Best usefull apps?

[phas3]

there's a billion apps to choose from on the appstore does anyone have recommendations for best day to day apps?

[zakfox1986]

Mobilefiles. (view documents and other files remotely, using Mobile Me.)
Mobilefiles Pro. (a bit more control over files than Mobile Files; edit/create Excel files.)
Yellowpages. (phone number lookup.)
Shazam. (song ID.)
i.TV. (TV and Movie Listings.)
Urbanspoon. (restaurant locator.)
Pandora. (stream free, personalized radio.)

[cyclingplatypus]

Evernote

[ob81]

Mobilefiles. (view documents and other files remotely, using Mobile Me.)
Mobilefiles Pro. (a bit more control over files than Mobile Files; edit/create Excel files.)
Yellowpages. (phone number lookup.)
Shazam. (song ID.)
i.TV. (TV and Movie Listings.)
Urbanspoon. (restaurant locator.)
Pandora. (stream free, personalized radio.)

Agree with i.TV- Can get movie times from local theaters and purchase tickets right in app.

Agree with Mobilefiles if you have Mobile Me- Easy syncing and accessing files mobile.

Would add Remember The Milk to that- Very awesome To do app.

I use all three daily. Any weather app (free) that shows weekly reports is awesome and useful as well.

1 more vote for evernote as well.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Omnifocus and Things.

[TheZimm]

add Appigo's ToDo and accuweather to that list, their very useful to me

Appigo's ToDo review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/appigos-todo/)

Zym

[phas3]

thanks guys anyone else?

[kas23]

add Appigo's ToDo and accuweather to that list, their very useful to me

Appigo's ToDo review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/appigos-todo/)

Zym

Excellent choices.

For me, add iXspenseIt (budgetting app), The Weather Channel (until ads shrink a bit, they totally overhaul the radar, and add more hours to hourly weather), Google Mobile App, Melodis Dialer (voice dialing), mBoxMail (for those who have a hotmail account), iStorage (file editing/downloading/viewing/playing/emailing), and Tap Forms (great app for organizing all your personal information).

[TheZimm]

Excellent choices.

For me, add iXspenseIt (budgetting app), The Weather Channel (until ads shrink a bit, they totally overhaul the radar, and add more hours to hourly weather), Google Mobile App, Melodis Dialer (voice dialing), mBoxMail (for those who have a hotmail account), iStorage (file editing/downloading/viewing/playing/emailing), and Tap Forms (great app for organizing all your personal information).

how good is istorage, it looks nice?

Zym

[Rayfire]

Air Sharing - so your iPhone could act as a USB storage on wifi
Now Playing - for movies and to purchase tickets, it's more accurate too
i.Tv - like they said, for channels
Beejive - if you're used to IMs, this is the only one you want to get
vLingo - so far this voice dialer is well accurate to my voice
Pandora - best internet radio
Fstream - another source for URL radio streams
Remote & Mediamote - I use both to control my iTunes & Windows Media Center (yeah I know, no Mac here yet)
ChessWithFriends - if you like Chess, you could check out this app. It's like playing Chess as if you're checking email :P
USA Today - local news within the US
iSports - best Sports app so far
Shazam - to identify music
WiFinder - if you're in a public place, this app will hook you up to some free unsecured wifi hot spots if there are within your area

[return7]

BillMinder :)

[laserfox]

1. App Sniper (99c) - helps you get apps that go on sale. Pays for it self in the end!

2. Remote free- control itunes remotely be your own dj have fun!

3. Facebook-- free great way to keep in contact on the go. Really beautiful to use, upload photos on the go as well!

4. Amazon --free --besides easy shopping, its a great way to research products on the go, finding reviews etc!

5. AOL Radio or Pandora -I use them both, if you hear a song you can tag it and purchase it from itunes all on your iphone!

There are some great games as well, Word Warp and Scramboni as well as scrabble are pretty great word games.

[weeman]

I have a bunch of apps and games that I have spent money on but the only ones I actually find myself using on a daily basis are:

Things- an awesome to do application
BeeJive- Instant messaging application
Facebook- Social networking

[KRAPPS]

Favorater: one of the many apps that allow you to dial fave contacts with 2 touches ... large image-assigned icons for dialing

Twittelator: my fave Twitter app

TextLater: sends you (or others) text messages ... great for self-reminders

Byline: RSS reader ... very stable and love the offline reading capability

Evernote

Air Sharing

iFart (just kidding!!)

[kas23]

how good is istorage, it looks nice?

Zym

While I would much rather have all of it's functions come natively, it does a good job where Apple slacked off. It does what it claims to do, although I admit, I have no tried all it's functions yet. I was most attracted to it's ability to download files off the internet, which it can do. Getting files off of the program and onto your desktop is really easy. I don't think I have tried transferring files from desktop to iPhone yet. All in all, it seems like most of these files apps are one-trick ponies and I needed something a little more than just file storage.

[MacToddB]

i.TV. (TV and Movie Listings.)


Thanks for the tip! I didn't realize i.TV did movie listings too! (I gotta update my apps!)

With so many apps, I predict the next stage will be consolidation. Why have one app for weather, one for movies, one for TV, one for news, etc. Just one big app with all of the above, so you can put it on your home screen and save the other pages for games, etc.!

[psywzrd]

I'm a big fan of GroceryIQ - I use it weekly.

[phas3]

what are rss files?

[phas3]

oh okay now lets go to games i have

fieldrunners - i got addicted last night
sim city
wurdle- good to pass time only like 15 minutes though then i got bored

what else?

[TheZimm]

what are rss files?

he probably meant rss feeds

Zym

[TheZimm]

oh okay now lets go to games i have

fieldrunners - i got addicted last night
sim city
wurdle- good to pass time only like 15 minutes though then i got bored

what else?

Your gunna get a lot of apps here =]

X-Plane 9-flight Sim-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/x-plane-9/)
X-Plane Airliner-Airliner flight sim
AirFight-dogfight sim-Video review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/airfight-video-review/)
Flying Aces-another more arcade like dogfight sim(I like flying games =])
Rolando(great app, just got it and it's awesome!)
TBD series-Lasts you for a while, great for road trips-TBD1 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/toy-bot-diaries/), TBD2 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/tbd2/), TBD3 Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/tbd-3/)
Trism-The great puzzle app that made 250 grand, great for wasting time
Zone Out-Probably the most under rated app to me, its addicting and simple to play, but soo fun
Low Grav Racer-Great graphics, lasts a while, overall a great sci-fi racing game
Fastlane-the best racing app I've played-the best graphics
Touchgrind-Addicting at times when you find out how to start getting more points
Zen Table Tennis-great ping pong app
+1 to fieldrunners-Tower defense game, a pretty cool app
Superball 2-great to pass a little time
Geomex-Another great puzzle app, if you like trism you'd like this-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/geomex/)
Pathways-great for road trips, puzzle type game, pretty decent-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/pathways/)
Vector Ball-3d ping-pong type game, it's pretty fun but hard
vConqr-great risk sim
TTR(it's free! =])
Flick Fishing-Best fishing app out there
Flick Bowling-Anice bowling app, I haven't tried any other
Mouse About-great app to waste a little time also

Wow that took a while to write =]

Zym

[Mary1970]

in fact it combines both: converting while entering math expression.
less units than others, but well designed:

CalcConv (http://linktoapp.com/CalcConv)

Anyway, my favorite app ever is Google Earth.

[FireEater]

I see someone posted WiFinder, I have seen about 3 or 4 other apps for WiFi in the store including the AT&T one.

Which one works best for overall WiFi finding spots?

FE

[CastrolSyntec]

Cooliris - Very good looking app
Seismometer - fun
Clinometer - good for DIY folk
Carpenter - Ditto
Remote - APPLE QUALITY
Snatch - Fun, useful and incredibly good!
X-Plane and touchphysics - SOOOOO GOOOD!!!:D

[SFC Archer]

USED Daily/Weekly:

Evernote...Todo's, Clip's from webpages, Medical Info, College Notes/Study Guide...Consolidates upto 3 apps
Pandora...Best radio app for my nightly walks
Bill Minder...Haven't been late on a bill yet
mSecure...Helps me remember the tons of passwords/usernames
Byline...RSS Feeds
iTV...Movies, Tickets and TV Channels...consolidates two apps
Shazam...Keeps me sane when I can't remember that one song and then prevents it from playing over and over and over in my head...lol
Grouper...once active the app stays in the background (last page) and sorts all of my contacts into groups

I have others...some are beta tests, some are experiments to see how they work. Games but most are boring and I very seldom use the 12 I have on my game screen. Total of 60 apps to include the 19 that came with the iPhone

[oysteins]

Working in advertising and direct marketing as a creative, time registration has ALWAYS been a pain. With iTimeSheet it´s actually (honestly) almost fun. And you can do it anytime, anywhere. And export the data directly into the Excel format at a specific mail address. Every company should buy one - success guaranteed.

[TheZimm]

I see someone posted WiFinder, I have seen about 3 or 4 other apps for WiFi in the store including the AT&T one.

Which one works best for overall WiFi finding spots?

FE

well wifinder is free, and theres a review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/wifinder-review/)

Zym

[FireEater]

Yea, I went with it.

I had read good reviews on all of them but I like free and simple.

FE

[didi92]

Shazam : best music recognizing app

Wikipedia Mobile : a reference

Loan Plan : Best loan simulation app with PDF export

Netshare : wireless connection sharing (removed from App Store)

Fizz Weather : very complete weather/airport traffic forecasting

Seismometer : vibration checking

[joakandr]

Air Sharing

AppSniper

i.TV

If Found, Please...

Movies

Pandora Radio

Pangea VR

Simplify Media

WiFinder

Wikipanion

1Password

[gospel9]

Things that I think almost every iPhone user should have are:


1) an IM client: you need something reliable, fast, and clean (UI), get BeejiveIM (On Sale 12.99). A very good investment in my opinion. Palringo, IM+, and a few others that I have tried don't deliver the quality nor reliability Beejive does in my experience. Beejive IM also gives you a Push to email workaround (which you can use your SMS address instead to get notified).

2) RSS client: If you use Google Reader, I recommend Byline. Stable, fast, and does everything you'd want. The best part about Byline is the really fast start up time, and the really really fast background caching/syncing time.

3) a Wikipedia app: Wikipanion is free and does a very good job at rendering the articles to the iPhone screen. There are a few alternatives I always come back to this one. Pick one you want to keep.

4) File Storage app: Files and Air Sharing basically transforms your iPhone into a wireless USB drive. It's very handy for those of us who want to keep large files with us on the go. Files Lite is free and is capable of storing 200MB of files. More than enough for most of us.

5) Notes App: Evernote. Having all your notes with you everywhere you go is like having an external brain for storage. It's not the best note taking application in the world, but the syncing is really nice. The iPhone app keeps your "favorite notes" offline as well. It does however, crash occasionally which can get annoying, but when it can get the job done, it's really great.

6) Movies app: Now Playing. Movie ratings, schedule, trailers. Flixster offers an alternative app called 'Movies'.



Others: Shazam, eBay, Amazon, Shovel(Digg), Equivalence (unit Converter), Currency, aSleep/Mind Wave/Ambiscience.

For remote access, I use Jaadu VNC on my mac.




And of course, fun apps and games :)

[akacaj]

You have to get one of the farting apps! just kidding

Apps that I use daily are:

Facebook, Remote and my apps.
Ocasionally I use Amazon, Around me, Shazam, Now Playing, Guitar Toolkit, Whoopie.

I have a bunch of others that I bought but they dont stay on my phone so I cant recommend them.

[TheZimm]

Your gunna get a lot of apps here =]

X-Plane 9-flight Sim-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/x-plane-9/)
X-Plane Airliner-Airliner flight sim
AirFight-dogfight sim-Video review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/airfight-video-review/)
Flying Aces-another more arcade like dogfight sim(I like flying games =])
Rolando(great app, just got it and it's awesome!)
TBD series-Lasts you for a while, great for road trips-TBD1 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/toy-bot-diaries/), TBD2 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/tbd2/), TBD3 Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/tbd-3/)
Trism-The great puzzle app that made 250 grand, great for wasting time
Zone Out-Probably the most under rated app to me, its addicting and simple to play, but soo fun
Low Grav Racer-Great graphics, lasts a while, overall a great sci-fi racing game
Fastlane-the best racing app I've played-the best graphics
Touchgrind-Addicting at times when you find out how to start getting more points
Zen Table Tennis-great ping pong app
+1 to fieldrunners-Tower defense game, a pretty cool app
Superball 2-great to pass a little time
Geomex-Another great puzzle app, if you like trism you'd like this-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/geomex/)
Pathways-great for road trips, puzzle type game, pretty decent-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/pathways/)
Vector Ball-3d ping-pong type game, it's pretty fun but hard
vConqr-great risk sim
TTR(it's free! =])
Flick Fishing-Best fishing app out there
Flick Bowling-Anice bowling app, I haven't tried any other
Mouse About-great app to waste a little time also

Wow that took a while to write =]

Zym

I bolded my personal favorite, and added more links to more reviews.

X-Plane 9-flight Sim-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/x-plane-9/)
X-Plane Airliner-Airliner flight sim-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/x-plane-airliner-review/)
AirFight-dogfight sim-Video review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/airfight-video-review/)
Flying Aces-another more arcade like dogfight sim(I like flying games =])- Finally a review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/flying-aces-video-review/)
Rolando(great app, just got it and it's awesome!)
TBD series-Lasts you for a while, great for road trips-TBD1 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/toy-bot-diaries/), TBD2 review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/tbd2/), TBD3 Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/tbd-3/)
Trism-The great puzzle app that made 250 grand, great for wasting time
Zone Out-Probably the most under rated app to me, its addicting and simple to play, but soo fun-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/zoneout-video-review-2/)
Low Grav Racer-Great graphics, lasts a while, overall a great sci-fi racing game-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/low-grav-racer-video-review/)
Fastlane-the best racing app I've played-the best graphics
Touchgrind-Addicting at times when you find out how to start getting more points-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/touchgrind-video-review/)
Zen Table Tennis-great ping pong app
+1 to fieldrunners-Tower defense game, a pretty cool app
Superball 2-great to pass a little time
Geomex-Another great puzzle app, if you like trism you'd like this-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/geomex/)
Pathways-great for road trips, puzzle type game, pretty decent-Review here (http://zym5.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/pathways/)
Vector Ball-3d ping-pong type game, it's pretty fun but hard
vConqr-great risk sim
TTR(it's free! =])
Flick Fishing-Best fishing app out there
Flick Bowling-Anice bowling app, I haven't tried any other
Mouse About-great app to waste a little time also

Zym