message box. There you’ll see apps you’ve already added, and you can find more by tapping the blue app store icon.

Pocket is another full iOS app with an iMessage mini-app included. If you install the app and tap the Pocket icon while you’re in an iMessage conversation, you can instantly share any of the articles you’ve saved to your account. This makes it perfect for sharing your reading list with others, and if it’s a lengthy list, you can search through it from right inside the mini-app. Iconfactory Sunshine Smilies is free. ETA is $8. Pocket is free, with a $5 Premium upgrade.

For gaming: 8 Ball Pool

For drawing: Tayasui Sketches

For GIFs: GIPHY

For files: Dropbox

If you’re a regular Dropbox user, you’ll want to get the Dropbox app for iMessage installed as well as the main iOS one. It puts access to your Dropbox files and folders two taps away inside your iMessage chats, making it quick and simple to link up anything you want to share. Any files shared with you can be saved straight to your Dropbox too. 8 Ball Pool is free, with in-game purchases. Tayasui Sketches is free, with a $6 Pro upgrade. GIPHY is free. Dropbox is free, with a Plus upgrade for $12 a month.

For weather: Meteored

For those times when you want to share a weather forecast with someone—either for your current location or anywhere else in the world—get Meteored installed in iMessage. It can come in handy whether you’re planning a walk or picking out potential vacation destinations, and the forecast includes temperature, wind speed, and precipitation levels. Meteored is free.

For surveys: Polls

You’ll often have to make decisions in one-on-one or group chats—where to meet up, what night to hold an event, which activities to do, and so on—and Polls lets you canvas everyone in a conversation for their opinion. The iMessage app couldn’t be any simpler to use either: Enter the title of the poll and as many options as you need, then share it. Polls is free.

For movies: IMDb

If you’re regularly organizing movie nights or are at all interested in films, make sure the Internet Movie Database app for iMessage is at your disposal. The functionality is straightforward: You can search for any movie or performer listing in the database, then share it with your contacts in iMessage (with a comment, if needed). IMDb is free.

For languages: iTranslate

Whether you’re learning a language with other people or need to chat with someone whose native tongue differs from your own, iTranslate can help. It can translate lines of text and even audio snippets directly inside iMessage, and the mini-app is connected to a full iOS app that includes widgets, flashcards, and support for over 100 languages. iTranslate is free, with a Pro upgrade for $6 a month.

For maps: Google Maps

Google Maps needs no introduction, and if you’ve already installed the app on your iPhone you’ll find it inside the mini-app gallery in iMessage as well. Its main purpose inside iMessage is to share your location with the person you’re chatting with—either temporarily or on an ongoing basis—so they know exactly where you are. Google Maps is free.