A Distilled List of iPhone and iPad Apps
07/19/2010
A friend has finally upgraded to an iPhone and asked me to compile a list of iPhone apps that I regularly use. When it is was done I thought it worth sharing.
So, in addition to the much used default apps (Mail, Safari, Maps, Calendar, Contacts, Photos, Clock, Settings, App Store), here are, in no particular order, the best free and paid apps I’ve downloaded and use:
Note, several of these apps attain true awesomeness and usefulness when linked to cloud services or because they sync across multiple platform and devices.
Phone and Voice:
Ribbit
Jott
Ribbit
Jott
Skype
Google Voice (web shortcut but I use it enough to warrant a mention)
Weather:
Weatherbug
Utilities:
Light
TotalBaby
Downloader
Dropbox
Quickmark
TextExpander
Google Earth
Photography:
Hispstamatic
CameraBag
Autostitch
Flickr
Photoforge
CameraBag
Autostitch
Flickr
Photoforge
Camera Genius
Reading:
Instapaper Pro
NYTimes
Goodreader
Kindle
iBooks
Reeder
NYTimes
Goodreader
Kindle
iBooks
Reeder
Audio and Video:
Last.fm
Pandora
Shazam
Pandora
Shazam
iMovie
Boxee
Food and Drink + Guides:
Productivity:
SplashID
SplashShopper
Evernote
Toodledo
OmniFocus
FMtouch
SplashShopper
Evernote
Toodledo
OmniFocus
FMtouch
iFlash
Shoeboxed
Timebridge
Social:
Osfoora
Foursquare
LinkedIn
Facebook
GetGlue
Blockchalk
Boxcar
Bump
Stickybits
Hot Potato
Financial:
YNAB
MyWireless from AT&T
eTrade
Currency
eTrade
Currency
Travel and Getting Around:
Cabsense
NYCmate
Citytransit
Taxi
Tripit
Zipcar
Transit Maps
NYCmate
Citytransit
Taxi
Tripit
Zipcar
Transit Maps
Shopping:
Gilt
Redlaser
Hunchable Design:
Redlaser
Hunchable Design:
Adobe Ideas
Movies:
Fandango
IMDB
IMDB
Sports:
ESPN Scorecenter
Sleeping and Relaxation:
Pzizz Energizer
Pzizz Sleep
Asleep
iPad Only:
All the aforementioned apps’ HD iPad versions
iThoughts HD
Adobe Ideas (mentioning this a second time because it’s so much better and more useful on an iPad)
Corkulous
Penultimate
Prompster
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
NYTimes Editor’s Choice
Financial Times Mobile Edition
Apollo News
Uzu
Hulu Plus
Starmap HD
Da Vinci HD
Magic Window
Maybe I’ll get to describing these one day or even write about my use cases but for now names will have to do.
Also, I know I have omitted some apps that I have installed and occasionally use, or are city specific (like the city apps I load when I travel) but I needed to trim the list a bit 😉